Lovin' Life After 50: Tucson - October 2018

October 2018

Tucson Clay Co-Op The nonprofit celebrates its home

Dare to Dream

Through its ice show, Disney encourages young fans

Leading the Way At 25, Trevor Cheek is a Roadrunners’ mentor

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Upfront

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A Centennial Celebration

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‘Dare to Dream’

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Top 15 Things To Do

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Arts Events Calendar

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Dining Events

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Tucson Clay Co-Op is throwing a party for its home Disney on Ice empowers everyone through timeless storytelling

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‘Carnival of Illusion’ celebrates 10 years of making magic Bob Dylan, Oktoberfest, Nelly, The Simon and Garfunkel Story and more!

News Community Calendar

Arts Sharing a Piece of History

Treasures will be up for grabs at Invisible Theatre’s costume and prop yard sale

Dining Locally Sourced

Janos Wilder has a one-two punch with Carriage House and Downtown Kitchen

Sports

22 The Elder Statesman

Trevor Cheek, 25, enjoys mentoring younger players on the Roadrunners

Music

Fall Pumpkin Celebration, Oktoberfests, Rillito Park Farmers Market and more!

22 Sports Calendar 25 Life in the Fast Lane

23 The Wild West

KT Tunstall waxes poetic about Tucson

24 On a ‘Mission’

Styx offers futuristic lyrics with old-school sounds

Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder doesn’t take it easy during his concerts

26 Music Calendar 27 Puzzles

Travel

28 The Magical Mystery Tour A fab Beatles experience in Liverpool

Columns

35 Ask the Expert

36 Arizona Senior Olympics

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Upfront A Centennial Celebration Tucson Clay Co-Op is throwing a party for its home

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On Friday September 28, 2018 Hon-Dah Resort Casino & Conference Center will host the The Run to the Pines pre-car show.

A historic Tucson property turned 100 years old this year, and for the building’s tenant, Tucson Clay Co-Op, that calls for a celebration.

Tucked just off the main roadway at 3326 N. Dodge Boulevard, the century-old building boasts character and personality.

It’s fitting because, inside, members work diligently to create handmade pottery of the same sentiment.

For Tucson Clay Co-Op founder Maxine Krasnow, she is happy to call the location home.

The organization will commemorate the building’s anniversary and her path to attain it with a party from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, October 27. A guest speaker will discuss the neighborhood’s 100-year history. The event will host a reggae band, pot luck and dancing as well.

It wasn’t an easy journey. Krasnow waded through obstacles and, frankly, bad luck to get to Dodge Boulevard.

Krasnow has always had a soft spot for pottery. In 1978, she opened Supermud Pottery on Manhattan’s upper west side.

Due to her son’s asthma, she moved to Tucson in 1995, but she never gave up on her passion.

“A requirement for every home I rented was there had to be space for me to set up a home studio,” Krasnow says.

About five years later, Krasnow interviewed for a job at the Muse Community

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The Tucson Clay Co-Op is housed in a 100-year-old building. (Photo by Brad Flora)

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“I quickly noticed that, although they had an amazing space, they had no wheels, tables, shelves or clay. I offered to move my home pottery (studio) to the Muse, and this is how Muse Pottery was born,” Krasnow says.

“We were given an amazing 1,800-squarefoot studio in the old YMCA, and our damp room was the locker of the pool.”

But then came obstacles. In 2004, Muse Pottery was forced to call it quits when the property’s sale forced an eviction. From there, Krasnow moved the operation to the Industrial Art Park in an 800-square-foot warehouse – a space she would admittedly call a downgrade.

“It was the studio from hell – cold in the winter, hot in the summer – and you could not hear yourself talk when trains blasted past,” Krasnow says.

“But we loved it because it was the first time the studio was ours. At the Muse we had to leave when the building closed, but at the Industrial Art Park, we could stay all night.”

Though not ideal, the space served its purpose, and Krasnow wasn’t in any rush to move, until, 10 months later, the city evicted all artists from the Industrial Art Park due to violations in the certificate of residency.

“It was traumatic,” says Krasnow, who was then forced to move Muse Pottery to a room in her home for a short time. In 2007, she tried again, relocating Muse to El Ojito Center for the Arts on Fourth Avenue. During this time, the name changed to Tucson Clay Co-Op, and Krasnow signed a one-year lease, but within 10 months, El Ojito went bankrupt.

The Dodge Boulevard building gave her a stable opportunity to establish her roots in the pottery world, and since its establishment, has implemented a school with adult classes, wheel throwing, hand-building, sculpture and mosaics. Once a year the CoOp hosts personal icons and body casting with famed artist Lauren Raine.

“The Tucson Clay Co-Op has survived because I’m so stubborn,” Krasnow says with a laugh.

Students learn the craft of pottery.

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‘Dare to Dream’

‘Disney on Ice’ empowers everyone through timeless storytelling

BY CATHERINE HATHAWAY Disney stories continue to inspire audiences with classic adventures reimagined on ice in Disney on Ice Presents Dare to Dream at Tucson Arena Thursday, October 11, through Sunday, October 14. The young and the young at heart can watch their favorite princesses performing their stories live with the help of athletic skaters like ensemble cast member Annee Magee.

“Who doesn’t love Disney? My favorite princess growing up was Cinderella,” Magee recalls. “It is pretty surreal being able to be a part of those stories and bringing them to life on the ice.”

I asked my mom for ice skating lessons for my 8th birthday,” Magee says. “From there, it kind of just skyrocketed. I got into the competitive atmosphere of figure skating.”

In her early twenties, Magee focused more on her love for performing and sent an audition tape to Disney on Ice. “I was ready for something different in my life,” Magee recalls. “I always loved the performing aspect of skating and decided that I wanted to transition into more of the performing aspect of it and auditioned with Disney on Ice. Luckily, here I am three seasons later.”

Magee is still enchanted by the crowd’s reactions to seeing their favorite characters and the gravity-defying stunts.

“Feld Entertainment does an awesome job of bringing all of your favorite princesses as they discover their inner hero,” Magee explains.

“That’s kind of our tagline.”

Audiences will have the opportunity to see scenes from Frozen, Moana, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella and Tangled.

“We end the show with our awesome and very, very daring Moana,” Magee says.

“The crowd goes wild right when her segment starts.

It’s super special.”

Audiences at Disney on Ice Presents Dare to Dream will have the opportunity to see scenes from Frozen, Moana, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Coco and Magee says her job is inTangled. (Photo courtesy Feld Entertainment) credibly rewarding, and she Magee fell in love with skating at the age hopes to be a principal skater one day.

“I think my favorite scene would have to of 8 and has won numerous awards for her be the ensemble number to ‘Be Our Guest’ talent before turning it into a career.

“I must have seen ice skating on TV, and in our Beauty and the Beast segment,” Magee says.

“All the colors, the costumes and the energy that the audience gives the performWhat: Disney on Ice Presents Dare to ers is really magnetizing. It’s super cool to Dream see. I never get bored watching.”

When: 7 p.m. Thursday, October 11, and Friday, October 12; 11 a.m., 3 p.m.

As an ensemble cast member, Magee and 7 p.m. Saturday, October 13, and sees the workings of various scenes. Even 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday, October 14 though she’s a veteran performer, there’s Where: Tucson Arena, 260 S. Church still plenty of work that goes into perfectAvenue ing the performances before the cast and Cost: Tickets start at $18 crew can start their traveling show.

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for this show,” Magee reveals. “Not only are we all working together as cast mates, but we have to be working with the crew. We have to work with the performance director who oversees every show and helps with character development.”

Magee says the audience interaction in Dare to Dream is unique. The show is hosted by a cast member who immerses the audience in the storytelling.

“We want to get the audience as involved as possible,” Magee says. “I think, as a performer, during the finale when all of the kids are right alongside the ice and waving

to all their favorite characters and seeing their favorite princesses and giving them high fives is one of my favorite things.”

If you miss Dare to Dream in Tucson, the show is returning to Arizona January 17 to January 20 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. Magee encourages everyone to bring their families.

“When you go on the ice, you’re performing in front of so many kids and families, and even adults are just loving what we’re doing out there,” Magee says. “I think that’s one of the most rewarding things about this job.”

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‘Carnival of Illusion’ celebrates 10 years of making magic Sarlot and Eyed

BY CATHERINE HATHAWAY created an intimate illusion show Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed have bat- Businesses who hired them for the holiday that captivates tled the recession and canceled gigs. But season were forced to cancel. and involves the through their 10 years presenting Carnival “We lost a really, really large Christmas audience. It’s an of Illusion, they have learned the world is a show,” Eyed recalls. “With the economy, enchanting escape very small place. everyone who had a holiday party around from the harsh realAdoring fans have seen the vaudevil- that time, it was really kind of frowned ity of the economic lian, intimate illusion experience in Tucson, upon.” downturn.

Mesa, Phoenix and Tempe. The duo kicks “Because of the A little bit of magic found Eyed and Saroff their 10th Tucson season on Saturday, lot when Hotel Congress asked them to recession a lot of October 6, at the Scottish Rite Grand Par- perform for New Year’s Eve in place of an people weren’t lour. act who bailed. The duo jumped at the op- taking trips,” Eyed “We have so many people who want to portunity. says. “We would Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed’s show, Carnival of Illusion, is filled with old-world charm.

(Photo courtesy Carnival of Illusion) bring that experience to someone who is “It was like 1,000 people in a big huge get so many people coming into town or celebrating a birth- carnival tent,” Roland says. “And we had to from the greater Phoenix area coming into “What’s different is it’s not about the day,” Eyed says. “It’s so fun to see our repeat change our name to Carnival of Illusion to Tucson just to see our show and taking a tricks,” Sarlot says. “It’s about the show, the guests and watch them watch their loved tie it together.” staycation. It was kind of the right fit at the rollercoaster and the entire evening. The ones as the show happens. To share that The performance was a hit and the au- right time. Not to say it wasn’t difficult, but show ties it together. It’s an experience all of us are on.” magical experience is magic itself.” dience was thrilled. The last-minute show we kept going.”

Sarlot and Eyed say the audiences are Carnival of Illusion is a nod to old-world sparked a new opportunity for Eyed and Their vision was a success and they celmagic, with a dash of 1900s Parisian hu- Sarlot. ebrated 500 shows last season. The duo’s entranced to see magic live.

“It was something that really wasn’t mor. Sarlot and Eyed created Carnival of “Nobody knew we were from Arizona,” approach to Carnival of Illusion is audience Illusion after their previous show felt the Eyed recalls. “They thought we were from centered. They want the audiences to be heard of back then,” Eyed says. “People loved the idea of seeing magic just within repercussions of the economic recession. out of town or out of country. We got the as involved as possible in the experience. inches of them.”

The shows and audiences have become very sentimental to the performers. They remember guests celebrating birthdays or anniversaries, and others looking for an escape from a tragedy or a cancer diagnosis.

“There’s something for everyone,” Eyed says. “A lot of times people come out, and they’re celebrating life. It’s pretty heavy.

You never know who is in the audience and what people are going through. A lot of times, people just really want that vacation.”

Carnival of Illusion has become so popular that Roland and Eyed travel north to perform in Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe.

“Each of the different pieces have a different emotion behind them,” Roland says.

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But lately, those statistics are changing. While the number had risen to almost 200, today only about one-sixth has survived.

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Co-founded by Kenneth and Robyn Chance, this men’s rehab is designed it to provide adult men a safe, comfortable and secure environment in which to learn, heal and grow. Chance states, “It is proven when men live among others of similar life experience and when they encounter kindred spirits as committed to recovery as they are themselves, they can feel more comfortable, share more openly, and address their deepest issues.”

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Bob Dylan

OCTOBER 5 Sure, the times may have changed since 77-year-old Bob Dylan came onto the music scene with “Like a Rolling Stone,” but this iconic American singer and songwriter has always stayed himself. Dylan will bring an extensive catalog spanning five decades to the intimate Tucson Music Hall for what’s sure to be a sold-out show.

Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Avenue, 791.4101, tucsonmusichall.org, 8 p.m., $171-$535.

The Pump and Dump: Parentally Incorrect Tour

OCTOBER 6 Comedians Shayna Ferm and Tracey Tee partner for this event that’s a bit more Bad Moms than The Brady Bunch. Their interactive show touches upon the harsh, messed up, ugly but usually hysterical aspects of being a mother. You will laugh till you cry as the two take audience members through original songs, games, prizes and some good old-fashioned validation.

The Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress Street, 740.1000, rialtotheatre.com, 8 p.m., $27-$44.

Oktoberfest

OCTOBER 6 Get your fill of Oktoberfest cheer with one of Trail Dust Town’s biggest events of the year. With beer from local faves like Catalina Brewing Company and Thunder Canyon Brewstillery as well as German-inspired fare and polka music, all you need to do is supply the lederhosen.

Trail Dust Town, 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, 296.4551, traildusttown.com, 3 to 10 p.m., free.

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Nelly

OCTOBER 10 It’s been 16 years since this Austin-born rapper dropped Nellyville, the album that put him on the map with tracks like “Hot in Herre,” “Dilemma” and “#1.” Since then, Nelly has continued to bring his unique style to the rap genre, utilizing sung choruses and collaborating with everyone from Nicki Minaj to Florida Georgia Line.

Phresher, Hesus Da God and Poloman Das Hustla will open the show.

The Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress Street, 740.1000, rialtotheatre.com, 8 p.m., $48-$65.

The Simon & Garfunkel Story

OCTOBER 12 After rocking London’s West End, this special concert celebrates the 50th anniversary of music’s biggest duo. Using projections, original film footage and a full live band, audiences are taken through Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel’s discography, from “Mrs. Robinson” to “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, 547.3040, foxtucson.com, 7:30 p.m., $31-$84.

Disney On Ice: Dare to Dream

OCTOBER 14 Celebrate what made your favorite Disney heroines rise above the rest: their ability to dream. With dazzling costumes, ice mastery and your favorite songs, the stories of Moana, Anna, Elsa, Rapunzel, Belle and Cinderella come to life. Mickey and pals narrate this full-scale production.

Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Avenue, 791.4101, tucsonconventioncenter.com, 1 p.m., $18-$45.

Adam DeVine

OCTOBER 20 This writer, actor, comedian extraordinaire is funny whether he’s behind a desk in Workaholics or busting out a ridiculous note in Pitch Perfect.

With two Netflix movies behind him and a New Line Cinema rom-com on the horizon, DeVine is hitting the road with crassness to spare for the

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OCTOBER 20 For 32 years, the Great Tucson Beer Festival has cured the “brews blues” for drink enthusiasts in the southwest. In addition to a bevy of beverages, they supply the usual festival fare including food, live music and entertainment.

Admission includes a commemorative mug and 24 tasting tickets. Splurge on the VIP option and receive early entry, as well as additional food, beer and wine samplings.

Kino Sports Complex, 2500 E. Ajo Way, 296.2400, azbeer.com, 6 to 10 p.m., $15-$80.

Tucson Classics Car Show

OCTOBER 20 The Gregory School’s Rotary Club hosts its 12th annual classic car show, bringing more than 400 vintage vehicles together for one afternoon. If wheels don’t catch your glance, the show will also feature vendors, food for sale, kids games and a beer garden.

The Gregory School, 3231 N. Craycroft Road, 327.6395, bit.ly/2MtFYKz, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., free.

Zombie Mud Run

OCTOBER 20 Zombies have infiltrated the Buckelew Farm and as one of the few unaffected, you’ve got to make it through a mud obstacle course to survive and keep your limbs. Yes, you read that right: run from zombies. This is not your everyday 5K. With competitive, noncompetitive and kids’ options, this intense run is freaky fun.

Buckelew Farm, 17000 W. Ajo Way, 822.2277, tucsonzombiemudrun.com, 3 to 6 p.m., $40-$350.

KT Tunstall

OCTOBER 23 It takes all of 3 seconds to recognize this Scottish singer’s unique voice. The alternative rock songstress behind “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and “Suddenly I See,” KT Tunstall has been particularly busy this past year, touring with artists by the likes of The Pretenders and Barenaked Ladies and wrapping up her sixth album, Wax. Club Congress, 311 E. Congress Street, 622.8848, hotelcongress.com/club, 8 p.m., $25-$27.

Scotty McCreery

OCTOBER 24 This 24-year-old country crooner stole America’s hearts when he won the 10th season of American Idol as a teen. A book deal and several hits later, McCreery is back with Seasons Change, an album that marks a series of firsts for the singer. Not only did he get married this past summer, but McCreery scored his first No. 1 country single, “Five More Minutes.”

Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Boulevard, 621.3341, uapresents.org, 7:30 p.m., $19-$40.

Tucson Yoga Festival

OCTOBER 27 This free festival strives to give the community a taste of the yoga life. With a focus on peace and compassion, the festival opens with a community class followed by different classes every hour until festival goers reunite for a closing session. From kirtan to acro yoga to kids classes and workshops, your inner zen may be just around the corner.

Gene C. Reid Park, 900 S. Randolph Way, 477.6432, yogafestaz.com, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., free.

Gelato Festival

OCTOBER 27 AND OCTOBER 28 This traveling Italian ice cream festival has one mission and one mission only: to find the world’s best gelato flavor. Festival goers are allowed unlimited samples of every artisan crafted flavor, after they sample every type and vote for their favorite. With unlimited amounts of mango gelato at your disposal, if you close your eyes, it might just feel like you’re in Rome.

La Encantada, 2905 E. Skyline Drive, 299.3566, gelatofestivalamerica.com, noon to 7 p.m., $25 online presale and $30 day of.

Halloween at Fox Theatre

OCTOBER 30 The cinema gets spooky with this special screening of the 1978 classic, Halloween, followed by a supernatural ghost hunt. Get ready to shriek while watching the scream queen herself, Jamie Lee Curtis, on the silver screen. Arrive early for Michael Myers photo ops and free ghost tours. Following the film, the Tucson Ghost Company will take guests on a creepy ghost hunt through Fox Theatre with ghastly audio and visual experiences.

Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, 547.3040, foxtucson.com, 6 p.m., $5 for film and $25 per person or $40 per couple for ghost hunt.

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OCTOBER 3 With the November 6 midterm elections just around the corner, and early voting starting well before then in 37 states, Dr. Daniel Derksen will discuss how the elections could dramatically impact health insurance coverage, access, costs and health outcomes at the national and state levels.

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German- American Club of Tucson’s Oktoberfest OCTOBER 6 Dinner is served from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. by reservation only. Afterward, dance to music by Peter Kron from 7 to 10 p.m.

German-American Club of Tucson, 3445 N. Dodge Boulevard, 299.8683, 5 to 10 p.m., call for charge.

Tucson Area Iris Society Meeting OCTOBER 13 The Tucson Area Iris Society will show a PowerPoint presentation of its members’ best iris photographs.

Murphy Wilmot Library’s Small Room, 530 N. Wilmot Road, 594.5420, 1 to 4:30 p.m., irisgrowinaz.com, free admission.

Taking a Look at the Arizona Ballot Measure OCTOBER 20 The League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson hosts a panel who will discuss the ballot measures on the November election.

The speakers are Leah Jaffe, Betsy Bolding and Vivian Harte, all of whom are League members.

Joel D. Valdez Library, 101 N. Stone Avenue, 9:30 to 11:45 a.m., 327.7652, league@lwvgt.com, free.

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Arts Sharing a Piece of History Treasures will be up for grabs at Invisible Theatre’s costume and prop yard sale

BY SHERRY JACKSON Celebrating its 48-year anniversary, Tucson’s Invisible Theatre has just kicked off a new season and is gearing up for a costume

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10 years. Treasure hunters are encouraged to arrive early to find the most unique items.

“The storage is busting at the seams,” says Maryann TrombinoArthur, Invisible Theatre’s costume designer. “We have quite a bit of vintage clothing from the ’40s, ’60s, ’80s and ’90s.”

There will also be a wide variety of hats, shoes and accessories along with outerwear and men’s suits.

Nun costumes from Nunsense and costumes of playing cards from When Pigs Fly will also be available.

Other items at Written by Invisible Theatre’s managing artistic director, Susan Claassen, A Conversation with Edith Head will premiere February 28 to March 2 as a season extra. (Photo courtesy the yard sale will Invisible Theatre) include past set decorations, furniture, picture frames and She has worked with the theater since 1986 designing costumes. She earned a BSA in more.

“We’ve got some unique items like big costume design and is an instructor and tubes of lipstick and a sign for a comedy manages the costume department at the club,” says James Blair, associate artistic University of Arizona. Sometimes she shops at thrift shops to try to find the right look, director.

The fundraiser is important to the the- other times she builds the costume herself, ater. It raises money for yearly operating making the pattern, buying the fabric and costs and the theater’s Pastime Players trim and sewing it all together.

The team is also proud of the profesprogram. The program is held at Doolen Middle School and provides a creative out- sional standards the theater holds.

“The care of the clothing is the same as let for special needs kids. The theater team helps them rehearse singing and dancing an equity house. It’s cleaned on a regular basis. There are designated call times for and the kids put on a show each April.

The collaboration and shared vision of actors and everything is very detail-orientthe Invisible Theatre staff members is a rea- ed,” Trombino-Arthur says.

For its 2018-2019 season, the Invisible son for its success, Trombino-Arthur says.

Theatre has six productions in its line-up.

Blair, who has been with the theater for 25 years, says Invisible Theatre has really What: Invisible Theatre’s Costume “taken on a voice with female playwrights and Prop Yard Sale and directors.”

When: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, All shows this season are Arizona stateOctober 7 Where: 1400 N. First Avenue wide or Southwest premieres of plays that Cost: Free admission. Items may be include The Busy World is Hushed by Keith purchased individually, or, for a $25, Bunin, Zero Hour by Jim Brochu and 20th $50 or $100 donation, one of three Century Blues by Susan Miller. size bags can be stuffed with the The theater is small, housed in a refurdonor’s choice of treasures. bished laundromat in a nondescript strip Info: 884.0672, invisibletheatre.com

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It seats about 80 people.

“It’s like watching theater in your living room,” Trombino-Arthur says.

There’s a small crew of about three full-time employees and various volunteers and actors that ensure performances run smoothly.

Being in business for 48 years means the Invisible Theatre has seen changes over the years. Mostly, it’s the audiences, Trombino-Arthur says. “That’s really what’s changed.

It’s not in how we work, but what the audience wants to see. We no longer do two-hour plays with an intermission. Now we do 1.5-hour long plays with no intermission. It seems to be a trend with all theaters.”

Trombino-Arthur says she likes the Invisible Theatre over others in Zero Hour, featuring award-winning Broadway star Jim Brochu, is part of this year’s lineup at Tucson’s Invisible Theatre. (Photo the area for the professionalism and courtesy Invisible Theatre) quality standards.

“Our audience is a seasoned theater-go“All of the costumes, all of the sets, everything looks very professional. I know that if ing crowd. They come here knowing they the play is set in the 1930s everything will can trust us,” Blair says. “We make people be up to that standard. That’s what makes feel welcome and treat everyone like they’re the most important, because they Invisible Theatre so unique.”

The theater has a loyal customer base, are. We all feel like one big happy family.” which also lends to its success.

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BY RANDY MONTGOMERY

The Vampire

THROUGH NOVEMBER 4 Count Dracula travels from Transylvania to England and develops a taste for the blood of the innocent Mina. Jonathon Seward and Dr. Van Helsing set out on a desperate mission to destroy Dracula and save Jonathan’s wife, Mina, before it’s too late.

The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway, 886.9428, thegaslighttheatre.com, various times, $22.95.

Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis

OCTOBER 5 Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis comes to town for a show that combines modern dance with big band jazz to explore the animal kingdom. Along with Marsalis, Astaire Award-winning tap dancer Jared Grimes and groundbreaking “jooker” Lil Buck leap, slide, flip and tap across the stage with movements that correspond with different animals. This one-of-a-kind collaboration is not to be missed. Presented by UA Presents.

UA Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Boulevard, 621.3341, uapresents.org, 8 p.m., $30-$100.

Peter and the Starcatcher

OCTOBER 5 TO OCTOBER 7 A dozen actors take on the roles of more than

100 unforgettable characters in this play that explores the depths of greed and despair, while celebrating the bonds of friendship and love.

“Starcatcher” is the Tony-winning play based on the best-selling novel about how an orphan became the legendary Peter Pan. Presented by Arts Express.

Whistle Stop Depot, 127 W. Fifth Street, 319.0400, arts-express.org, times vary, $10-$20.

30 Americans

OCTOBER 6 TO JANUARY 13 A collection of diverse media, subject matter and perspectives explores race, gender and historical identity through pieces from works of African-American artists from the past four decades. The artists portray the country’s changing views of race and class over the last 200 years. A comprehensive 224-page hardcover exhibition catalog with written essays accompanies the exhibition.

Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Avenue, 624.2333, tucsonmuseumofart.org, times vary, free-$12.

Tom Philabaum / Alchemy / alk mē

OCTOBER 6 TO JANUARY 26 For more than 40 years, acclaimed Tucson artist Tom Philabaum has been creating glass art.

Philabaum’s Alchemy exhibit opens in October and will offer an up-close look at his fused-glass paintings, which capture the magical process of transformation, creation and combination.

The show is part of The Big Picture, a downtown gallery event sponsored by the Central Tucson Gallery Association.

Philabaum Gallery, 711 S. Sixth Avenue, 884.7404, philabaumglass.com, times vary, free.

pulsing, energetic rendition of Maurice Ravel’s masterpiece Boler-O. The Great American Songbook of the 1920s and 1930s is represented with I’ll See You in My Dreams. Presented by Ballet Tucson.

Pima Community College (West Campus) Center for the Arts – Proscenium Theatre, 2202 W. Anklam Road, 903.1445, ballettucson.org, times vary, $40-$45.

P.D. Ronstadt & Co.

OCTOBER 20 TO NOVEMBER 10 Best-selling author and syndicated journalist Erma Bombeck was a longtime Arizona resident whose work revealed the life of being a mother and housewife to readers around the globe. In this one-woman play, Arizona Theatre Company will offer a comical and loving tribute to the beloved humorist who championed women’s lives with wit. Presented by Arizona Theatre Company.

Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Avenue, arizonatheatree.org, 622.2823, times vary, $25$76.

OCTOBER 6 AND OCTOBER 7 Peter Dalton Ronstadt is a fifth-generation family member of the famous Ronstadts, who hail from Tucson. The nephew of Linda Ronstadt will explore the heritage of his family while presenting new and original material during his performance at the Arizona Folklore Preserve.

Dalton will be accompanied by his band and will offer a musical picture of the American Southwest.

Arizona Folklore Preserve, 56 E. Folklore Trail, Hereford, 378.6165, arizonafolklore.com, 2 p.m., $6-$15.

Maria de Buenos Aires

OCTOBER 6 AND OCTOBER 7 With music by Astor Piazzolla and Libretto by Horacio Ferrer, this gripping, surreal tale will move, shock and provoke audiences. Maria de Buenos Aires combines operatic passion with sensual rhythms of tango. The gritty streets of Buenos Aires claim the once-innocent Maria as their own. After her death, Maria and her spirit haunt her hometown. Presented by Arizona Opera.

The Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Avenue, 293.4336, azopera.org, times vary, $25-$125.

Death by Design

OCTOBER 11 TO NOVEMBER 17 Comedy and mystery come together in this play set in an English country manor in 1932.

A playwright and his wife flee the city after a disastrous opening night at the theater. Visitors show up at their country estate and one is murdered. In comes the feisty Irish maid to solve the crime.

Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway Boulevard, 327.4242, livetheatreworkshop.com, times vary, $15-$20.

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OCTOBER 12 TO OCTOBER 28 Something Something Theatre’s 2018-2019 season features four plays, three of them written by women. Each play in the season has been written in the last 10 years, and all are Tucson debuts. The season opener is described as “a raucous, dangerous expedition to discover the Grand Canyon.” The producers claim the gender-bending historical comedy is “mostly true.” See what it’s all about!

Temple Cabaret, 330 S. Scott Avenue, 468.6111, somethingsomethingtheatre.com, times vary, free-$25.

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OCTOBER 13 AND OCTOBER 14 Ballet Tucson kicks off the season with a performance celebrating a variety of genres.

Lawrence W. Lee and Tucson troubadours Calexico pay homage to Dia de los Muertos.

Also included in the performance is the

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Sandra Shen

OCTOBER 20 AND OCTOBER 21 The Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra Association was founded for the mutual enjoyment of classical music by artists and audiences. SASO’s concert will feature Márquez: Conga del Fuego Nuevo, Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 22 (Sandra Shen, piano), Debussy: Petite Suite, and Chavez: Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonía India). Shen has been described as a classical “pianist of the first order.” Saturday’s concert will be held at SaddleBrooke DesertView Performing Arts Center. On Sunday, the program moves to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.

Presented by Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra.

Locations vary, 308.6226, sasomusic.org, times vary, free-$24.

Adventures of the Heart

OCTOBER 21 In her annual show, Diana Madaras continues to explore the themes she loves in new and expressive ways. Adventures of the Heart features three new series of paintings: Spirit Animals, California Coastline and Back to Greece.

Madaras Gallery, 3035 N. Swan Road, 623.4000, ops@madaras.com, madaras.com, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., free but reservations required.

Opera in the Sculpture Garden

OCTOBER 30 The Opera Guild of Southern Arizona and the Fred Fox School of Music vocal department present a concert that includes excerpts from Daniel Catan’s La Hija de Rappaccini, which is based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, Rappaccino’s Daughter. Also, arias from Michael Ching’s Speed Dating Tonight will be sung. This is the first time the arias from both works will be heard in Arizona. During the second half, the UA faculty and advanced students perform popular arias chosen by the audience through an auction.

Jewish Community Center Sculpture Garden, 3800 E. River Road, 906.3792, 299.3000, azogsa.org, 3 to 5 p.m., $10. www.LovinLife.com

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Dining Locally Sourced

Janos Wilder has a one-two punch with Carriage House and Downtown Kitchen

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Janos Wilder is a gastronomical genius, many would agree.

Tucson’s only James Beard Foundation winner opened Janos on the grounds of the Tucson Museum of Art, marrying French technique with local ingredients, on Halloween 1983. The casual, less expensive J BAR followed featuring the foods of Southern Arizona, Latin America, Mexico and The Caribbean.

He helms Carriage House Event Space and Cooking School and the adjacent chic Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails as well.

With cameras overhead, oversized wooden doors and subtle white wallpaper, Carriage House has become an ideal place for weddings, cooking classes and corporate events that require accommodations for 40 to 120 people.

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“We have a partnership with Tucson Medical Center to create healthy eating classes and videos for them,” Wilder says. “We work on a variety of different topics that are going to be helpful and healthy. Eating healthy should never require you to sacrifice at all. It can taste great, be great.”

The building is more than 100 years old, initially housing a Studebaker showroom that faced Broadway. The Carriage House ballroom was the service department. When the building became available, Wilder jumped on the opportunity.

“My restaurant is right next door,” Wilder says of Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails. “We felt there was an opportunity downtown and a demand for event space that we couldn’t satisfy at Downtown Kitchen. We have a full

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kitchen in the back of Carriage House.”

As for Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails, it was founded in 2010, when Wilder saw the opportunity to move downtown because it was being revitalized. He describes the menu as “American food with a global vision.”

“Every summer we do something called ‘Downtowns Around the Globe,’” he shares.

“We started that in 2010 when Tucson received the city of gastronomy award. I thought, ‘Let’s do our sister cities in gastronomy.’ Every summer, we do three to four different cities of gastronomy.”

He’s covered cities in China, Italy and South Korea.

“It’s super fun,” he says.

“There’s a lot of research that goes into it. It’s very expansive for us and our guests. It really is a way to emphasize what it is we do.”

In October, Wilder focuses on food and ingredients from Tucson and the Sonoran Desert. This is a longtime passion of Wilder’s.

“When I opened the first restaurant in 1983, I advertised for gardeners before staff,” he says. “It’s a great way to cook. It’s become better for us. There is a lot more demand for those ingredients. When we started doing that, nobody else was doing it.”

Wilder’s innovative style comes from his mother. He was impressed by the passion she brought to her cooking. Wilder started doing odd jobs at restaurants in high school, but never thought it would be a career. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from University of California, Berkeley, in 1976.

He soon realized his real love was in the kitchen. After graduation, he worked for three years at the historic Gold Hill Inn in Colorado, which sparked his interest in local ingredients.

Santa Fe and Paris were next on his itinerary.

He worked alongside the chefs at three restaurants, which exposed him to French classical and nouvelle cuisine. In learning more about French cooking he came to appreciate the French chef and his relationship to his gardeners. When he moved to Tucson, he

Janos Wilder helms Carriage House Event Space and Cooking School, as well as Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails.

(Photo courtesy Janos Wilder)

brought his love for global cooking and local gardens.

Wilder, who splits his time between Colorado and Tucson, is looking forward to the future of Carriage House.

“I think we’re on a good trajectory,” he says.

“We’ve found our niche in the market from day one. With Carriage House, we found a model that works for us, and we cater to different things. The events are going to change all the time.

“We created this space and, in terms of weddings, we’re making people’s dreams come true.”

Carriage House Event Space and Cooking School

125 S. Arizona Avenue, 615.6100, carriagehousetucson.com.

Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails

135 S. Sixth Avenue, 623.7700, downtownkitchen.com.

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Dining Events

BY SAMANTHA FUOCO

Fall Pumpkin Celebration SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS IN OCTOBER

Celebrate fall by picking pumpkins this fall at Apple Annie’s in Willcox. Arrive in the morning and enjoy all-you-can-eat pumpkin and buttermilk pancakes or make your way through the state’s largest corn maze. Starts October 6.

Apple Annie’s Orchard, 2081 W. Hardy Road, Willcox, 384.2084, appleannies.com, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., free.

authentic food, drinking beer and enjoying music and festivities.

Ski Valley, 10300 Ski Run Road, Mount Lemmon, 576.1321, skithelemmon.com, noon to 5 p.m.

Trail DustTown’s Oktoberfest OCTOBER 6

Attend Trail Dust Town’s biggest event of the year: Oktoberfest, which features Germaninspired food and attractions. What would Oktoberfest be without beer? Drink from Arizona breweries while enjoying music courtesy of The Bouncing Czechs in the evening.

Trail Dust Town, 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, 296.4551, traildusttown.com, 3 to 10 p.m., free.

Buckelew Farm Pumpkin Festival & Corn Maze WEEKENDS IN OCTOBER

Visit Buckelew Farm to explore the pumpkin fields during the Pumpkin Festival. Guests will have the chance to pick pumpkins and explore the 11-acre haunted cornfield.

Buckelew Farm, 17000 W. Ajo Way, 822.2277, tucsonpumpkins.com, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., $10.

Mount Lemmon Ski Valley Oktoberfest WEEKENDS THROUGH OCTOBER 14

Enjoy the German-like atmosphere at Mount Lemmon Oktoberfest by chowing down on

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SUNDAYS AND THURSDAYS

Ride horses and enjoy blueberry pancakes early in the morning at Tanque Verde Ranch every Sunday and Thursday in October. Explore the rolling hills and towering cacti as you make your way to the Old Homestead.

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

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Rillito Park Farmers Market SUNDAYS IN OCTOBER

The Rillito Park Farmers Market invites future and current farmers, ranchers and artisan foodies to check out the locally grown food.

This state-of-the-art permanent farmers space opens each Sunday for locals and guests.

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

Sun Sounds Great Tucson Beer Festival OCTOBER 20

Beer and food vendors will congregate at the Great Tucson Beer Festival for a great cause: Sun Sounds of Arizona, which provides audio access to print information to people who cannot read or hold print material due to a disability. Live music and a variety of other entertainment will keep the party going. All ticket prices will be $10 more at the gates on the day of the event.

Kino Sports North Complex, 2817 E. Ajo Way, 296.2400, azbeer.com, 6 to 10 p.m., $40.

Willcox Wine Country Fall Festival OCTOBER 20 AND OCTOBER 21

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Get the behind-the-scenes look at how high-quality gelato is made at the Gelato Festival. Patrons can watch artisans in their “laboratories” and then vote for their favorites.

La Encantada, 2905 E. Skyline Drive, 917.509.7727, gelatofestivalamerica. com, noon to 7 p.m., $25.

Grapes to Glass Art & Wine Festival OCTOBER 28

Celebrate the fourth annual Grapes to Glass Art & Wine Festival at Maynards Market & Kitchen. Local wine, food, crafts and art take centerstage along with 10 wineries and five vendors. Guests are invited to experiment by pairing wine with art at the depot.

Maynards Market & Kitchen, 400 N. Toole Avenue, 545.0577, maynardstucson.com, 3 to 6 p.m., $35.

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Sports The Elder Statesman

Trevor Cheek, 25, enjoys mentoring younger players on the Roadrunners

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI When Trevor Cheek was a young hockey draftee, he struggled with his confidence.

He didn’t believe he deserved to be on the ice with some of his idols.

Last summer, the 25-year-old Tucson Roadrunners forward honed his skills at an ice rink in Scottsdale with NHL players.

He felt perfectly at home.

“It’s always good to skate with some of the NHL guys,” Cheek says. “It’s helped me overcome my confidence issues. I just believe I can be out there with them.”

Now he’s the Roadrunners’ elder statesman. The guys on the team look up to him and he’s happy to help.

“It’s crazy how hockey’s trending so much toward the younger game,” Cheek Tucson Roadrunners’ Trevor Cheek practiced with the Arizona Coyotes in September. (Photo by Chris Hook)

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says. “I’m one of the older guys on the team in Tucson.

“I don’t feel too old. Twenty-five is not too old to me, but I love being around the young kids. I was one of those kids just starting to play professionally. I give insight and help any way I can. We have a lot of really good young kids in the organization and they’re awesome. They all want to get better.”

Fans can see for themselves when the Tucson Roadrunners begin their third season in the Old Pueblo with an I-8 border rivalry game against the San Diego Gulls on Saturday, October 6, at Tucson Arena.

For tickets, call 1.866.774.6253.

In July, the Roadrunners re-signed Cheek to a one-year contract. Last season, he recorded four goals and six assists for 10 points in 27 games with the Roadrunners.

Cheek also registered nine goals and 11 assists for 20 points in 20 games with the Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL).

This will be Cheek’s third season in Tucson, one of just seven players to be with the club in each year of its existence. At 6-foot-2, 205 pounds, the left-handed forward from Vancouver, Washington, enters his sixth professional season and third as a part of the Tucson organization.

Besides Tucson, Cheek has played professionally in Cleveland, San Antonio and Fort Wayne, Indiana.

“Trevor was once again an important part of our forward group last year and we’re happy to have him in a Roadrunners sweater,” says Roadrunners General Manager Steve Sullivan.

“Trevor’s experience and work ethic are very valuable to us.”

Hockey is in Cheek’s blood. His grandfather grew up in the French-

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Canadian town of Bedford, Quebec, and played hockey. The family moved to the Van Nuys, California, area, where his grandfather coached Cheek’s dad.

“They were the first generation of hockey players in California,” Cheek says. “I was born there, and I played hockey for a couple years there, having my dad coach me.”

The family then moved to Washington state and Cheek played there before traveling to Arizona to play hockey as a 15-yearold. He was a youth hockey player before junior hockey.

“I stuck around every summer and battled the heat,” Cheek says.

Cheek attended Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale and schools in Washington. He is still close with his former host family in North Scottsdale, Rich and Tenley Shaw.

“I spent half of my sophomore year at Desert Mountain High School, then I traveled back home when hockey season ended,” he says. “Then I played baseball. My junior year, I decided to fully go for hockey. I started spending the full year in Scottsdale training and playing hockey.”

Cheek spends his offseason training in Scottsdale. His and the rest of the team’s training paid off, as the Roadrunners finished first in the conference.

“The crowds for the few home playoff games were awesome,” says Cheek, who counts hockey players Anze Kopitar and Luc Robitaille among his idols. “The city is behind us and we want to keep that going into this season. We want the fanbase to grow larger. Tucson is great. I’m blessed to be able to be there.”

When Cheek isn’t playing hockey, he’s in his kitchen or on the golf course.

“There are nice courses in Scottsdale and they’re cheap in the summer, if you can stick it out in the sun,” he says with a laugh.

“I’m really into cooking. I like to cook all my meals. I have a little more time now than during the season. I just experiment and whip up meals. I do make sweet potato hash a lot. I cook it for people and they always say it’s good. It’s one of my trademarks.”

Like all minor-league hockey players, Cheek’s goal is to play in the NHL. “I want to keep getting better and strive toward that,” he says. “My main focus is obviously with Tucson because that’s the contract I’m on. I just want to have another good year and help the younger kids.”

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BY ERIC NEWMAN & EVAN DESAI

Vamos a Tucson Mexican Baseball Fiesta OCTOBER 4 TO OCTOBER 7 Several Mexican Winter League baseball teams, as well as the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Kansas City Royals Young Stars, travel to Tucson to celebrate international baseball and culture at Kino Stadium.

Kino Sports Complex, 2500 E. Ajo Way, 724.5466, mexicanbaseballfiesta.com, times vary each day, tickets start at $10.

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San Diego Gulls OCTOBER 6 The Tucson Roadrunners hockey team opens its regular season against San Diego. The Roadrunners finished atop the Pacific Division last season.

Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Avenue, 791.4101, tucsonroadrunners.com, 7:05 p.m., tickets start at $11.

University of Arizona Wildcats vs. University of California Golden Bears OCTOBER 6 UA gets a conference game that the Cats could win. It is notable, however, that Cal did pull off a midseason upset last year against fellow PAC-12 competitor Washington State.

Arizona Stadium, 1 National Championship Drive, 621.4917, rizonawildcats.com, time TBD, tickets start at $13.

The Great Pumpkin Race at Buckelew Farms OCTOBER 21 The Southern Arizona Roadrunners Association is set to host a 5K at Buckelew Farms. Racers will run through a portion of the farm’s wild and crazy corn maze. The race benefits Autism Awareness in Southern Arizona.

Buckelew Farms, 17000 W. Ajo Highway, 326.9383, azroadrunners.org, 7:30 a.m., registration for SAR members begins at $16 while nonmembers start at $18.

University of Arizona Wildcats vs. University of Oregon Ducks OCTOBER 27 The Ducks try to rebound from last year’s poor play within their conference this season. This stop in Tucson may look daunting for them, though, because they played terribly on the road last year, and the Wildcats played well at home.

Arizona Stadium, 1 National Championship Drive, 621.4917, arizonawildcats.com, time TBD, tickets start at $15. www.LovinLife.com

Music The Wild West

Wears Prada and used as Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign theme. Her last album, Kin, released in 2016, debuted at No.7 on the official U.K. album charts.

Recently, Tunstall was awarded the Inspirational Artist prize at the Women in Music Awards. She was chosen as the first grand marshal to lead last spring’s annual New York Tartan Week parade. In May, she and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam released a cover of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” with proceeds going to Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy Foundation.

For Tunstall’s tour, she will be backed by an all-female band: drummer Cat Myers, bassist Cheryl Pinero, pianist Hinako Omori and guitarist Charlotte Hatherley.

“I love the energy of women playing badass rock music,” she says. “I’m so excited about doing that. I want to see that. I just had a word with myself and said, ‘What are you doing? If you want to see it, do it.’”

KT Tunstall waxes poetic about Tucson

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI When scheduling her latest tour, Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall made sure to include a Tucson gig.

“I basically demanded to my booking agent that I come and play a show in Tucson,” Tunstall says.

The singer, best known for the songs “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and “Suddenly I See,” spent about a month recording 2013’s Invisible Empire/Crescent Moon in Tucson with producer Howe Gelb.

She even made a film about the recording, called Tucson Time.

“The cover is literally the desert of Tucson,” she says enthusiastically. “We took a 1969 Barracuda and drove out to the Sonoran Desert and took those pictures. It was a really magical thing. Driving into the desert was one of my favorite things to do.

I never saw a Saguaro cactus. They look like a drawing.”

Tunstall returns to Tucson to celebrate the release of her sixth album, Wax, which hit stores October 5. Wax is part of a trilogy, all of which are titled with three letters, about spirit, body and mind.

“It was a super easy record to make, actually,” Tunstall says. “I wanted to make a trilogy. This is part two of a three-part epic collection of music. The first one, Kin, was the spirit record. This is the body record that deals with the complex relationship with physicality. I knew I wanted to center it around the electric guitar, which I hadn’t done before.”

Lead single “The River” is written by Tunstall and Martin Terefe and produced

by Franz Ferdinand’s Nick McCarthy, along with Sebastian Kellig and MyRiot.

“It’s about wanting to escape the madness in the world, escaping bad relationships, and wanting to be washed clean – emancipation

KT Tunstall will be backed by an all-female band when she plays The Rialto Theatre on Tuesday, October 23.

(Photo by Piper Ferguson)

through nature,” she says.

Tunstall emerged in 2004 with Eye to The Telescope. She has released four critically acclaimed albums since and her songs have been in the opening credits of The Devil

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On a ‘Mission’

Styx offers futuristic lyrics with old-school sounds

BY ALAN SCULLEY When the current Styx album, The Mission, arrived in June 2017, it ended a 14-year run without an album of new original material from the veteran band.

For years, the band members debated whether there was any point to even doing a new album. As founding member James Young explained to this writer in a 2013 interview, for veteran bands, many factors argue against making new albums.

Illegal downloading has cut into album sales to the point that it can be hard to make money on a new album. Radio only seems interested in playing the hit songs of veteran bands and has been resistant to spinning new tunes. And doing a new album, in the case of Styx, would mean taking time away from touring, which is now the band’s main source of income, and losing personal time the band members could spend with their families and friends – something that is limited for a band like Styx that plays some 125 shows a year.

But guitarist/singer Tommy Shaw, the band member who was the catalyst in creating The Mission, said this was a project that just seemingly demanded to happen.

“You know, (it’s like) when you’re doing something new and you’re wondering am I doing the right thing. Is this insane?” Shaw says. “A lot of times life will give you a warning to say this is crazy. Stop now. Or, you’ll see signs that just come out of nowhere that say I think we’re going in the right direction. And this kept happening.”

The Mission was not a product of extensive forethought, band meetings and planning. According to Shaw, it literally began with a few musical notes he played about two years ago.

“We were on the road and I wrote this little riff. And if you listen to the album, it’s the very last song on the album (Mission to Mars),” he says. “I wrote the beginnings of that on the road, a little riff and some chords. I took it home and I laid it out in a ProTools file and I wrote the little middle section to it. Then it was like ‘Well, I’m anxious to sing it.’ It’s going to need some words so I can sing it. So, I sat down and I wrote the lines ‘Now I can say it/This is the day/ We’ll be on our way/ On our mission to Mars.’ And I wrote that down because the song has this kind of upbeat, kind of joyful

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vibe to it…And so that’s what I wrote, and it was like where did that come from? It’s just what came out.”

Shaw says he liked the feeling of excitement and anticipation of those words, but he then wrote a more cautionary set of lines for the middle section, which brought a whole different dimension to the song and triggered him to start thinking in much bigger terms Styx will perform at Casino del Sol’s AVA Amphitheater on Sunday, October 7. (Photo courtesy Styx) about where his little ine it. You could listen to it and go ‘Wow, and Paradise Theatre (1981) – also topped burst of inspiration might take him.

“The middle section was a left turn,” this really sounds good.’ So, by the time 2 million copies sold before the band’s Shaw says. “That’s where the idea came they heard it, it was a really good demo for momentum started to stall. Over the next into my head that this is really about the a new Styx album. That was when every- decade, the band broke up a pair of times in the ’80s and early ’90s and went through individuals, the human beings that are on body thought this is for real.”

Eventually The Mission turned into a story a series of personnel changes, the biggest that mission, what they’re going through.

It’s very exciting and everything, but when that chronicled the ups and downs of the of which was replacing original singer/ they strap in on that rocket, they’re getting first mission to Mars in 2033, with Styx’s keyboardist/songwriter Dennis DeYoung ready to leave everything and everyone, all three vocalists each singing the parts of in 1999 with Gowan.

The current band lineup has stayed inthe things they ever knew, they’re leaving it a character in the story (Shaw as the pilot who likes living life by the seat of his pants, tact since 2003, and Styx has returned to behind and they may never return.

“That right there, that’s the human situa- Gowan as the first officer who brings a big being a strong draw on the concert circuit.

The band’s many hits (such as “Come tion and humans going through these life- brother personality to the mission and altering situations. That’s something that Young as the engineer who must be sat- Sail Away,” “The Best of Times,” “Blue Collar Styx is good at, is writing about people go- isfied with the technical workings of the Man” and “Too Much Time on My Hands”) remain the foundation of its live shows, ing through life. All of a sudden it became mission).

But while the story is futuristic, the mu- and Shaw says the band has been careful not just this fun little thing. All of a sudden it took on a (sense of) ‘Wait a minute, there sic on the album is very much old school, about adding songs from The Mission into classic Styx – something that was very its live set, noting that “Gone Gone Gone” might be something here.’”

From there, Shaw teamed up with much a goal for The Mission. The band’s was the only new song in the set prior to songwriting collaborator/producer Will signature mix of hard-charging guitar rock the album’s release.

“We crash into it, kind of the same way it Evankovich – and before long, Styx key- and hooky pop (mixed with a bit of proboardist/singer Lawrence Gowan – to gressive rock and plenty of backing vocals does on the album,” Shaw says, adding that continue exploring the emerging album and harmonies) is very much intact, as the now that fans are able to hear The Mission until the trio was ready to propose doing new album weaves together concise hard- the group is seeing how fans are respondthe album to other band members (Young, rocking tracks like “Gone Gone Gone” and ing to help decide which new songs to add drummer Todd Sucherman, bassist Ricky “The Outpost,” the grooving pop-soul of to the set. “That will help determine if we Phillips and occasional concert guest star “Hundred Million Miles” and more multi- add any more to our set.” faceted prog-ish tracks like “Locomotive,” and original bassist Chuck Panozzo).

“If I had just gone to them with one song “Time May Bend” and “Radio Silence.”

Styx’s sound has certainly worked for the and said, ‘Hey, I’ve got this song about a What: Styx mission to Mars. Let’s do a record,’ if they band. After building a sizable grass roots When: 8 p.m. Sunday, October 7 had said that to me, I would have gone ‘Eh, following – especially in the Midwest – the Where: Casino del Sol’s AVA band broke through in a big way in 1977 really? Are you sure?’” Shaw says.

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Life in the Fast Lane

Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder doesn’t take it easy during his concerts

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI To former Eagles guitarist Don Felder, playing music isn’t work.

“I don’t have to do this,” says Felder, who’s on a successful solo tour that comes to The Rialto Theatre on Friday, October 12.

“I just love playing. I fell madly in love with it when I was 10. I love performing. I love writing. I love recording and producing in the studio. Music never betrayed me, never cheated on me, never let me down.

It’s always been there.”

The four-time Grammy winner was a member of the Eagles for 27 years, co-writing the Eagles’ biggest hit, “Hotel California,” along with fan favorites like “Victim of Love” and “Those Shoes.” He is celebrated for his lyrical, signature guitar work on legendary songs like “Hotel California,” “One of These Nights” and “New Kid in Town.”

On stage, Felder is joined by the likes of keyboardist Timothy Drury (The Eagles, Whitesnake), guitarist David Myhre (Kid Rock, Kenny Chesney), and bassist Bruce Atkinson (Kenny Loggins).

“It’s a very fun, uplifting show,” Felder says. “I play a lot of the songs that were in the Eagles’ catalog that I cowrote or played with them for the 27 years I was in the band.

Those include: ‘Hotel California,’ ‘Life in the Fastlane,’ ‘Heartache Tonight’ and ‘Witchy Woman.’ The set is a lot of Eagles hits that everyone knows.”

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“It’s really a fun night that’s filled with energy,” Felder says. “By the end of the night, everyone is dancing and having a great time. My job is to make sure everybody has a good time.”

When he’s not touring, Felder is revving up to promote his forthcoming solo album.

The tour will take him around the world.

“For right now, I have a ball on stage,” he says. “People tell me, ‘You look so happy on stage.’ Well, that’s because I’m doing what I love. It’s a labor of love. It’s fun for everybody.”

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BY CONNOR DZIAWURA

OCTOBER 13

Birds and Arrows The Plaza at Hotel Congress, 7:30 p.m., free Borgore Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $27-$48 John Paul White Club Congress, 7 p.m., $18-$20

OCTOBER 14

Flint Eastwood Club Congress, 7 p.m., $10-$15 Skeletonwitch 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $15-$18

OCTOBER 15

Guerilla Toss Club Congress, 7 p.m., $10

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Club Congress, 7 p.m. October 20, $20-$25

San Francisco’s Deafheaven, pictured, will kick off its second North American tour of the year at Club Congress this October – this time with New York indie rockers DIIV. The eclectic Deafheaven released its fourth studio album, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, back in July. Known for blending black metal with shoegaze and post-rock, the group’s latest LP saw the band heading down a more melodic postrock route than the harsh, direct collection that was 2015’s New Bermuda – receiving rave reviews in the process. DIIV’s last record was 2016’s Is the Is Are.

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OCTOBER 7

Sofi Tukker 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $15-$18

Boy George and Culture Club Desert Diamond Casino Sahuarita, 8 p.m., $35-$85

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Benise Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29-$95

Jonathan Davis Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $20-$300

Houndmouth Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $26.25-$29

Styx Casino del Sol’s AVA Amphitheater, 8 p.m., $25-$350

Milo Greene 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $16-$18

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Vicious Rumors w/Cloven Hoof, Ashbury House of Bards, 8 p.m., $12-$15

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Dave Parley from Prayers 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $5

OCTOBER 9

Chelsea Wolfe and Russian Circles Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $26-$28

Dirty Heads Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $36

Mothers 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $8-$12

The Essex Green Club Congress, 8 p.m., $10

MC Lars w/MC Frontalot, Mega Ran Cans Deli, 8 p.m., $12-$14

OCTOBER 4

Bahamas 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $18-$20

OCTOBER 10

Mystic Braves w/The Creation Factory Cans Deli, 8 to 11 p.m., $10

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Bob Dylan and His Band Tucson Music Hall, 8 p.m., $275-$525 Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis Centennial Hall, 8 p.m., $30-$100 The Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $27-$67

OCTOBER 6

Lawrence Club Congress, 7 p.m., $15 Nelly Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $48-$65

OCTOBER 11

10,000 Maniacs Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $35-$50

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Don Felder, formerly of The Eagles Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $32-$53

Dan Soder 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $15-$20 Johnny and the Deep Rollers The Plaza at Hotel Congress, 7:30 p.m., free

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I’m With Her: Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29-$54

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Graham Nash Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $37-$97

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Good Rockin’ Live! - A Salute to Sun Records DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $30 Soccer Mommy Club Congress, 7 p.m., $10-$12

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Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., sold out Billy Strings 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $15-$17 Dwight Yoakam Tucson Music Hall, 8 p.m., $37.75-$63 (h d) p.e.

The Rock, 7:30 p.m., $18-$20

OCTOBER 19

Leigh Lesho 191 Toole, 7 p.m., $8-$10 Puddles Pity Party Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $35-$105 Welshy Arms Club Congress, 7 p.m., $15

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Deafheaven and DIIV Club Congress, 7 p.m., $20-$25 The Lemon Twigs 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $18-$20 SASO: Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m., $24 Thievery Corporation Rialto Theatre, 8:30 p.m., $45-$58

OCTOBER 21

Albert the Cannibal w/Crafting the Conspiracy The Rock, 6 p.m., tickets TBA Allen Stone w/Nick Waterhouse 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $25-$30 Café Tacvba Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $41-$46

OCTOBER 21 Death Valley Girls Club Congress, 7 p.m., $10-$12

OCTOBER 22 Coco Montoya 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $15

Exploded View Club Congress, 7 p.m., $10

OCTOBER 23

KT Tunstall Club Congress, 7 p.m., $25-$99

OCTOBER 24

Dhoad, Gypsies of Rajasthan Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $24-$49 Midland Casino del Sol’s AVA Amphitheater, 8 p.m., $25$40 Molly Burch Club Congress, 7 p.m., $8-$10 Scotty McCreery Centennial Hall, 7:30 p.m., $24-$75 Snails Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $23-$40

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Reik Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $58-$90

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Marco Antonio Solis Tucson Arena, 8 p.m., $49-$179 Rend Collective Christ Community Church, 7 p.m., $20-$65, or $15 per ticket for a group of 10 or more Strung Out 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $18-$20 Stryper Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $22.50-$24

OCTOBER 27 D.R.I. w/Skullcrack The Rock, 6 p.m., $17

OCTOBER 28

Joan Baez Fox Tucson Theatre, 8 p.m., sold out Still Corners Club Congress, 8 p.m., $10

OCTOBER 29

Four Fists (P.O.S. and Astronautalis) 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $17-$20

OCTOBER 30

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Travel The Magical Mystery Tour A fab Beatles experience in Liverpool

BY ED BOITANO The Magical Mystery Tour is the ultimate Beatle experience for the ultimate Beatle fanatic, and if you fit that description, it is well worth the journey to Liverpool. The tour introduces you to over 30 places directly associated with the Beatles and those people who were close to them.

Participants board one of the company’s fleet of three yellow psychedelic Magical Mystery Tour coaches identical to the bus used in the 1967 BBC film Magical Mystery Tour. (The original vehicle is now at the Hard Rock Café, Miami.) A team of professional tour guides, who are all expert Beatle historians, conducts the two and a half-hour journey.

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The coach departs for downtown Liverpool, where you’ll see the department store where George Harrison was a trainee electrician and Paul McCartney a van driver.

There’s the Jacaranda club where the lads would hang out during their student days, strumming guitars and eating the Jac’s famous bacon butties. John was even known to scribble a few illustrations on the walls.

The Liverpool College of Art was where John would meet Stuart Sutcliffe in 1957.

Stu sold a painting and John persuaded him to buy a bass guitar and join his band. Stu never really could play, but John insisted that he be in the band because he admired

him and he was just so “cool looking.” Stu died of a brain hemorrhage in Hamburg a few years later. He is considered the lead character in the Beatle song “In My Life.”

John would also meet Cynthia Powell at the school, who later became his first wife.

Places I Remember

Another important landmark is Beatle manager Brian Epstein’s NEMS Record Store. Legend has it that a youth walked into the store in 1961 asking for anything by the Beatles. Epstein, who prided himself on finding any record a customer requested, became obsessed with locating a recording by this strangely named group of musicians. As additional fans asked about the Beatles, Brian became curious to find out more about this new local sensation. To his surprise, he found they were making one of their regular lunchtime appearances just around the corner from his office. The place was called the Cavern, a catacombed basement club below a row of grimy old warehouses on Mathew Street. The next day, he spent his lunch hour at the Cavern and then offered to manage the band. One of his first acts as manager was to have them ditch their scruff y leather boy personae, putting them in suits. Epstein “cleaned-up” the Beatles, while Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldman (former press agent for Epstein) “dirtied-down” the upper mid-

The Fab Four in their early days. (Photo courtesy the Cavern Club)

dle-class Stones.

Epstein’s upstairs office soon became the center place for his ever-expanding Beatle enterprises. The office also became a hangout for the band, as once the store closed they would play all the newest records from the States. Liverpool was the big port of England, and the city would be the first to get all the latest rock recordings from overseas. This helped the Beatles’ song repertoire at the clubs when it came to doing cover versions of rock songs – which there were few of in 1961.

The Long And Winding Road

The coach leaves the city center for the Dingle, a rough and tumble district of row houses where Richard Starkey (Ringo) was born. He was a sickly child and spent most of his childhood in hospitals with very little formal schooling. However, he possessed a sarcastic Liverpudlian wit which helped him survive the mean streets of the Dingle, despite ill health and short stature. For reasons of safety, the coach does not stop in front of his non-descript row house but does swing

by The Empress Public House, which fans will recognize on the cover of Ringo’s first solo album, Sentimental Journey.

Beneath The Blue Suburban Skies

Strawberry Field (no “s”) is a Salvation Army home for orphans, where John would play on its grounds as a child.

(Photo courtesy the Cavern Club)

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Truth be told, John, Paul and George were children of the suburbs. Despite the leather coats and Teddy Boy stances, they were not unlike the millions of rock ‘n’ posers of today. John was raised by his Aunt Mimi in an upper middle-class home in south Liverpool’s Menlove Avenue in Woolton, after his free-spirited mother Julia

dropped him off there to “stay for a while.”

This is the “Julia” he sings of on The Beatles’ double album (aka The White Album). John spent more time at this residence than at any other place in his life. It is where he first heard Elvis sing “Hearbreak Hotel” on the radio and where he learned to play the guitar. He wrote the Beatles’ first number one hit, “Please Please Me,” in the upstairs bedroom. The property was later purchased

by Yoko Ono, who then donated it to the National Trust. The bus stops in the front of the house where Julia, who had returned to live when he was teenager, was hit and killed by a drunk driver while crossing the street. John himself answered the door to the notifying official and even had to go to the morgue to identify her body. He later said that he had lost his mother twice, once when he was a child and again when he was seventeen.

Paul McCartney was also no stranger to tragedy. As the group pauses reflectively outside his small childhood family home, we are informed that his mother died of breast cancer when he was just fourteen.

She would later come back to soothe him in his dreams as “Mother Mary” in his haunting ballad, “Let It Be.” Paul and John wrote over 100 songs in the front room of the house. Paul’s father, James, complained that the “yeah, yeah, yeah” in “She Loves You” sounded too informal, and should be changed to “yes, yes, yes.” John replied, “When’d you ever hear anyone from Liverpool say ‘yes’?” The property also belongs to the National Trust.

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toric meeting place in rock history.

A friend of John’s took Paul to see John and his Quarry Men skiffle group play a summer show at the church. After their set, John asked Paul, “What did ya think of me band?” Paul replied that John’s guitar was out of tune and that he didn’t know all the song’s lyrics. (Lennon had a secret; he had to pay a neighbor to tune his guitar.) Paul played a word-perfect cover of “Be Bop a Lula” for him, and John was so impressed that he asked him to join the band. Paul requested that his younger friend, George, be allowed to join too, but John was concerned that he was too young and would not attract “the birds” (ladies). Eventually John relented after George began to idolize him, following him everywhere he went.

The tour is so detailed that it even stops at the bus stop where Paul and George first met. Paul climbed the stairs to the top of the double-decker and found the young George, with guitar case, sitting in the back.

A friendship began.

George Harrison was born in a modest “two-up and two-down” home on a small cul-de-sac. The most low-key of the lads (his moniker was “the quiet Beatle”), his father, Harry, continued his career as a public

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The bus meanders back to the city center and stops at Mathew Street, the site of the Cavern Club. The area is no longer the delinquent warehouse district where the lads played there 292 times from Feb 1961 to Aug 1963. It has now been developed into the Cavern Walks shops and offices.

There’s also the Beatles Shop, which claims to have the largest selection of Beatles merchandise in the world. Believe it or not, the Cavern was demolished in 1973 to provide a construction site for Liverpool’s new underground railway system. It was rebuilt in the exact location as close to the original as possible in the ‘90s, using bricks saved from the old building. While it may never completely recapture the magic of the original, it’s as close to the real Cavern as you will ever experience.

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CALIFORNIA PISMO COAST VILLAGE RV RESORT — Located right on the beach, this beautifully landscaped RV resort features 400 full hookup sites, each with complimentary Wi-Fi and cable TV, on 26 grassy, tree-lined acres. Enjoy a general store, children’s arcade, restaurant, Laundromat, heated pool, bicycle rentals and miniature golf course. The resort offers the ideal location for wineries, golf or Hearst Castle. Pismo Coast Village RV Resort was awarded the 2007/2008 National RV Park of the Year. (888) RV-BEACH or www.PismoCoastVillage.com DOLPHIN BAY RESORT & SPA — Set along the rugged California Coast, just south of San Luis Obispo, Dolphin Bay Resort & Spa is centrally located in Pismo Beach. Dolphin Bay is the ideal hotel for romantic getaways or family vacations where guests stay anywhere from two nights to months at a time. With 60 spacious 1 and 2 bedroom suites featuring all the amenities of a home, The Spa, award winning-restaurant, Lido at Dolphin Bay and an array of activities, guests can experience the best of the Central Coast. (800) 516-0112 or www.thedolphinbay.com

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Breast cancer survivor spreading message of positivity

BY JIM MARTEN Tucson Medical Center When breast cancer survivor and advocate BethAnne King-Lobmiller was just 10 or 11 years old, she recalls accidentally barging in on her grandmother as she was changing her blouse.

“I must have gasped or looked shocked, but she just smiled and invited me to come in and close the door. Then she explained to me why she didn’t have breasts.

“She had a bilateral mastectomy in the 1970s, back when cancer surgery was radical and went deep, and as a result, she was completely flat,” King-Lobmiller recalls with a smile. “I had never noticed that she wore fake boobs – she even wore smaller ones in the summer to stay cooler – and none when she was in her pajamas.”

Possibly in part as a result of her grandmother’s unapologetic honesty and generosity in sharing her experience, King-Lobmiller dedicates herself to advocating for body positivity after breast cancer. Breastless and Beautiful, the advocacy group she started, boasts more than 300 members and exists for women who have chosen not to undergo reconstruction after a mastectomy. Says King-Lobmiller, “I didn’t choose flat, it chose me, as corny as that sounds.”

But the journey to her current state of body positivity took time, reflecting on her own diagnosis, she says. “When I first heard I was going to have a mastectomy, I was beside myself, I couldn’t accept it.

“One of the things I noticed about myself as I attended support groups was that I was really more freaked out about it than anyone I knew. But I was just processing it and grieving the finality of the loss. I wasn’t soothing myself with the idea of the breasts I would have afterward, so it felt very raw and real.”

als to support groups that reconstruction would be the obvious choice. Foregoing reconstruction wasn’t an overt part of the mix.

“I’m not advocating for flatness, I’m asking for there to be a conversation about the option.”

Her philosophy is that, like most things, the more people see healthy, beautiful survivors who have chosen flat and the more the community knows about it, the more comfortable women will become with making the choice that is best for them.

“Honestly, hardly anyone notices. When they do, I think to myself, ‘Please say something to me,’ because I always want the opportunity to educate someone and help

them to understand,” King-Lobmiller says.

“The idea that I’m not a feminine and beautiful woman because I don’t have breasts is ridiculous,” she says.

For more information about the advocacy group Breastless and Beautiful, visit its Facebook page at facebook.com/breastlessandbeautiful.

If you’d like to learn more about breast cancer and breast cancer treatment go to tmcaz.com/breast-cancer. And don’t forget to schedule your annual mammogram today.

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T HE F INISH L INE Arizona’s Leader in Senior Fitness Registration opens for the new 2019 Arizona Senior Olympic Games

Olé! Come to Albuquerque!

Registration for the 2019 Arizona Senior Olympic Games will start on October 5th.

There will be two deadlines: one for the first two weeks of the Games and one for the second two weeks.

Deadlines:

January 8: Basketball throw, billiards, bowling, cycling, pickleball, pistol, powerlifting, women’s softball, swim relays, table tennis, track and field.

January 25: Alpine skiing, archery, badminton, basketball, golf, handball, racquetball, 5K/10K run, shuffleboard, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

March: Trap, skeet, sporting clays and triathlon will be held in March.

Check our website (seniorgames.org) for

details.

Exciting news! We will be using FuseSport for our registration software! This will make it easier for athletes to register for nationals, as this is the national software.

Be sure to watch your email for further information about the 2019 Games, and don’t forget to register early for a chance to win a free registration.

Albuquerque is recognized as one of the most culturally diverse cities in the country. Its ethnic tapestry is reflected in its architecture, art, cultural centers and cuisine. Countless customs and traditions that have been passed down over generations are a vibrant part of daily life in the city, making Albuquerque an epicenter of authentic Southwestern culture. The past seamlessly weaves through the fabric of present-day Albuquerque and is reflected in everything from the city’s quaint shops and Pueblo- and Spanish-inspired architecture to world-famous cuisine, music and art – making it a truly culturally rich American destination.

In addition to the Native American, Hispanic, Latino and Anglo cultures for which New Mexico is well known, more than 70 different ethnicities call Albuquerque home. Many of these cultures have centers and institutions dedicated to the study, ad-

vancement and presentation of their particular heritage, arts and humanities. These include but are not limited to the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, National Institute of Flamenco, African-American Performing Arts Center, and Chinese Culture Center.

Avoid dementia – stay fit!

Whether you’ve been exercising all your life or you’re just getting started, a new study shows that you may be keeping your brain healthy, too!

A group of 200 people averaging 50 years of age were tested and put into groups according to their degree of fitness. They were followed for 44 years, during which they were tested six times for dementia.

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test at the start of the study, 44 percent went on to have dementia.

Many studies have been done which support the same conclusion as this study, and it is widely believed that there is a strong connection between heart health and brain health.

If you want to keep both your brain and your heart healthy, enroll in a fitness class or get busy practicing a favorite sport. You can call the Arizona Senior Olympics office for advice on how to begin, but the most important thing is to get started!

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The many faces of tai chi master Kenny Perez

BY IRENE STILLWELL It was in 2003 that I was at a conference and saw tai chi master Kenny Perez perform. It was an enlightening experience and convinced me that tai chi would be a valuable event for Arizona Senior Olympics.

I spoke with him after the session, and that year, tai chi became a part of the Arizona Senior Olympic Games.

Fifteen years later, tai chi has become a practice encouraged by scores of health organizations and has been hailed as an important sport in the nationwide movement of fall prevention.

Kenny Perez is, in many ways, an enigma.

As seen in the pictures above, he is a fierce competitor, a master of his sport and is

known internationally for his writings and teaching the art of tai chi. At the same time, he is a family man and a deeply religious person known for his quiet, friendly and kind demeanor.

Perez is a lifelong martial artist. He studied in China and became the first non-Asian student of the legendary wushu grandmaster Wu Bin and has been involved in the promotion of wushu through competitions, demonstrations, seminars, videos, books, movies and television. In 1981, he became a member of the first American wushu team to set foot in China. This year, he was honored to be on the cover of Kung Fu Magazine.

He has won numerous awards for his martial arts skills, but he has a passion for teaching others and passing on the many benefits of this ancient practice. For fifteen years he has donated his time to the Arizona Senior Olympics so that people over the age of 50 can enjoy better health, balance and peace. Arizona Senior Olympics proudly salutes Kenny Perez for his dedication to the health and happiness of Arizona seniors.

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Do You Have Pain/Numbness/Tingling in the Feet/Legs???

A doctor has moved to Tucson that treats neuropathy (nerve problems), and his name is Dr Trent Freeman DC (Dr T). He has been treating Neuropathy for the last 10 years.

Maybe you have seen him interviewed on CBS by Steve Ochoa or during the Dr Oz show, maybe you saw him on NBC. He has brought this new treatment to persons suffering from neuropathy in Tucson. He uses two kinds of Light to stimulate the nerves to function better. He uses pulsed infrared technology that helps reduce the pain, and FDA approved cold lasers that help the cells function better. He offers his consultation for FREE. He looks at the interview time as a time for him to see if you have the type of neuropathy that he treats but more importantly, for you to interview him and see if he is someone that you would like to work with. His clinic is certified with the Neuropathy Treatment Centers of America and he has received advanced training in the treatment of neuropathy. There are fewer than 100 doctors in America that have received this advanced training in this type of therapy. Dr T looks at neuropathy as a thief that comes to your life and starts to steal from you. If you allow neuropathy to continue, it will steal your independence (driving, walking, balance) As Dr T says “Everyday we are having more success relieving neuropathy pain, WHY NOT YOU?” Give his office a call and schedule the FREE consultation and see if you qualify for this new therapy 520-445-6784.

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Physical Therapy 101

By: K. McHaley Haeflinger, P.T., DPT, C/NDT (Director of Therapy at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of NW Tucson) Although, one (or two) patients has reported PT stands for “Pain and Torture” in October we celebrate Physical Therapy month. Here are 4 Facts you may not know about Physical Therapy : 1) New Physical therapists are required to have a graduate degree. Currently 96% of accredited programs offer a doctorate and the “remaining programs are planning to convert”. The move towards a doctorate degree is pushed by the desire to give consumers direct access to Physical Therapists (i.e. without a doctor’s prescription) who can assist in determining what additional care might be needed.

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2) “More than 204,000 physical therapists are licensed in the United States today.” The outlook for this career is good as it is “expected to grow by 36 percent from 2012 to 2022”.

3) Physical therapists are taking an active role in the national focus to decrease opioid use as they are a great resource for medication-alternatives when treating pain.

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a comprehensive, problem-solving, education-focused practice. To find a PT near you, visit: www.apta.org This October, please celebrate Physical Therapists, who hope to embody what Thomas Edison predicted: “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” www.LovinLife.com

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