Lovin' Life in Tucson - November 2020

November 2020

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Tucson Botanical Gardens displays Catrina figures by artist Ricardo Soltero

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Small Celebrations

Holiday decorations will supplement the holiday miniature scenes at the Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. (Photo by Gentry Spronken)

Mini Time Machine covers the world in new holiday display

BY LAURA LATZKO

decorations. Many of the miniature items Miniatures often capture scenes from are made by artisans specific time periods and places. specializing in areas Each year, the Mini Time Machine such as silversmithMuseum of Miniatures gives visitors a ing, knitting, textiles glimpse into holiday celebrations in difor embroidery. ferent parts of the world and time periFor example, the ods through “Holidays Around the World mittens on display and Through Time.” inside the log cabin Running from November 25 to January were made by an ar10, the exhibit changes regularly while tisan who specializes trying to keep favorites that patrons in miniature knitting, and the icicles were look forward to every year, says Gentry created by artists from the Sonoran Glass Spronken, the museum’s associate direcSchool. tor and marketing director.

“One of our focuses is trying to identify “I think that it’s become a holiday traminiature artisans that work dition,” Spronken says. ‘There are in a particular medium or people who come and they want have a specialty and comto see their miniature. We definitely missioning them to create want to add new things so there’s something,” Spronken says. reason to come back and see them Spronken says the minagain.” iatures can help patrons to Spronken says the miniatures learn more about other culbring back memories for visitors. tures and time periods in an “I think that viewing miniatures immersive way. can be a really personal thing for a “There is something powlot of people,” Spronken says. erful about miniatures,” “It’s really nostalgic. Either they have some familiarity with doll- The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures offers different holiday scenes, Spronken says. “They draw including one inspired by midcentury modern styles. (Photo by J. Musky) you in. You can picture yourhouses or model making from their youth, or it’s the setting or the time de- is to select a miniature that makes sense self in that setting. It helps the information stick when you learn something new, picted in the miniature that is nostalgic with the holiday,” Spronken says.

Some of the miniatures are newer, when you connect it with that visual.” for them.”

The miniatures give a glimpse into winThe exhibition will have holiday scenes while others are antique pieces dating ter traditions like Hanukkah, Kwanzaa from an Edwardian manor, a midcentu- back to the 18th and 19th centuries.

The vignettes are brought to life and Japanese Shogatsu celebrations. ry modern home, a German Christkindl“That is certainly a focus, is to repremarkt Christmas market, a Southwestern through miniature items such as themed town, an 18th century English home and Christmas trees, ornaments, presents and sent all the different ways that people celebrate during this season of the year,” Spronken says.

The museum has been decorating for the holidays since it opened in 2009. In addition to the special miniature scenes, the museum also offers supplemental decorations during the holidays.

The decorations, such as a large pinata, nutcracker and dreidel, are inspired by the pieces in the miniature scenes.

One of the Mini Time This year, to adhere to social distancMachine Museum of Miniatures’ newest holiday ing guidelines, the museum is limiting vignettes is an 1870s the number of people in it at a time and Midwestern log cabin scene.

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a Danish abode.

Last year, the museum added an 1870s Midwestern log cabin holiday scene inspired by the Laura Ingalls Wilder cabin.

Extensive research goes into each scene to make sure they fit with the culture or time period.

“As a museum, we have a duty to be factual and informative. We want to the best of our ability to make sure we are presenting things accurately,” Spronken says.

The holiday scenes are mostly created with miniatures from the museum’s permanent collection.

“The criteria we use for selecting them

tickets in advance.

For those who are not comfortable going out in public or who live outside of Tucson, the museum has expanded its website, providing information on the meaning and history behind the miniature scenes as well as ideas for at-home craft activities, music selections and recipes.

“There is still a segment of the population who isn’t willing or isn’t able to visit,” Spronken says. “We are trying to serve and reach those people as well as broaden our reach. People aren’t able to travel around the world at the drop of a hat.

This will allow people from anywhere to experience this.”

As part of Community Corner series, which showcases emerging artists, the museum will spotlight the work of Sahuarita artist Tom Del Giorno from December 15 to May 2. In his work, he presents street scenes from growing up in New York City in the 1950s through ‘70s.

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What: “Holidays Around the World and Through Time” When: November 25 to January 10 What: “Tom Del Giorno: Itty Bitty Backlots of the Boroughs” When: December 15-May 2 Where: The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive Cost: $10.50 for adults, $8.50 for seniors, $7 for youth 4 to 17, free for children 3 and under Info: 881-0606, theminitimemachine.org NOVEMBER 2020

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Satirical Illustrations Tucson Botanical Gardens displays Catrina figures by artist Ricardo Soltero

BY LAURA LATZKO Catrinas, or skull figures adorned in elegant clothing, are often part of Day of the Dead celebrations. The concept developed from work by Jose Guadalupe Posada, whose satirical illustrations commented on social and political structures.

The Catrina figure continues to be a symbol of how, underneath it all, people are all the same.

As part of the “La Calavera Catrina” exhibition, the Tucson Botanical Gardens will display Catrina figures designed by artist Ricardo Soltero through November 29.

The Mexican artist’s pieces have been on display at a number of Day of the Dead celebrations and cultural events, including a large Dia de Los Muertos celebration at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

This is the first time his Catrina exhibition has been exhibited outside of the Denver Botanic Gardens, where it originated.

Rob Elias, director, marketing and

communications for the Tucson Botanical Gardens, says the exhibition adds to Tucson’s and the garden’s multicultural offerings.

“We thought the timing was perfect to bring the exhibition to Tucson because of the history that our city has with the All Souls Procession and just the Hispanic/ Latino culture we have in Tucson,” Elias says.

As part of the exhibition, the botanical gardens have on display 9-foot-tall Catrina figures, which are modeled after major figures such as artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.

“They are just so beautiful and colorful that people want to come see them. The fact that they were modeled after these iconic people, it just lends itself to another great storyline for the exhibit,” Elias says.

Eight of the Catrina figures are located near a community ofrenda, where guests can place photos, notes or items

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in remembrance of deceased loved ones.

“It’s an important time for us to remember how fragile life is and how the connections we have with one another are so important, those who not just continue to be with us but those that are no longer with us as well,” Elias says.

The eight Catrina figures exhibited outdoors are made of fiberglass and sit on steel platforms. One other Catrina figure, which is made of papier-mache, is on display in an indoor gallery.

Thus far, the display has been received well by members of the community, who often take photos with and interact with the Catrina figures.

One group of women came out to the garden dressed as Catrina figures.

The exhibition is on view during daytime and special nighttime hours. On Thursdays through Sundays, the botanical gardens offers special time slots from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 9 p.m.

The garden has recently added LED lights that highlight the Catrinas and the garden. During the fall, patrons have a chance to see cactus and other plants, such as hibiscus and marigolds, that are in bloom.

Tickets must be prepurchased due to the gardens’ adherence to social distancing guidelines, and guests are required to wear masks.

The botanical gardens also has on display through January 3 an exhibition called “Bird Houses and Nests,” developed by the local organization SculptureTucson. As part of the exhibition, 13 artists created abstract sculptures inspired by bird houses and nests.

Through January 3, patrons can also see watercolor paintings by Lucy Masterman, who often paints garden- and nature-themed pieces inspired by her walks at the garden.

Tucson Botanical Gardens’ “La Calavera Catrina” exhibition features Catrina figures from artist Ricard Soltero. (Photos courtesy Tucson Botanical Gardens)

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Finding Sanctuary ‘Healing’ Yume Japanese Gardens reopens

BY ANNIKA TOMLIN Yume Japanese Gardens has reopened, after being closed since March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gardens Executive Director Patricia Deridder says she thinks “most people still don’t know we are open.”

Running through November 15, the first fall/winter exhibit for the gardens is the Senbazuru Exhibition, also known as “1,000 Cranes, 1,000 Dreams.”

Paper cranes were collected during quarantine to create mobiles to bring “peace and healing to Tucson.”

(Photos courtesy Yume Japanese Gardens)

“During the confinement, we put the word out through Facebook and our members to make (paper origami) cranes, which is a traditional Japanese way of healing,” Deridder says.

“You make them to heal yourself or you make them for somebody that needs healing, and so I said, ‘Well, Tucson needs healing,’ so I thought it would be a fun thing to do with a child.”

Paper cranes were dropped off at the

Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson 2130 N. Alvernon Way 303-3945, yumegardens.org

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entrance to be made into mobiles and decorations scattered around the gardens. The exhibition draws on the Japanese tradition of Senbazuru, which holds that those who devote time and effort to make origami cranes see their most heartfelt wishes granted. Cranes will be flying from stone lanterns to stone water basins, perching on boulders and flocking on bamboo gates and fences.

“We were able to gather 2,000 of them,” Deridder says. “Actually, 1,000 of them were done by a young lady who’s waiting to go to university, and while she was studying online she just made the cranes.

“As you know, during this time of year, there is absolutely no flowers and so it just makes the garden a little happy.”

When the exhibit concludes, Deridder hopes to auction the mobiles that offered “a little bit of peace and healing for Tucson.”

Deridder asks that people buy tickets through the online ticket portal to help regulate the number of people in the gardens at one time. Garden members can use a separate link to get a ticket without paying.

“There is a special place for them on the website, so we make sure there are no more than 10 or 15 people at one time in the gardens within an hour,” Deridder says.

The museum is closed because it’s too small to maintain social distancing.

In the garden, 6 feet of social distancing is required.

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“We do require masks inside and out,” Deridder says. “Now if there is only one person in the garden, I’m not going to go after them, but as a general rule we do require masks.”

From November 12 to November 14, guests can enjoy Evenings at Yume featuring Obon floating lanterns.

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traditional Japanese folk melodies as they stroll the gardens. Admission is $5 for children under 15, $16 for adults and $10 for members.

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Masks are required by all attendees, as well as maintaining 6 feet of social distance from other guests.

nings, and it makes you feel like you’re in a small Japanese village,” Deridder says.

From November 19 to November 22 and November 27 to November 29, Yume will host the Fall Ikebana Festival showcasing dozens of signature floral arrangements with a distinctive Japanese-style art form. Admission is $5-$16.

“For December we won’t have exhibits, but we will either have concerts or a puppet show for children,” Deridder says. “We might add some like little shows and things, but for the moment that is what we have planned until December.

“It’s extremely difficult to keep open when you only have two people coming in. I think we’ve made it as safe as it can be—it’s like you walk in a park basically.”

Paper origami cranes were created by Yume Japanese Gardens’ members and individuals in the community to be on display throughout the garden.

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Mercado Flea Market returns November 8

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The monthly Mercado Flea Market returns for the second outing of its third season on Sunday, November 8.

Held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. the second Sunday of each month, this open-air market features 35-plus vendors selling antique, vintage and used and collectible items.

The market is in the parking lots and sidewalks on Avenida Del Convento between the Mercado San Agustin and the MSA Annex. All of the restaurants and coffee shops in the Mercado and Annex are open for indoor/outdoor seating, including Seis Kitchen, Agustin Kitchen, Decibel Coffee, Presta Coffee, Dolce Pastello, La Estrella Bakery, Beaut Burger, Kukai and Westbound Bar, along with MAST and other retailers.

Mercado Flea has adopted the Pima County guidelines for public events regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Shoppers should be prepared to wear a mask and follow the guidelines for social distancing.

Kirby Lockard House designated a historic landmark Tucson’s mayor and council voted to designate the Kirby Lockard House, located in the Richland Heights neighborhood, a historic landmark.

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Carondelet has a long-standing commitment to offering advanced levels of care for Southern Arizona, says trauma surgeon Dr. Francis Ali-Osman, medical director for trauma services. (Photo courtesy Carondelet)

feeling of horizontal layers.

“This is an important designation that protects a rare example of Tucson’s modern architecture,” says Demion Clinco, CEO of the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation, who prepared the historic landmark and rezoning applications.

“The nomination of properties like the Kirby Lockard House rely on support from donors and property owners who are interested in ensuring our architectural heritage is protected for future generations. Without their partnership and support, these designations would be impossible.”

Dr. Michael Fassett, board president of the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation, notes, “The building represents an important phase of modern architecture and celebrates the contributions of an important local architect. As a result of this designation, we hope owners of other Kirby Lockard buildings will work to designate their properties.

“The Foundation is available to help owners of iconic historic architecture prepare local Historic Landmark designation.”

St. Joseph’s Hospital earns Level I Trauma Center designation Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital has received Level I Trauma Center designation, signifying the hospital offers care for complex, critical, life-threatening injuries.

Granted by the Arizona Department of Health Services, the designation was effective at 12:01 a.m. Sunday morning, September 20. Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital is located at 350 N. Wilmot Road.

Level I Trauma Center designation is an important milestone for St. Joseph’s Hospital, which made significant investment in talent and technology to become trau-

ma capable.

Numerous specialties—including orthopedic trauma surgery, neurosurgery, vascular and cardiovascular surgery, general surgery, facial surgery, hand surgery, ophthalmology and plastic surgery, among others—are available around the clock through a comprehensive team of medical specialists and support staff.

Adding trauma services included investment in two new trauma rooms, emergency department renovations, staff training and related equipment and instruments.

“Carondelet has a long-standing commitment to offering advanced levels of care for Southern Arizona,” says trauma surgeon Dr. Francis Ali-Osman, medical director for trauma services.

“The Level I Trauma Center designation is an affirmation of that commitment and our ability to provide care for complex, life-threatening injuries. Southern Arizona continues to grow, and this capability is needed our community.”

Successfully bringing a new trauma program online in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic was an added challenge, but Carondelet St. Joseph’s staff was undeterred. Years in planning, Level I designation is a culmination of preparation, construction, recruitment and collaboration with key stakeholders, including physicians, first responders, hospital staff and community leaders.

“There is no doubt this has been a most difficult time, but our Carondelet associates and physicians dug in, met the challenges head-on and delivered this program for our community,” adds Tenet Arizona Group CEO Brian Elisco. “Introduction of trauma services brings a number of benefits to those we serve.”

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Briefs...continued from page 10 Designation as a Level I Trauma Center recognizes St. Joseph’s Hospital’s clinical capabilities and integration of services across the hospital, notes Dr. Alicia Mangram, senior director of trauma services.

“St. Joseph’s was already known for its brain and spine, orthopedic, cardiovascular and other specialties,” Mangram says. “Becoming a Level I Trauma Center demonstrates the successful integration of individual roles not only in the emergency department but throughout the hospital in the operating rooms, diagnostic imaging, ICU and other areas for the advanced level of service we’ll provide.”

Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital Chief Operating Officer Dr. Nikki Castel adds, “Words cannot express how much we appreciate the support of the entire St. Joseph’s medical staff and associates over the last several months. Dr. Ali-Osman and the entire trauma team have done an extraordinary job in bringing the program online. We are exceptionally proud of this achievement and look forward to working with our EMS providers and first responders to provide trauma services to Southern Arizona.”

Learn online with SBS Community Classes This fall, the University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences is offering 11 online, noncredit courses— lasting from two hours to seven weeks— on topics ranging from the racial violence and cannabis policy to professional editing and Tucson food as part of its Community Classroom Program.

“We are excited by our lineup of fall classes. They include topics that are topof-mind for many of us, such as public opinion and racial violence, and we are proud to share our expertise with those wanting to delve deeper into these issues,” says Maribel Alvarez, associate dean of community engagement for the College of SBS. “We are also offering classes on topics such as kindness and chocolate that can hopefully provide a welcome respite from the stresses of this time.”

Most courses are offered live online, while others consist of a mixture of pre-recorded lectures and live online sessions. All live online sessions will be recorded and shared with those registered participants who cannot make the live sessions.

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scientist Samara Klar is teaching on the “Politics of Polling: The Impact of Public Opinion.” The six-week course covers not just how opinions are measured but what influences citizens’ opinions, and how these opinions can be used and abused.

Jeannette Maré, founder of Ben’s Bells and graduate student in the Department of Communication, is teaching the course “No Time for Nice: Kindness as a Force for Personal and Social Change.” In this fiveweek course, participants will learn about kindness through a social science lens.

Maré will also provide the tools to help participants develop a plan for putting their kind intentions into action.

Anthropologist Jennifer Roth-Gordon is teaching a course on “Whiteness and Racial Violence in America.” The course will offer insights on how racial violence works with other forms of structural racism and how race and whiteness structure our world.

Additional Lifelong Learning Courses include “Modern Cannabis Policy: Prohibiting, Legalizing and Regulating a Commonly Used Substance” taught by Professor Anne Boustead and “Power to the People? Lessons from Europe’s Populist

Turn” taught by Professor Paulette Kurzer.

Community members can also learn about language and the brain from the founder of modern linguistics, Noam Chomsky. Chomsky, who is UA professor of linguistics and the Agnese Nelms Haury chairman, co-teaches the linguistics course “Language, Mind and Brain” with professors Thomas Bever and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini.

The fall courses include two Cultural Immersion Experiences. “Cocina del Pueblo: Tucson Basin Foodways” is a three-part course presented in collaboration with Tucson Meet Yourself and features live food demonstrations by three cooks (and attendees will receive recipes of the dishes). In the two-part workshop “The Cultures of Chocolate,” attendees will explore chocolate production, historical and present day, as well as sample various chocolate confections.

The fall lineup includes three Professional Development courses: “Planning Powerful Presentations,” “The Craft of Editing in Professional Contexts” and “Nothing About Us Without Us: Community-Based Program Evaluation.”

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Arts

Going Live Arizona Theatre Company presents final work in digital season

BY LAURA LATZKO During COVID-19, the Arizona Theatre Company adapted similarly to other companies throughout the country. One way that it has done this is through a digital season with readings of works by emerging playwrights.

It will conclude its 2020 digital season on November 18 with a reading of Idris Goodwin’s “The Realness.”

One of the shows during Arizona Theatre Company’s 2021 season will be Nina Simone’s “Four Women.”

The digital stream will be available for free on platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo, starting at 5 p.m. on opening night and then through the weekend.

This piece, which is being directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian, follows T.O., a man who moves from the suburbs to the city to immerse himself in ’90s hiphop culture. He ends up falling for Prima, an emcee involved in the city’s hip-hop scene.

During the digital season, the company has also presented readings of works

by York Walker, Wendy McLeod and Benjamin Benne.

Sean Daniels, artistic director for Arizona Theatre Company, says a digital platform opens up possibilities for showcasing works that do not fit into mainstage

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seasons, especially pieces geared toward specific communities or by up-and-coming playwrights.

He says the readings allow the company to support writers from different backgrounds and to start developing that connection with them.

“I’m interested in the relationship. I’m interested in the longtime support. All of these writers are writers we are excited about,” Daniels says.

The digital readings bring together actors from different parts of the country to perform together.

The online platforms allow audience The Arizona Theatre Company will open its 2021 seamembers to interact with each other and son with the musical “My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend.” (Images courtesy Arizona Theatre Company) provide feedback for the playwrights.

“When you are a writer, you sit alone in off its Phoenix season at the Herberger your apartment. You hope your writing Theater Center in February.

The company plans to present a mixconnects with people. You only know how well it does by going through the ture of more serious and comedic works.

It will open with a piece by Charissa crucible of a reading, by either hearing laughter or people writing in, ‘This part Bertels, Christian Duhamel and Edward didn’t connect,’ or, ‘I’m confused about Bell called “My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend.”

The show delves into an intergenerationthat,’” Daniels says.

Although the theater company plans al friendship between a 20-something to shift its focus to live theater soon, it actress and an 80-year-old millionaire.

The company will also present: will continue to incorporate digital read• A piece by Lauren ings and events into its Gunderson about the repertoire going forward. friendship between Daniels says some readSandra Day O’Connor ings have drawn audiand Ruth Bader ences of up to 24,000. He Ginsburg called “Justice hopes to continue to conA Musical.” nect with these audience • A piece by Nina Simone members through digital that pays tribute to four content. girls who died during “We’ll keep in touch the 1963 KKK bombing with those people and in Alabama called “Four keep offering something Women.” for them. It just may be instead of doing it every The Arizona Theatre Company is • A comedy by Wendy three weeks, once every led by artistic director Sean Daniels. McLeod called “Women (Courtesy Arizona Theatre Company) in Jeopardy!” that couple of months we may follows a group of older women who do something. We’ve essentially created become spies to solve a disappearance a second space online. We can keep usin their neighborhood. ing that,” Daniels says.

Along with presenting the final reading • A play by Christopher Oscar Peña called “How to Make an American Son,” which in its digital series, the company is rampexplores the topics of status, privilege, ing up for its 54th mainstage season. sexual orientation, citizenship and Starting in January, the company will family through the lens of a Honduran begin performances at the Temple of father and his first-generation Music and Art. The organization will kick

American son.

• Matthew Lopez’s “The Legend of Georgia McBride,” a campy piece about an Elvis impersonator who finds a new career with the help of new drag queen friends.

Daniels says all of the shows have a common thread of exploring how people aren’t so different and can find common ground.

“For me, the thing that connects the season is a sense of looking for similarities and ways that we can come together,” Daniel says.

Daniels says that is has always been important for the theater company to bring pieces that are timely and that resonate with audiences in Arizona.

The shows will feature mixed casts of local and out-of-state actors as they have in the past.

The first three shows in the season will be musicals. Daniels says the season was programmed this way because audiences will be looking for an experience they can’t have while looking at a screen.

“When we come back, there’s going to be this feeling that we are celebrating what is theatrical. … You are going to want to see something that you can’t see on TV or Netflix or in a Zoom meeting,” Daniels says.

For the first time, the programming will go through the summer. Daniels says this offers new opportunities for people who live in Arizona year-round.

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What: Arizona Theatre Company’s reading of Idris Goodman’s “The Realness” When: Opens 5 p.m. Wednesday, November 18, and runs through the weekend Where: Virtual Cost: Free Info: arizonatheatre.org/show/atcsdigital-season What: 2021 Season When: January 23 to October 16 in Tucson. February 18 to November 7 in Phoenix Where: Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Avenue; Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe, Phoenix Info: 622-2823, 602-256-6995, arizonatheatre.org www.LovinLife.com

Live...continued from page 12 During the 2021 season, the company is offering opportunities to see limited-capacity live performances or watch videos of performances from home.

Patrons can expect a 25% capacity in the two theater spaces, increased sanitation and air filtering measures, and a requirement to wear masks during performances.

“We are making sure it’s safe for our audience but also that it’s safe for our artists that are coming to work for us,” Daniel says.

Despite changes to the season, the theater company is committed to bringing the same quality of shows as in the past.

Daniels grew up in Mesa and attended Arizona Theatre Company shows with his parents. He says that these experiences helped to shape him as a person, and he hopes to provide that for someone else.

“I was a kid whose life was influenced because the arts were available in Arizo-

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Works by Women True Concord Voices and Orchestra features female-penned music

BY LAURA LATZKO Since 2004, True Concord Voices and Orchestra has been sharing classical music from around the world, from composers from different centuries.

This year, the Grammy-nominated orchestra and choir will continue to bring classical selections to audiences but in outdoor settings with smaller audiences and through video recordings of performances.

The first half of the season started in October and runs through December, with shows at a variety of venues in Tucson and Green Valley.

This season is operating under a “bubble” concept inspired by the NBA. As part of this, vocalists quarantined 10 days prior to rehearsals and performances.

True Concord is also taking other measures to make this season safe, such as offering no-touch ticket systems, requiring masks and limiting concerts to 50 patrons.

“We are taking extreme precautions to not only protect our artists but our audiences, our staff, our volunteers and everybody who is involved. First and foremost, we need to be concerned with everyone’s well-being,” says Eric Holtan, music director.

“We consider that well-being to include access to and the ability to be able to make great music at a time when the world really needs it more than ever.”

This season is centered around the theme of “HER,” and each concert is inspired by the complex and varying roles women play as nurturers, leaders, trailblazers, healers, warriors and individuals.

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We consider that well-being to include access to and the ability to be able to make great music at a time when the world really needs it more than ever.”

- Eric Holtan

True Concord Voices and Orchestra music director

The series is being presented during the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

“We want to celebrate that this year. We thought a good way of doing that would be to program a season that highlights the various roles in which women have made an indelible impact on the world,” Holtan says.

Throughout the season, the organization will offer videos of its concerts for

patrons who do not yet feel comfortable going out to events or who don’t live in Tucson.

“That’s the beauty of the internet. We can put these concerts up online, and people anywhere in the world can watch them and take them in,” Holtan says.

The videos are being recorded at Camelback Bible Church in Paradise Valley and will be available to view around the same time as the live concerts.

True Concord opened the season with Johannes Brahms’ “Requiem,” which was written by the composer following the death of his mother.

Two “Vocal Consorts” concerts from October 28 to November 8 will highlight smaller ensembles of around four to five singers. As part of these concerts, the vocalists will perform pieces such as English madrigals.

These two concerts are being conducted by Philip Moody, assistant director and

This season, True Concord Voices and Orchestra will offer limited-capacity live performances and video recordings. (Photo by Tom Spitz)

a longtime vocalist for True Concord.

Moody says that when working with smaller ensembles, it is often a collaborative effort between the conductor and performers.

“You are trusting these amazing vocalists to deliver your vision of the piece but also their vision of the piece,” Moody says.

During the “Mother Earth” concert from November 13 to November 15, choir members, soloists and musicians will perform works by composers from different continents, including Randall Thompson, Johannes Brahms, Charles Villiers Stanford and Eric Whitacre.

For Whitacre’s “Little Birds,” choir members will imitate bird sounds.

Video recordings of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah,” and a Mary-inspired program called “Lessons and Carols by Candlelight-Mary’s Gift” will be available for view in December. There will be no live performances for these concerts.

As part of the “Lessons and Carols” concert, audiences will can hear three pieces from True Concord’s Christmas album, which was released in November 2019.

Moody says that as a vocalist, each season offers chances to perform new and familiar pieces, all of which have their own nuances and challenges.

“There are always a few pieces in every season that I don’t know, or it’s been a while since I’ve worked with them and I get to revisit them and love all of them all over again,” Moody says.

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Orchestra...continued from page 14 it, it’s a time for us to polish it a different way, put it into a different light so that it shines in a different radiance.”

The dates for the spring concerts are still being developed, but the programming has already been set.

During the “Trailblazers” concert, True Concord will premiere a new work by composer Jocelyn Hagen, which uses texts from women about the female experience.

The program will also have other works that are written by female composers or incorporate texts by women authors and poets. During this concert, audiences will also have a chance to hear a piece by the winner of the 2020 Stephen Paulus Emerging Composers Competition. This national contest was designed for emerging composers ages 18 to 40.

This year, the composers wrote classical pieces incorporating poems by prominent female suffragists.

Holtan is always surprised by the varied works that emerging composers develop for the competition.

“I’m not a composer, so I greatly admire those who have that skill. I love seeing what composers come up with because words inspire different thoughts, feelings and creativity in everybody. It’s really interesting to see how these various composers react to the texts,” Holtan says.

Moody says the competition gives the winners the chance to work closely with the orchestra and choir members.

The two world premieres are part of the organization’s efforts to highlight new classical pieces.

As part of “Music for the Royal She” concert, True Concord will present works inspired by or written for royal women such as Empress Maria Theresa, Queen Mary and Queen Caroline.

“The Goddess” concert will feature Carl Orff’s masterwork “Carmina Burana.”

True Concord is able to reach audiences of different generations through its varied programming and educational efforts, in which artists work with performers in local high schools.

In the past, the orchestra and choir has programmed concerts focused on Latin American music and African American spirituals and folk songs, which have helped to attract a wider audience.

True Concord’s singers hail from different parts of the country, and a majority of the musicians are from the Tucson area.

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True Concord Voices and Orchestra performs masterworks and contemporary classical pieces.

(Photo courtesy True Concord Voices and Orchestra)

with the organization for varying lengths of time.

Many have been with the organization for around four to eight years, but a few members have either performed with True Concord since the beginning or are just starting out with the organization.

Moody has sung with True Concord for the last 10 years. He has found that the returning orchestra and choir members form close-knit relationships with each other over time.

“One thing I love about True Concord is the sense of family that we have,” Moody says. “There are a lot of old friends that you get to come back with.”

Moody says True Concord has had a similar mission over the last 10 years.

“There’s always been that strive for excellence, that strive for the organization to provide nurturing and enriching experiences for the audience, vocalists and the musicians,” Moody says.

This year, the organization scaled down the number of singers and orchestra members due to COVID-19. Holtan says this won’t change the way the music is approached and presented.

“The music is the music. My approach to it is always dictated by what’s in it and who wrote it. That’s the main consideration. The music-making process is a collective process. Everybody has a significant role. I may be the conductor, but it takes the whole group to make this work,” Holtan says.

“Of course, every project is different, depending on who’s involved, how many people are involved and the group dynamic that exists within that particular makeup. But we all have a commitment to the music, bringing out the inherent beauty of it and doing it in a stylistically accurate way that honors the intentions

of the composer.”

Holtan says that for him as a conductor, it is meaningful to work with masterworks and contemporary pieces.

“There’s nothing quite like preparing and conducting a piece by one of the greats like Bach or Brahms, knowing the immense history behind those works and the number of performances of it by ensembles and leading musicians all over the world. That’s an awesome experience,” Holtan says. “Equally awesome is preparing and conducting a work that

has never been heard. It’s really exhilarating. In that case, you oftentimes get the experience of working with the composer, who helps you to understand their insights into the music.”

With the additional expenses of video recordings and reduced ticket revenue, the organization needed to raise additional funds for this season.

Community members helped the organization by donating an additional $100,000 toward this season.

“Based on our history with their community and our base of supporters, we felt confident that we could go to them and they would respond. They have indeed,” Holtan says. “People are really digging deeper in support, and for that, all of us at True Concord, the musicians and the board, are grateful.”

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Born and Bread Barrio Bread and El Charro combine forces in new heart-healthy eatery

BY VALERIE VINYARD It seems like a perfect marriage: Barrio Bread and the El Charro enterprise partnering on a casual eatery that pairs their strengths.

After all, each of the James Beard-nominated entities is at the top of its genre in Tucson: Barrio with its variety of homemade breads and El Charro with its longstanding traditions and delicious Mexican cuisine.

So, El Charro matriarch Carlotta Flores and Barrio Bread owner Don Guerra signed a lease March 3 to open a new concept called Barrio Charro. If construction remains on schedule, the restaurant is slated to open before Thanksgiving.

The space, which is located on the northwest corner of Prince Road and Campbell Avenue in the Safeway plaza, used to house Island Plate Lunch. Barrio Charro will offer a Sonoran-Tucson flavored response to the growing trend of bakery café and grab-and-go markets.

“We’ve known each other probably a decade,” says Guerra of Flores. “We’ve wanted to do something like this, and it just hasn’t been the right time.”

Until now.

“We share the same common focus,” Flores says. “Feeding everyone healthy, delicious food and celebrating our Tucson culture with respect. It will be a taste of community and cultures,” she says.

Flores envisions Barrio Charro as more than just another sandwich shop.

“A lot of people make a sandwich,” says Flores, noting that Barrio Charro will feature coffees, healthy teas, and prepared foods such as salmon and prime rib that customers can pick up and take home.

“I was the first one in Tucson to offer heart-healthy Mexican food,” she says, adding she removed trans fat from her menus because “they don’t work in my world.”

She says Guerra’s bread will elevate the product even more.

“Don has taken what was a mass-produced product to the craft of making wholesome bread,” she says. “This bread

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is truly a nutritionally based food item and not full of synthetic products.”

“We start with the raw materials of locally based wheats,” says Guerra, noting that it improves the overall texture of the bread so it’s “fun to eat.”

And it is. Guerra creates hearth-baked loaves that are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

He says he plans to offer about five varieties of bread in the new space, but he still will keep his Eastbourne Avenue bakery.

Jeremy Kennedy, an electrical engineer who lives in Midtown Tucson, is looking forward to experiencing Barrio Charro.

“I’ve been one of the dozens of people waiting in line to buy a loaf at Barrio Bread,” he says. “It will be nice to see how his bread will enhance the menu.”

Barrio Charro will feature select alcoholic and craft beverages and special signature items along with avocado toast, bruschetta and its own versions of tortas that Flores says will be more like openfaced versions blending ingredients from local sources and regional influences. The team also hints at a special Barrio rendition of a “Tlayuda,” which is like a Mexican pizza.

Flores says classes in chiles or Guerra’s flours might be offered in the future.

“As a baker, I am passionate about creating delicious food that fosters community and fuels relationships,” Guerra says.

“People have always gathered around bread and shared meals to celebrate big life events and affirm their commitment to one another as family and friends. And while the way people can gather has changed this year, people’s need to seek solace, comfort and laughter with one another is even more acute.”

Carlotta Flores and Don Guerra will lead new concept Barrio Charro. (Photos courtesy Barrio Charro)

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‘The Luck of the Draw’ The Stray Cats album recalls ‘greatest tour’

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

too,” he adds. “It’s an extension of the radio show. Jennie edits it with me. It’s my favorite thing to do. It’s a nice way to fill the day. It’s not the same as going out on tour, but we’re finding ways to kill time.”

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nal fans. We’re gaining Slim Jim Phantom considers the Stray new, younger people all the time.

Cats lucky.

“The new kids they The rockabilly band that famously includes him, guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer are thrilled that they and upright bassist Lee Rocker was can come see us. The founded in 1979. Therefore, they spent original fans weren’t last year celebrating its 40th anniversary. sure they would see us One more year, and the 40th anniversa- again. Everyone was ry celebration would have been squashed into it from the minute due to COVID-19. we started. The only “It was the luck of the draw,” Phantom thing I could concensays. “Last summer, we were able to do trate on was keeping our greatest tour we ever did. One year up with the other two.” later on the calendar, and it wouldn’t The Stray Cats’ latest album, “40,” hit No. 3 have happened.”

That tour was captured on the 23-track on the Billboard charts “Rocked This Town: From LA to London,” and No. 1 on the rock which hit stores in September on Surfdog charts.

“When someone Records. The collection was produced by the band and mixed by Vance Powell from the office calls Brian Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom and Lee Rocker are the Stray (Jack White, Chris Stapleton, Arctic Mon- and says, ‘The record’s Cats. (Photo by Russ Harrington) No. 3,’ everyone is on keys).

The album’s career-spanning track list- cloud nine. It means a ing features the Stray Cats’ greatest hits lot,” he says. “That was more inspiration duce a rockabilly album by Jimmy Barnes.

“We went on tour with him in the midas well as several new songs from last to go and have a gas and play as good as dle part of the ’80s and we just became year’s “40,” the band’s first new album in we can every night.”

Phantom says the band wasn’t going to friends,” Phantom says. “We always 26 years.

The tour and the subsequent album tour this year, so COVID-19 didn’t affect its stayed in touch with him for 35 years.”

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Two sides

Tommy Lee is pushing his new album, “Andro,” a mix of electro, hip-hop, funk, dance and industrial music.

Tommy Lee unites female and male energies on new album

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Tommy Lee pops up on Zoom donning a fedora, sunglasses and a black T-shirt that reads “Please Evolve” in his pricey home studio.

“This Zoom thing is so (expletive) cool, because typically we would probably be doing a phone interview,” he says, smiling widely. “It’s been so cool to see people who you’re actually talking to. What a concept.”

Lee is pushing his new album, “Andro,” a mix of electro, hip-hop, funk, dance and industrial music with special guests like Post Malone, Josh Todd (briefly), South African rapper Push Push, Lukas Rossi (from Lee’s former TV show “Rockstar: Supernova”) and Tyla Yaweh.

“I hope people enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it,” he says. “When I do my own thing, genres don’t even exist for me. I love bobbing and weaving through them all, smashing them together when they’re not supposed to go together. I love that stuff.”

“Andro” is represented on the album with the female energy tracks on one side and the male voices on the other, Lee says.

“Boom. That’s where the title ‘Andro’ came. The record clearly has two dominant energies—one male, one female.

Once I separated them, they danced.

They both have their own vibes. I don’t think that’s ever been done. I may be wrong, but I don’t think anybody’s ever done that conceptually. It’s really cool.”

The guest artists came as an afterthought, Lee explains.

“I have a collaboration list of people who I have always wanted to work with.

I’ve admired their stuff. I’ve been following them and checking their stuff out,” he says.

“I’d be like, ‘Oh my God. So and so would just kill this track. They’re perfect.’

I would reach out to them and say, ‘Hey, I got a track. This has your name all over it.’ They would hear it and be like, ‘I’m in.’

Two days later, we’d be here at the studio

recording it. It really started with the music, and the music sort of dictated what voice went with the vibe, what lyrics, all that stuff.”

One person with whom he particularly vibed was Julia Sykes of London’s PLYA. She appears on the song “Make It Back.”

“I had this song and I sent her just the music, right, and she loved it,” Lee says excitedly. “She wanted to do it. She comes over and I was like, ‘Julia, what would you like to hear?’ I had taken another girl’s a cappella and I Frankensteined it. I kind of chopped up how I hear the melody going.

“She didn’t want me to play it for her, because she didn’t want to be influenced by it. I said, ‘OK, fair enough. I get it.’ She goes out in the studio and she starts singing. I look at my engineer and I’m like, ‘Dude, what the (expletive).’ It was 98.9% of what I had already heard in my head— and she never heard this. I was freaking out. She killed it. I played her a demo of what I was thinking, and I’ll never forget her face. She was sitting on the couch like this” with mouth agape.

“That’s just rare. Christina, that just does not happen. I love telling people that story ’cause, wow, I still get goosebumps telling it.”

Now was the perfect time for “Andro,” because the Motley Crue stadium tour with Def Leppard and Joan Jett was postponed and, frankly, Lee was over music.

“I was like, ‘OK. I’m going to take a year off. I’m going to clear my head. I don’t want to hear about music. I don’t want to listen to the radio. I don’t want to see it.

I’m just going to remove myself and just air it out’—and I did that,” he recalls.

He did that for a year until he got antsy and the songs started creeping into his head. Lee thought the songs were “awesome,” and he says he had to put out the music.

“I wasn’t really planning on it,” adds Lee, who had just shot a “seriously ghetto, fabulous” video for his song “Caviar on a Paper Plate.” “I just can’t sit around.”

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Lee says “Andro” passed the ultimate test.

“I still listen to it. After you’ve worked on a record for, God, a year and a half,

you’re sick of it. You’ve heard it so many times that you’ve just worn it out. I still listen to it, and that’s a really good sign.

That doesn’t happen often.”

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Check in with your health at your annual checkup

BY TMC HEALTHCARE “Doctors usually recommend an annual physical to address your health care needs and to conduct age, risk factors and gender-specific screenings. Recommendations on these screenings change every year, so it’s important to address these annually with your provider,” says Dr. Rosa Machado, a TMCOne primary care provider.

“Also, it is easier for your doctor to catch health issues early if you have open and regular communication.”

If you’ve been putting your physical off because of COVID-19, you are not alone, but your health care needs haven’t gone anywhere.

“Many might be inclined to not visit their health care provider at this time, but even in the setting of a pandemic, your

health care needs are as important as ever in the prevention of illness,” Machado says.

6 important things your doctor will check History: Mention any complaints or concerns about your health. Your doctor will probably want to know about your lifestyle behaviors, such as smoking, exercising, alcohol use, sexual health and diet.

Your provider will also check on your vaccination status and update any family medical history.

Vital signs: Your doctor will check your blood pressure, heart rate, temperature and respiration rate. If any of these are amiss, it could suggest a bigger issue, such as heart or lung problems or hypertension.

Overall appearance: By watching and talking to you, your doctor can learn a lot about what’s going on with your health. Are you mentally sharp?

Does your skin look healthy? Can you stand and walk easily?

Heart: By listening to your heartbeat, your doctor might notice an irregular heartbeat, heart murmur or other indications of heart disease.

Lungs: Using a stethoscope, your doctor will listen to your lungs for crackles, wheezes or decreased breath sounds.

The presence of these sounds can be an indication of heart or lung disease.

Head and neck: Your doctor will likely check your throat, tonsils and ears. You may also have your sinuses, eyes, lymph nodes and thyroid examined.

How to prepare • Bring a list of all current medications you are taking and the dose.

• Bring a record of anything that has

changed, including problems or symptoms, injuries, surgeries and the like.

• Write down any questions you may have ahead of time so you don’t forget.

“The fact is, being in the know about your health and wellness can empower you to understand any long-term risks you are facing and actions to take to reach your health goals,” Machado says.

Dr. Rosa Machado is a primary care physician who specializes in primary care for patients of all ages. She has a broad range of practice experience, from women’s health and chronic condition management to preventive care and office-based procedures.

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Listening to the other side isn’t a bad thing

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Dear Gabby Gayle: We have a rift in our family brought on by politics of all things. It seems the younger kids in our family support one political side and the older ones (the moms, dads, grandparents) feel another way. At family gatherings the young people tease us and say we are old and set in our ways. My wife says, “Maybe they are right, and we should hear what they have to say, instead of shutting them up.” I say we should stand firm in our beliefs or they will think we are weak or willy-nilly. What does Gabby say?

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Dear BN: My personal belief is that nothing is ever lost in listening to another’s point of view. Listening does not mean you have to change. It says you are willing to learn why the other person thinks the way they do.

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That has been sorely lacking in this country. I have Black grandchildren and they have opened my eyes by listening to their feelings, experiences and misfortunes. I would never have known this had I not listened. I learned that I did have hidden prejudice that I did not recognize.

Once I realized it, I could change. You have the opportunity to learn from the younger set and they have the opportunity to learn from you. Listen up!

Signed, GG

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Dear Gabby Gayle: I am in a relationship with a man who is pretty set in his ways. He likes routine. He is very organized. He likes to eat at the same time every day. He says he always sleeps on the left side of the bed. (I do, too). We have never slept together but we talk about it.

We have been dating a year but cooled

it a little with the pandemic. I am pretty much an opposite of him and yet we really click. I am disorganized sometimes. I like to change things so I don’t get stuck in a routine, which I find boring. Am I treading on dangerous waters or would we complement each other?

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Dear GG: I tend to subscribe to the theory that opposites attract, but they do not always make for good longterm relationships. It seems to me when people are in love and it is early in the relationship, the attraction can make them overcome a lot of faults. Then, down the road they get aggravated at you when dinner is late or you left the toothpaste cover off. The little things become big things and you find yourself saying, “What am I doing here?” Of course, if you are both generous of nature, each of you could change enough to meet in the middle. I doubt it, but I have seen it happen. Good luck!

Signed, GG

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Dear Gabby Gayle: I am 58 years old. My husband and I agreed that I could quit my job so I could go back to college and realize my dream of becoming a

lawyer. He is a professional and I worked to put him through college and get started in business. Now that I am in school, it seems he doesn’t like the idea so much. He often makes remarks like, “Well, why can’t you get the laundry done and put away, you are not working anymore.” I guess he doesn’t understand that carrying a full-time load of classes and studying is more than equal to my old job. He won’t help me, saying he is tired after his long day at work. Sometimes he says, “Well, it was your idea to go back to school.” I find myself building up resentment toward him. Any advice?

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Dear Ticked: It doesn’t sound as if you two are communicating too well! I suggest you engage in conversation when neither of you are “ticked off,” and get your feelings on the table. Having been in your situation at one time in my life, I suggest you get a cleaning person to help with household chores. If you have adult kids, enlist their help in helping with meals.

This will help both of you not to feel overloaded and neglected. Talk to each other.

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