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Tech Talk

Discovering star clusters | Page 5

Weather Art Installation on Tumamoc Hill

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Century Room

Hotel Congress opens jazz club | Page 10

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Northwest Fire honors five first responders with Medal of Honor Cameron Jobson Tucson Local Media

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ive members of the Northwest Fire District have received the Medal of Honor, the department’s highest honor, for a swiftwater rescue operation during last

summer’s monsoon.

The Feb. 1 ceremony at the NWFD training center honored captain Shane Medlen, engineer John Harshbarger, paramedic Frank Munoz, firefighter Jesse Melen and firefighter Brandon Mazzola.

“We are committed to serving the public, with the extra mile of

being prepared for when that call comes,” said battalion chief Collin Wyckoff. “And on Aug. 10, that call came.”

On that day, a powerful storm brought flash flooding to the Tortolita area, turning washes into rivers.

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Emily Sacia Cronkite News

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he committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol subpoenaed Arizona Republican leader Kelli Ward and Rep. Mark Finchem for “information about efforts to send false slates of electors to Washington and change the outcome of the 2020 election.”

Besides public statements by the two that the election was stolen, the committee said it is interested in Ward’s communications with the White See JAN. 6, P5

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Friday Night Concerts at Steam Pump Ranch. Oro Valley continues their monthly music series at Steam Pump Ranch off of Oracle Road.

This week, local rock band Element 119 are covering a variety of classic rock songs.

The five-piece previously performed at Steam Pump

Ranch last year, offering a combination of mellow vocals, groovy instrumental jams, swirling organ and guitar solos. The concert take place on the wide expanse of the lawn at Steam Pump Ranch (be sure to bring your own chair or blanket). Food trucks, beer, wine, soda and water will be

Art Walk through the Foothills Art District. The Foothills art galleries are hosting their monthly art party where you can check out live music and plenty of local art, and take some home if it catches your eye.

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Northwest Fire: Swift water rescue operations during last summer’s monsoons Continued from P1

At 7:42 a.m., Golder Ranch Fire District responded to a 911 call for a swiftwater rescue.

Water in the Cañada del Oro Wash overtook two vehicles at Overton Road, just east of La Cholla Boulevard. One of the vehicles, a Nissan pick-up truck, contained a 14-year-old girl, a mother and a grandmother trapped inside.

The NWFD 338 C-shift responded to assist efforts as the technical rescue team. When the crew arrived at the scene, they supported rescue operations by spotting

oncoming debris and setting up downstream throwbacks, in case the water swept anyone away.

But after several failed rescue attempts, the NWFD crew decided to enter the water. They transitioned from a supporting role into the primary rescue team.

“They understood that entry into the water provided extreme risk, but they would not be kept from their mission to save lives,” Wyckoff said.

And with 2,500 cubic feet of water flowing per second, increasing turbulence and water depth, the NWFD crew had a very small window to make a

decision.

“At that point in time, they had no choice but to go perform the rescue,” NWFD Fire Chief Brad Bradley said. “It came down to a judgment call with lives at stake.”

The three victims were standing on top of their car, struck with fear and emotion.

“We had to help them realize the intensity of the situation,” Medlen said.

“We had to get them moving.”

They extracted the victims out of the pick-up and carried them on their back, battling every foot to navigate the rushing water in between the vehicle

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Northwest Fire captain Shane Medlen, engineer John Harshbarger, paramedic Frank Munoz, firefighter Jesse Melen and firefighter Brandon Mazzola were honored with Medals of Honor.

and the shore. Moments after responders rescued all three victims, water engulfed the two unoccupied vehicles and washed them downstream.

Everyone was returned to safety.

“None of these individuals ever hesitated to place themselves in harm’s way,” Wyckoff said. “I can tell you that it took exceptional effort and team cohesion to support their fellow rescue team members through the course of each entry.”

Bradley said he was extremely proud to be the first fire chief to present the Medal of Honor to its recipients.

“This award has never been given in the organiza-

tion before,” Bradley said.

“That should paint the picture. By all accounts, this is considered heroic.

This is exceptional… For what they did and how they achieved it, I am more than proud of their actions, professionalism, and exceptionalism.”

The actions of the members demonstrated bravery and stamina in the face of adverse conditions.

“We risk a lot to save a lot,” he said addressing the honorees. “And you did that. You risked everything. And in return, you saved lives.”

While NWFD’s mission is to save lives, protect

property, and care for the community, Bradley said this rescue was on another level. He attributes their success to the guidance and the direction provided

by NWFD. “Their heroic and selfless actions epitomize what it means to be a firefighter,” Wyckoff said. “Unequivocally, their heroism allowed three generations of a family to go home and see their loved ones that day.”

The five Medal of Honor recipients are grateful for the support of the community and organization.

“We don’t expect recognition,” Medlen said. “We do what we do because we love the job.”

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Jan. 6 Continued from P1

House, and Finchem’s involvement in the planning of the Jan. 6 rally that led to the attack.

They were two of six subpoenas issued Tuesday, and not the first directed at Ward, who has gone to court to block release of her phone records in response to a subpoena last month.

No action had been taken on that complaint by Wednesday.

Calls Wednesday to Ward’s and Finchem’s offices were not immediately returned. But the chairman of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack said he expects compliance with the latest subpoenas.

They have until March 1 to produce documents requested in the subpoenas, which then set dates in early March for them to appear for depositions. Ward is scheduled for deposition on March 8, Finchem on March 15.

While Ward has challenged the subpoena of her phone records, one legal expert said it might be harder for her to stall the latest round.

“It’s a request and I think it’s more than a polite request,” said Paul Bender, an Arizona State University law professor. “I think it’s a command that you appear before them.”

The committee said the latest subpoenas targeted people who knew of plans to send lists of false electors to Congress, in hopes they would be counted for Trump instead of President

Joe Biden, or who “participated in efforts to … otherwise delay or interfere with the certification of the legitimate 2020 election results.”

The Finchem subpoena mentioned his organization of “a purported hearing” where a handful of state lawmakers listened to Trump campaign officials and supporters spin “unproven claims of election and voter fraud.” It also noted that in the days and weeks after the election, Finchem, who represents Oro Valley and Manara, repeatedly “advanced unsubstantiated claims” about the election being rigged, hacked, swayed by foreign powers and that voters had been “robbed.”

In a statement released by his legislative office just days after the Capitol attack, Finchem confirmed his presence in Washington but said claims that he was involved in the assault were “wildly fictitious and a slanderous fabrication.” He said he was at the back of the crowd marching toward the Capitol, where he planned to speak, and was not even aware there had been a violent breach until several hours later.

The Ward subpoena claims she made the same repeated false assertions of election fraud as Finchem and the others. It also said she texted Arizona election officials in the aftermath of the election in an attempt to get them to stop counting and that she was in contact with Trump and his staff about ballot certification in Arizona.

The subpoena said that Ward met on Dec. 14, 2020, with other Trump supporters who posed as electors,

sending Congress their names and claiming to be the proper Electoral College representatives of Arizona.

They were not.

Trump supporters had hoped to call the election into question and then use the false electors to deny Biden the win. The subpoena noted that as the Capitol was under attack, Ward tweeted that “Congress is adjourned. Send the elector choice back to the legislatures.”

Far from harming Ward and Finchem, the subpoenas against them could end up painting the two as “martyrs” to Arizona Republicans, said J. Miles Coleman, an analyst with Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

“Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if this has the effect of helping him out even more with some of those Trump voters in his primary,” Coleman said. “There’s a big portion of the Republican right, who doesn’t view this commission as legitimate.”

Bender said that will be of little help to Ward and Finchem, who are faced with congressional subpoenas.

“It’s rare that a public official will say to the committee, ‘We’re not going to do what you asked us to do,’” Bender said. “That’s a confrontation in which the public official is likely to lose because these committees have an enormous amount of authority to inquire into these things.”

Tech Talk: Star Clusters and Cottrell Scholars

Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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ith a major research university right in our backyard, a strong military presence and innovative companies throughout the metro region, there’s often a plethora of interesting science, medical and technology news to be found in Southern Arizona. Here’s a breakdown of the most interesting recent developments.

Star Clusters. A new paper authored by a University of Arizona astronomer revealed the discovery of previously unknown “globular clusters” some 13 million light years away. The clusters are groups of thousands of stars formed around the same time, and the discovery “offers new insights into galaxy formation in general and the distribution of dark matter in the universe.”

The discovery was completed via a survey of data from ground and space-based telescopes. The globular clusters lay in the outer regions of the elliptical galaxy Centaurus A. Allison Hughes, a doctoral student in the UA Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, is the first author of the paper that summarizes the findings.

“We’re using the Gaia satellite, which mostly focuses on surveys within our own galaxy, the Milky Way, in a new way in that we link up its observations For more stories from with telescopes on the ground, Cronkite News, visit cronkite- in this case the Magellan Clay telescope in Chile and the Annews.azpbs.org. glo-Australian Telescope in

Australia,” Hughes said. “We looked farther out and discovered more than 100 new clusters already, and most likely there are more, because we haven’t even finished processing the data.”

According to UA, Hughes and her colleagues present a new catalog of approximately 40,000 globular cluster candidates in Centaurus A. Centaurus A’s structure tells astronomers that it went through several major mergers with other galaxies, leading to its glob-like appearance with river-like regions that have many more stars than the surrounding areas. Providing the closest example of an elliptical galaxy, Centaurus A offers astronomers an opportunity to study up close a galaxy that is very unlike our own. The Milky Way, as well as its closest neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy, are both spiral galaxies. With their familiar, pinwheel-like appearance, spiral galaxies may seem like the “typical” galaxy, but it turns out that their less orderly elliptical cousins outnumber them in the cosmos.

The paper, “NGC 5128 Globular Cluster Candidates Out to 150 kpc: A Comprehensive Catalog from Gaia and Ground-based Data*” was published in the Astrophysical Journal.

2022 Cottrell Scholars.

The Tucson-based Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement has announced the 24 recipients of its 2022 Cottrell Scholar Awards. The awards go to early career scholars in chemistry, physics and astronomy, following a peer-review

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process of applications from a wide variety of public and private research universities in the US and Canada.

“These exceptional teacher-scholars are chosen not just for their research and educational programs but for their potential to become academic leaders at their institutions and beyond,” said RCSA president and CEO Daniel Linzer in a press release.

The 24 winners come from the University of New Mexico, the University of Oregon, Johns Hopkins University, the California Institute of Technology, Stanford University and many more. Their research topics include “Identifying Molecular Patterns that Reveal the Chemistry of Planet Formation,” “The Physics of Firefly Communications,” and “Clean Water from Porous Nanocrystals.”

“The class of 2022 joins an innovative and impactful community,” said RCSA Senior Program Director Silvia Ronco. “We look forward to seeing these latest awardees leave their mark on the face of science and academia throughout their careers.”

According to RCSA, the awards are named for educator and inventor Frederick Gardner Cottrell, who founded Research Corporation for Science Advancement in 1912. Each awardee receives $100,000. Scholars meet each July at the annual Cottrell Scholar Conference to network, exchange ideas, and develop collaborative projects with potential national impact.

This year’s event is scheduled for July 6-8 in Tucson.

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Tumamoc Hill art installation asks the community to create new weather proverbs Jillian Bartsch Tucson Local Media

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hen the sun burns, we remember these tales about the light...”

A new art installation on Tumamoc Hill invites the community to create weather proverbs as a meditation on the changing climate.

The project, “Future Climate Proverbs,” is hosted by the University of Arizona’s Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill and is collaborating with the UA Poetry Center.

According to Ben Wilder, the Desert Laboratory director, the project encourages people to slow down and make observations of the world around them.

“Long held understandings of weather and climate have been preserved in sayings and proverbs, like ‘red sky at night, sailors delight’, that in the English language has centuries of background, but in other cultures is very prominent as well,” Wilder said.

The goal of the project is to recognize that these long-held understandings of weather are changing along with the climate, according to Wilder. The art installation includes four slates along the hike on Tumamoc Hill for walkers to respond to a proverb prompt using chalk.

The slates have prompts written in English, Spanish and O’odham languages. One prompt in O’odham translates to, “when the moon is half full and stands upright it will…” A prompt in Spanish translates to “when the light heals we remember this on behalf of the sun…”

“We can have a proactive role in the change around us and try to inflict positivity in what can be an overriding fear-based response to the climatic change,” Wilder said.

Arts philosopher Jonathon Keats led the project, and also composed the prompts along with local poets Raquel Gutiérrez and Ofelia Zepeda.

Keats was interested in thinking about rhyme and

repetition and also about weather signs that are indicative of Tucson and the Sonoran Desert.

“I was particularly interested in looking at the differences of the summer and winter rain, and the conditions that tend to foretell those,” Keats said.

Keats wrote the two English prompts: “When the heat of summer is struck with thunder”… and “if winter storm clouds coolly gather…”

The slates can be found at the bottom of Tumamoc Hill near the boathouse, midway up the hill in front of the agave garden, near the middle gate and at the top of the hill.

Wilder related the responses on the slates to the New Yorker, which has a cartoon section where captions are left blank to prompt readers around the world to fill in their own responses.

“People’s creativity is incredible and that is what we are seeing here,” Wilder said.

Another goal with the project is to help people who visit Tumamoc Hill see the

intersecting cultures and geographies that exist around the location.

“There are so many things that coexist in space and time at this location, thousands of years of cultural history, the longest continuously studied desert site, a site where people come for their first date, a site where there are antennas on top of the hill transmitting across the city on top of archeological ruins,” Wilder said. “There are so many things that call us here.”

The project held its kickoff event on Jan. 29. During the kickoff event there was a live silkscreen printing of t-shirts which included sayings such as, “the weather has habits remembered in the rhythms of proverbs.” The t-shirts were printed in the same three languages featured on the proverb prompts.

The event also included a weather proverb drop-in workshop hosted by Keats.

During the workshop, participants created their own log books to take home and continue to write down their

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observations, according to Wilder.

“We don’t have a huge staff here, we don’t have a huge capacity to do this, but when we do open up these spaces and allow people to go into these buildings that they have been walking past for years and not known what they are or what they look like inside or what we do here, it is so great to be able to connect with the community that way,” Wilder said.

The kickoff event was originally intended to be in November when they had their first workshop. However, they decided to do the slates three weeks before the workshop

so they had pushed it back to January, according to Wilder.

One of Wilder’s goals is to expand the project into other regions and eventually gain momentum to expand on a global level.

The other element of the art installation is through social media. Using #FutureClimateProverbs, people can take pictures of responses that inspired them or create their own using social media.

“The idea is that we are creating an archive of the community’s responses that we can all engage with,” Wilder said.

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Local entrepreneur launching Green Desert Coffee cart Nicole Feltman Tucson Local Media

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reen Desert Coffee mobile cart owner Kaylee Wood named her business after her childhood street and the logo is a snapshot of the view from the porch of her childhood home.

It makes sense, considering Wood, 32, is a very family-oriented woman.

She fell in love with coffee after landing her first job at Starbucks while attending Marana High School. She worked there for a year and then moved onto some local coffee shops around Tucson.

After graduating in 2007, she went straight to serving in the restaurant industry.

After working an office job for a while and hating it, Wood realized that the restaurant business was for her and she has been working her way up the chain ever since.

Wood says she has always known she wanted to be her own boss and that one year ago her husband, Rick Wood Jr., and she decided to “Just stop talking about it and to actually do it.”

That is when the plan started brewing. “He said to me, ‘this is the year we are doing it!’”

She likes to joke that she didn’t finish college because she didn’t know what she wanted to be when she grew up. She was going to school for her business degree because she always knew she wanted to be her own boss and run her own business.

“I have always, always, always wanted to have my own business, from

forever,” she said.

Wood says she learned a majority of her entrepreneurial skills from her father, who has been running his own business for a long time, going from feed store to horse tracks in his mobile trailer to sell equipment for those who rode horses.

“I never thought about that, he was mobile and I am going to be mobile,” she said with a laugh.

Wheels were turning for Kaylee.

Her father left his corporate job to be able to spend more time with Kaylee and her brother; something she wants to do as well.

“When he started his own business, he was able to be there,” she said.

Because she’s been working as a server, she hasn’t been able to spend weekends or holidays with her two kids, both under the age of 7.

Wood and her husband have spent hours building Green Desert Coffee from the ground up, from menu prepping, stocking, checking inventory to contacting people and getting distributors.

“It’s my vision, but he has always been supportive,” said Kaylee.

When the couple took a trip to Montana five years ago, it solidified her choice to pursue her vision.

There were mini drive-thru shacks that served coffee on the side of roads all over Montana where drivers could grab their coffee and hop back on the road.

What resonated with her was not only the delicious coffee but the fun people. “I was

like yup, I want to do this.”

She aims to create a similar experience.

“You can get a good cup of coffee anywhere,” she said. “I want people to go, ‘I don’t really want coffee right now, but I want to go say hi!’”

She will be serving not only espresso and coffee-based drinks, but will also be serving lotus energy drinks along with cream soda for children. She also plans to pair up with local bakeries to sell their goods through her drive-thru cart.

Growing up in Tucson, she plans to incorporate tamarino, mango and horchata flavors to her drinks to promote locally inspired flavor.

In addition to drinks and baked goods, Wood will also be selling her custom cups, a side business she has been doing for about five years now, and will be running deals to encourage sustainability.

A majority of the time, she plans to set up Green Desert Coffee at the Ajo Way and Kinney Road intersection, but she will also be doing events and sometimes will set up her cart near the University of Arizona to sell her iced drinks and Lotus Energy.

Her ultimate goal is to have a free standing drive thru.

“We will see where the cart takes me,” she says.

For now, Green Desert is planned to be open at the Ajo and Kinney intersection.

Keep up with Green Desert Coffee’s progress and future updates @grndesertcoffee on Instagram. Also check out Kaylee’s Kreations on Instagram @ Kaykr8tions!

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University of Arizona scientists learning how plants communicate with their environment Emma VandenEinde Cronkite News

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he machine, with sharp teeth and a long metal rod, sounds like a kitchen blender, but this is far from your average appliance.

“This is a tissue homogenizer,” said Jesse Woodson, an associate professor at the University of Arizona’s School of Plant Sciences.

The “very fancy blender” is part of a project conducted

by UA scientists to understand how plants talk with each other. The ultimate goal is to engineer plants to help them survive a warmer world.

“We want to be able to establish communication with plants,” Woodson said. “And in order to do that, we need to know how plants are thinking about their environment and be able to sense their

environment.”

Woodson and his team of students working in the lab are part of a much larger network of researchers. The National Science Foundation in October gave a $25 million grant to teams at UA, Cornell University and the Boyce Thompson Institute, both in New York, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to study plant communication in hopes of modifying plants for a future environment that’s likely to be warmer and drier.

Their research is part of the foundation’s new Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems, or CROPPS. The scientists are working to better predict and manipulate agriculture at the molecular level to improve productivity and sustainability, according to the National Science Foundation. The

transdisciplinary effort brings together scientists, engineers and computer scientists to create electronic systems that can monitor and control the responses of plants.

UA received $3.5 million to study plant genes and how they react biologically to their environment. The team will use data analytics, but as the project starts up, they want to understand the language of plants first.

Although their communication is not audible, plants send internal signals all the time.

“They might be sending those signals internally within the body of the plant to help the shoots understand what’s going on in the roots,” said Rebecca Mosher, the lead investigator on the CROPPS project for UArizona. “They might be sending those signals to microbes in the soil to

try to recruit those microbes.

And so we want to understand those signals so that we can maybe tap into them and communicate with the plants ourselves.”

These internal signals are similar to the signals our brains send us when we are stressed or in need of nutrition. However, Woodson said, plants lack one response that humans have. Plants can’t move.

“If we want to get away from something, we can run away. But a plant has to stay there and they have to deal with whatever happens,” he said. “So if it’s a hot day, it’s a dry day, there’s too much sun, if there’s not enough sun, the plant needs to do something about that in order to grow.”

When the plant is forced to grow in one spot, it creates a “survival guide” that it passes down to the next plant, which then learns how to conserve resources and adapt to its environment.

“You can’t always go by the looks or how big its brain is, but how much it can alter itself in order to fix the environment and with it in which it has to live,” Woodson said.

“It’s going to have to deal with that at a very genetic level. So they need lots of genes and a lot of information stored in those cells to be able to grow and do well.”

EXPERIMENTING TO UNDERSTAND Before the plants—which include rice and soybeans— enter the lab, they grow in greenhouses on the roof of a parking garage south of the Tucson campus. In those greenhouses, the plants’ environment is altered.

“We might give it very high light or lots of heat, a whole variety of abiotic stresses,” Mosher said. “We can also

infect it with pathogens, so a biotic stress. And then we’ll collect that tissue and take it into the laboratory.”

Inside the lab, the team extracts cells using different methods, from spinning plants in a centrifuge to jostling them in vials filled with beads. Then researchers look at cells under the microscope.

The tissue homogenizer—a rod with sharp teeth at the end—is one of the most important devices researchers use because it cuts through the tough plant tissue to get to a plant’s cells. Inside those cells are chloroplasts, which are responsible for sensing light in its environment and performing photosynthesis.

“A lot of what we’re trying to look at is how components within cells, how cells do photosynthesis and respond to the environment,” Woodson said. “This homogenizer is basically a very fancy blender that breaks open the cells so we can pull out those chloroplasts to do experiments in the lab.”

Cristian Salazar De Leon, one of the graduate students on Woodson’s team, said the chloroplasts can reveal a lot about how plants react in high heat situations.

“Most of us look into a pathway where chloroplasts do the photosynthesis in plant cells (and look at) how they’re recycled, how they’re damaged and how the plant deals with those damaged cells,” Salazar De Leon said.

From there, the scientists can find which genes are responsible for helping the plant grow in harsh environments, then cross-pollinate plants to respond similarly.

Salazar De Leon is working to prove that removing a particular gene that encodes for a specific enzyme can kill a plant. He hopes to find those

patterns in other plants as well.

“This is just like one piece of an entire biochemical pathway that allows plants to be able to respond to UV light stress,” he said.

ARIZONA’S CLIMATE PERFECT FOR TESTING Although the NSF-funded universities each have their own lab for testing, Arizona’s climate offers a unique environment for experimentation.

“Our environment is incredibly hot, incredibly arid, the world is going to be turning more and more like Arizona as the planet heats up,” Woodson said.

Last year was the sixth warmest on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.

And 2020 was even hotter—it was the second warmest year on record. Temperatures in December 2021 made it the fifth-warmest December in 142 years.

As temperatures increase because of human activity that contributes to global warming, these experiments with plants could help scientists better support plants and crops in the future that are more resilient to temperature changes.

“If we can understand how plants grow with limited water in really hot environments, perhaps we can create new breeds and varieties that would be able to grow better,” Woodson said.

The UA project is expected to last five years. More research, the scientists say, could unlock more about plants and how they are adapting to climate change.

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Spring Arts 2022 Museums! Galleries! Theater! Dance! And More!

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A RICH PALETTE WHILE THE LAST FEW YEARS have been punishing for many local cultural organizations, there’s no doubt that Tucson remains a community where we celebrate the arts. And with the Omicron wave finally receding, there’s no better time to get out of the house and appreciate what this burg has to offer. In this year’s Spring Arts Preview, you’ll see that there’s plenty for art lovers to do in our town. The Tucson Musuem of Art is celebrating artist Brad Kahlhamer, born to indigeous parents and adopted by a German American family, whose work chronicles his search for his lost roots; the Center for Creative Photography is focusing

its lens on trees; the Arizona State Museum celebrates Mexican sarapes; the Mini Time Machine Museum has an army of tiny Tucsonans on display; Etherton Gallery is featuring the work of Steve McCurry, the photojournalist famous for “Afghan Girl”; PCC’s Bernal Gallery explores Threads of Immigration; Tohono Chul is showing off a new collection of American Indian art; Ballet Tucson will be performing another Balanchine; Arizona Theatre Company is telling the story of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, set to music; Broadway in Tucson is presenting touring shows such as Jersey Boys, Tootsie and Pretty Woman; Invisible Theatre continues

to celebrate its 50th anniversary with A Conversation with Edith Head; Pima Community College’s thespians jump into the deep end with The SpongeBob Musical and bring us the Bard with Romeo and Juliet; Rogue Theatre introduces you to Mrs. Dalloway; and— whew!—that’s just a sampling of what you’ll find in these pages.

Longtime Tucson Weekly arts writer Margaret Regan fills you in on what you’ll see in our museums and galleries.

Regan also previews the season’s dance performance, while calendar editor Emily Dieckman shares the upcoming theater bill. Finally, UA School of Journalism intern Allison Fagan looks at some curious conversations that the Fox Tucson Theatre is presenting in the weeks to come.

The arts are most assuredly back.

Get out and enjoy them!

Jim Nintzel Executive Editor

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Tucson museums explore a wide canvas this spring

By Margaret Regan CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY 1031 N. Olive Road.

The Center for Creative Photography opens up the spring with a riveting show about trees. The poetically named exhibition, Trees Stir in Their Leaves, not only displays stunning photos by the likes of Ansel Adams and Lola Alvarez Bravo: it also brings in fragments of real trees in installations created by scientists from the UA’s renowned Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research.

The show’s merger of science and art reminds us how much the world needs trees, both for their beauty and for their ability to cool down a world that’s heating up places like Tucson and elsewhere, doing their part to lessen climate change. Visitors can walk across campus to see the Tree-Ring lab and also take a self-guided outdoor tour of the trees in the university’s fabulous campus Arboretum.

Through July 23.

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MUSEUM OF ART 1031 N. Olive Road.

The campus museum’s popular show The Art of Food has been going strong for months. You can see more than 100 artworks by 20th- and 21st-century artists like Andy Warhol (look for his big art banana) and other famous contemporary artists. Show ends March 20.

But now the exhibition has been refreshed by two new mini-shows, running through April 23, that take on local food scarcity and poverty. Voices: Real Stories of Hunger and Hope, put together by the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, document “hardships and triumphs.” A rising local photog, Kathleen Dreier, embarked on her Tucson Stories shortly after the murder of George Floyd. In her photo essays, people tell their own stories of struggle and success. artmuseum.arizona.edu

MOCA: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART 265 S. Church Ave. There is less than a month to see MOCA’s Were-:Nenetech Forms, a group show about “migration, transformation and survival in the Sonoran Desert.” Steered by LA artists Rafa Esparza and Timo Fahler, the team of artists has been making traditional adobe bricks and using them to build new architectural structures, framed by earth. The show’s title alludes to the Indigenous peoples of Mexico who built with adobe: the Nahuatl word “nenetech” translates as “close together.”

A treat is work by the late Ana Mendieta (1948-1985), revered for outdoor art of the body; she often placed her own body into sand and dirt, returning herself to the earth.

Closes on March 13. Next up in the Great Hall will be work by painter Grace Rosario Perkins, April 2 to Sept.

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Patrick Martinez’s subversive, narrative work will be at the Tucson Museum of Art through April 24.

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The museum has long hoped to mount a show for artist Brad Kahlhamer; it will finally happen this spring. On March 17, the Tucson-born artist—born to indigenous parents and adopted by a German American family—will open his solo show “11:59 to Tucson.”

He doesn’t know the full story of his life. “Longing for his Indigenous roots,” curators write, Kahlhamer makes paintings that are a “blend of dreams and nightmares.” These days he lives in New York and Mesa, and creates urban scenes, southwest fantasies and personal narratives. March 17 through Sept. 25.

Several of TMA’s winter hits are still on the museum’s walls—and floors.

Look What You Created will show Patrick Martinez’s narrative work through April 24. tucsonmuseumofart.org

The latest exhibition at this far east museum is Sacred Dancers: Ceremonial Navajo Weaving.

The show’s beautiful cloths, picturing images of sacred beings dancing, weave an interesting tale. Navajo people believed it was wrong, if not dangerous, to make images of the Yeis, the Navajo Holy People. But tourists

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arriving in the early 1900s were eager to buy, and, according to the museum, weavers eventually found a solution.

While remaining reverent, they began to weave rugs that were artistic rather than “accurate replicas of religious imagery.” The show features works by a number of weavers who “portrayed ceremonial imagery.”

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Local art galleries feature paintings, photography, glasswork and more

By Margaret Regan Tucson is blessed with a wide variety of gallery spaces that are coming back to life as the pandemic recedes.

Here’s a sample of what you’ll find.

DOWNTOWN PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY The beloved Philabaum Glass Gallery is thriving under new ownership. The space, near Five Points, is luminous with beautifully colored glass artworks. The current show, Sense of Place, features glasswork by Erika Par-

kin of Tucson, known for elegant blown glass; Steffen Plistermann of Santa Fe, master of the organic; and Richard Parrish of Boseman, Montana, who hangs his glass pieces on the wall.

Alison Harvey, the new proprietor, was the gallery’s manager under the original owners, renowned glass artist Tom Philabaum and Dabney Philabaum. When they were ready to sell in 2020, Alison jumped to buy. Her husband, Dylan Harvey, is a co-owner, but she is running the enterprise solo.

Business is good, she says, and she’s loving the work.

Through June 4. Philabaumglass. com

On display at Etherton Gallery: Steve McCurry, Afghan Girl (Sharbat Gula), Peshawar, Pakistan, 1984 Fuji Crystal Archive print, © Steve McCurry/Magnum Photos, courtesy Etherton Gallery

ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery is sailing along in its new digs in the Barrio Viejo. It’s now on its third exhibition in the Convent Street Gallery since its opening in September. Steve McCurry: Its Own Place and Feeling is a sumptuous look at some 30 brightly colored photos he took all over the world. A member of Magnum Photos and a recipient of many awards, McCurry has shot photos in armed conflicts in the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, and he covered 9/11 in the U.S. He’s most famous for Afghan Girl, a searing image of a teen with piercing green eyes. Ironically, given today’s chaos in Afghanistan, that 38 year old image portrays fear and sorrow all over again.

Through April 2. Ethertongallery. com UNTITLED GALLERY, Untitled Gallery, situated in the Steinfeld Warehouse downtown, often

invites many artists to the gallery to show their work. This time, though, the gallery members get their turn in the spotlight. The seven members—painters and sculptors—have a wide rain of interests, and you can see them all in the online gallery. Inna Rohr’s painting “Everglades” caught my eye; it’s a richly colored vision of a storm over the swamp.

Untitledgallerytucson.com CONTRERAS GALLERY The small downtown gallery, soldiering on through the road construction, has mounted a show for four local artists who carry a sense of place.

Jane Buckman paints desert plants while Sylvia Garland turns to dainty flowers. Carolyn Sotelo put together a jaunty vision of a rundown Stone Ave. block, and Mano Sotelo has made fine

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Tucsondart.org ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM 1013 E. University Blvd.

The museum continues with Wrapped in Color: Legacies of the Mexican Sarape. This must-see show has glorious textiles from days past and present. Part of the story is Porfirio Gutiérrez, a Zapotec textile artist who is teaching a new generation to preserve the art of making Saltillo sarapes. Through July.

Across the hallway is another blockbuster, this one about photography. The titlesays it all: Saving An American Treasure: An Unparalleled Collection of Anthropological Photographs. Ongoing. statemuseum.arizona.edu THE MINI TIME MACHINE MUSEUM OF MINIATURES 4455 E. Camp Lowell Local artists Teresa Estrella and Rudy Flores make Tucsonans small. Literally. In their Army Man Project Vol. 2, the pair

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Barbara Bosworth, National Champion Emory Oak, Arizona, 2001, gelatin silver print, 9 5/8 x 23 1/8 in., Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: Gift of the artist, © Barbara Bosworth

used 3D printing to create tiny figures that look just like their real-life models.

These 3.25 inch creatures are army green, the same color as the miniatures army

soldiers my older brother used to play with. Go on in and see portrait figures of 187 of your fellow Tucsonans. Or arrange to get a teeny statue of yourself.

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full-size portraits of Tucson’s magnificent mountains and national parks.

Contreashousefineart.com GALLERY 2SUN The gallery specializes in local artists and vintage modern art but right now it’s open only by appointment. 520-360-8074. Fans can see the artworks at www.artsy.net/gallery-2-sun gallery2sun.com RAICES TALLER 222 After staging a sea of online shows over two years of the pandemic, Raices is on temporary hiatus. The gallery’s John Salgado says the team is considering new projects and hopes to get going April. “We’re looking at some really exciting ideas,” he says.

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EVERYBODY GALLERY The Everybody gallery has returned to Tucson!

The cool contemporary gallery slid out of town in 2018. There were sightings in Chicago. And now the mysterious group is back in the Old Pueblo, at 437 Grant Road. The Everybody gallery “primarily works with emerging and perpetually-emerging artists,” according to a press release. Its new show, Sara Hupps: Soft Shoulder, is a “series of sculptural situations.”

One of Hupps’s pieces has molded glass in lovely pale colors.

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“In Their Shoes” by Perla Segovia at Bernal Gallery.

LOUIS CARLOS BERNAL GALLERY AT PIMA COLLEGE WEST CAMPUS The excellent Bernal Gallery is presenting work by two artists who live in Tucson.

Perla Segovia immigrated to the U.S. from her native Peru when she was 10 years old. Now a textiles artist, she created Threads of Immigration, a series of four installation that use thread and fabric to remember those try to cross the border for a better life. In one work, she embroidered a ream of canvas shoes, representing immigrant children who died in custody. A second installation, crafted with kiln glass, aluminum and poplar, honors migrant mothers.

Wayne Gudmundson is an internationally known photographer with work in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, at the Center for Creative Photography and elsewhere. His new book of images is What Place Is This, with text by Dieter Berninge. Gudmundson sought out locations outside Tucson where historic events took place, and photographed what is left and what has changed.

UP IN THE FOOTHILLS Multiple galleries have for years plied their wares high about the city, at Campbell, Skyline and Sunrise.

Here’s a brief list.

MARK SUBLETTE MEDICINE MAN GALLERY offers native American work and early and contemporary western art. The gallery also has a fine collection of paintings by the revered Maynard Dixon. On view in the gallery now is a suite of really interesting works picturing Navajo life, painted by Navajo artist Shonto Begay. medicinemangallery.com SANDERS GALLERY Sanders Gallery has been run by the same owner in the same building for more than 45 years. Like most of its art neighbors, Sanders specializes in “American western, wildlife and realism.” An array of Hopi Kachinas, symbols of spirit beings, are now on display on the Sanders webpage. sandersgalleries@sandersgalleries.

SETTLERS WEST Settlers West is a reliable gallery for paintings of cowboys, horses, native people and stunning views of the southwest landscape. A roundup of American miniatures, created by dozens of artists, are on view in the gallery now. settlerswest.com

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WILDE MEYER GALLERY This gallery has a sister place in Scottsdale. Both outlets hit all the bases, from paintings to sculptures, and from figuration to abstractions. Samples are James Koskinas’s handsome brown and white horse and J.D. Berard’s abstracted desert in green and fiery orange.

Wildemeyer.com FOR FINE ART The new gallery in the district, FoR Art, has another place up in Montana.

As a result, the works on view go from “sweeping vistas of Glacier National Park” to sunburst paintings of the Sonoran Desert. The new enterprise wisely added Tucson painter Howard Post to the roster. The talented Post paints

TOHONO CHUL Tohono Chul, the gallery in a desert garden is rejoicing in the recent acquisition of a permanent collection of American Indian art. Donated by Roy J. Kurtz, the collection is vast. A new exhibition will give visitors first looks at baskets and art.

Through April 27.

Tom Baumgartner | Codex Sonora “Codex Sonora is a fittingly mysterious book, made up of extraordinary portraits accompanied by eldritch,” according to the gallery notes, “nearly indecipherable text, along with elusive graphs and symbols and strange diagrams that point outward to the stars.”

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Snow Drift, by Erika Parkin, is on display at Philabaum Glass Gallery.

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Tucson theatres stage a comeback

By Emily Dieckman

ARIZONA ROSE THEATRE Arizona Rose Theatre shows take place at the Tucson Mall, 4500 N. Oracle Road, suite 329 Magically Ever-Laughter. For two nights only, enjoy this magic show for the whole family over at the Arizona Rose Theatre. Illusionist Michael Howell is the founder of Rose Ranch Animal Rescue, and often uses these animals in his performances (then puts the proceeds toward their care). He’s been a

performer since he was a kid, and loves singing, dancing, acting and juggling in addition to making magic. March 5-6.

Passage. In this show, Mae and Max are crewmembers on the first human-crewed mission to Mars. Their main job: stay alive. (Hard enough on Earth, am I right?) But before they even get to Mars, they run into a wildly unexpected cosmic body between Earth and Mars and realize, as they float in an endless flow of space and energy, that they better come to terms with their mortality immediately.

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If this sounds extremely stressful, don’t worry. This show is a rollercoaster, but it’s also humorous and has lots of cool effects. March 19, 20, 26 and 27.

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ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY ATC shows take place at the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. Nina Simone: Four Women. In this beautiful show, playwright Christina Ham looks at the 1963 KKK bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, through the lens of Nina Simone’s “Four Women.”

The song is a tribute to the four girls lost in the tragedy, and the show brings to life four Black women (including the character Nina Simone) from various backgrounds and their fights against racism, sexism, classism and more.

Through March 19.

Justice. The girl power theme continues at ATC with this musical about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s arrival to the

United States Supreme Court, and Sandra Day O’Connor’s readiness to show her the ropes. This three-person musical, which also features a third character named Vera who is rising through the ranks of the law world, is full of sweeping songs, important conversations and real-life heroines. April 9 to April 30.

How to Make an American Son. From Honduran-born Mando’s perspective, it’s inconvenient that the downturn of his cleaning empire is coinciding exactly with the need to rein in his spoiled, American-born son Orlando.

From Orlando’s perspective, he’s suddenly being asked to handle way too much at once, including the future of his father’s entire enterprise. This show asks what happens with the promise of the American Dream collides with the realities of immigration. June 4 to 25.

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Jersey Boys. You’ve almost certainly heard of this show by now, about the flawless harmonies and not-so-flawless personal lives of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. And even if you haven’t, you’ve heard songs like “Sherry,” “Walk Like a Man” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” This Grammy Award-winning musical has been called “too good to be true” by the New York Post, but it is truly coming to Tucson, so good for us. March 18 to 20.

Tootsie. This show is about an actor whose primary special skill is being unable to hold down a job. Desperate for work, he does what anyone would do: He disguises himself as a woman with the fake name Dorothy Michaels, and promptly makes a meteoric rise to Broadway stardom. When he starts falling for his costar, Julie, he realizes keeping the lie going isn’t going to be easy. March 22 to 27.

HadesTown. Go to hell! And we’ll

come with you! This show weaves together the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice with the story of King Hades and Persephone, taking audience members to the underworld and back. Winner of eight Tony Awards, this show is haunting and hopeful and poetic and unforgettable. Anaïs Mitchell did the music, lyrics and books, and was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020. April 12 to 27.

Come From Away. Set in the week following 9/11, this show is about the 38 planes ordered to land unexpectedly at Gander International Airport. It’s probably gonna make you cry. It’s based on true stories about how residents of the town took in the stranded passengers, reminding us people can be so good and kind and humane even in the worst of circumstances. May 24 to 29.

Pretty Woman. I once had a professor who was a fiercely outspoken feminist, who hated the way women are often portrayed in pop culture as helpless damsels in distress in need of men to save them. And even she liked Pretty Woman for its value as an iconic

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THE GASLIGHT THEATRE The Gaslight Theatre is located at 7010 E. Broadway Blvd.

Arizona Smith and the Relic of Doom. Everyone’s favorite archeologist is, as usual, racing against time through exotic landscapes while the fate of the entire world hangs in the balance. Talk about good theater! In this show, Arizona makes his way through dangerous deserts and faraway temples to try to secure the very mysterious and very important Relic of Doom. The only way to find out if he makes it, and if world ends, is to see this show. Through March 27.

The Three Musketeers. So, are you the whipped mousse center, the milk chocolate coating, or whatever the third musketeer is? Just kidding—obviously this show is based on the Alexandre Dumas book about the trio of inseparable, chivalrous swordsmen on a crusade

of justice. Get ready to do some serious swashbuckling over at the Gaslight.

March 31 to June 5.

INVISIBLE THEATRE The Invisible Theatre is located at 1400 N. First Ave. Secrets of a Soccer Mom. It’s no secret that the world of motherhood can be competitive about their kids.

This show starts out with three soccer moms cheering on their soccer player sons. When they’re reluctantly dragged into participating in a mothers vs. son soccer game, they intend to let the kids win. But instead, they find themselves feeling young and alive and good humored again—and become dead-set on scoring. April 20 to May 5.

A Conversation With Edith Head.

Who wouldn’t want to have a conversation with the most awarded woman in the Academy of Motion Picture’s history? The legendary costume designer worked on more than 110 films, and

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her story is full of humor, frustration and lots of glamour. Edith Head, also, of course, was the aesthetic inspiration for the character Edna Mode in The Incredibles. March 9 to 13.

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop Shows are at 3322 E. Fort Lowell Road.

The Kreutzer Sonata. What’s more dramatic than moody classical music? How about Leo Tolstoy? How about MURDER? Thank goodness for Live Theatre Workshop, which brings us this play with all three. Playwright Nany Harris has brought this story by Leo Tolstoy to life, honoring his wish that it someday be set to music. It’s about a man who finds out his wife is having an affair with her music partner and is murderously angry. Through March 19.

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expect to be cute and funny, but has surprising emotional impact. This modern comedy by A.R. Gurney follows Greg and Kate, who have just moved to Manhattan from the suburbs after becoming empty nesters. When Greg finds a Lab-poodle mix in the park named Sylvia, he’s delighted, Kate is a little annoyed and Sylvia is adorable.

And they figure it out, because dogs are usually the answer to problems. March 24 to April 30.

Take a Hike. Part of LTW’s children’s theater series, this show is for all the Sonoran Desert lovers out there.

When Jamie comes home from college, she can’t wait to take a desert hike with her little brother Dylan, so they set off on a fantastical journey, making friends with a packrat, a rattlesnake and a roadrunner. As they try to find their way back to their house, they grow closer as siblings and reflect on the true meaning of home. March 13 and 20.

Fremont Junior High Is Not Doing Oklahoma. Yeah, that’s the title of this play, which is hilarious—and a total relief, if you’ve ever seen or—worse (as

I have, sorry Mom)—been in a high school production of Oklahoma. Part of the LTW Etcetera series, this show is about 14-year-old Chrysanthemum, the queer, know-it-all president of the drama club, and his BFF Phylicia, a coloratura soprano. When the school’s spring musical is announced, it threatens to ruin their friendship.

April 8 to 23.

ORO VALLEY THEATRE COMPANY Oro Valley Theatre Company performances take place at the Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road, #165.

Barefoot in the Park. This Neil Simon show is one of the longest running non-musical plays in Broadway history, and you may have seen the 1967 feature film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. It also had a pre-Broadway production under the name Nobody Loves Me. The show follows the story of a newlywed couple, Paul and Corie.

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the park. April 24 to May 1.

PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE PCC shows take place at the PCC West Campus – Center for the Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Road.

The SpongeBob Musical. Spongebob is such a great candidate for a show to be made into a musical: An ensemble cast, a lovable protagonist, fun sets, and the ability to get really fantastical and silly with the storytelling.

It features Spongebob trying to save Bikini Bottom from a volcanic eruption, a jetpack and even good ol’ Patchy the Pirate. It received 12 Tony nominations in 2018. Through March 6.

The Piano Lesson. This August Wilson play received the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and the fourth play in Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle. When Boy Willie arrives in town, he asks his sister if they can finally sell the old family piano in her living room. She refuses, because it’s covered in carvings from their ancestors which tell a story of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 17

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family’s rise from slavery. Ultimately, it’s a show about the legacies you honor, and the legacy you choose to leave.

March 24 to April 3.

Romeo & Juliet. We all know this one, so I’m not going to tell you about the plot. But here are some fun facts!

The famous balcony scene didn’t originally have a balcony in it—Shakespeare only specified that Juliet appeared at a window. Romeo and Juliet get married within 24 hours of meeting. And two of Uranus’ moons are named for the play: Juliet and Mab. April 23 to 24.

THE ROGUE THEATRE Shows are at the Rogue Theatre at The Historic Y, 300 E. University Blvd., unless otherwise stated.

Passage. Inspired by E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, this is a play of letters: It’s set in Country X, a colonial client of country Y. And all of the charac-

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ters have only letters for names as well.

The story follows a local doctor and an expat teacher, and examines how power imbalances can seep into interpersonal relationships. Interestingly, the original gives the director freedom in casting with regards to aspects like race and gender. So each production of the play has the chance to highlight different social structures and injustices. Through March 13.

Mrs. Dalloway. Director Cynthia Meier herself adapted this Virginia Woolf story (which entered the public domain just last year) for the stage.

The story is simple enough: It’s about a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway as she prepares for a party, and Septimus Smith as he, um, has a rough time. It’s known for examining the mundane and making it meaningful—something all of us, as we invent new pasta recipes and wait excitedly for new sweatpants to arrive in the mail, all had to try at one point or another during the pandemic.

April 28 to May 15, with video available May 19 to June 5.

SCOUNDREL AND SCAMP Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre is in the Historic Y, 738 N. Fifth Ave., Ste. 131.

You and Me and the Space Between. Finegan Kruckemeyer is Australia’s most accomplished children’s playwright, and he doesn’t disappoint with this tale of wonder and invention. When the island of Proud Circle springs a link, its citizens must band together to prevent their home from disappearing all together. To do it, they need the creativity and imagination of a child. This show blends storytelling, choreographed projections and live-drawn animation to explore the plight of refugees fleeing environmental change. March 31 to April 17.

Citizen: An American Lyric.

Scoundrel and Scamp brings its season to a close with this stage adaptation of the award-winning book of poetry and prose by Claudia Rankine. Adapted by Stephen Sachs, the show uses theater, music, movement and video imagery to build a meditation on acts of everyday racism. From microaggressions and slips of the tongue to nationally

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spotlighted firestorms, the powerful and fast-moving show depicts it all.

May 12 to May 29.

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SCHOOL OF THEATRE, FILM & TELEVISION Living Dead in Denmark. Sometimes you don’t know how much you need something to exist until you hear about it for the first time. For example, this show by Qui Nguyen is an action-adventure/horror sequel to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, in which the undead are trying to take over the world.

We’re talking Lady Macbeth, Juliet and Ophelia, but ZOMBIES. Obviously this show, complete with martial arts, pop songs, puppetry and comic books, is not to be missed. Through March 20 at the Tornabene Theatre, 1025 N. Olive Road.

High Fidelity. If you love musicals, indie record stores and sad guys, you’ll love this show, based on the popular

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novel by Nick Hornby. Its rock and roll score tells the story of Rob, a Brooklyn record store owner who’s trying to figure out where his relationship went wrong and how to win back the lovely Laura. It’s a must-see for music geeks everywhere. April 10 to 24. Tornabene Theatre, 1025 N. Olive Road.

New Directions Festival. An evening of new voices! This is a presentation of six short pieces devised, directed designed and performed entirely by students which is seriously way cool. It’s the first in an annual festival of student-created content. And in five or 10 years, when all of these students are famous, you’ll be able to say you saw them before they made it big. April 29 to May 1. Harold Dixon Directing Studio, 1025 N. Olive Road.

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SOUTHERN ARIZONA PERFORMING ARTS COMPANY Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre at the Historic Y, 738 N. Fifth Ave., Ste. 131.

A Minister’s Wife. Like many pieces of theater, this play is about a seemingly happy couple whose lives turn out to be not what they seem. But, unlike most pieces of theater, this one has been called “the most important new musical to come to New York since The Light in the Piazza” by the Wall Street Journal. A pretty raving endorsement! Based on a 1898 version of George Bernard Shaw’s Candida, this one is a hidden gem. March 5 to 13. https://www.sapactucson.org/

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Paintings by Rick Demont and other Sonoran-inspired artists are on display at the Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens.

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Dancers of all styles step across stages this spring

By Margaret Regan No dance is like a dance performed in person! Fingers crossed that the pandemic keeps receding and dance lovers can find high quality work this spring Here are the options.

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No dance is like dance in person!

Fingers crossed that the pandemic keeps receding and that dance lovers can see the high quality work this spring promises to bring.

At the UA, the School of Dance has scheduled three dance concerts this spring, all with live young dancers. All shows will be in Stevie Eller Dance Theatre.

The second and third concerts of the season interlap, between a show featuring professors’ choreography (Spring Collection) and a show giving the limelight budding student choreographers (Emerge: Student Spotlight).

The pieces for Emerge are not yet confirmed, but the profs’ works are planned out. A highlight of the Spring Collection, Habaneras, the Music of Cuba, is a full company dance created

by Frank Chaves, a native of Cuba.

Michael Williams’s &theVerdictIZ, is a boisterous but fun ride through 1930s Chicago, a place of mobsters, murder and malice. Other faculty members creating works are Barbea Williams, Elizabeth George-Fesch and more.

The April concerts run from April 20 to May 1. Consult the webpage to learn when the two differing groups are

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Tucson’s only pro ballet company has made a marvelous comeback from the pandemic; the shutdown kept them

off the stage for more that a year. But they came back strong in the fall and staged three shows, including a soldout Nutcracker.

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“Curious Conversations” at the Fox explore topics both local and global

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THROUGH APRIL, DOWNTOWN’S Fox Theatre will be offering “Curious Conversations,” educational seminars hosted by local and global presenters.

Discussions will include “The Influence of Mariachi,” “Tucson and the Blues” and “Science in Everyday Life.”

“The idea here is to create these opportunities for people to really deepen their level of understanding and appreciation,” said Jordan Wiley-Hill, the Fox’s outreach and education manager and organizer for this initiative.

Wiley-Hill and the Fox executive director Bonnie Schock started working on this project prior to the start of the pandemic. All of the conversations

have been purposefully scheduled on Sundays or Tuesdays at 1 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. to ensure they do not conflict with the Fox’s other ongoing concerts and events.

“Our education and outreach programs historically have focused on youth and this is an opportunity for an extension of lifelong learning,” Schock said. “We get to dig in deeper and get to know the artist and the work in ways that make it still more resonant.”

Each of the conversations will feature a presentation and Q&A session with the presenter and then a facilitated dialogue between all participants. Featured speakers include Tucson locals, as well as several National Geographic scientists.

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“When you start hearing about how Tucson’s helped spur the mariachi movement and the impact that has had, you’ll realize how much this means to the fabric of our community,” WileyHill said.

In addition, Buckley will highlight the success of Flor de Toloache, the Grammy award-winning, all-female mariachi group. This conversation will be the start of an ongoing project continuing with Flor De Toloache performing at the Fox on March 19 and concluding with another performance from a female mariachi group in the fall.

“I’m excited because it’s multipronged but also always thrilled to be able to lift up the voices of women in places and spaces where they may not have historically been able to get that recognition,” Schock said.

Tucson musician George Howard, founder of the Tucson Musicians Museum, will be leading “Tucson and the Blues” on April 5. The conversation coincides with the Fox’s ongoing 2021-2022 blues concert season and will dive deep into the genre on a local and national scale.

Howard has been playing music for over 50 years. He has been affiliated with blues artists John Lee Hooker and The Rolling Stones’ Bobby Keys, and

booked several other artists over the years in Tucson, including Taj Mahal and Robert Cray.

“He has a big picture experience not only because of his long personal history with [the blues], but also because of his involvement with music in Tucson.

So he has the capacity to be a great storyteller and connect others with it,” Wiley-Hill said.

“Science in Everyday Life” will feature National Geographic Live events with famous scientists and speakers Brian Skerry who will present “Secrets of the Whales” and Steve Winter covering “On the Trail of Big Cats.”

“Being able to expand that palette right away in the first year that we’re offering the National Geographic Live program itself with the ‘Curious Conversations’ feels connected in a way to let people in and hopefully resonantes,” Schock said. “We hope to continue [National Geographic Live] in the future and be an ongoing experience at the Fox.” An hour prior to each show, these conversations will be able to expand and connect locally with information stations from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Reid Park Zoo and others in the Fox lobby.

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Late in January, the troupe performed a lovey Swan Lake, Part 11; aced a challenging contemporary piece by Amanda Morgan; and sashed to the live love music of Ann Callaway.

Now the dancers are looking to another major show, at Leo Rich, April 1-3. The biggest news about the concert, called ReInvigorate Spring Concert, is that the company has added still another Balanchine to its repertoire.

“Who Cares,” a jazzy 1970 work, was created for the New York City Ballet.

With the permission of the Balanchine Trust—not easy to get—Ballet Tucson will dance it for the first time.

Next up, guest choreographer Kiyon C. Ross will bring out his No Holds Barre’d, an “electrifying” work to be danced by the company for the first time. Daniel Precup, the company ballet master, presents his Divertimento in D, an innovative work “that brings new life to classical period music.”

Speaking of music, the Bill Ganz

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The show goes on at 6:45 p.m. on Sunday, April 3, at the Valley of the Moon, 2544 E. Allen Road. ZUZI also is inviting those who missed the Winter Solstice Celebration 2021 to watch it virtually. For more information on both events, call 520-629-0237, send an email to zuzisphere@gmail.com, or consult zuzimoveit.org.

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Hotel Congress opens jazz club ‘The Century Room’ in former Copper Hall space Jake O'Rourke

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ver the last 100 years or so, Hotel Congress has survived structural fires, seen prohibition come and go, and hosted everyone from U.S. senators to John Dillinger and his criminal gang. Now, a new addition to the historic landmark fuses a New York night club with a borderlands mezcal bar.

Shana Oseran, who owns Hotel Congress with her husband, Richard Oseran, and music programmer Arthur Vint are teaming up to open a jazz club in the hotel’s former Copper Hall space. The Century Room hosts weekly jazz performances, serve local mezcals, beers and wines, and offer a step back in time.

“We have the plaza and Club Congress, which is the

impetus for everything, and now to evolve into this third genre, it’s really exciting,” Oseran said. “Where in town, or anywhere, can you find a place that has three different music venues?”

The Copper Hall was a banquet hall along the southwest portion of the building with windows looking out to the hubbub of Congress Street.

With a reduction in banquets and similar events due to the pandemic, Oseran was searching for a new concept to fill the vacant hall when she started talking with Vint.

“While there are lots of great jazz musicians and great jazz performances in Tucson, there hasn’t been a singular home to host concerts or touring acts,” Vint said. “There are lots of musicians who tour around the country, and these

bands usually stop their tours in Phoenix and go home. By building a club and a stage that is world class, we’re hoping to get people to come down to Tucson on their West Coast tours.”

Vint grew up in Tucson and graduated from Rincon High School.

He also worked at Hotel Congress as a desk clerk for the night shifts before obtaining a bachelor’s degree in jazz performance from William Paterson University in New Jersey and a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music.

From there, Vint established a career as a freelance drummer, composer and bandleader throughout New York starting in 2007.

Vint says he plays everything from jazz and salsa to pop and rock, and has

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After performing on the plaza in April 2021, Vint brought up the idea of turning The Copper Hall into a space inspired by the Village Vanguard jazz club in New York, where Vint worked as head bartender.

Now, after 15 years in New York, and the last year and a half bouncing between New York and Tucson, Vint is returning to his desert home full-time to teach jazz at the University of Arizona and work with Oseran as the music programmer for The Century Room.

“The Vanguard is kind of the Mecca of jazz clubs, and all other jazz clubs point to The Vanguard,” Vint said. “That was a point of reference in the design stages, but we did a lot of detail work to make the space feel as though it has been there for 100 years. The name is a nod to the fact that

Hotel Congress just celebrated its 100th anniversary. It is also referencing the century plant — we’re an agave bar with over 40 agave spirits — and we are also hoping it will be there for 100 years. When you walk in, it feels like it has always been there.”

The former foyer to The Copper Hall is now a soundproofed stage. The new entrance is through 100-year-old vestibule doors on the corner of Congress St. and Fifth Ave. The doors open to the bar on the left and wooden shutters along the south windows facing Congress St. There are booths, bar stools and table seating for 75 with a clear line of sight to the stage bookending the far-right corner of the room.

“You feel like you’ve arrived at this beautiful and important space,” Vint said. “I always like bars and venues where you walk in and feel like you have to lower your voice a little bit out of respect, and I feel that this may have that effect on people.”

Although the space as a

whole is new, elements of the past are laced throughout the interior.

“All those brown, chocolate, yummy drapes that were around the whole banquet facility are now reconfigured as the backdrops for the stage on all three sides,” Oseran said.

“We are going to be open this Friday and Saturday to start but plan to expand our days and hours as we get a sense for how it’s going to fit.”

The first to perform in this new space was the Homero Cerón Latin Jazz Quartet on Friday, Feb. 4. Cerón spent more than 40 years as the principal percussionist for the Tucson Symphony, and is planning to play a mix of originals and Latin classics. Cerón also happens to have been Vint’s first drum teacher.

“I look forward to having a dedicated room that elevates jazz in Tucson,” Vint said. “Local and world-renowned jazz musicians now have a space where they can perform original music and special projects…the drinks are going to be great, too.”

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FRIDAY, MARCH 4 • Bring a chair or a blanket and listen to Friday Night Concerts at Steam Pump Ranch featuring Element 119 this month. Details: 7 p.m.; 10901 N. Oracle Road; free admission, food and beverages available for purchase; orovalleyaz.gov.

• Don your dancin’shoes for a special treat with the popular music of southern Louisiana combining French origin tunes and elements of Caribbean, blues, guitar, washboard and accordion at the Zydeco Boogaloo Dance Party with Dr. Mojo and the Zydeco Cannibals. Details: 7 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $20; 520-529-1000 or gaslightmusichall. com.

• Don’t miss the rare Tucson appearance of the virtuoso pianist, singer, bandleader and television personality Jon Batiste. Details: 8 p.m.; UA Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd.; $40-$145; ticketmaster.com.

• Don’t miss Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways tour celebrating a remarkable career that has lasted the better part of 50 years. Details: 8 p.m.; Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave.; $87 and up; ticketmaster.com.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 • Get down with the coolest songs from the coolest decade at That 70's Rock

Show with The Tributaries and hear some history and the backstory of the bands and songs. Details: 2 and 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $27; 520-529-1000 or gaslightmusichall.com.

• Enjoy an unforgettable night featuring the music of one of the most successful rock bands of all times at One of These Nights - The Eagles Tribute. Details: 4 and 7:30 p.m.; DesertView Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive; dvpac.net.

SATURDAY TO SUNDAY, MARCH 5-6 • Listen to the Tucson Symphony Orchestra perform Mozart and Prokofiev featuring harpist Claire Thai, flautist Alexander Lipay and conductor José Luis Gomez. Details: 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.; $47-$96; ticketmaster.com.

SUNDAY, MARCH 6 • Listen to pianist Alex Tuchman presented by the Oracle Piano Society.

Details: 3 p.m.; Oracle Center for the Arts, 700 E. Kingston St., Oracle; $30, students free; oraclepianosociety.org.

• Plan to hear Michael Culloton conduct the 69-voice a cappella Concordia Choir in Tucson. Details: 4 p.m.; Catalina Foothills High School, 4300

N. Sunrise Drive; $20, $5 students; eventbrite.com.

• Imagine the rockaboogie of Jerry Lee Lewis combined with the powerful vocals of Elvis Presley at the Whole Lotta Shakin', Piano Pumpin' Rock & Roll Revue starring Brady Goss. Details: 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $27; 520-529-1000 or gaslightmusichall.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Clubhouse, 38759 S. MountainView Blvd.; free admission; sbartsandcrafts. org.

• Browse unique handmade crafts, jewelry and more at the Craft Show at The Highlands. Details: 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; 332 W. Matterhorn St.; free admission; 520-297-2722.

• Assist those struggling with hunger at the Empty Bowls fundraiser and sample local restaurants’signature soups, breads and desserts and select a handmade pottery bowl to take home.

Details: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Road; $25; icstucson.org.

THURSDAY TO SUNDAY, MARCH 3-6

SATURDAY TO SUNDAY, MARCH 5-6

• Bring the entire family to the new venue for the Wild Wild West Steampunk Convention 10: Over the Rainbow featuring live music, entertainment, vendors, gaming, costume contest, food trucks and more. Details: times vary; Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa, 245 E. Ina Road; $46+, $25+ children; 520-297-1151 or wildwestcon.com.

• Bring the kids and grandma to the Tucson Garden Railway Society’s 18th annual Rails in the Garden Tour with layouts spread throughout town.

Details: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; free admission but donations to the Community Food Bank appreciated; locations and maps available at tucsongrs.org.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5

• Browse a huge selection of toys at the Tucson Toy Show. Details: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tucson Expo Center, 3750 E. Irvington Road; $10, under 10 free; aztoyshows.com.

• Browse unique handcrafted items by resident artisans at the SaddleBrooke Arts and Craft Fair featuring woodcarvings, gourds, lapidary art, baskets, jewelry, paintings, ceramics and more.

Details: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; MountainView

SUNDAY, MARCH 6

Mount Zion Lutheran Church MARCH 2022 MARCH 2nd March 2; Ash Wednesday Worship Service: Noon & 7:00PM March 5; 8:00-11:00AM: POW-WOW---70# of produce for $12 March 9, 16, 23, 30; 7:00PM: Lent Worship March 12; 9AM-11AM: Pathways for Paws March 25; 8AM-5PM: Rummage Sale March 26; 8AM-NOON: Rummage Sale

Visit us on website for Zoom link: mountzionelca.com

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The general tone of your personal life hangs in the balance of a few key decisions about who to work with and what to work on. The right situation can make you feel smart, vibrant and fun, while the wrong one is boring and uninspired.

Take the time to find a good fit.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be tasked with making a grand plan. In changing the future, you are wise to consider the parts of it that are unlikely to change. Accurate projections consider entities, attitudes and facts of life that have existed for ages. When thinking big gets overwhelming, think small and have some fun.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Experience has taught you what to expect from people, and you’re rarely wrong. So, when someone new defies expectation, this does something delightful to your brain -- wakes you up, stirs your interest and sets the stage for a quest. This weekend, a little daring brings a lot of happiness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Perfection is a trap that keeps people from finishing what they start. You’re too close to the action and so intent on getting it all right that your progress could be thwarted. An outsider’s perspective will be invaluable. The key is to know when good enough is good enough.

Call it and keep it pushing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). A positive attitude motivates you. You’re not being saintly, just practical. Optimism is efficient.

It takes just as much energy as any other approach, but somehow gives it right back to you with dividends. You and everyone else will feel better in the process.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The pursuit of knowledge is your passion this week.

Part of the fun is that you never know what you’re going to learn. Often what captures your imagination is tangential to your original topic yet somehow resonates profoundly, as though you were always meant to know it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). In social life and business, there are times when it’s best to avoid the crowded, competitive marketplace. But your offering is so strong now. You have something memorable and necessary to give. Go with confidence where you’ll be seen (and judged) by many. You have what it takes to stand out.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your motto used to be “nothing to lose” but it no longer applies. Much is going right in your life, so technically, you do have plenty to lose.

However, the next adventure won’t begin until you take a risk. So you hoist your sail, in hopes the inevitable winds of change will blow you in a beneficent direction.

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WE ARE A ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH FAMILY NOURISHED BY THE WORD OF GOD AND THE EUCHARIST. AS A COMMUNITY, WE ADVANCE SPIRITUAL GROWTH THROUGH LIFELONG LEARNING.

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11575 N. 1st Ave. Oro Valley, AZ 85737 (520) 575-9901 Reconciliation: T-F at 7:30 AM, Sat at 3 PM and by appointment.

LENTEN MISSION

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14-16 6 PM IN THE CHURCH

Join us for an opportunity to examine and strengthen our personal relationship with God.

All are welcome to join us for Stations, led by one of our Deacons.

After, gather for a soup supper provided by one of our parish ministries. Please bring your own soup bowl and spoon, thank you!

Welcome to Resurrection Lutheran!

Come join us every Saturday evening or on Sunday for worship!

Ash Wednesday Services 12 noon and 6:15 pm Midweek Lenten Services Wednesdays at 12 noon outdoors in our Memorial Plaza

Oro Valley Location

5:00 pm Saturday evening Worship 7:45 am and 9:15 am Traditional Worship and our 10:45 am Contemporary Worship!

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3001 E Miravista Lane Live Sunday Worship 10am or watch anytime Vistaumc.org or VistaUMC

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520-825-1985

SaddleBrooke 9:00 am Worship HOA1 Clubhouse Vermilion Room.

Good Friday (April 15th) 3:00PM

Online worship available anytime to fit your schedule.

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Easter Sunday (April 17th) Sunrise Service—7:00am Traditional Service—10:00am 10:00 AM (Easter Egg Hunt)

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