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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Loft Cinema will be showing the 22-year-old-cult-classic, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” on Wednesday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m.

Taiwanese film-maker, Ang Lee reimagines traditional Chinese wuxia, a sword-wielding genre, in his 2000 martial-arts epic. The film is action-packed, filled with ingenious fight sequences and a doomed love-triangle.

Starring Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All At Once” and “Crazy Rich Asians”), Chow Yun-Fat and Zhang Zi Yi (“House of Flying Daggers” and “Memoirs of a Geisha”).

Tickets are available through Fandango or at The Loft Cinema, which requires masks in the lobby. $10 adults, $8 student, teacher, military, $7 senior or children 12 and under. The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.

Chillin’ at the Chul Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens & Galleries kicks off their “first-ever summer series” Chillin’ at the Chul, offering visitors a chance to cool down in the gardens after-hours and free of admission, beginning June 3, 2022, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a performance by local DJ Humbleianess. The Garden Bistro will also be open for service, offering light bites and refreshments such as Sonoran hot-dogs and prickly pear margaritas. The series runs Fridays and Saturdays from June 3, through Sept. 3, in partnership with the Children’s Museum of Oro Valley offering entertainment for children on Saturday nights. Tohono Chul, 7366 N. Paseo Del Norte.

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Arizona again near bottom of states for per pupil spending, Census says Morgan Fischer Cronkite News

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rizona was again among the worst states in the nation for per pupil spending on K-12 education in 2020, a ranking that advocates said was embarrassing but not surprising.

The numbers from a recent Census Bureau report said Arizona spent $8,785 per pupil in 2020, ahead of only Utah and Idaho that year. And it was dead last – 51st among states and the District of Columbia – when it came to the amount spent on actual instruction, at $4,801 per pupil.

Both were well below the national average of $13,494 overall and $8,176 on instruction per pupil for that year.

The data “reflects the continued failure by Arizona’s legislature to appropriately invest in our state’s future,” a spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Education said in a

statement.

But a spokesperson for Gov. Doug Ducey said the numbers “may not portray the complete picture of what’s happening in Arizona.” C.J. Karamargin said that higher spending does not equal a better educational system.

“If spending were a measure of success, then Washington, D.C., and New York would have the best educated kids in the country,” Karamargin said.

Many advocates remain frustrated by the state being historically and “generally underinvested” in public education in relation to the population, said Chris Kotterman, director of governmental relations for the Arizona School Boards Association.

That was echoed by Beth Lewis, the director of Save Our Schools Arizona, who said many teachers and those involved with the education system have “kind of gotten used to” the state’s low ranking on

school funding.

“Schools are not able to afford a music teacher, an art teacher, a classroom aide,” said Lewis, who is also a teacher.

“Teachers are trying to be everything; counselors, assistant principals, nurses.”

Arizona remains mired at the bottom of the rankings despite a 17.3% increase in per pupil funding between 2015 and 2020, according to the Census Bureau. But that still lagged behind the national average of an 18.5% increase during the period.

Advocates are hopeful – but not optimistic – that the situation will change next year, with the state sitting on a budget surplus that could be as high as $5.3 billion.

They also point to the will of the voters in the form of Proposition 208. Approved by voters in 2020, it would have dedicated more than $800 million in new taxes to schools in the first year, primarily to teachers’ sala-

ries, but it has since been struck down in Arizona courts.

The Arizona Education Association has created an “educator’s budget” that calls for allocating up to $1.2 billion of ongoing revenue in the surplus to the public education system.

It calls for increased spending on base salaries, full-day kindergarten, special education funding and career and technical education programs, among other initiatives.

“We’re not asking to go from 50th to one,” said AEA Vice President Marisol Garcia of the educator’s budget. “We’re asking to go from 50th to 30th.”

Garcia said the fact that Arizona voters approved Prop 208 proves that low education funding in the state is “not aligned with the priorities of parents, teachers, students.”

But Kotterman said schools are likely to receive only a fraction of that request, although he hopes lawmakers can increase school funding closer to the

$500 million to $700 million range.

The Legislature has until July 1 to approve a budget for fiscal 2023. The Arizona Education Department spokesperson said lawmakers “must pass a budget that supports fair pay for our state’s educators and meets the needs of every student in our classrooms.”

For now, advocates say, with teachers being forced to take on more and more in the classroom, many schools are struggling to hold it together.

“Arizona is not providing even close to an adequate amount of resources for our children,” Lewis said. “We know that our poor children definitely bear the brunt much worse than more well-off areas.”

The lack of funding has led many teachers to quit their jobs because of burnout, said Garcia, who said schools are being held together “with a Band-Aid and a prayer.” Kotterman said new teachers in Arizona often only

last three to five years before leaving the profession.

“The trend is that teachers are leaving because they’re just so tired and they feel like they are not able to do the job anymore,” Lewis said.

In September 2021, 25.9% of teacher vacancies in Arizona schools remained unfilled and 55.4% of the vacancies were filled by teachers who did not meet the state’s standard certification requirements, surveys from the Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association showed.

Garcia said lawmakers need to listen to what voters said in passing Prop 208.

“It’s the voters who are behind this, they’ve passed propositions,” Garcia said. “If parents didn’t want schools to be starved, they wouldn’t be sending their kids to public schools.”

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Pima County helping families through preschool program PEEPs Rex Scott

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nited States Senator Edward Markey once said that “education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.”

He could have been talking about the Pima Early Education Program scholarships (PEEPs) when he made that statement. As schools close for the summer, this essential program is celebrating the end of its first year. We are also looking forward to how the program will help more children in the years to come, especially since there is a stable source of funding now in place.

My colleagues on the Board of Supervisors and I created this program last spring to help families who wanted their daughters and sons to have the benefits of preschool, but struggled with the cost. The average monthly cost for preschool in Pima County is $800 per child. If you are parents whose budgets are already stretched thin by paying for housing, food in your kitchen, gas in your car and all the other expenses families confront, putting your child in preschool may seem like a luxury. Children from those families are then denied everything a quality preschool experience can grant them.

If your family income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, your child can qualify for a scholarship that will get them into the preschool of your choice. For a family of four, that is an annual income of roughly $53,000 per year.

Next year, we will pilot an initiative for parents in the Tucson Unified School Dis-

trict that will allow families whose income is at or below 300% of the federal poverty level to qualify for assistance.

In this first year, PEEPs helped close to 700 children who might have missed out on preschool had the program not been in place.

Think of what that opportunity means for these kids and their futures! For their families and their peace of mind! For our community and its future! In the years to come, even more children will be served. One superintendent told me recently that the preschools in his district will be able to accommodate almost half a kindergarten cohort next year based on their plans for expansion.

During this last year and for the next two, Pima County is using pandemic relief funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act to fund our portion of the program. We also receive financial support from the City of Tucson, the Town of Marana, the Town of Oro Valley and all participating school districts. Donations to the United Way from individuals and businesses also provide necessary support.

When pandemic relief funds are exhausted, we will make use of a small portion of the secondary property tax that funds the library district to pay the county’s share of the program. A law passed by the Arizona Legislature and signed by Gov. Doug Ducey last spring gave all counties this authority.

With this assurance of annual funding, our school district partners and their counterparts in the private sector can move forward with confidence to ensure that we have the capacity to

enroll any child in preschool whose parent wants that for them.

The support from United Way mostly assists PEEPs through a program known as Accelerate Quality, which is designed to help preschools meet the State of Arizona’s standards for high quality early childhood education. Thanks in part to this program, there are now 208 preschool providers in our county that meet the state’s expectations. That number will grow as school districts and other providers expand their capacity.

Please visit the Pima County website to learn more about PEEPs, the Accelerate Quality endeavor and to read the progress reports from this first year.

If you live in one of the participating school districts, are a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, or the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, find out what is being done in your area to increase preschool enrollment. If you are interested in any private sector preschool provider, find out if they are part of the program.

President Kennedy admonished us to remember that “our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.”

We should never allow any of our children to be denied the benefits of education, no matter their family income.

The investments we make in our children and their future are always necessary and worthwhile. I hope that every citizen in Pima County will see the potential inherent in knocking down the barriers to access to quality early childhood education.

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Kate Breakey at Etherton Gallery Margaret Regan Tucson Local Media

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arly this week a blood red moon hovered over Tucson—and over the much of the rest of the world.

It was a joy to see the colors change from faint orange to red in the darkened sky.

More than once, Kate Breakey, a longtime Tucson photographer, has captured the extraordinary hues of that red moon. And in my mind, I couldn’t help but call this heavenly beauty the Kate Breakey moon.

Coincidentally I had just seen Breakey’s gorgeous moon photos at Etherton Gallery.

In her show, Transience, she has knitted nine of her full moon photos together into one glorious piece, “Nine Lunar Eclipses.” The

nine moons are lined up in three rows of three, placed on a black backdrop. Each one has a different color, capturing a distinct phase of an advancing eclipse: white, gray, orange and red.

Breakey is known for her splendid images of nature; her earliest works I can remember were her oversized pieces that were giving homages to tiny dead birds.

The current show, 57 pieces strong, is about all kinds of nature: birds for sure, but also trees, clouds, a grand cavalcade of flowers, one snake, a random ship-in-a-bottle, and, oh yes, another lovely moon, an Arizona special called “A Fingernail Moon Setting Over Safford.” And a charming white lace dress for a little girl.

The photos, mostly color, some others black and white,

hint at the cycle of life and death. Pink flowers slump down from their vase in “Drooping Daises.” In another Arizona piece, “Tall Dead Pine Tree, White Mountain, Arizona,” the branches and trunk are stripped bare, silhouetted against a stormy sky. Elsewhere, a dead raven, all funereal black, is carefully laid to rest on a piece of white lace. Even the little child who wore the lace dress will someday die.

“Nothing lasts,” Breakey writes in a statement on the gallery wall.

“Stars eventually go out, the moon pulls away inch by inch…I make pictures of things in the natural world so that in the short time I’m here I can hold them close, marvel over each one—remember it as it is, commemorate…

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work often looked more like paintings than photos. The same can be said of Breakey, as she strives to make her flowers and snakes and trees beautiful.

Like a latter-day Pictorialist, Breakey experiments like mad. The gallery’s Daphne Srinivasan counts paints, pastels, colored pencils, and embroidery among the many materials she uses. Then there’s the handmade papers, glass and silk and, magically, the orotone that gives a golden luminosity to her art.

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Playing with others strength- ing about play and playing ens existing relationships or is getting us thinking about nurtures new ones, whether approaching life a little differwith your golf foursome or ently.” your dance class.

Schedule some play time What’s Your Play Profile? for yourself. “If you can find If you’re unsure how to play, something that gives you that consider your favorite types of feeling of flow, where you lose play as a child. A recent study track of time and self, that’s identified four play personali- a good start,” says Caroline. ty types: “Your brain is relaxing, and that in turn means you’re reapOther-directed (playing with ing the lifelong wellness beneother people): This could fits of being playful, whether be sports, card games, or any alone or with others!” class- or group-based activity.

Interested in learning more Lighthearted: Spontaneous about Splendido? For floor play like turning an ordinary plans, photos, and informaevent into something unex- tion on upcoming events, visit pected and fun—making and splendidotucson.com.

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Intellectual: Playing at wordplay, board games, and puzzles.

Improvement in overall well-being,

“For these programs, we consider ‘play’ to be anything that allows for imagination, creates a feeling of freedom from time, and is pursued simply because it brings you joy,” says Caroline. “This is play for the sake of playing—such as going swimming or riding your bike for the fun of it rather than trying to hit your target heartrate, laughing with friends, or simply enjoying the softness of clay in a ceramics class.”

Splendido resident Pat Lee says, “This program is helping residents figure out how to play when you’re older. I do find that at my age it’s easier to be open to play or to doing things just for fun. Even if something isn’t productive, it’s still a positive thing to do for myself.”

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A bundle of ways to get through the oncoming season of sizzle Summertime—and living is easy…

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Well, maybe not as easy as we’d like, what with Tucson hitting triple digits way back in April and everything costing more and COVID making a comeback and monkeypox on the horizon.

Let’s face it, we could all use a little help to get to October. So the Tucson Local Media crew has assembled a summer guide to get you through the Baked Apple’s season of sizzle. Have fun—and don’t forget your sunscreen!

SEE A MOVIE LOFT CINEMA 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.

There’s so much happening at the Loft

Cinema as it celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer. The plucky nonprofit moviehouse is celebrating the films of 1972 with movies such as The Seduction of Mimi, What’s Up Doc and Aguirre, the Wrath of God. The Loft Kids Fest is back on weekend mornings with selections such as The Croods and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

You can catch a bunch of Studio Ghibli films—such as Ponyo, Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away—on Wednesdays and Saturdays. And there’s features like Mondo Monday, Essential Cinema, late-night Cult Classics and so much more.

The Loft Cinema delivers a very cool treat in June. Charismatic, gorgeous and hilarious Michelle Yeoh features in literally everything all at once in a monthlong tribute: The Films of Michelle

Yeoh. Fans packed the Loft in May to watch Yeoh save the world in the brandnew science-fiction adventure comedy, Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Most often heard rave: “I’ve never seen anything like it!”

But Yeoh and her producers have exploded expectations before, as with Crazy Rich Asians and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Both will be screened in the June event, along with, among others, Memoirs of a Geisha; Star Trek: Discovery; last year’s Marvel hit, ShangChi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and martial arts classics Supercop with Jackie Chan and The Heroic Trio with Johnnie To. Find all the featured titles, times and tickets at loftcinema.org.

FREEZE YOURSELF Cryogenics have come a long way from science fiction. Through the wonders of modern enterprise, it’s available to give us a break from summer heat.

Cryotherapy is serious medicine. It provides measurable benefits for cancer patients and people who live with lupus, MS, arthritis and inflammation of any kind. A regular regimen can expedite the healing of many injuries and even help with weight maintenance.

But cryogenic treatments can also be fun, and even friendly. The cryo chamber at US Cryotherapy, for instance, holds four. You’ll all get two minutes at a temperature

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they won’t tell you until you get out. Of the three public cryogenic therapy facilities we found, US Cryotherapy had the best deal for a tryout. Fifty dollars gets you a choice of three of their six services. uscryotherapy.com/location/ tucson-az/ TOO HOT? IMPROVISE! Can you beat the heat with your imagination? Surprise yourself in the supportive (and air-conditioned) environment of Tucson’s two improv companies, Unscrewed Theater and Tucson Improv Movement (TIM).

Unscrewed’s next Basics class starts on June 4. Finish that and you can start cherry picking from the ImprovBlox series of courses, each of which homes in on a specific skill or technique.

TIM teaches four levels of improv courses, with an Improv 101 class starting every month. They also teach two levels of standup and they promise the imminent return of Beginning Sketch Writing.

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You can also Zoom your funny bone to prominent improv companies throughout the US and UK, but it will cost about twice as much. Faculties include improvisers like Will Hines, Billy Merritt and David Razowsky of Vintage Improv in Boston, who specializes in classes for folks over 50. Second City and UCB offer courses in improv, standup, storytelling and sketch. Pants are of course optional. unscrewedtheater.org/training-center tucsonimprov.com/school WATCH THE MOON COME OVER THE MOUNTAIN West Anklam Road at Tumamoc Hill Road, South of St. Mary’s Hospital, 1601 W. St. Marys Road Full moons are happening on June 14, July 13, Aug. 11. Consider taking in a knockout view of the moon, Tucson city lights and an awe-inspiring spread of stars all from the Tumamoc Hill trail.

It can be a tough climb, though. The trail is easy asphalt, but switchbacks

take you up 700 feet in just a mile and a half. The second half has a slope angled about 50% greater than the first half.

Even so, because it’s been a tradition for many generations of Tucsonans, you’ll find grandmas in high heels, moms pushing baby carriages, and little kids, running, like they do everywhere.

All along the way, interpretive signage and an audio tour available at the website describe the hill’s plant and wildlife species and its history as a native village.

Feeling a little out of shape for all that? Maybe go, anyway. You deserve to feel the Hill’s eternal spirit, and the magic of the full moon light, and you can do that even from your parking spot. https://tumamoc.arizona.edu/tumamoc-hill/overview WHAT’S ZOO WITH YOU Reid Park Zoo 3400 E. Zoo Court The Reid Park Zoo is back with Summer Safari Nights. Every Saturday night through Aug. 13 (except for June 18), you and the kids can explore the zoo in the cooler evenings. Each night has a special theme focusing on the skills of different animals in the zoo (such as “Walk on the Wild Side” on May 28, along with the usual fun with giraffe feedings, live music from local bands and, of course, carousel rides.

5:30 to 8:30 p.m. And if you’re wondering why there’s no safari on June 18, it’s because the zoo is doing it annual

Brew at the Zoo party from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., with food and a wide selection of craft beer and hard ciders from the likes of 1912 Brewing Company, 8-Bit Aleworks, Barrio Brewing Company, Bawker Bawker Cider House, BlackRock Brewers, Borderlands Brewing Company, Buqui Bichi Brewing, Button Brew House, Catalina Brewing Company, Crooked Tooth Brewing Company, Dragoon Brewing Company, Grand Canyon Brewing Company, Iron John’s Brewing Company, Ten55 Brewing Company. Here’s to that! reidparkzoo.com HEAR THE MUSIC Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St. There’s something magical about summer concerts. And there’s something magical about downtown’s gorgeous Fox Theatre. Put them together and you have memories that will last a lifetime. This summer, you’ve got the likes of Amos Lee (June 4), Lyle Lovett and his Large Band (June 15), Ani Di

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Franco (June 18), Gov’t Mule (June 22) and Three Dog Night (July 16). Besides the concerts, the Fox will be doing movies, including a Sound of Music Sing-Along (Aug. 27) and other fun events. foxtucson.com MUSIC UNDER THE STARS THE TUCSON POPS ORCHESTRA DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center at Reid Park, 900 S. Randolph Way It’s the end of an era as Tucson Pops maestro Laszlo Veres retires this year after leading the Tucson Pops Orchestra since 1997. You won’t want to miss these fabulous free Sunday night concerts at the Reid Park. Concerts continue through June 12. Bring your own lawn chair or relax on a blanket. Concerts start at 7 p.m.

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STAY IN YOUR COOL HOUSE AND BINGE EVEN MORE MOVIES

One word: Kanopy. You may think you’re sick of The Neverending COVID Binge, but Kanopy has an irresistible collection of classics that will keep you inside and air-conditioned. They’re all free to watch on any of your devices courtesy of your Pima County Public Library. Sign up with your library card number at Kanopy.com. Adults get five free films a month and three days to watch each one. They can pay for additional selections.

The site offers revolving selections from award winners to deep cuts in every genre, including action adventure, true crime (see, especially The Dalmer Files). historical dramas, comedies, thrill-

“Night Snake,” archival pigment print, hand colored with pencil and pastel, is on display in “Kate Breakey: Transience,” through June 18 at Etherton Gallery, 340 S. Convent Ave.

ers, horror movies, action adventure, sci-fi and more. Of note, a new, curated set of films gives context to the conflict in Ukraine. Understanding Russia: A Cultural History should be a particular hit with fans.

Baby-sitting bonus: All kids movies are free, 24-7. kanopy.com/en/pimalibrary/ FIND SOMBRA FRIA IN AGUA CALIENTE Roy P. Drachman Agua Caliente Regional Park 12325 E. Roger Road The long wait is over for the restoration of the big pond and the completion of the new bridge to turtle island.

Agua Caliente Park is beautiful again and open for birdwatching, bat sightings and idle ramblings among restored buildings that recall the property’s long history as a farm and guest ranch. Admission is free, parking is ample and hours are 7 a.m. to sunset.

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are reason enough to visit, and dogs are welcome. But to understand what you’re looking at we suggest you visit the website of the Friends of Agua Caliente Park before you go. You’ll find a video tour, information about the bats and birds and a top-line history of the property, which is estimated to have been inhabited for thousands of years.

The site also relates a cautionary tale of the human interventions that, in just the last two centuries, all but destroyed the flowing springs that first attracted our ancestors. friendsofaguacaliente. org

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ber climb with Global Warming.

From June through August, Madera Canyon’s average summer high in the low ’90s may still seem warmish, but a typical light breeze and the shade from its dozen or so unique Oak species make it nice enough to bust out the cooler and camp chairs and head down I-19.

The coolest low-key adventure there is the Madera Canyon Nature Trail. It’s 5.8 miles out and back with a 921 ft. elevation gain, easy for hikers. But don’t be daunted even if you’re allergic to exercise. Anyone can have a memorable and satisfying experience going only as far as they like.

Native plant species are labeled along the trail, so it’s fun to count the kinds of oaks. Take your binoculars, too, because Madera Canyon is rated the third best birding destination in the United States. fs.usda.gov/recarea/ coronado/recarea/?recid=25760

postcard of someone’s hometown and be asked to send a home-town postcard to five friends to keep it going. It turned out that the hard part was finding postcards!

Even though it’s now mostly just the heat keeping us indoors, there’s no reason to stop. If you can’t find Tucson postcards, you can other kinds.

Plunkett’s Office Supplies and Hallmark, offers sets of 1,000 reprints of antique postcards for $19.99. For 40 years, Plunkett’s has been a great, locally owned, resource for a wind range of gifts and office supplies. Consider treating yourself to a new pen, too.

FEEL THE BREEZE/THROUGH A DOZEN SPECIES. Madera Canyon With an average high of 102, June 29 has historically been Tucson’s most-often hottest day of the year. So says Weatherspark.com. Watch that num-

GET SOME HISTORY UA State Museum 1013 E. University Blvd.

Located right on campus, the UA State Museum is the oldest and largest anthropological research facility in the Southwestern United States. More than three million archaeological, ethnographic and modern objects that belong to the Indigenous people of the region are held inside this museum.

There is the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of Native North American basketry with objects dating back more than 7,000 years ago, along with southwest indigenous pottery that goes back roughly 2,000 years.

Open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets start at $8.

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Tucson Botanical Gardens mission is to connect people with plants and nature through art, science, history, and culture. Originally founded in 1964 by horticulturist and collector Harrison G. Yocum, the gardens are now a lovely spread of pathways through gardens on the historic Porter Family property. This nonprofit organization hosts events, classes, programs, including a seasonal butterfly exhibit. If you have an appetite, enjoy a bite at Edna’s Eatery. This community favorite is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Ticket prices range from $3 to $15 and are available online. tucsonbotanical.org.

GET SOME RELIGION San Xavier del Bac Mission 1950 W. San Xavier Road Nine miles South of Downtown Tucson, you can find Arizona’s oldest intact European structure. It is a National Historic Landmark founded

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as a Cathloic Mission by Father Eusebio Kino in 1692. Inside the church’s walls are original statuary and mural paintings that remember Spanish Colonial times. Roughly 200,000 visitors a year come from all over the world to see the preserved Spanish Colonial architecture, which has been undergoing a wonderful restoration in recent years.

SEE SOME PHOTOS Center for Creative Photography

1030 N. Olive Road The UA Center for Creative Photography is home to a collection of stunning photography, including the archives of major photographers from the renowned Ansel Adams to Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennedy, who has made images of every president since Gerald Ford.

You’ve still got time to see Trees Stir in Their Leaves, an arboreal exhibit continuing through July 23.

GET STONED Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum Pima County Historic Courthouse, 115 N. Church Ave. Going to court isn’t something you normally want to do, but in this case, you can have a good time. Located in downtown’s recently renovated Historic Pima County Courthouse, the Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum features a collection of preserved minerals and meteorites from mostly Ari-

Guitar hero: Amos Lee is among the acts performing this summer at downtown’s luxurious Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.

BLOOM Season at the Lavender Farm in June!

Open Memorial Weekend on the 27th, 28th, 29th, & 30th from 8am-Noon.

We will also be open Thurs-Sun of every weekend in June from 8am-Noon.

Offering Lavender Dinners, Charcuterie Board Dinner Nights, Yoga, etc in the evenings.

Sign-up for Open Farm, Basket Lunches & Wreath Workshop, and all other events at www.lifeundertheoakslavenderfarm.com 1221 N Rancho Robles Rd, Oracle, AZ 85623 • lifeunderoaks@gmail.com • (520)820-3454

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zona and Mexico. The 12,000-squarefeet of space is split into three galleries, including a Gem Gallery, an Arizona Gallery, and a Mineral Evolution space with many interactives, touchables, and digital content. Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Tuesday through Saturday.

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SEE SOME ART Tucson Museum of Art 140 N. Main Ave. The Tucson Museum of Art, fresh from a number of recent expansions, is bigger and better than ever. This summer, alongside various permanent collections, the air-conditioned refuge features shows such as Brad Kahlhamer: 11:59 to Tucson; Francisco Toledo: Paper Fables; and Digital Camera: Photographic Perspectives from Mid-Century Mexico.

While you’re there, grab a bite at Cafe a la C’arte, which serves us delicious omelets, sandwiches and salads.

Or at least get something sumptuous from their dessert case.

SEE SOME MORE ART DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun 6300 N. Swan Road

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The late artist Ted DeGrazia started building his Gallery in the Sun at the north end of Swan Road back in the 1950s. Plenty has been built around it in the seven decades since, but back then, it was in the middle of nowhere.

You can tour the wonderful gallery filled with his works (and designed by DeGrazia himself) and then wander the grounds to see DeGrazia’s original house, his “Little Gallery” where he first showed his work and the lovely chapel he built in honor of the Virgin de Guadalupe. degrazia.org

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Breakey: Transience, a wonderful show of nature photographs, which, as Tucson Weekly arts correspondent Margaret Regan notes, “hint at the cycle of life and death.” The show continues through June 18. Ethertongallery.com YEAH, BUT IS IT ART? Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson 265 S. Church Ave. It’s not every day that you get to see cutting-edge contemporary art for free. Every first Thursday of the month, there is free admission to MOCA Tucson, which features rotating shows of paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures, installations, videos, and crafts.

Many of the artists are a part of the BIPOC community and are women-identifying, giving a broader perspective to the current exhibits. Be sure to bring your ID to the museum for admission discounts at other times. Moca-tucson. org

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STOP AND SMELL THE LAVEN DER Life Under the Oaks Lavender Farm 1221 N. Rancho Robles Road, Oracle

Take a short day trip up to the town of Oracle to experience a lavender farm amidst 100-year-old Oak Trees. It’s a wee bit cooler in Oracle and the aroma of lavender, we’re pretty sure, has some kind of calming effect on our fried brains. You can tour the farm, attend a wreath workshop or enjoy a farm-totable dinner. lifeundertheoakslavenderfarm.com REFRESH AND RELAX Patagonia Lake State Park 400 Patagonia Lake Road, Nogales When we think of summer, we reminisce about the sweet relief of a cold dunk into a big body of water. Wheth er it’s an ocean, river, or lake, water is the break everyone needs from the hot

Arizona sun. Luckily, the Tucson desert has a shady lake a few hours away.

The Patagonia Lake State Park is a local escape offering shade, water, boating activities, picnic tables, and grills for summer barbecuing. The park has fully equipped cabin reservations available but these sell out fast! If you’re late to the reservation game, check out their boat-in campsites or pick from 105 of their developed campsites. If you miss the chance to crack a cold one at a campsite, leave early in the morning to take a day trip. The park gates are open from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. Visit azstateparks.com/patagonia-lake to reserve camping spots and discover special events at the lake.

FIND SOLACE UNDER THE DOME Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd.

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From Tuesday to Sunday, the University of Arizona Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium offers a mind-blowing visual experience in an air conditioned room. Check flandrau. org for showtimes. Adults and kids alike will be delighted by the high definition images projected on the dome, accompanied by a high quality speaker system. Kids 12 and under are recommended to see the We Are Stars or Perfect Little Planet. Everyone 10 years old and should check out the classic Tucson Sky & Beyond show, Touring the Solar System, and Black Holes. The astronomy shows are a classic must-see during the summer! Great White Shark and BUGS! A Rainforest Adventure are fun installments if you are looking to stay on earth for the evening. Featured shows this summer include the Laser Beatles and Laser Stranger Things show. Yes, you can take a safe trip to the upside-down while listening to ’80s music! All tickets are under $10.

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CLIMB A MOUNTAIN

Mount Lemmon/Rose Canyon Lake Catalina Highway/Sky Island Scenic Byway Mount Lemmon is an oasis in the middle of the desert. Driving up the mountain, the plants slowly change from cactus and shrubs to oak and ponderosa pines. It is a biodiverse environment that also offers hiking, camping, and fishing. Swimming is not allowed but you won’t need to take a dip as the area is shaded all over and Mount Lemmon is 20 degrees cooler than Tucson on average! Campgrounds are available for rent on recreation.gov. While you are up there, consider stopping by the Mount Lemmon Cookie Cabin for cookies, pizza, chili, and sandwiches.

Sawmill Run and Irondoor restaurants are also open for business. While you’re at 9,000 feet, check out the Arizona stars at the Mount Lemmon Skycenter by making a reservation ahead of time through skycenter.arizona.edu/content/visit-skycenter.

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Resort Pool day passes resortpass.com/hotel-day-passes/Tucson-27 Having a pool in Tucson during the summer is a precious resource that everyone wants but only a few people have access to it. Luckily, some of Tucson’s nicest resorts and hotels sell day passes to provide access to their cold pool waters. Visit resortpass.com/hotel-day-passes/Tucson-27 to reserve a day pass for yourself or call the hotels directly! Our favorite spots on this list include JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort, The Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain Resort, and the retro Hotel McCoy. Day passes are available in a range of prices and can include special services.

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Trunk show: Take a summer safari at Reid Park Zoo. TAKE A STROLL DOWN FOURTH AVENUE Tucson’s funky little strip of small shops, restaurants, cafes and bars remains fiercely independent and a fun area to explore. Do some shopping at Pop Cycle, grab some authentic Italians at Caruso’s, discover Latin-inspired vegetarian fare at Tumerico or grab a

drink at Tucson’s oldest dive bar, the Buffet. Wander through the Fourth Avenue underpass to downtown for a whole new adventure.

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VISIT AN AMUSEMENT PARK OF ICE CREAM TREATS 7 Degrees Ice Cream Rolls & Boba Tea 4386 N Oracle Road, suite 160 Got a hot afternoon to kill? Go read the graffiti on the walls and tables of the utterly whack 7 Degrees Ice Cream Rolls & Boba Tea. It will only take about half an hour to figure out your order.

The menus are a festival of dozens of mix-ins and toppings. They encourage consideration of combinations that may never before have occurred to you-- like our recent choise Chai Tea ice cream with Ferro Rocher and lychee mixed in and toppings of whipped cream, pistachios, almonds and Reese’s pieces. For boba tea, we had a macha latte with rainbow bubbles. Their soft skin burst with tiny shots of different flavors.

For any overwhelmed by the DIY custom approach, 7 Degrees offers photos and descriptions of a variety of pre-planned ice-cream art concoctions.

The fun-to-watch star of it all is a steel plate, cooled to 7 degrees Fahrenheit so the ice cream and mix-ins can be spread, cut and curled into rolls like Ding Dongs.

BE A HERO Santa Rita Park 401 E. 22nd St. Next time you visit your favorite discount warehouse, consider picking up a couple of cases of water and a bulk package of flavored electrolyte powder packets. Then round up some friends to help take it all to Santa Rita Park. You don’t have to talk to anyone you see hanging out there. If you don’t want the company, just leave your gifts on a picnic table. Folks will find and share them among your house-less fellow Tucsonans. You’ll never feel more grateful for your air-conditioned ride home.

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START A POSTCARD CHAIN Plunkett’s Office Supplies and Hallmark 420 N. Wilmot Road Remember the postcard-chains that came around early in COVID lockdown? It was a time when connection felt like a priority survival technique.

You’d get a postcard of someone’s hometown and be asked to send a hometown postcard to five friends to keep it going. It turned out that the hard part was finding postcards!

Even though it’s now mostly just the heat keeping us indoors, there’s no reason to stop. If you can’t find Tucson postcards, you can other kinds. Plunkett’s Office Supplies and Hallmark, offers sets of 1,000 reprints of antique postcards for $19.99. For 40 years, Plunkett’s has been a great, locally owned, resource for a wind range of gifts and office supplies. Consider treating yourself to a new pen, too.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re the cowboy of your mind, moving your herd of thoughts along the prairie of your consciousness. Steering thoughts well is the key to feeling good. You don’t need to know why you think a certain way; you just need a few strategies to help you stay on track, including good support and uplifting environments.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It is easier for some people to show indifference than to risk opening up. Vulnerability is hard because rejection is harder. You have already experienced rejection in your life, which gives you an advantage. It will be less scary for you to open up and let someone know that you want to love and be loved.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There is no prize for pleasing the masses that even comes close to the rich treasure of connecting with one person who matters to you. So cater your efforts to those around you. It is better to focus on serving one person very well than to concern yourself with being the world’s greatest at a role.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your assets are numerous this week, but none so powerful as your purity of heart and intent. With this kind of love as your motivation, you cannot fail no matter what happens. The most important decisions have to do with where you show up. Go where there are people you can help, or people who inspire you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s natural to seek ease. People will avoid solutions that require a large amount of effort. You’ll employ clever use of this principle in your dealings with people. Sometimes you want their attention; sometimes you don’t. You’ll make things hard to deter them or things easy to attract them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). While pleasing symmetries and intriguing proportions certainly have their appeal, beauty is about a balance of thousands of details, some too intangible to measure. Being too conscious of one’s own projected image can diminish the effect. Your beauty will be deeply appreciated this week.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Showing up to tasks that are not extraordinarily interesting to you has a way of draining your energy. What would you rather be doing?

Change the plan. Tackle something you can really get immersed in. Bonus: When you are too busy to care about who you are attracting, that is very attractive indeed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll change your mind a few times this week, so you’re better off not making big claims or signing anything. But even when you’re not sure what you want, you know where you belong. Go where you can help and be helped.

There’s no reason to settle for less than inspiring atmospheres and kind people.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There are indifferent people everywhere, and you do not want to be one of them. Efforts to convey how you really feel, which is to say warm, responsive and alive, can sometimes land messily. Still, honest and awkward interactions are much more valuable than any that could be made by a courteous robot.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Supporters may fall down on the job, which presents you with an opportunity to give due credit to the one who has been there for you this entire time: you. You showed up, you did your best and you are still reporting for duty.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s a strange dance, the dance of intimacy. In the beginning, you’re not sure how much you want to know and be known. This is the stage to savor. It’s the most playful and formative time when you can apply your creativity to making something truly special. Soon enough, familiarity will establish its groove.

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