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Southern Arizona celebrates jazz legend Charles Mingus’ 100th birthday | Page 6

Our Town

Marana mayor highlights new recreational facilities in State of Town speech

Happenings

Alexandra Pere

INSIDE Veterans’ convoy | Page 4 Music, theatre and classes around town | Page 16

Sports & Rec

Odds and ends from high school sports | Page 19

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Arizona International Film Festival celebrates 30 years Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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he Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky once said, “The artist exists because the world is not perfect.” In turn, the Arizona International Film Festival returns this year with a renewed effort on connection and collaboration, perhaps making the world a

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Over its three decades, the Arizona International Film Festival has balanced its focus on films both local and throughout the world.

This effort has never been stronger, as it features movies filmed right here in Tucson, as well as from more than a dozen countries.

Over the next week and a half, the film festival brings comedy, drama

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and documentary films to the Old Pueblo, as well as special highlights on cross-border creation.

Participating venues include downtown’s Screening Room and Fox Theatre, the festival grounds at the MSA Annex, The Loft Cinema, Etherton Gallery, the Cactus Carpool Drive-in Cinema, and Main Gate Plaza at University Blvd.

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arana Mayor Ed Honea highlighted new home construction, the planned recreation and aquatic center and a proposed new tower at the Marana Airport during his State of the Town address at the Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain on Thursday, April 14.

Before receiving a standing ovation from event attendees, Mayor Honea introduced a few key figures in Marana who he said are working hard to make Marana a better place.

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OUR TOWN

Local veterans hosting fundraising convey for anti-suicide efforts

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he public and those with off-road vehicles are invited to join the veteran nonprofit organization Irreverent Warriors for the first annual Irreverent Warriors Tucson Convoy on Saturday, April 23.

Irreverent Warriors Tucson Coordinator Luis Vasquez said this event is an excellent way for the public to join in on the camaraderie fostered by Irreverent Warrior events. Vasquez has been in the Marine Corps since 2004 and discovered the Irreverent Warriors Silkies Hike in 2015.

Silkes are “really short shorts and it was funny when we wore them because we wore them for physical fitness training,” Vasquez said.

Veterans wear their old

training shorts to hike together in remembrance of their comrades during the Irreverent Warriors silkies hike. This hike inspired Vasquez to organize the Irreverent Warriors Tucson Convoy. The Irreverent Warriors organization was created by veterans to prevent veteran suicide; in 2019, veteran suicides averaged 17.2 suicides per day according to the Veterans Affairs 2021 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report. By hosting major events that remind veterans of the camaraderie they had while serving, the organization hopes to uplift veterans’ mental health and provide the kind of support that can reduce suicide rates.

The Silkies hike can only be done by veterans but the Irreverent Warriors Tucson Convoy is open to the public.

“It gives you that feeling of just like, awesome, and everybody’s looking at us,

and everybody’s honking their horns,” Vasquez said.

“It feels good. You almost feel like you’re in a parade and you get that joyful feeling.”

Those who are interested in participating are asked to meet at Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus, 5901 S. Calle Santa Cruz, by 9 a.m. Saturday morning. At 10 a.m., the entire convoy will travel northwest on South Calle Santa Cruz to Valencia road, then east to Houghton Hoad. The convoy will end at Madella Vina Ranch, 4450 S. Houghton Road.

“Once we get to the venue, we’re gonna park our vehicles, enjoy food, we’re gonna have a DJ, and we’re gonna have a bunch of stuff for the kids,” Vasquez said.

All the proceeds from this event will go to support the Irreverent Warriors Tucson Silkies Hike on Oct. 22.

State of the Town Continued from P1 Dr. Dan Streeter, superintendent of Marana Unified School District, told the crowd that students persevered through the pandemic.

Although the debates on going back to in-person classes and mask mandates proved to be divisive, students still managed to work towards career development.

“We continued our work with the University of Notre Dame’s STEM department,” Streeter said. “Our graduates earned over $21 billion in scholarships, and 141 industry certifications from our CTE departments.”

Marana Chamber of Commerce President Amanda Wiggins followed Streeter and, in supermom fashion, said she was speaking to the audience just four days after finishing parental leave to care for her newborn son.

Wiggins joked that she was excited to be having adult conversations again.

“I’m immensely proud to have worked alongside our incredible board of directors to adopt a family-focused and inclusive parental leave policy for the current and future team members of the Chamber of Commerce,” Wiggins said.

In a video, various Marana Chamber of Commerce members talked about their accomplishments. CTI Inc. announced the groundbreaking of their new corporate office building which will be about 40,000 square feet and Southwest Gas announced the building of a new operations center in Tangerine Commerce Park.

Honea then returned to

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the stage to make his speech.

He highlighted the new housing projects in the works, including 450 new single-family residents building permits and seven new apartment buildings.

Honea addressed the water concern shared by local Marana residents in connection with new construction.

“When you build housing or apartments on farmland, you use a third of the water that farming uses,” Honea said. “A third, I guess that just makes us a bunch of environmentalists.”

Honea’s sentiment was met with laughter. He then updated attendees on the multitude of road improvement projects underway or planned, such as the final phase of construction on Tangerine Road from I-10 to Twin Peaks.

Honea also laid out all the new developments for several Marana parks, including a new splash pad at Tangerine Sky Park with a splash pad and new parking and improved amenities such as swings and restrooms at Honea Heights Park.

Honea announced that the Town would once again start the paperwork to build

a new tower at Marana Regional Airport. The Town attempted to do this in 2007 but the recession tanked the economy and any chance for a federally funded tower. Honea said he hoped the federal government would pick up 90% of the cost, with state government would pick up another 5%.

“That’s a pretty good deal when you paid 5% to get a tower,” Honea said.

The Mayor expressed great excitement for the recently approved Community Recreation and Aquatic Center. The town will use a half-cent sales tax to build a 50,000 square foot facility near Town Hall.

Honea thanked Town Council members Herb Kai, Patti Comerford, Jackie Craig, Roxanne Ziegler, John Officer, and Jon Post as well as Town Manager Terry Rozema and Deputy Town Manager Erik Montague.

“We always try to do the right thing and if you let us know, we’ll try to fix it,” Honea said. “I’d like to end the day like I always do, God bless the Town of Marana, and God bless you, each and everyone.”

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30th Annual Arizona International Film Festival Wednesday, April 20 through Saturday, April 30

New to the festival this year is “Cine Sonora,” a special showcase of independent films from the Mexican state of Sonora.

In addition to film screenings, Cine Sonora will also examine similarities between filmmakers on both sides of the border with a special panel discussion with writers, directors and producers.

“It’s pointing us to a new direction that we’re going to take next year as well, which has more work with Mexico. This is just the start to get people aware,” said festival director Giulio Scalinger.

One film featured in Cine Sonora is “El Pozo”

Multiple screenings and panel discussions across town and online filmfestivalarizona.com

(The Well). The short film, which takes place in 1920s Mexico during a Civil War, follows a young girl who must recover a bucket from a well. It balances fantasy, drama, and suspense, while maintaining inspiration from classic Tucson films.

“It’s a melting pot of ideas. A lot of the background comes from the stories of my family and my wife’s family, and some of the historical research from the area,” said filmmaker Santiago Manriquez.

“Tucson has been a hub for filmmaking, especially

during the Western period, and that continues to have inspiration. For example, ‘El Pozo’ was made with the intention of evoking a Western feel and look. It’s not a pure Western, but it does borrow from the look and the nature of those conflicts.”

Although the film is set nearly 100 years ago, Manriquez says many of its themes reflect the modern day, such as power dynamPhoto courtesy of Arizona International Film Festival / Alan Williams ics — one of the reasons it is set during a Civil War. A still from the film “8000 Ft. Up,” a thriller filmed on Mount Lemmon.

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Southern Arizona celebrates jazz legend Charles Mingus’ 100th birthday Allison Fagan

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he Century Room, Hotel Congress’ new jazz club, is making noise with its upcoming grand opening doubling as the 100th birthday celebration for Nogales native and famed jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus.

“We always had this date on the calendar as a target date because Mingus, we treat him as the patron saint for the club, really,” said founder, programer and manager of Century Room Arthur Vint. “We have several pictures of him hanging on the walls looking down on everybody and we want the space to honor him.”

However, this is only one

of multiple Southern Arizona locations celebrating the jazz icon. On April 23, an all-day Mingus Festival Celebration and Memorial Dedication will be held in Nogales. And on April 30, which also happens to be International Jazz Day, organizers are planning an all-day Mingus Centennial Fiesta in Tubac.

Mingus is widely con-

sidered one of the most important and forward-thinking jazz composers of the 20th century, collaborating with figures like Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Herbie Hancock. His complex and often experimental style led to major jazz records like “Mingus Ah Um,” “Blues & Roots,” and “The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady.”

The name of the Century Room comes from a mixture of a few items: one, the century plant is a nickname for the agave plant, as the venue is an agave-focused bar; two, Hotel Congress, the building that cradles the Century Room, is over one hundred years old; and three of course being Charles Mingus’ 100th birthday occurring

the same year as its grand opening.

“Everything was kind of just coming into place with the grand opening at the same time as [Charles Mingus’] birthday celebration, so it all seems kind of fitting that we make it into one big party,” Vint said.

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GUEST COMMENTARY

The role of solar power in increasing the sustainability and capacity of nonprofits Jenny Flynn

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he first time I heard about climate change I was 12 years old, and I remember being absolutely stunned by what I learned. As I continued in my studies, I pursued a master’s degree in environmental studies and later had the opportunity to share my passion as a ranger naturalist with the National Park Service.

I always felt privileged and delighted to be in those beautiful natural spaces, but I frequently wondered how we would preserve those spaces for the future. How could we sustain our incredible

environment?

When I moved to Tucson, the first thing I did was look around and wonder, “Where are all the solar panels?” This was more than two decades ago. Solar panels weren’t nearly as accessible as they are today, but the potential of sunshine as a clean and abundant natural resource to benefit our community was shining off every roof.

Perhaps that’s why it has felt especially meaningful for me to watch as Technicians for Sustainability transformed our Community Foundation Campus into a solar powerhouse over the last several months.

Our campus rooftops and

parking structures are now home to 252 solar panels capable of producing 200,000 kilowatt-hours of energy each year. In addition to increasing the sustainability of our services and directly reducing operating costs for our nonprofit suite tenants, those panels are helping the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona minimize our environmental impact.

By shifting to solar power, we will be preventing more than 410,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions and saving over 97,000 gallons of water – every year!

This month, the Community Foundation is launching a new fund – our Environmen-

tal Sustainability Impact Fund – that offers people of any level of means the opportunity to combine their resources and support critical environmental work in Southern Arizona. The launch of this fund feels like the culmination of a lifelong hope for steps that we can concretely take as a community to ensure the sustainability of our future.

In addition, I am excited to share that applications for our new Nonprofit Solar Project, a project of the Environmental Sustainability Impact Fund, open today, Friday, April 22.

The Nonprofit Solar Project offers local nonprofits the opportunity to meet a significant portion of their energy

needs through solar power.

Through the switch to solar, nonprofits will be able to reduce their carbon footprint and energy costs, freeing up resources for programming or other infrastructure needs.

The project was developed by CFSA in partnership with local donors and Solar United Neighbors, and has received additional funding support from Tucson Electric Power.

For most nonprofits, investing in a solar installation is too challenging and expensive of a commitment. By offering this opportunity to our nonprofit partners, CFSA looks to address environmental disparities in our local community and increase the

capacity of the nonprofit sector in Southern Arizona.

Together, we can shine a light (some sunshine, perhaps?) on the connections between human quality of life and the sustainable practices that are essential for us to have the vibrant and equitable community we care so much about.

You can learn more about the Nonprofit Solar Project and CFSA’s Environmental Sustainability Impact Fund at www.cfsaz.org/solar.

Jenny Flynn is the President and CEO of the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona.

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Bashas contest seeks ‘carnivalflavored’ donut recipes

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ow through May 14th, Arizonans are encouraged to submit their favorite carnival-inspired donut flavor in Bashas’ seventh annual Donut Flavor Craze contest.

Whether you are ages 8-17 or ages 18 and older, you can participate in this contest to win $500 worth of prizes.

Sweet, savory, salty, or sour, it doesn’t matter. All

you have to do is submit a 100-word summary of your best carnival themed donut flavor, including the proposed name, key ingredients and donut description online at bashas.com/ donut-flavor-craze.

The $500 worth of prizes includes a Bashas gift card, family fun activities, baking/cooking gadgets and one dozen donuts every month for a year.

The cherry on top is that the two winning flavors will be available for purchase in Bashas donut cases around Arizona during the month of June, just in

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time for National Donut Day. The two winners will include both a kid and an adult. The winners will be announced on May 31. Both winners will be named Official Bashas Donut Ambassadors for 2022.

Six honorable mentions, three kids and three adults, will receive a $20 Bashas’ gift card.

Bashas is an Arizona grocer that has been operating since 1932. Since then, Bashas has given back more than $100 million to the community.

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Tucson, Nogales and Tubac are all hosting special events for the Nogales-born jazz composer Charles Mingus.

On Saturday, April 23, Nogales is even cutting the ribbon on a Charles Mingus Memorial.

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The celebration, beginning on April 22, will feature performances from the Mingus Dynasty band and the Tucson Jazz Institute.

The Mingus Dynasty band is a New York City based act containing a mix of former Mingus bandmates and newcomers. The band is dedicated to honoring Mingus’ memory by performing the more than 300 compositions the composer left behind.

“What makes [the celebration] so special is it’s bringing people who were closely associated with Mingus, including two people who actually worked with

him, and bringing them back to Arizona,” said Mingus Dynasty band’s tour manager Alan Hershowitz.

In addition to the band, the celebration will feature Tucson’s own talent with the Tucson Jazz Institute.

According to its website, the school provides opportunities to Southern Arizona middle and high school students to develop skills in jazz performance.

“It’s about doing something where the aesthetic is formed and learned while you’re doing it,” said Scott Black, the small group instructor at the institute who will be guiding the students performing at the celebration. “The standard of doing something great, and how to do something that’s based on [a genre] that has no limits on it is just a really good

thing for young minds to be thinking about and trying to do.”

In addition to the music, the Century Room will introduce its expanded drink and food menu, featuring the bar’s agave spirits, as well as the unveiling of its agave centerpiece sculptural bottle display.

The celebration and grand opening is a cumulation of jazz and Arizona history coming together and works to further cement the jazz industry’s place in the Tucson community.

“The good thing that’s happening in Tucson is there’s more and more space being created [for jazz],” said Black. “People are going out and want to go out and it’s a really good time to have venues and for people to experience jazz.”

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MANAGER’S MESSAGE Marana working to ensure secure water supplies in the future Jing Luo

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ater is a precious resource. At the Town of Marana, we’re always thinking of ways to not only provide the best quality drinking water to our customers, but to ensure our continued water resources far into the future.

Marana Water Department owns and operates

seven water systems, two water treatment campuses, one water reclamation facility, and more than 84.3-miles of conveyance pipes and manholes. Our hard-working employees provide water and water reclamation services to more than 12,000 water customers and more than 5,700 water reclamation customers.

That’s a lot, and we’re not done growing yet! The latest Land Use Assump-

tion projected that we will double our water customers and more-than-double our water reclamation customers within the next 10 years. Most of the growth will be in north Marana.

We’re ready for them.

More than 30 capital improvement projects have been identified for the next five years to expand our water and wastewater infrastructure.

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24 27-inch gravity pipes along Barnett Road, Sanders, Road, and Sagebrush Road. This will result in providing the conveyance infrastructure capacity needed to continue to accommodate growth in north Marana.

The Tangerine Road 16-inch Water Line Project will extend from Interstate 10 to an existing reservoir east of the freeway.

This project is intended to benefit the North Marana area by helping to address projected well capacity and storage deficiencies.

The Marana Park Well and Reservoir Project will install new well and reservoirs at Ora Mae Harn District Park, beginning construction this fall. This will result in providing the water distribution infra-

structure capacity needed to accommodate existing growth in the North Marana area.

That’s not all. Marana Water is currently planning a variety of projects with the intention to provide safe and reliable infrastructure and water resource capacities to continue to provide the highest level of service to all Marana Water’s customers.

We are committed to cross-disciplinary and cross-jurisdiction collaboration. We are currently working with Metro Water and Oro Valley Water Department on the Northwest Recharge, Recovery, and Delivery Project. This project will enable the partners to recover their stored CAP water that has been stored at the Avra Valley

Recharge Project (AVRP) and transport it to their respective service areas.

I am so proud of the dedicated service of our staff who manage a wide range of operations to ensure long-term water sustainability for the Town of Marana and the region.

Our goal is to make Marana the ideal place to live, work, and play for generations to come.

As Marana continues to grow, we understand if you have questions about our water sustainability. Please check out MARANA Citizens’ Water Academy at https://www.maranaaz. gov/water-conservation and other water conservation programs.

Jing Luo is Marana water director.

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Film Festival Continued from P5 “It’s a very interesting period, but also a very violent period. But it’s not often touched in many modern films,” Manriquez said. “I think there’s a lot of correlation to the modern time when it comes to violence, especially violence directed toward unprotected people. Violence tends to trickle down from positions of power and tends to affect unequally.”

The film is screened in Spanish with English subtitles, and the filmmaker will be in attendance.

“Culture doesn’t really have a border. Any kind of cultural connection that gets established acts as a bridge,” Manriquez said.

“Because Arizona and Sonora are so closely inter-

twined, our cultures reflect and impact each other. And I’m not just talking about the economic connection, but also the culture and the people.”

The film festival opens with a special screening of “Canyon Del Muerto” at downtown’s Fox Theatre.

The film tells the story of one of America’s first female archaeologists, Ann Axtell Morris, who worked with the Navajo in the 1920s to uncover information about one of North America’s earliest civilizations, the Anasazi.

Scalinger says this film was selected as the opener due to its focus on culture, and its involvement with Indigenous filmmakers. In fact, the film was produced in the Navajo Nation and even features never-before-filmed locations.

“We have an umbrella that we program under called ‘bridging cultures’ and we feel that cinema can play a role in making people feel and understand each other in a unique way,” Scalinger said. “There’s a lot of education that can come out of it.”

Coerte Voorhees, who directed “Canyon del Muerto,” says he was captivated by an old photograph of Morris’ Model T Ford filled with archaeological equipment making its way through Arizona. From then on, he wanted to tell the story of Morris and her work with the Navajo Nation.

In total, more than 70 filmmakers are expected to attend the festival. While there are multiple Native American and Mexican filmmakers, other submissions come from Ireland,

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South Korea, Israel, Germany, Argentina and more.

The Arizona International Film Festival accepts submissions from October through January before selecting finalists. More than 120 films will be shown this year, marking the largest festival since the pandemic.

“We receive submissions from all over the world, but of course we always try to have a focus on Arizona films. Usually we have at least 10% of the films shown to be from Arizona,” Scalinger said. “For styles, this year is especially a mixed bag. Everyone is doing everything: documentary, narratives, experimental, animation. So I wouldn’t say that Arizona filmmakers only do border films, even though we do have one of those this year.”

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from members of the industry. Topics include “The Trials and Tribulations of Filming in Arizona,” Indigenous voices in filmmaking, insights gained in the production of documentaries, and the process of shooting a film entirely on Mount Lemmon.

This year also includes multiple blocks of short films, from animated shorts to dramatic shorts to Indigenous shorts.

“This year, there’s really a strong contingency of international shorts,” Scalinger said. “And what’s interesting is that in the United States, when a filmmaker makes a short, it’s usually a stepping stone for a feature.

But in Europe and other countries, the short film is an artform all its own.”

Other include:

film

highlights

“One Road to Quartzsite.” This feature-length documentary film follows the diverse groups who participate in the great Quartzsite, Arizona, RV gathering: snowbirds, retirees, punks, loners, campers and more. According to director Ryan Maxey, “They

set up camps, intermingle, and an unlikely community is formed. Some of them bought into the dream and lost everything in the Great Recession. Others dropped out long ago. Now they’re all neighbors on the same piece of dirt.”

“Heirloom” is a short film about a mother and daughter who set out to discover “why Italian Americans still love to garden.”

It’s a story about personal roots, the role of a mother and motherland, and crosses paths with notable Italians.

“A Bird Flew In.” A production from the United Kingdom, this film examines “what happens when we are freed from external distractions and forced to find a meaning in our loves and lives.” It follows the cast and crew of a fictional film who are sent home at the onset of the pandemic.

With no script, audience or actors, they must find a way to restructure the meaning in their lives.

“American Wall.”

Although this is an Austria-produced film, it

takes viewers on a journey across America’s Southern border. The documentary captures the lives of people who live and work in the borderlands, as well as those looking to cross by any means necessary. At the same time, multiple groups, including gangs and government agencies, cross through the fray.

“Musher.” This U.S. production follows four women as they prepare for the Copperdog annual race. It examines the bond that racers have with their sled-dogs. According to directors Anuradha Rana and Laurie Little, “As each musher prepares for the race, we reveal their community, devotion to the lifestyle, and how women influence the sport.”

“Inhabitants.” This documentary examines five Native American tribes throughout the deserts, coastlines, forests, mountains and prairies. Not only does it examine their daily lives, but also their traditional land management practices that may become increasingly critical in the face of climate change.

Photo courtesy of Arizona International Film Festival / Coerte Voorhees

A still from the film “Canyon del Muerto,” about one of America’s first female archaeologists, which includes some never-before-filmed locations on the Navajo Nation.

“I think there’s a really good diversity of filmmakers and teams, and I hope people appreciate that diversity. I think it’s going to be interesting to see the diversity of Sonoran film-

makers compared to the greater diversity of filmmakers throughout the festival,” Manriquez said.

“Because one of the beautiful things about film and filmmaking is that there’s

a place in it for everybody, and for different ways of expressing viewpoints and storytelling.”

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THEATER SUNDAY APRIL 25 THROUGH SUNDAY, MAY 1 • The Oro Valley Theatre Company returns to the Gaslight Music Hall with their latest production, “Barefoot in the Park.” This comedy, written

by Neil Simon, follows newlyweds Paul and Corie Bratter after moving into their “small apartment, six flights up, with bad plumbing, and a hole in the ceiling.” It’s eccentric, relatable, humorous, and proof of the adage “opposites attract.” Directed by Oro Valley Theatre Company artistic director Judi Rodman. April 24, 2:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m. shows; April 26, 6:00 p.m. show; April 27, 6:00 p.m. show; May 1, 2:00 p.m. show. At the Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road. $32. gaslightmusichall.com

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, APRIL 23 & 24 • Enjoy classic tales in dance form at the Tucson Regional Ballet’s Spring Spectacular. The ballet company presents “A Don Quixote Suite,” with

excerpts selected by artistic director Brittany De Grofft. This Russian repertoire features iconic Spanish-flavored choreography by Marius Petipa to music by Ludwig Minkus. The spring performance also includes the beloved one-act children’s ballet The Princess and the Pea. To prevent the spread of COVID, Tucson Regional Ballet recommends audience members wear masks inside the theatre. 2 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday. At the Leo Rich Theatre at the Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave. For additional information about TCC please call (520) 791-4101. $18. tucsonconventioncenter.com.

TUESDAYS THROUGH SUNDAYS UNTIL SATURDAY, APRIL 30 • Experience history again at Arizona Theatre Company’s new musical, centered around the lives of women on the Supreme Court. The musical Justice takes place in 1993, when Ruth Bader Ginsburg has just joined the United States Supreme Court; the first and only other woman there, Sandra Day O’Connor, is ready to welcome her and get to work. This three-person

show combines “sweeping songs, urgent conversations about equality, and truly human heroines.” 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays through Sundays, through the end of the month. At the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. $25 - $60. Atc.org

MUSIC FRIDAY, APRIL 22 • Throwback with some classics from the ‘60s through the ‘90s when the rock band Good Trouble performs at the Gaslight Music Hall in Oro Valley.

Their music ranges from classic rock to Motown to pop and country. The Music Hall will also open up the dance floor for the performance, so you can really get into the spirit. 7 p.m. At the Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road. #165. $20. gaslightmusichall.com

SATURDAY, APRIL 23 • Get down to brass tacks when the Tucson Jazz Institute’s Ellington Big Band performs at the DesertView Performing Arts Center. The band, directed by John Black with assistance

Tucson Regional Ballet’s Spring Spectacular takes place this weekend at the Tucson Convention Center.

by TJI owners Brice Winston and Scott Black, comprises high school musicians from the greater Tucson area and Nogales. The TJI Big Band is loved for its swinging diverse and energetic sounds. 7:30 p.m. At the DesertView Performing Arts Center, 39900 Clubhouse Drive. $30. dvpac.net • Listen to the folk, blues and gospel music of Martha Redbone at the Fox

Theatre. The Native & African-American vocalist bridges “traditions from past to present, connecting cultures, and celebrating the human spirit.”

This is part of the Fox Theatre’s Global Journeys series. 7:30 p.m. At the Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. $30 - $40. foxtucson.com

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• Enjoy the music of Oaxaca fused with Minnesota when Mixtec Indigenous singer Lila Downs performs at the University of Arizona’s Centennial Hall.

Winner of multiple Grammy awards, Lila Downs is “one of the most powerful and unique voices that exist today.

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Athlete of the Week: Danielle Tuakalau Tom Danehy

Special to Tucson Local Media

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t’s all a numbers game now for Danielle Tuakalau. It’s been about 10 weeks since she had the reconstructive surgery to repair her torn ACL and meniscus.

But an unknown number of months stretch out before her, months of new and different types of pain and tiny bits of progress too miniscule to detect and appreciate in the moment.

“It still hurts,” she explains. “It hurts every day.”

She stopped taking the pain medication pretty early on, concerned about any longterm effects and perhaps holding out some small hope that perhaps dealing directly with the pain might help to hasten the recovery.

It hasn’t.

“I’m not depressed or anything,” she said. “I’m just really disappointed about what I’m missing out on. I didn’t get to finish my basketball season.”

She had been a starter on the basketball team that would win her school’s first region championship this century. By the time that team reached the post-

season, she had already had the surgery. When they played the opening game of the state tournament, all she could do was sit on the bench in her street clothes, her leg secured in a hip-to-ankle metallic brace.

“I’m glad that I was able to be there (for the playoff game) so shortly after the surgery, but…”

Her voice trails off.

“It was cool that that they won a (region) championship, which nobody expected us to do after our program had been bad for so long.

But, it’s like I was there but I wasn’t there.”

Her physical therapy started a couple weeks after the surgery. One of her physical therapists had had two ACL surgeries. (I guess that counts as bona fides.)

That’s when the numbers came in. How many steps can she take? How much weight will she be able to push with her legs? And the big one: To what angle can she bend the surgically repaired leg?

“They told me that my main goal was to get to 90 degrees. At first, that seemed like it would be impossible.”

There was always the pain, but the bending seemed unrealistic. It wasn’t as though

she were being asked to stretch out a really stiff rubber band. It was more like being asked to bend a piece of rebar with her bare hands.

“It was just so stiff. It hurt even if I was just lying in bed, not moving. But when they told me to bend it, it was like a whole new adventure in pain. And then there were the noises!”

There is a thing called crepitus (which sounds like the name of an evil creature on a badly written show on the CW network). It’s the sound that comes from the knee under a variety of circumstances. It is almost always benign. It can be air bubbles that seeped into the soft tissue around the joint, combined with synovial fluid, and then popped when standing up or during exercise.

It generally happens to older people, but it is also common for people who have knee replacements or other forms of knee surgery.

“I hate those sounds. I still remember the popping sound that I heard and felt when I first hurt my knee. I don’t ever want to feel that again.”

She put in the work and began to show progress. She got to 60 degrees, then 75. Things got somewhat better,

both physically and mentally. She blew right past 90 degrees and her best to this point is 129 degrees. (Really?! Why not 130?!)

Eventually, they want her to get to 180 degrees, the angle achieved when one is sitting on the floor, their legs bent underneath them.

There is a fraternity (or sorority) of fellow athletes who have endured the surgery and the recovery and come out the other side. Danielle spoke with Navine Mallon, a junior at Flowing Wells who is this year’s Class 5A State Player of the Year in basketball. Navine tore her ACL her freshman year, got the surgery, and was back within eight months. Her knee hasn’t given her any problems since the surgery. Besides basketball, she is currently one of the top throwers (shot put, discus) in the State.

But then there’s Mariah Clark, who led Pueblo to the State Championship game back in 2018.

She was going to play for Pima, but tore her ACL. After rehabbing, she tragically suffered another ACL tear. She’s hoping to play this coming winter.

Danielle has a schedule, but, in her mind, it

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“It was cool that that they won a (region) championship, which nobody expected us to do after our program had been bad for so long.”

stretches out ahead of her like infinity. There’s talk of eight months, which would be the middle of volleyball season.

But, more realistically, she is hoping to be back

for basketball, which has its first games the week of Thanksgiving. If that were to happen, she would have plenty for which to be thankful.

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SPORTS EXTRA POINT WITH TOM DANEHY &RECREATION Odds and ends from high school sports Tom Danehy

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uestions, questions, questions… and a few answers.

Q: Which Northwest-area high school graduate is most likely to make a big splash in bigtime athletics next fall?

A: That would be former Marana High quarterback Trenton Bourget, who, at the end of spring practice, was penciled in to be the starter at Arizona State next season.

The previous QB, three-year starter Jayden Daniels, suddenly jumped into the transfer portal and ended up at Louisiana State, where he will be coached by former Notre Dame head Brian Kelly. It’s not known if Daniels was jumping toward an opportunity to perform on an even-bigger national stage or if he were getting out of town before the NCAA hammer comes down for egregious recruiting violations. Whatever the case (maybe it’s both), Daniels is gone and Bourget will head into preseason

practice as QB1.

Bourget had a spectacular high school career for the Marana Tigers, passing for over 7,600 yards with a state-record 89 touchdown passes. In his junior year, he threw for 2,984 yards and 38 TDs. With the aforementioned NCAA cloud hanging low over the Sun Devil program, Bourget’s ascension to starting quarterback might be akin to being assigned to hand out oars on the Titanic, but he’ll be a starting QB in the Pac-12 and that’s way cool…even if it is ASU. Q: As we head into the playoffs for the various spring sports, which Northwest school team has the best shot at bringing home a State championship?

A: Obviously, lots of weird things could happen, but while several Northwest teams could make some noise in their respective state tournaments, there aren’t any particular favorites this year.

The softball and baseball teams from Canyon Del Oro are ranked third and sixth in the state in their respective rank-

ings. The softball team is 13-1, but that one loss is a monster 14-3 defeat at the hands of Salpointe.

There is a decent shot that those two teams could meet again in the playoffs. (If the rankings don’t change, it would be in the championship game.) Salpointe would be favored in that contest, but we wouldn’t bet against CDO Coach Kelly Fowler in a championship game.

Q: Since you have this soapbox moment, what would you like to say?

A: Between 2018 and 2020, the Amphi girls’ tennis team went a combined 1-29, with the one win being a forfeit victory over Catalina High. It was a rough time and not just at Amphi. Schools had begun seeing a drop in participation across the board, much of it due to the near-total disappearance of the multisport athlete.

Twenty years ago, girls would play volleyball in the fall, basketball in the winter, and then softball or track (or tennis) in the spring. But then came the rise of club sports where kids and parents were $old on the idea that paying

to play one sport yearround would somehow lead to a magical college scholarship. (It almost never does.)

So, kids missed out on opportunities to try new things and become more well-rounded people, while secondary and tertiary sports struggled to fill out teams. For decades, basketball programs had varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams. The varsity was for kids in any grade if they were good enough.

The JV team was for non-seniors and the freshman team was for freshmen only.

Nowadays, they have JV-A and JV-B teams.

The JV-A team is for non-seniors while the JV-B team is for freshmen and sophomores.

The hope is that enough kids will come out in the hopes of just playing some ball. But even that isn’t working everywhere. Many schools, including 5A Ironwood Ridge, have only one JV team and other sports like swimming, cross country and tennis struggle to fill out rosters.

It’s time to turn things around. I’m old and, in

many ways, old school.

I always preach to kids that they should do highschool stuff while they’re in high school. Be in the drama production, play in the band, work for student council, try new sports.

I’ve always considered myself a basketball coach first, but I’m also a tennis coach. Last year, my first at Amphi, we only had two kids (Leilani and Mi Meh) because of the pandemic. They played well, often winning their respective singles matches and doubles match, but we’d forfeit the other six matches.

This year, they’re back and playing spectacularly. (They also play basketball and soccer.) And I got a bunch of my basketball players to come try tennis and fill out the roster. The results have exceeded my wildest dreams. We’re 9-2 heading into a showdown at Nogales, with the winner grabbing the division title.

I just want people to know that it can be done.

And, for the sake of the young people, it should be done.

EXTRA POINTS: Okay, pop quiz (this is a tough one). Which is crazier: The fact that the University of Arizona men’s tennis team in undefeated in conference play and about to claim the Pac-12 title or the fact that the UA women’s softball team is in LAST PLACE in the Pac-12 with a record of 4-11? I would tend to go with the tennis, seeing as how the UA has never won a Pac-12 title in that sport since joining the Pac in 1978. And, in that time, USC, Stanford and UCLA have won a combined 26 national championships. Except for Washington in 2005, the aforementioned three schools have also won every Pac-12 title in the past two decades.

Arizona crashing that exclusive party is a really big deal… The Wildcat men’s baseball team was in first place in the Pac12 until a bumpy visit to Utah last weekend. The Cats dropped two games to the Utes and fell into third place in the conference…

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Happenings Continued from P16 With a symbolic stage presence and emotional storytelling through song, her singing transcends all language barriers.” 8 p.m. At the Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. $30. centhall. org.

TUESDAY, MAY 3 • Experience powerful voices and regional music when the world-famous vocal group Celtic Woman performs at the Tucson Music Hall. This show, titled “Postcards from Ireland,” celebrates the Emerald Isle’s rich music and culture. Since its 2005 debut, global musical sensation Celtic Woman has emerged as a genuine artistic phenomenon representing Irish music and culture all over the world. 7 p.m.

At the Tucson Music Hall at the Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave. For additional information about TCC please call (520) 791-4101. $40 - $60. tucsonconventioncenter.com.

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SPECIAL EVENTS & CLASSES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 • Learn about North America’s first female archaeologist at the 30th Arizona International Film Festival. For the opening night, the Fox Theatre is screening the film “Canyon Del Muerto,” which tells the true story of Ann Axtell Morris. In the 1920s, she worked side by side with the Navajo in Canyon De Chelly, Arizona to uncover North America’s earliest civilization, the Anasazi Basketmakers. 7:30 p.m.

At the Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. $15. foxtucson.com

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 • Learn the process of “Nixtamalización” in this hands-on tortilla-making class, hosted by the Tucson Botanical Gardens. The class follows the process of cooking, cleaning and grinding the grain to

prepare masa para tortillas de maíz, or corn tortilla dough. Each student will have the opportunity to prepare tortillas with the masa, as well as take grain home to prepare their own small batch of fresh masa. 1 to 4 p.m. $75. At the Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way. tucsonbotanical.org

THURSDAY, MAY 5 • Part of the new Pueblos del Maiz cultural festival, the Fox Theatre is screening the film “Maize in Times of War.” Directed by Alberto Cortés, the documentary features multiple families in Mexico discussing the importance of their crops, and the practical knowhow that enables the “everyday epic tale of corn.” Featured cultures are Wixárika, Ayuuk and Tzeltal. The film examines the need to preserve the land used by countless indigenous Mexican communities and farmers to grow their cornfields. 7:00 p.m. At the Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. Free. foxtucson.com

SATURDAY, MAY 7 • Celebrate public gardens with

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The Tohono Chul desert botanical gardens are hosting a Community Day on May 7 to get the public more engaged and educated about the Sonoran Desert.

Community Day at Tohono Chul botanical gardens. This special event allows free admission to the park with family-friendly activities and entertainment. There are also free events throughout the day, including Build a Native Bee Habitat, Paint With a Yucca Paintbrush, Plant a Seed, and Make Insect Antenna. There will also be a performance by the Desert Players, a live pantomime group made up of Tohono Chul volunteers and docents.

By allowing free admission to a family environment, the Gardens “hope to

encourage guests to learn more about the Sonoran Desert.” 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. At the Tohono Chul botanical gardens, 7366 Paseo del Norte. Free. tohonochul.org

KIDS SUNDAY, MAY 8 • Learn the meaning of “Kodomo no Hi” at the Yume Japanese Gardens’ Children’s Day event. This national

holiday of Japan celebrates the healthy growth and happiness of children. The event, which coincides with Mother’s Day, will feature Taiko Drumming performance by Odaiko Sonora, Kamishibai (“paper play”) storytelling, origami, ikebana for children, Japanese crafts, and more. A Japanese food truck will also be on-site. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. At the Yume Japanese Gardens, 2130 N. Alvernon Way. (520) 303-3945. Adults: $18. Members: $10.

Children: $6. Children under 5: Free. yumegardens.org

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In addition to many classes and lectures offered by the community, they have set up their own internal “college,” in which any resident can attend a variety of high-level classes led by experts. Called SIPP, for the Splendido Intellectual Pursuits Program, the 15-year-old program is entirely planned and maintained by a committee of volunteers who live at Splendido.

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lenging than others, but none are typically geared toward experts.“For example, you certainly don’t have to be an expert in art to understand and appreciate what the docents from the Tucson Museum of Art teach in their art appreciation course,” says Tom. Similarly, each semester typically includes a series of lectures on astronomy topics by graduate students from the University of Arizona Steward Observatory.

“As you get older, you look for meaningful challenges, says Laila Corbin, co-chair of the SIPP committee. “These courses are good brain challenges; they give you someChallenging yourself to learn something new is what the Splendido Intellectual thing new and different to Pursuits Program (SIPP) is all about. learn.”

Presenters include outside experts, such as local historians and grad students from the University of Arizona, but the bulk of SIPP presenters are Splendido residents, who offer a range of knowledge and willingness to learn and present new subjects.

mittee, points out that the program offers residents the convenience of participating in classes you might find at a university, right on-site. “Not only can they explore their areas of interest, but they can learn about new topics—the courses can open new vistas for people,” he says.

Ongoing Interest The most popular SIPP course every spring is Getting to Know You, comprised of eight sessions featuring in-depth half-hour interviews with a Splendido staff member and a resident, moderated by Laila.

“Residents really enjoy learning about people, and we have Tom Hestwood, a resident some fascinating stories here,” who serves on the SIPP Com- Some courses are more chal- she says.

Another popular series is Great Decisions, a video/discussion series on eight of the year’s most critical topics on world affairs, selected by the Foreign Policy Association.

“That was excellent,” says Laila.

“This spring, we hired a local presenter who added her own thoughts after each video. It was very well done.”

The committee is currently planning the fall 2022 semester, enlisting some new presenters along with the popular hands-on Billiards for Ladies and Gentlemen, a course taught by a former oil geologist, and a course on human migration. “It’s fun to plan the semester,” says Laila.

“It’s so interesting to see what people like. We try to offer a wide variety of topics so there’s something for every taste.”

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Sadness can stay trapped in you and turn into something more troublesome. But if you let sadness run its course, the feeling will last less than two minutes. There’s relief on the other side. Once sadness is gone, something warm and tender will rush in to fill its place.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The heavy energy will lift like a fog. Your attitude will be the sunshine that evaporates it. Since you’ll be able to see much better in this fair emotional weather, it’s an excellent opportunity to reevaluate recent decisions. Do they work in accordance with your lighter spirit?

CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s typically easier to show up strong to an audience you know because you can be guided by their needs, wants, values, interests and situational pressures. This week, you’ll have tremendous luck, regardless of how well you know your audience. You’ll deliver the unexpected and be well-received.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You will be asked to join a club or increase your involvement in a group. You may fear the communal agenda will clash with your independent spirit, but there is a way to forward your agenda and the goals of the team all in one go.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). New situations make you aware of your multifaceted inner world.

It’s as though part of you is having the experience while another part of you is figuring out how to navigate it. Then there’s the part of you that seems to be sitting back with a bag of popcorn and watching it all.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are many decisions to be made this week, some of which seem to have the power to dramatically alter your day-to-day. Even so, don’t agonize. What matters more than what you pick is that you make the most of your choice -- that you commit, dig in and discover all the treasures to be mined there.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Nothing worth having can be purchased with money. A highly satisfying purchase will have you questioning the validity of that statement. And yet, when the thrill wears off, as it eventually must, you settle back into the deep appreciation of the finer and unbuyable things that make you truly wealthy indeed.

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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 Join Us

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