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The Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area by Vanessa Bechtol
APPRECIATION FOR our region’s history, The forest mountain ranges of the Santa foods, and cultural traditions is experiencing an Cruz Valley are separated by desert and extraordinary resurgence—one that can breathe grasslands, rising up like islands in the sky. and is breathing new life into our local economy The Madrean Archipelago, or Madrean Sky while also preserving our irreplaceable heritage. Islands, are globally unique due to their rich The recent Congressional designation of the diversity of species and wildlife habitat. The Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area is one wide range of elevations and habitats here example of this resurgence. results in a biologically diverse ecosystem that In 2003, a small group of visionary supports more than 400 bird species. individuals gathered to discuss creative new Native American roots in the Santa Cruz ways to preserve and promote the cultural Valley date back nearly 14,000 years, making resources, historic sites, and natural landscapes it one of the longest inhabited places in that make up the watershed of the Santa Cruz North America. With an agricultural heritage River. These monthly gatherings grew to 80 dating back more than 4,000 years, the Santa individuals working collaboratively in the shared Cruz Valley is one of the longest continually pursuit of celebrating and preserving the rich cultivated regions in the United States. Many natural and cultural heritage of the Santa Cruz of the food and farming traditions by the Valley. early Tohono O’odham continue today. This Sixteen years of hard work, dedication, rich agricultural heritage was a key factor in and perseverance paid off earlier this year Tucson being designated a UNESCO City of when Congress passed legislation designating Gastronomy. the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area. Showcasing these heritage experiences Thanks to the enduring support from Rep. Raúl through the National Heritage Area designation Grijalva, the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage will not only install a stronger sense of place Area was included in Senate Bill 47, The John and regional identity for those who live here, D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and it will also spur heritage-based economic courtesy: Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance Recreation Act (Title 6, Sec. 6001), which was development by marketing regional heritage passed by Congress on February 26, 2019, and signed into law on March 12, tourism and promoting place-based foods, arts, crafts, and other traditional 2019. products. Promoting and celebrating our heritage assets will generate new jobs, National Heritage Areas are congressionally designated places where business incomes, tax revenues, and investment opportunities for the region. natural, cultural, historic, and recreational resources come together to form Now it’s time to go out and explore the diverse experiences that make the a nationally distinctive landscape. Situated along an ancient and still vital Santa Cruz Valley a National Heritage Area. The Mission San Xavier del Bac trade route, the Santa Cruz Valley is home to numerous diverse cultures and outlined against a desert sunset. Snow-white blossoms on a towering saguaro. communities. The distinctive stories of these culturally and environmentally The varied sounds of a mariachi band. The full-flavored sweetness of a black diverse communities form the fabric of this nationally distinctive landscape. mission fig or the fleeting kick of a chiltepin pepper. Feeling the native fibers of The Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area is a 3,300 square mile cultural a Tohono O’odham basket. These are just a few of the local treasures that make landscape made up of communities from Nogales, Patagonia, and Tubac in the Santa Cruz Valley different from any other place—and the place we love. Santa Cruz County and to San Xavier, Tucson, and Oro Valley in Pima County, all of which share pieces of ten nationally distinctive stories. Vanessa Bechtol is President of the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance and Those distinctive stories of the Santa Cruz Valley include natural heritage, Senior Director of Community Partnerships, Visit Tucson. Learn more about the such as the sky islands, bird habitats and migration routes, and streams in Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance at santacruzheritage.org. n the desert. Cultural heritage themes include desert farming, Native American lifeways, and the U.S.-Mexico border culture, among others. June 2019 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 7
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Above: Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tohono O’odham Nation.
Above: Wagon at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park.
Mural across from Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tohono O’odham Nation.
Mission San José de Tumacácori, Tumacácori National Historical Park.
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A Santa Cruz River Journey by Gregory McNamee
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t begins with a trickle of water, a burble coming up from a spring hidden in the rock underlying a stretch of open grassland near the border with Sonora, a prairie so green in decades past that it was used as the outdoor set for classic films such as Oklahoma! and Red River, filling in for the Great Plains. The Santa Cruz River is usually scarcely more than a small pool of water at its source, but in a good year, such as this has been, it gathers rainwater and flows aboveground for long stretches along its path, which its nearby cousin the San Pedro, runs from south to north. But before it heads north, the Santa Cruz River dips down into Sonora, making a loop that passes by mines, farms, ranches, and mountain ranges. One, the Sierra Chivato, is just one of many of the “sky islands” that lie along the course of the river, expanses of rock that rise up from the desert floor like islands in the ocean, each containing plant, animal, and insect species that are distinct from others of their kind. Perhaps the best known example of this is the red squirrel population atop southeastern Arizona’s Mount Graham, but the Sierra Chivato is unusual in having a healthy population of alligator juniper and pinyon pine trees, an assemblage usually found farther north in places such as Sedona and Santa Fe. These sky islands, collectively called the Madrean Archipelago, host thousands of plant, bird, mammal, insect, and reptile species, including half of the birds found on the entire continent of North America, making them an invaluable and irreplaceable environmental treasure house. They’re one reason why bird enthusiasts from all over the world travel to the Santa Cruz, flocking—beg pardon—to places such as the Patagonia–Sonoita Creek Preserve, Madera Canyon, and the Sweetwater Preserve. The Santa Cruz River, augmented by reclaimed wastewater, reenters Arizona not far from Nogales. (Incidentally, that north-to-south-and-north-again course makes the Santa Cruz the only river in the United States to cross an international border twice.) It flows onward from there, feeding a riparian forest of cottonwoods, willows, ash, and other trees that makes its course easy to follow from the point of view from Interstate 19, which parallels the river for much of its upper course. That forest, dense here, thin there, stretches northward 20
miles, where the river meets one of its jewels: the Tumacácori Mission, a unit of the federal park system called the Tumacácori National Historic Park. It has been part of that system since 1908, when President Theodore Roosevelt added it to a growing roster of significant places—Tonto National Monument, Casa Grande Ruins, and the Grand Canyon among other Arizona venues—that properly belonged in the public domain. It was Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, the Jesuit missionary on horseback, who founded Tumacácori in 1691. The site lay near a village long settled by the Sobaipuri people, cousins to the Akimel O’odham (river people) and Tohono O’odham (desert people), who grew corn, beans, and other river-irrigated crops. The Spanish conquest of Mexico, which began in the early sixteenth century, was a long process that included founding a system of forts and small churches that extended northward like spokes from Mexico City and Guadalajara, usually found along rivers such as the Santa Cruz near existing settlements, places where missionaries could convert indigenous peoples and make them citizens of the Spanish crown. The system worked for a while, but when Spanish rule ended many of the missions turned to dust. Thanks to the federal protection it enjoys, and thanks to a long program of restoration, Tumacácori is in good shape, and the site gives us a very good idea of how the missions were established and operated—a history that we know thanks to the work of Santa Cruz River headwaters. many scholars in the region, working under the auspices of the University of Arizona and other institutions. Expanded in 2002, Tumacácori also takes in a mile-long section of living river, fitting reason for the National Historic Park to be the centerpiece of the newly designated Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area. Another 10 miles of travel brings us to Amado, a quiet town that owes its existence to agriculture and the river that fed it. I’ve long believed that the chief difference between our region and other parts of the world was our advanced surrealism quotient, and Amado offers a perfect monument in the Longhorn Grill, its entrance in the shape of a steer skull that can’t be missed from the highway. The place sat closed for a number of years but has since been restored and reopened, beckoning passing carnivores, and Amado has a few other good places to eat and drink as well.
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A bit south of Amado is a ranch Cattle and climate. Then there’s originally owned by Carlos Ronstadt, copper, evidence of the mining of an uncle of the famed singer Linda which pockmarks the first few miles of Ronstadt, one of the laureates of our the 20-mile stretch that lies between region. The Ronstadts commissioned Green Valley and San Xavier del Bac, the famed architect Josias Joesler, then another mission founded by Father nearing the end of his prolific career in Kino in 1692. Called the White Dove of Tucson, to design their home in 1950, the Desert, Mission San Xavier del Bac and he obliged by producing a plan that is a blindingly white adobe building that is both rustic and comfortable, done in rises as if an island out of another kind the manner of a Mexican hacienda but out of a dusty sea. Considered the finest with many touches from the modern example of mission architecture in the period. The roofline emphasizes Southwest, the church we know today the dramatic rise of the Santa Rita was built between 1783 and 1797, Mountains behind the home, with incorporating Moorish, Byzantine, and the river running between the home Renaissance architectural styles, and and that imposing mass of rock. The has been carefully restored through Ronstadts sold the property in 1955 the decades-long efforts of O’odham to Arthur Loew, a film producer whose artisans, Italian art restoration experts, grandfather was the founder of the Loew and international clerics and scholars. chain of movie theaters, and the new Colorful murals cover the interior walls buyer used the property as a Hollywood of what is still an operating Catholic getaway at which one might see such church dedicated to Saint Francis film luminaries as Natalie Wood, Paul Xavier, the mission’s patron saint. Newman, and Gene Kelly. Today San Xavier marks the southern the Agua Linda Farm raises organic confines of Tucson, a city that, like all produce and livestock, and the original the towns we have visited so far, owes garden space contains extensive stands its existence to the Santa Cruz River. of mature trees, plants, and flowers, a The best way to get a sense of that scenic hallmark of our voyage. debt is to visit Mission Garden, which Look across the Santa Cruz River lies along the river near the intersection Valley to the east from Amado, and of Mission Road and South Grande you can’t miss a gleaming white Avenue. The garden is a re-creation structure atop a peak in the Santa Rita of a walled Spanish mission, raising Mountains. If so much of the region to locally adapted fruits and vegetables A portion of the Santa Cruz River along the de Anza Trail near Tubac. this point looks back into a history that that represent Tucson’s 4,000-year-old is thousands of years old, the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory on Mount agricultural history, native plants and Spanish introductions alike, representing Hopkins looks into the future, with scientists using multiple-mirror telescopes, the longest known tradition of continuous cultivation in the country. The garden spectroscopy, and other tools to search for unknown planets and moons, as lies within sight of the black rock that gives Tucson its O’odham name, and well as into the cosmic past and its quasars, black holes, unimaginably distant it’s a must-see destination for anyone seeking to understand the history of the galaxies, and supernovas that mark the death of stars millions of years ago. If region. you don’t mind a bumpy road along vertigo-inducing mountainsides, you can The Santa Cruz River has not always been well used in that long history. go up and have a look for yourself, with tours available each weekday (www.cfa. With industrial agriculture and an ever-growing human population in the last harvard.edu/flwo/visitors-center for information). century, the river has been overallocated and overused. Scientists and policy Less than ten miles north lies another Spanish outpost, once a fort whose experts knew that long before now, but the river itself sounded a warning call in garrison was charged with protecting local farms and ranches from Apache 2005, when a massive cottonwood die-off along eight miles of river gave grim raids. Tubac has since grown into a small town with a thriving arts community, evidence of the need for better care. Since that time, recharged wastewater as well as good restaurants, small shops, and a world-class golf course. North from plants in Nogales, Green Valley, and Tucson has brought sections of the to the 20 miles until reaching Green Valley is ranch country—and that vast river to a condition that surface water flows here and there. The river begins retirement community was covered with cattle, another historic hallmark of the with a trickle and ends at the Gila River, 180 miles later, the same way except Santa Cruz River Valley, until the town was founded 45 years ago in the clement after the most torrential of downpours. We have much work to do to bring it grasslands bordering the watercourse. Canoa Ranch/Hacienda de la Canoa, a back to the river the first farmers knew, but we do honor to our history and new park just south of Green Valley, commemorates that ranching history, the heritage by making that effort on behalf of the Santa Cruz. n headquarters of a vast cattle empire that once took in nearly half a million acres of southern Arizona. June 2019 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 11
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Congressman Raúl Grijalva and the Creation of the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area by Gregory McNamee “SIXTEEN YEARS,” says Raúl Grijalva, the U.S. The Act does not do so, although it does Representative in whose Congressional District specify that the parties involved will “encourage 2 most of the newly declared Santa Cruz Valley by appropriate means economic viability that is National Heritage Area falls. “It took sixteen years consistent with the National Heritage Area.” And to happen.” He pauses, then adds, with a touch economic issues are key to the NHA. Under the of weariness, “It’s taken sixteen years from the aegis of the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance, time we first proposed the legislation until now which is developing a marketing plan for the area, to get it through. It was one of the first pieces of organizations such as museums and historic legislation I introduced. It should have been easy, preservation groups will have increased access to but it wasn’t.” federal grants, while civic tourism will help promote The legislation in question began a bill meant private businesses throughout southern Arizona. “to provide for the natural resources of the United “Every study showed that with NHA designation States, and for other purposes.” It was passed into came economic improvements—not just in tourism law in late February, after clearing both chambers, and services, but improvements in many areas,” as the Natural Resources Management Act. says Grijalva. Grijalva, who championed it on the House side, A celebration marking the passing of the describes the 363–62 Natural Resources vote (it was 92–8 in the Management Act and Senate) for the Act as declaration of the Santa “Congress at its best.” Cruz Valley National Among other Heritage Area was held things, the Act provides on May 4 at the Canoa for the expansion of Ranch/Hacienda de la several national parks Canoa—an especially in the Mojave Desert, fitting venue, because protects Yellowstone Grijalva spent part of National Park from his childhood there, a mining, and expands fact that is noted in its the national wilderness formal name: the Raúl system by more than M. Grijalva Canoa Ranch Raúl Grijalva at the Santa Cruz Valley National a million acres. Closer Conservation Park. Heritage Area dedication on May 4. to home, the Act also “Diversity of cultures, provides for the creation of the Santa Cruz Valley diversity of environments, diversity of peoples— National Heritage Area, its charter to protect and that’s what this place commemorates,” said restore historic sites while developing a network Grijalva on that occasion. “I grew up in this place,” of alliances and partnerships with interested he added, “and I know how special it is—the parties, including the federal government and the delicious food, the clean air, the rich history.” governments of local municipalities, counties, and Those who know the area also know how tribes. special it is, and how important the designation Laws are complex things, and Congress is a of National Heritage Area will be to its future. complex being. For that reason, says Grijalva, who The Natural Resources Management Act, as it introduced the bill in the House year after year, happens, was passed on the 100th anniversary “what sometimes seems obvious isn’t always easy of the induction of the Grand Canyon into the to accomplish.” In the case of the law, there was the national park system. At the May 4 celebration, usual political back-and-forth, to say nothing of the Tumacacori National Monument was designated usual legislative gridlock. There was also concern the chief NPS partner for the Heritage Area, one on the part of some business interests that the of 55 such areas nationally. With that partnership designation of the SCNHA would impede property of private and public interests, much has already holders’ ability to buy, sell, and develop property been accomplished, but there’s much more work and provide legal ammunition for opposition to to be done. As for that enabling law, more than such things as a mine complex on the east side a decade and a half in the making, Raúl Grijalva of the Santa Rita Mountains, which lies within the says, “I’m happy and honored to have played the area’s boundaries. part I did.” n June 2019 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 13
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Georges Simenon by Gregory McNamee GEORGES SIMENON was a fantastically accomplished writer, the author of some 500 books under several names, included the beloved Inspector Maigret series of police procedurals, numbering more than 100 books in all. He wrote thousands of articles and newspaper pieces besides, fueled by a diet of tobacco, red wine, and amphetamines. He was therefore perfectly suited for what locals then called “Santa Booze County” and the small towns and ranches that ran from Nogales to the south to Tucson at the northern end, both places in which Simenon lived. He arrived here in August 1947 and moved to the East Coast in October 1950. There is some reason to believe that his 10-year stay in the United States wasn’t entirely voluntary, for he and his French publisher had apparently made accommodations with the German occupiers of France that reflected poorly on the both of them, and for a time the sales of his books plummeted. Still, during his time in southern Arizona, between drinks and puffs on his pipe, he wrote several novels, including a potboiler of a novel that he called a “Western” but that was set on a ranch that looked very much like the ones he called on in real life, an alcohol-soaked Cain and Abel story in which harddrinking, hard-fighting brothers try to evade the law on a monsoon night during which the Santa Cruz rolls and roils like a stormy ocean. Bottom of the Bottle, written in a few weeks while Simenon was living in Tumacacori, proved to be one of his best-known non-Maigret novels, thanks in part to the fact that it was made into an excellent film in 1956 by director Henry Hathaway, with Joseph Cotten and Van Johnson in the role of the brothers. But Simenon also wrote a couple of Maigret novels during his sojourn, including Maigret at the Coroner’s, which was set along the Santa Cruz River and was a procedural based on a thinly disguised real case, so much so that Simenon called it “practically reportage.” He bashed out the book while living in Tucson in an agreeable house at 325 West Franklin, just around the corner from El Charro Café. He liked the town, admiring the way that cowboys rode their horses amid automobiles on the city’s streets and sand blew under the doors, giving a pleasant crunch to his footsteps from room to room. The city had only some 45,000 inhabitants and hadn’t yet begun to sprawl from mountain range
to mountain range, but it was big enough and gritty enough to sustain a murder mystery that Simenon was only too happy to provide. “We had come to find wide open spaces, and Tucson, planted in the desert, had seduced us,” he recalled. Above all, Simenon liked the rain. In his aptly titled Intimate Memoirs, he recounts outrunning a flash flood on the Santa Cruz, bolting from a restaurant in Nogales in a race against the rising water: In a few minutes, a wall of water will be barreling down the arroyo, carrying everything before it, and there is no bridge between here and Tucson. I speed up. The sky has gotten darker. Sometimes, we can see the arroyo, which already has a little water in it. There is a first ford, halfway to our place, but it’s too late when we get there: it is completely flooded. . . . I’m giving it all the gas I can. We absolutely have to be at Tumacacori before the wall of water. Our arroyo, which we have never seen anything but dry, now has almost two feet of dirty brown water in it. We barely get across. In half an hour, or maybe less, the torrent will be over six feet deep, maybe deeper. The annual deluge surrounds our little house, which does not keep us from hearing the coyotes howling all night long. Like the protagonists of Bottom of the Bottle, he lived to tell the tale. The Santa Cruz River Valley has hosted many well-known writers over the years, including, in our time, Jim Harrison, Philip Caputo, and Byrd Baylor. He wasn’t here long, but Georges Simenon left his mark as well, books that provide a fine portrait of a bygone era. n June 2019 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 15
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Ancient Oasis Agriculture in the Santa Cruz Valley by Jonathan Mabry Archaeological evidence and historical records show that people have farmed wheat filled a gap in the agricultural cycle and allowed the O’odham to farm in the floodplain of the Santa Cruz River for at least 4,000 years. This long year-round. Its wide adoption had a major impact on the native agriculture and agrarian history makes the Santa Cruz Valley one of the oldest continuously diet in the valley. Kino also introduced cattle, horses, sheep, and goats to the cultivated areas, and the place with the longest documented history of water region, which added livestock ranching to the local economy. control, in the United States. Today, with irrigation from groundwater recharged In the late 1730s a mission farm and ranch was established at the O’odham with Colorado River water, the valley is still an important producer of cotton, village of Tchuvaca, or Tubac. Under Spanish overseers, the O’odham residents wheat, pecans, and other crops, while long-lost Native American crops are of Tubac cultivated both native and introduced crops and raised cattle, sheep being cultivated again and vineyards and fruit orchards have been recently and goats. After a presidio was established there in 1752, Spanish soldiers developed in areas of the watershed. and colonists built a more extensive system of irrigated fields. A 1766 map Five thousand years ago, bands of foragers began protecting, encouraging, of Tubac shows the main acequia, or canal, diverting water from the Santa and possibly cultivating a number of edible native plants in the Santa Cruz Cruz River to irrigate fields, and then returning the remaining water to the River floodplain. Corn, beans, squash, and possibly cotton were introduced to river. Historical documents also show that the O’odham mission at Tumacácori the Santa Cruz Valley from Mexico, and by 1500 BCE farmers were building had to share its water with the downstream presidio at Tubac. The presidio’s canals to divert both floods and commander, Captain Juan Bautista de perennial flows from the Santa Cruz Anza, instituted a weekly water rotation River to their fields. The logistics of in the 1770s. irrigation required the cooperation of The mission established at San groups of farmers, which is probably Cosmé, the first Spanish name for why the Santa Cruz Valley had some Tucson, included irrigated gardens of the earliest village communities in and orchards, and the Sobaipuris and the Southwest. A number of canals Tohono O’odham living in the vicinity built by the Hohokam culture between also irrigated fields on the river’s west about 500 and 1450 CE were smaller side. After the Tucson presidio was than the major Hohokam canals in the built on the east side of the river, Phoenix Basin, but they rivaled them where downtown Tucson is today, the in their skillful engineering. During eastern floodplain was also irrigated this period, new varieties of maize, by Spanish settlers. When new settlers beans, squash, cotton, and tobacco began to arrive from Mexico after it were introduced from Mexico, and gained independence from Spain, native plants such as tepary bean, Mediterranean winter crops of wheat, agave, little barley, panic grass, and barley, chickpeas, lentils, onions, and Earthen oven at the San Xavier Co-Op Farm, Tohono O’odham Nation. devil’s claw were domesticated locally, garlic followed native summer crops of as was agave, used to make mescal. maize, beans, squash, pumpkins, chili In 1691, Father Eusebio Francisco Kino and Father Juan María de peppers, tobacco, and cotton. The three acequias madres (mother canals) Salvatierra, the first Europeans to explore the Santa Cruz Valley, traveled as were maintained as common property. The irrigation schedule was flexible, far north as the Sobaípuri Pima (O’odham) village of Tumacácori, then south with water turns arranged according to varying crop needs, and water shortages through Guébavi (Guevavi) and Santa María, also the name of the Santa Cruz were shared proportionally. First use of water was reserved for fields south of River at that time. The following year, Kino traveled farther north to the O’odham what is now St. Mary’s Road, while downstream fields were irrigated only during village of Bac, and it was probably on that trip that he first visited the village of relatively wet years. This northern area grew hay and was used as pasturage Chuk-shon, from which Tucson derives its name, near the foot of what is now for cattle. Americans passing through on their way to the California gold fields called “A” Mountain. In both locations he saw many irrigation ditches. Between described the farmlands near Tucson and San Xavier as “rich and fertile to the “A” Mountain and the Rillito, on the east bank of the river, the inhabitants of extreme.” the village of Oiaur also irrigated crops in the floodplain. These irrigated areas The 1854 Gadsden Purchase opened the territory south of the Gila River to supported sizeable populations. The Spanish explorer Captain Juan Mateo Americans, and newly arriving Anglos impounded the river at several points to Manje counted 750 people in 186 houses, and at San Xavier, another 830 provide water to power flourmills. The remains of Solomon Warner’s mill, built inhabitants subsisting from irrigated fields. In 1699, Father Kino described in the 1870s, can still be seen at the base of “A” Mountain at the west end of the irrigated agriculture at San Xavier: “The fields and lands for sowing were Mission Lane. Agriculture was the next focus of attempts to profit from water so extensive and supplied with so many irrigation ditches running along the development. In the early 1880s, Samuel Hughes, W. C. Davis, and Leopoldo ground that . . . they were sufficient for another city like Mexico.” Carillo purchased floodplain land upstream of the traditional fields. They Father Kino and other Jesuit missionaries introduced wheat, fruit trees, and cleared them for new fields and excavated new, deeper ditches to increase the many other Old World crops. In contrast to native summer crops, wheat grew water supply to the vegetable gardens of their tenants, mostly Chinese who had in the winter, an otherwise lean season in the annual food supply. Thus winter arrived as railroad workers in 1880.
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Increased water use by upstream entrepreneurs diminished the supply the farm and continued to cultivate cotton. In 1950 the queen sold her land to downstream Mexican American farmers, who fought for their water rights to the Farmer’s Investment Company, which doubled the cotton planting to in court. The law of “prior appropriation” was determined to supersede local 3,400 acres in 1952, rotated cotton with barley and corn, and experimented customs, a ruling that marked the beginning of the end for the traditional with Spanish peanuts, vegetables, and wine grapes. Between 1965 and 1969, system of irrigated agriculture in Tucson. During the swirl of land speculation Continental Farm planted 400,000 pecan trees on 5,000 acres after a windand water development schemes in the late nineteenth century, the current borne fungus damaged the cotton fields. The trees first started producing form of the Santa Cruz River, a dry bed up to 20 feet below the top of the banks, pecans in 1970. Today, FICO cultivates some 4,500 acres of pecan trees, the was created by a combination of human error and natural disasters. The deeply largest irrigated pecan orchard in the country. incised river channel through much of the middle Santa Cruz Valley had a Originally a ranching and mining community along the Southern Pacific disastrous effect on irrigated agriculture. Railroad, Marana became primarily an agricultural center after World War I. In In 1891, Frank and Warren Allison built a new reservoir and a large ditch 1920, Edwin R. Post drilled a number of wells and constructed an extensive that extended north to what is now Congress Street by 1895. At first the project irrigation system. Many families migrated to the area to cultivate cotton was a success, but soon their 1,160 acres of fields were accumulating cropbetween 1920 and 1924, and for a short time the growing community was damaging salts as a result of intensive, uninterrupted irrigation. In 1895–96 called Postvale. Wheat, barley, alfalfa, and pecans have also been cultivated the Allisons built a new, 12-foot-wide canal on the east side of the river after since the 1940s, but the majority of Marana farmland has always been devoted much of their westside land became too salinized for agriculture. From their to cotton. Since the 1980s, the amount of farmland has declined as farms have new 10- to 15-foot-deep artesian wells at the foot of Sentinel Peak (“A” been converted to housing developments, but the area still has about 15 cotton Mountain), the brothers built farms today. Durum wheat is a wooden flume that carried exported to Italy for making water across the river to pasta, and the White Sonora the east bank. The water in wheat introduced by Father this five-mile-long East Side Kino has been revived and is Canal also powered a new being used by local bakers and flourmill just north of what craft beer brewers. is now Speedway Boulevard. Since 1983, the nonprofit It then irrigated their land to Native Seeds/SEARCH the north, which they called organization based in Tucson Flowing Wells after a new has worked to prevent loss source of water they located of crop biodiversity—such there. In 1902 the Allisons as the long disappearance of sold their property to Levi that wheat—by conserving, Manning, a surveyor and documenting, and distributing businessman who became traditional varieties of crops Tucson’s mayor in 1905. He and their wild relatives in the further developed the well southwestern United States field below “A” Mountain, and northern Mexico. Native drilling new wells to tap the Seeds/SEARCH maintains a subsurface flow of the river. seed bank of 2,000 varieties Young cotton fields at sunset near Dove Mountain in Marana. By 1910, four main canals of crops adapted to arid fed by Manning’s wells were lands and operates a 60-acre irrigating the floodplain west of Tucson. conservation farm near Patagonia, The organization also promotes traditional A group of outside investors bought part of Manning’s land in 1911. They desert foods to combat diabetes among Native Americans and works with developed the “Crosscut,” a line of 19 new wells across the floodplain, ranging federal agencies on conservation research in the 2,500-acre Wild Chile from 45 to 150 feet deep and connected underground by a horizontal shaft. Botanical Area near Tumacacori National Historical Park. A large flood in 1940 destroyed most of these waterworks, bringing an end to Using part of its water allotment from the Central Arizona Project canal, irrigated agriculture in the middle Santa Cruz Valley near Tucson. the San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation has revived cultivation During World War I, the supply of natural rubber form Asia was interrupted. of tepary beans, squashes, and other traditional crops on its Farming Co-op. President Woodrow Wilson asked businessmen Joseph Kennedy Sr., J. P. The Kino Heritage Trees Project led by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has Morgan, and Bernard Baruch to help the war effort by growing guayule, a identified and collected fruit trees in southern Arizona and northern Sonora native Southwestern shrub that yields latex, the raw material for rubber. The that are descended from stocks introduced during the Spanish colonial period. group purchased 9,700 acres in the northern part of Canoa Ranch, in the These trees were used to replant the historical orchards at Tumacacori National middle Santa Cruz valley south of Tucson, from Levi Manning in 1916. The Historical Park and the Mission Garden of the San Agustín Mission. The new Intercontinental Rubber Company drilled deep wells for irrigation water, “Mission grape” introduced during the Spanish period is also being cultivated constructed processing facilities, and built housing for workers in the new by the Mission Garden and wine vineyards near Sonoita and Elgin, connecting village of Continental. When the war ended, guayule was no longer needed and past and present through crops of the ancient oasis that were once lost. rubber production ended. 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The Hispanic Legacy in the Santa Cruz Valley by Tom Prezelski
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IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to understand who we are as a region without appreciating the legacy of Spain and Mexico, but for too many people, the Hispanic past remains obscure at best. The popular imagination seems dominated by visions of absurdly brutal 16th-century armored adventurers with private armies seeking glory and treasure. In reality, these men had little lasting impact, and their narratives are so problematic that historians still argue about the routes they took. It would not be until the mid to late seventeenth century that Spain would make more substantial inroads into what we now know as the Santa Cruz Valley. Spain had long claimed much of North America, including what is now Arizona, but its sovereignty was nominal at best. Starting in the 1640s, the crown sought to extend its reach northward, but it found little success until 1691, when a Jesuit priest named Eusebio Francisco Kino, a native of Trento, Italy, established a mission at the O’odham ranchería at Tumacácori. Over the next ten years, he founded more such missions at Guevabi (1691), Santa María Suamca (1693), Sonoita (1699) and San Xavier del Bac (1700). Despite his efforts, in his lifetime these missions consisted of huts with no resident clergy. It was his successors who built substantial churches as they carried on his work and expanded their efforts to Arivaca, Calabazas, and Tucson with varying degrees of success. A handful of Spanish settlers followed the missionaries to establish ranches that supported the missions. Employing natives as vaqueros (cowboys), they began the stock-raising tradition in the region. Significantly, in 1740 a Spanish army officer named Juan Bautista de Anza, whose son and namesake figures into this story later, established a ranch at Sopori that continued to operate into the twenty-first century. Kino’s successors were not always as capable or as sincere as he had been. In the fall of 1751, in a reaction against a litany of abuses, O’odham mission communities rose up against the Spanish across Sonora in a coordinated and destructive rebellion. The uprising was broken by a woefully outnumbered Spanish force at Arivaca the following January, after which officials investigated and addressed the grievances that prompted the rebellion, including removing a few particularly high-handed priests. This policy of brute force followed by apparent magnanimity was key to maintaining Spanish control of its far-flung empire.
Mission San José de Tumacácori was established in 1691 as Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori by Jesuit padre Eusebio Kino in a nearby location. After the rebellion of 1751, the mission was moved to the present site on the west side of the Santa Cruz River and renamed San José de Tumacácori. By 1848, the mission was abandoned and began falling into disrepair.
Another direct result would be the April 1752 founding of a presidio (frontier garrison town) at Tubac, which would be the first military post, and the first substantial Spanish settlement, in the Santa Cruz Valley. The frontier-bred European, mixed-race, and native cavalry soldiers posted there were charged with a mission of not only maintaining order locally but also guarding the frontier against incursions by the Apaches, who used the Santa Cruz Valley as a corridor for raids into Sonora. The post also became a staging area for extended campaigns into the Apache country as far north as the Mogollon Rim country. Even on this remote frontier, people were at the mercy of distant events. After suffering setbacks in European wars, a new and energetic Spanish king enacted a series of changes. Among these was a 1766 order replacing the Jesuits, who had lost favor with the crown, with more easily controlled Spanishborn Franciscans. This and other reforms would make the military, and not missionaries, central to the continued development of the frontier. One of the crown’s major projects was to settle the long-neglected province of California. Having already thoroughly explored the route to the Pacific, Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, commander of the presidio at Tubac and a son of the frontier, was put in charge of a bold colonizing expedition. In October 1775, some 240 men, women, and children from Sonora assembled at Tubac. Anza led them, along with about 1,000 head of cattle, north and west across mountains and deserts, guiding them safely to San Francisco Bay, where they arrived in March 1776. It seemed that the Santa Cruz Valley would become a Spanish highway to California. At the same time, as part of a continuing reorganization, the presidio at Tubac was moved north to Tucson, a location that was believed to be more effective not only in controlling the route to the Pacific, but also to better stymie Apache raids. After a 1781 rebellion by native tribes at the Yuma Crossing effectively cut off the trail to California, Tucson settled into a role of frontier defense. Hope for an end to Apache warfare began in the late 1780s, as some Apache bands agreed to make peace with the Spanish in exchange for rations of beef, grain, sugar, and tobacco. By 1792, a few hundred Apaches had settled around Tucson. While some Apache bands remained beyond Spanish reach or otherwise uninterested in what was offered, the era of relative peace
led to expansion of ranching. This was the era of the big land grants such as Canoa and San Rafael. By this time, a number of families, largely descendants of presidio soldiers, whose names remain prominent in the region today, were well established: Aguirre, Amado, Elías, Pacheco, Robles, Romero, Sosa, and many others. When Mexico became independent in 1821, civil unrest and neglect of the frontier meant that support for the rations was cut, and the Apache peace slowly broke down. While some of the land grants and remote ranches were abandoned in the face of renewed raiding, the Mexicans held on thanks to strong local leadership. There was even some economic expansion with mining at Arivaca and Patagonia. Tucson would serve as a sort of listening post, gathering intelligence from a network of native allies as far north as the Gila River, not only about the movements of hostile tribes beyond the frontier but also reports of increasing incursions from the United States. In April 1854, an American surveying party commissioned by railroad speculators found themselves witness to a spectacular battle. Tipped off by a surprisingly sophisticated network of spies, Captain Hilarión Garcia of the Tucson Presidio had gotten word of a planned raid against Calabazas and had concealed his soldiers and Apache allies for an ambush. Taking the enemy Apaches by surprise, Garcia completely routed the raiders. The presence of the Americans there was an indication that changes were afoot for the Santa Cruz Valley, and the battle represented the close of an era. Even as García and his men lay in wait at Calabazas, in far-away Mexico City, officials were negotiating the sale of a piece of Sonora, which included the Santa Cruz Valley, to settle an old dispute with the United States. The purchase was finalized in 1854, and Mexican soldiers withdrew in 1856. But this simple legal change in sovereignty could not erase the legacy of Spain and Mexico. The Spanish language remained dominant for decades after the United States flag had been raised, and families whose roots extend to the days of Spanish and Mexican rule remain prominent in the region. Most important, the Santa Cruz Valley remains a frontier in some ways, a unique borderlands cultural landscape where we share a common heritage with our neighbors in Mexico as well as in the United States. n
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Cruising for Santa Cruz Heritage Goods by Hilary Stunda
THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY offers scenic views, excellent food, plenty of history—and, on top of everything else, numerous places to shop that you won’t find the likes of anywhere else. Just across the way from the Mission San Xavier del Bac, for instance, is The Coyote Store, a small, understated gem with a general-store ambience featuring an array of handmade arts and crafts from local Tohono O’odham artisans. Beautiful woven baskets made from a mix of green and white yucca, devil’s claw, beargrass, and banana root; small wire baskets; ceremonial turquoise necklaces; and delicate silver hoop earrings and bracelets are among the highlights. Prices range from inexpensive sage smudge sticks to pricier purses and silver and turquoise belt buckles. A few unique items caught my eye: a ring in the shape of a butterfly ($136), a horsehair star ($148), and those signature grass baskets, which fetch as much as $420. These are unique items from a vibrant Native American culture. (1959 W. San Xavier Rd.; 520-434-0636.) On your way out of San Xavier back to the highway, take a left and pull in to the San Xavier CoOp Farm. Agaves and pomegranate trees line the dusty parking lot, while the store sells a variety of seasonal items and crops such as sweet Indian corn, tepary beans, squash, lentils, and melons. Traditional O’odham farmers made wide use of native plants such as saguaro fruits, mesquite tree beans, cholla buds, and mesquite—with sap from the last used in a delicious candy. Who would have thought the acorn-sized cholla seeds would find their way onto the spa menu at Canyon Ranch in a salad? All purchases support the health and economic vitality of the surrounding Wa:K community. (8100 S. Oidak Wog; 520-2953774; www.sanxaviercoop.org.) Head down to Tumacacori to the Santa Cruz Chili & Spice Company, a family-run business for 75 years. Here the products embody the unique and rich mix of Mexican and Southwestern heritages. Not only does the store sell everything you could possibly want in the way of Southwestern spices, but the company is actively creating new strains of chilies on their farms. Concocting chile flavors with poblano crosses, brown and mulato chile types, and flavor
differentials, Mexican, Spanish, South American, and Asian chiles, and much more, the Santa Cruz Chili & Spice Company celebrates spices as a culinary art form. (1868 E Frontage Rd, Tumacacori; 520-398-2591; www.santacruzchili. com.) While in Tumacacori, make sure to stop at a little Mexican place called Wisdom’s Cafe, originally opened in 1944 by Howard and Petra Gomez. It’s located just a bit north of the Tumacácori Mission, the site of a National Historical Park. The decor is funky, with memorabilia including sports trophies, antique typewriters, and notes from tourists. Don’t leave without having one of their “world famous fruit burros”—legend has it that a tortilla spread with jam fell into some hot cooking oil, and thus the world-famous treat was born. (1931 E. Frontage Rd., Tumacacori; 520-398-2397.) Wisdom has a second location in Tubac, too (4 Plaza Rd., 520216-7664). Along the frontage road between Tubac and Tumacacori, you’ll come across Tumacacori Mesquite Sawmill, a family run sawmill that has been providing velvet mesquite to craftsmen, artisans, woodworkers and hobbyists since 1982. Using the tree’s trunks, limbs, burls, remnants and slash, they adhere to responsible and managed mesquite harvesting guidelines. In addition to the huge inventory of raw mesquite offerings, visitors can observe the milling operation in process and peruse the gallery of fine finished mesquite products. The sawmill has been a source for providing mesquite to public end-users as well. You can find projects that have sourced their mesquite at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, Tohono O’dham Cultural Center, San Xavier Mission balcony, Old Tucson Studios and many more. (2007 I-19 Frontage Rd, Tumacacori; 520-398-9356; www.mesquitedesign.com) Tubac was established in 1752 as a Spanish presidio, the first Spanish colonial garrison in what is now Arizona. It became an art colony as far back as the 1930s, and that artistic heritage is still going strong. On the far east side of Tubac, a brief walk from the main historic site, you will come across La Paloma de Tubac, an adobe building featuring 10,000 items of Latin American folk art, the result of a thirty-five year relationship the owners have nurtured
continues... Photos: horsehair star at The Coyote Store; pottery at La Paloma de Tubac; saguaro seeds and cholla buds at San Xavier Co-op Farm store; boots in production at Paul Bond Boots; mesquite rounds at Tumacacori Mesquite Sawmill; and above, a traditional flute from High Spirit Flutes. June 2019 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 27
Z Santa Cruz Valley with families of folk artists in Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico. Discover Mata Ortiz pottery, Mexican Talavera style lead-free dinnerware, textiles, silver jewelry, and fun clothing. (1 Presidio Drive, Tubac; 520-398-9231; www. lapalomadetubac.com.) “One would never suspect that in Arizona, especially southern Arizona, not far from the Mexican border as well as the historic cowboy town of Tombstone, there would be vineyards making wines as interesting and distinctive as those from Callaghan Vineyards,” said Robert Parker, the famed wine writer, when he gave the vineyard’s red blend, Buena Suerte, a 90-point rating. But here, among the rolling oak-dotted hills of southeastern Arizona, at an elevation of 4,800 feet, Callaghan Vineyards produces rich, complex red and white wines from its 25-acre vineyard. Since the first vintage in 1991, Callaghan has received accolades from the most respected wine writers and publications in the world. Callaghan 2013 Caitlin’s, a Petit Verdot–based blend, was served at the White House Governors’ Dinner in January 2017, while Callaghan 2004 Claire’s, a blend of Mourvedre, Syrah, and Petite Sirah, was served at President George W. Bush’s dinner for retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. (336 Elgin Road, Elgin; 520-455-5322; www.callaghanvineyards.com.) Cruising the Santa Cruz Valley without stopping by High Spirit Flutes, in the charming little town of Patagonia, would be like going to Paris and not having a croissant. The native flute embodies the musical heritage of the valley and happens to be one of the easiest instruments to learn. In fact, no experience is necessary. The flute makers at High Spirit are purists. Using plantationgrown and sustainable aromatic Spanish or Western cedar woods, their aim is to create a flute voice with a full tone that is accurately tuned. Their expertise lies in knowing which wood works best for the level of play. The price follows accordingly. A beginner flute—the Sparrow Hawk in the key of A or the Whitetail Hawk in the key of B—runs for $125, while you can expect to pay as much as $585 for a Spanish Cedar Contrabass F#. Sound confusing? Don’t worry. The guys at High Flutes will explain nuances of pitch, tone and frequency and make sure you leave with the right instrument. (714 Red Rock Ave., Patagonia; 520394-2900; www.highspirits.com.) Separated by an international border, the two communities of Nogales, called Ambos Nogales, share cultures, heritages, economies, and identities. The Nogales “Little” Mercado is a weekly farmer’s market, open on Fridays from 10:00 to 4:00, where local growers and vendors offer fresh and healthy food options to the community. Take a casual stroll to socialize with the different vendors for an authentic experience (250 N. Grand Ave., Nogales). And everyone should have a pair of cowboy boots in their closet if they want to be at home in Arizona. Another Nogales must-see, Paul Bond Boots, has been making custom boots for movie stars, politicians, executives, and country music stars for sixty-five years. Want a hot pink and yellow Día de Los Muertos image on the front of your black calfskin boots? Just pony up $1,675. How about some canary yellow vintage boots to peek beneath your wedding dress? They’re only $1,115. These guys know how to match texture to lifestyle. The variety of skins astounds: basic calfskin, Italian kangaroo, bison, shark, lizard, python, stingray, Nile crocodile, or American alligator, the last of which is considered the top of the line exotic choice. There’s a reason why international orders pour in from Australia, Canada, Germany, France, England, and the United Arab Emirates, among other lands (915 W. Paul Bond Dr., Nogales; 520-281-0512; www.paulbondboots.com). The perfect counterpoint to the Paul Bond Boot store is the no-nonsense Teddy’s Leather, the kind of place where you might find cowboys and cowgirls looking for a new spur, a trapper’s pocket knife, snap-button shirts, or accessories like Crumrine belts. If you like the Western look, this is your place (626 N. Morley Ave.; 520-287-3417; www.teddysleather.com. n
Photos: Santa Cruz Chili & Spice Company roadside sign; Wisdom’s Cafe’s world famous fruit burros; old sewing machine and lasts at Paul Bond Boots; grapes at Callaghan Vineyards.
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The Santa Cruz Valley’s Mysterious Stranger by Gregory McNamee
From the time Europeans first arrived in what is now Arizona, the region’s lore has been full of tales of lost gold mines and forgotten treasures, of “Apache gold and Yaqui silver,” in the renowned folklorist J. Frank Dobie’s words. There’s the Lost Dutchman Mine in the Superstitions, a trove of gold ingots tucked away somewhere in the Huachuca Mountains, and the rich vein of gold awaiting a miner’s pick in the remote country northeast of Yuma, and—well, the list goes on and on. Occasionally a find will lend credence to such stories, a coin unearthed, an old mine discovered. But more often than not, the stories are the real treasure to be found, gems of local imagination that seem designed to stretch the credulity of audiences. In 1891, the Phoenix Republican contributed to the lode of legend by reporting a mysterious encounter in Tucson. It seems that Judge William H. Barnes, chiefly known for his ability to make endless speeches on civic themes, had received a late-night visit from a gaunt man in vestments who had a curious tale to tell. The man, who said he was a priest, produced a map that he claimed to have found in the vault of a church in his native country of Spain. Etched with strange-sounding words that were quite familiar to the good judge—Tumacacori, San Xavier del Bac, Nogales—the map had led the priest to Arizona Territory and the doorstep of a vast treasure. The priest asked Judge Barnes to recommend the services of a few good churchgoing men to help him in his quest. When he had assembled them, the priest led the company off to Tumacacori Mission, twenty miles north of the Mexican border and a historic hallmark of the Santa Cruz Valley. There one of the men produced a shovel and dug a hole not far from the ancient church— but “not far” is a matter of interpretation, as we’ll see. The priest descended into a small hidden chamber and hauled up a few metal cases full of gold bullion. That was all he needed to feed the poor of his parish, he said. He asked the men to help him carry the suitcases back to the Southern Pacific Railroad depot in Tucson, adding that they could keep the rest of the trove for themselves. The party went to Tucson, and the priest returned to Spain, bullion in hand, having left a small donation at Saint Augustine Cathedral in downtown Tucson. So the Phoenix newspaper reported, adding that a few days later, the party went back to Tumacacori, only to find that “either the landmarks had changed or they did not follow the directions of the chart closely.” (You’d think the ground “not far” from the church would still be disturbed, but this story requires us to suspend disbelief.) Judge Barnes procured the map and went to Tumacacori himself, but had no luck. That map, of course, has long since disappeared, which is just the way these things are supposed to work out, as the National Treasure films assure us. None of the original excavating crew ever owned up to having taken part in the mission. No park ranger at Tumacacori has suddenly retired and sailed off on a yacht to explore the world. We can assume only that the treasure still lies buried somewhere alongside the Santa Cruz River, awaiting some lucky finder. The Republican reporter, by the way, assured his readers that, through his source, he knew exactly where the mine was—but he wasn’t telling. n June 2019 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 31
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performances Z Mike Moynihan and his band Purple Spectre, a modern jazz fusion quintet featuring The University of Arizona School of Jazz, Director of Jazz Studies, Dr. Angelo Versace on Rhodes organ along with electric bass, sax, trumpet, and drums, performs on August 16 at the Friday Night Live Jazz Concert Series, Main Gate Square. Purple Spectre also has a album release party on Friday, July 12, 7:00pm - 9:30pm at The Screening Room.
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE JAZZ CONCERT SERIES
A series of free jazz concerts with local musicians, through August 30. 7:30pm. Geronimo Plaza in Main Gate Square, 814 E. University Blvd. See website for more information. MainGateSquare.com
THE GASLIGHT THEATRE Space Trek, June 6 through August 25. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 520-886-9428. TheGaslightTheatre.com
HELIOS ENSEMBLE I Was Glad, June 22 at 7:00pm. Catalina Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway Blvd. 202-262-3634. HeliosEnsemble.org
ARIZONA FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC Michelle Abraham, Violin & Peter Takacs, Piano, June 5 at 7:00pm; Bin Hu, Guitar & Jing Xia, Guzheng, July 24 at 7:00pm. ArizonaChamberMusic.org
ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY Summer on Stage: She Kills Monsters July 25 at 7:30pm and July 27 at 2:00pm. Summer on Stage: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical July 26 at 7:30pm and July 27 at 7:30pm. Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. 520-884-8210. ArizonaTheatre.org
BALLET TUCSON BT2
Performance: Paquita, Mozart Melange (premiere), Patchwork. June 9 at 2:00pm. Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, 1737 E. University Blvd. 520903-1445. BalletTucson.org
CHAMBER PERCUSSION SEMINAR Tocalo Tucson! Concert. The Second Annual Chamber Percussion Seminar. On the Precipice, June 7 and Impacts and Impressions, June 8. 7:30pm. Free admission. Crowder Hall, The University of Arizona, 1017 N. Olive Rd. Music.Arizona.Edu
DESERT VOICES
Celebrating the Spectrum with Reveille Men’s Chorus, the Phoenix Women’s Chorus, the Phoenix Men’s Chorus, and Them Youth Ensemble. June 9 at 3:00pm. Arizona Theatre Company, 330 S. Scott Ave. DesertVoices.org
FOX THEATRE
Toby Slade of Haley Jane & Desert Rock Band SQWRL, June 8 at 7:00pm; A Mighty Wind (movie), June 15 at 7:30pm; Miranda Sings – Who Wants My Kid, June 16 at 7:00pm; Fox Literacy Event, June 22 & 25; Star Wars: Episode IV, June 28 at 7:00pm; Star Wars: Episode V, June 29 at 7:00pm; Star Wars: Episode VI at June 30 at 2:00pm. 17 W. Congress St. 520-624-1515. FoxTucsonTheatre.org
INVISIBLE THEATRE Sizzling Summer Sounds Cabaret Series at The Carriage House, July 8 to 21. All performances at 7:30pm at Janos Downtown Kitchen / Carriage House, 125 S. Arizona Ave. 520-882-9721. InvisibleTheatre.com
LAFFS COMEDY CAFFE Kabir Singh, June 7 & 8; John Hastings June 14 & 15. 2900 E. Broadway. 520-32-Funny. LaffsTucson.com
LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Appropriate
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, May 16 to June 15; Quirkus Circus & the Missing Ringmaster through June 9 in the Family Theatre. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 520-327-4242. LiveTheatreWorkshop.org
ODYSSEY STORYTELLING SERIES
Dissent, June 6. Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7:00pm. The Sea of Glass Center for the Arts, 330 E. 7th St. 520-730-4112. OdysseyStorytelling.com
ROGUE THEATRE Middletown by Will Eno. July 11 to 21. The Historic Y, 300 E. University Blvd. 520-551-2053. TheRogueTheatre.org
TUCSON POPS ORCHESTRA
Mariachi Aztlan de Pueblo High School with Guest Conductor Toru Tagawa, June 9; 1812 Overture with Guest Conductor David Hernandez Breton, June 16; Mother’s Day Make Up Concert, June 23. All concerts begin at 7:00pm. The DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center, Reid Park. TucsonPops.org
TUCSON IMPROV MOVEMENT
Different shows weekly. See website for details. 414 E. 9th St. 520-314-7299. TucsonImprov.com
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Z art galleries & exhibits
Jack Dykinga – Grand Canyon National Park, 1919 – 2019 opens June 18 and continues through September 7, with an opening reception and book signing June 22 from 7 to 10pm at Etherton Gallery. Photo ©️2019 Jack Dykinga, courtesy Etherton Gallery, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ. / North Canyon reflection pools with ribbon of water in the sculpted canyon.
ARIZONA PICTURE AND FRAME GALLERY Mark Daniels is on view June
DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN Arizona Highways and Ted DeGrazia will
13 to 15. Store hours: 8:30am to 6pm. Gallery hours: 6pm to 8pm. 4523 E. Speedway Blvd. 520-323-7711. AZPictureAndFrame.com
be on display through January 29, 2020. Desert Blooms continues through September 4. Celebrate DeGrazia’s birthday on June 14 with free admission from 10am to 4pm. Hours: Daily 10am-4pm. 6300 N. Swan Rd. 520-299-9191. DeGrazia.org
ANDREW SMITH GALLERY
Lee Friedlander: Dog’s Best Friend is on view through June 15. Hours: Tues-Sat 11am to 4pm. 439 N. 6th Ave. Suite 179. 505-9841234. AndrewSmithGallery.com
ARIZONA HISTORY MUSEUM Current exhibits include: Stories of Resilience; John Slaughter’s Changing West: Tombstone, Bullets, and Longhorns is on view to August 2019. Permanent Exhibits include: History Lab, Mining Hall, and Treasures of the Arizona History Museum. Hours: Mon & Fri 9am-6pm; Tues-Thurs 9am-4pm; Sat & Sun 11am4pm. 949 E. 2nd Street. 520-628-5774. ArizonaHistoricalSociety.org
ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM
Life Along the River: Ancestral Hopi at Homol’ovi closes June 29. Hopi Katsina Dolls: Changing Styles, Enduring Meanings closes July 27. One World, Many Voices closes September 14. Long term exhibitions include, The Resiliency of Hopi Agriculture: 2000 Years of Planting; Woven Through Time; The Pottery Project; Paths of Life. Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. 520-621-6302. 1013 E. University Blvd. StateMuseum.Arizona.Edu
CACTUS WREN GALLERY Some Like It Hot Art Show is June 8 from 9am to 2pm. Gallery hours: Everyday from 9am to 4pm. 2740 S. Kinney Rd. 520-437-9103. CactusWrenArtisans.net
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
Edward Weston’s Leaves of Grass is on view through November 30. Portrait of Poetry: Photographs and Video by B. A. Van Sise continues through November 23. CCP Summer Series: Images in Motion – Hugo Screening is June 22 from 1pm to 4pm. Hours: Tue-Fri 9am-4pm; Sat 1-4pm. 1030 N. Olive Rd. 520-621-7968. CreativePhotography.org
CONTRERAS GALLERY
Small Works opens June 1 with a reception from 6 pm to 9pm and continues through June 29. Hours: Tues-Sat 10am-3:30pm. 110 E. 6th St. 520-398-6557. ContrerasHouseFineArt.com
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY Small Things Considered – 27th Small Works Invitational is on view through June 22. Hours: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm; Sat 11am-4pm. 154 E. 6th St. 520-629-9759. DavisDominguez.com
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DESERT ARTISANS GALLERY For the Birds and Under a Spell Miniatures continue through July. Pop Up Show! with Dikki Van Helsland and Susan Libby opens June 1 from 11am to 4pm. Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 10am-1:30pm. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Rd. 520-722-4412. DesertArtisansGallery.com
ETHERTON GALLERY A Patterned Language: Matt Magee, Albert Chamillard, New Guinea Tribal Story Boards continues through June 15. Jack Dykinga – Grand Canyon National Park, 1919 – 2019 opens June 18 and continues through September 7, with an opening reception and book signing June 22 from 7 to 10pm. Hours: TuesSat 11am-5pm or by appointment. 135 S. 6th Ave. 520-624-7370. EthertonGallery.com
IRONWOOD GALLERY
Feathers: Solo Exhibition by Chris Maynard continues through July 7. Hours: Daily 10am-4pm. 2021 N. Kinney Rd. 520-883-3024. DesertMuseum.org
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY
Transiting 2 is on view to September 9, with a reception on August 29 from 5pm to 6:30pm. Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 520-626-4215. CFA.arizona.edu/galleries
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY NYX: The Collective is on view to June 20. Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 520-624-4215. CFA.arizona.edu/galleries
MADARAS GALLERY Gate Month is on view through the month of June. Hours: Mon-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm. 3035 N. Swan Rd. 520-615-3001. Madaras.com
MINI TIME MACHINE
Evolution of a Modelmaker: John A. Acker is on view through August 18. Borrowed Time / Borrowed Books opens June 4 and will be on display through September 16. Miniature Silver: The Helen Goodman Luri opens June 4 and continues through May 21, 2020. Tues-Sat 9am-4pm and Sun 12-4pm. 4455 E. Camp Lowell Dr. 520-881-0606. TheMiniTimeMachine.org
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Nik Krevitsky - A sampling of early Nik Krevitsky artworks from the 1940s-60s thru June 30 at Sunshine Shop’s Summer Salon, Sundays 10am to 2pm. Image: Nik Krevitsky, ‘Luminous Days are Forever’ 1969, Stitchery / Fiber Art, @Nik Krevitsky Estate 2019.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Selections from the University of Arizona School of Art, Groping in the Dark, and New Histories is on view through June 30. Hours: Weds-Sun 12-5pm. 265 S. Church Ave. 520-624-5019. MOCA-Tucson.org
PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY Philabaum & Phriends, featuring glass artists of Arizona, is on view through September 30. Summer Hours: Tues-Sat, 11am-4pm. 711 S. 6th Ave. 520-884-7404. philabaumglass.com
PORTER HALL GALLERY Quilts in the Gardens is on view in the Friend’s House Gallery through September 29. Hours: Daily 8:30am-4:30pm. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 520-326-9686. TucsonBotanical.org
RAICES TALLER 222 GALLERY Mujeres, Mujeres, Mujeres group exhibition of art by women is on view until June 8. Chubasco opens June 15 and is on view through July 27. Hours: Fri&Sat 1-5pm and by appointment. 218 E. 6th Street. 520-881-5335. RaicesTaller222.com
SOUTHERN ARIZONA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM Dinner in the Diner is currently on display featuring original china and silver service from the named first class Pullman trains. 414 N. Toole Ave. 520-623-2223. TucsonHistoricDepot.org
SOUTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR GUILD
Shy Artists’ Debut Show opens June 13 with a reception June 22 from 5pm to 7pm and is on view to July 21. Veterans’ Art Show opens July 25 and is on view through August 25. Hours: Tues-Sun 11am-4pm. Williams Centre 5420 East Broadway Blvd #240. 520-299-7294. SouthernAzWatercolorGuild.com
SUNSHINE SHOP
Summer Salon, Sundays 10am to 2pm. Nik Krevitsky – A sampling of early Nik Krevitsky artworks from the 1940s-60s. June 1 thru June 30. 2934 E. Broadway Blvd. SunshineShopTucson.com
TOHONO CHUL PARK
On the Desert: An Exploration of Fibers is on view in the Main Gallery through July 31. Permanent Collection: New Perspectives V is on view through July 31 in the Welcome Gallery. Debra Kay: The Mighty Saguaro is on view to June 9 in the Entry Gallery. Hours: Daily 9am-5pm. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 520-7426455. TohonoChulPark.org
TUCSON DESERT ART MUSEUM
Snap! Snapshots of History through Vintage Ads is on view to November 30. Ongoing exhibitions include: Desert Hollywood, Sacred Walls: Native American Muralism. Hours: Weds-Sun 10am-4pm. 7000 E Tanque Verde Rd. 520-202-3888. TucsonDArt.Org
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART Learning to See: Josef Albers is on view through July 7. Travelogue: Grand Destinations and Personal Journeys is on view through September 29. Ongoing exhibits include Selections from the Kasser Mochary Art Foundation; Asian Art; Native American Culture and Arts; European Art; Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art, Art of the American West; Art of the American Southwest; J. Knox Corbett House, and the La Casa Cordova. Hours: Tues-Wed & Fri-Sat 10am-5pm; Thurs 10am-8pm; Sun 12-5pm. 140 N. Main Ave. 520-624-2333. TucsonMuseumofArt.org
UA MUSEUM OF ART
Current exhibitions include: Vault Show is on view to August 25; Under the Moon is on view to July 7. Our Stories: High School Artists on view to August 18; Wander Around on view to June 16; 5 Minutes is on view to July 7. Ongoing exhibitions include, Highlights of the Permanent Collection and The Altarpiece From Ciudad Rodrigo. Hours: Tues-Fri 9am-5pm; Sat-Sun 12-4pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 520-621-7567. ArtMuseum.Arizona.Edu
UA POETRY CENTER Another Person’s Magic: Collaborative Books is on display to August 10. Hours: Mon & Thurs 9am-8pm; Tues, Weds, Fri 9am-5pm. 1508 E. Helen St. 520-626-3765. Poetry.Arizona.Edu
WILDE MEYER GALLERY Charmed I’m Sure is June 1 through June 30. Small to Medium is July 1 to 31. Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5:30pm; Thurs 10am-7pm; Sat 10am6pm; Sun 12-5pm. 2890 E. Skyline Dr. Suite 170. 520-615-5222, WildeMeyer.com WOMANKRAFT ART GALLERY It’s Raining Cats and Dogs! is on view through July 27 with receptions June 1 and July 6 from 7pm to 9pm. Hours: Weds-Sat 1-5pm. 388 S. Stone Ave. 520-629-9976. WomanKraft.org n
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june THIRD SATURDAYS THROUGH SUMMER DRIVE IN MOVIES
This summer on every third Saturday of the month, enjoy a free movie on the driving range. Set up a blanket or chairs but please leave pets home. Free admission. All ages. 7:15pm to 10pm. Oro Valley Community and Recreation Center, 10555 N. La Canada Drive. OroValleyAZ.gov Movies - June 15: Miracle; July 20: The Lego Movie: The Second Part; August 17: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
FRIDAYS IN JUNE COX MOVIES IN THE PARK
Free family friendly movies with entertainment, games, and a variety of food for purchase. Entertainment starts at 6pm, movie starts around 7:45pm. Reid Park DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center. 900 S. Randolph Way. Movies - June 14: Kung Fu Panda 3; June 28: Lego Movie 2; July 12: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World; July 26: Aquaman.
SATURDAYS IN JUNE COOL SUMMER NIGHTS
Beat the heat with fun family friendly science activities, nocturnal animal encounters, and cooler evening temps along with stunning sunsets. Check website for details. Bring a flashlight and explore the museum grounds. Regular admission rates apply. 5pm to 10pm. Through August 31. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd. 520-883-2702. DesertMuseum.org Nights - June 1: Dino Night; June 8: World Oceans Night; June 15: Pollinator Party!; June 22: Astronomy Night; June 29: Creatures of the Night
SAT 8 2ND SATURDAYS DOWNTOWN A free, family friendly urban block party! 5pm to 9pm street vendors, 6pm to 10pm stage performances. Performances, vendors, food trucks, and more. Free family friendly movie at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum. Downtown Tucson. 2ndSaturdaysDowntown.com
ASTRONOMY NIGHT Enjoy a summer night under the stars with Chuck Dugan, former Kitt Peak Guide and local astronomer. The night begins with a guided tour of the summer sky through 8” and 11” telescopes, followed by dinner provided by Chef Adam Puckle at The Café in Sonoita and a glass of wine. Tickets: $54.95. 6pm to 10pm. Flying Leap Estate Winery, 342 Elgin Rd. Elgin. 520-455-5499. FlyingLeapVinyards.com
LIGHT THE SKY LANTERN FESTIVAL A magical evening of release, with lanterns lighting the night skies. Bring a blanket or chairs. General admission: $55; kids ages 6 to 12; $15, additional lanterns: $15. 5pm to 10pm. See website for tickets and more information. 4600 N. Silverbell Rd. LighttheSkyEvents.com
SAT 14 TED DEGRAZIA’S BIRTHDAY
Stroll through the 10-acre gallery grounds and enjoy ice cream and cake in celebration of Ted DeGrazia’s birthday. Open to the public with free admission, cake and ice cream. 10am to 4pm. DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, 6300 N. Swan Rd. DeGrazia.org
SAT 14 – SUN 16 BISBEE
PRIDE WEEKEND Parade is Saturday, June 15 from 10am to 12pm. 520-432-2900. BisbeePride.com
SAT 15 BREW AT THE ZOO
Sample beers from more than 20 Arizona craft breweries and enjoy the attractive grounds of the zoo in the evening with all the other wild animals! Proceeds help support the Zoo’s educational programs and conservation efforts. Live music by Dos Suenos, Rarity Rock Radio, and Paul Jenkins. Games, activities, henna tattoos, and pub style food are available for purchase. 21 and up only with ID. Pre-sale pricing: $40 for members, $45 per person, $20 per designated drivers or $55 per person at the door and $50 for members at the door. 6:30pm to 9:30pm. 520-791-3204.
TUCSON 23 MEXICAN FOOD FESTIVAL A Mexican food festival celebrating Visit Tucson’s Best 23 miles of Mexican food in America. $65. 6pm to 9pm. JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass
TUCSON JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL
The 49th annual festival moves to the Tucson Convention Center this year! A family friendly day of education with entertainment, storytelling, retail and food vendors. Free admission. 10am to 9pm. 520-405-5826. Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave. Facebook.com/ TucsonJuneteenthFestival
SAT 15 & SUN 16 FATHER’S DAY CAR SHOW
Treat dad to an Old West weekend with free admission for men and boys all weekend. Antique car show on Sunday from 10am to 2pm, live stunt shows, whiskey tastings and BBQ for purchase, a zipline, and more fun activities to experience. 10am to 5pm. 520-883-0100. Old Tucson, 201 S. Kinney Rd. OldTucson.com
FRI 21 & SAT 22 SAGUARO FRUIT HARVEST
Gather saguaro fruits in the traditional O’odham manner and learn about the ecology of this icon, before finishing with a native foods lunch. Register online. $65 for members, $72 for non-members. 7am to Noon. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd. 520-883-2702. DesertMuseum.org
SAT 22 SURFAPALOOZA Surf’s up at the surf party of the season! Celebrate surf rock with a family friendly beach party featuring the Surfbroads, Shrimp Chaperone, and The Furys and a special tribute to Dick Dale. Fish tacos, ice-cold beer, beach balls, and surf rock. Free admission. 7pm to 10pm. 520-545-0577.
ONGOING MONDAYS MEET ME AT MAYNARDS
Southern Arizona Roadrunners’ Monday evening, non-competitive, social 3-mile run/walk, that begins and ends downtown at Hotel Congress, rain/shine/holidays included! Free. 5:15pm. 400 N. Toole Ave. 520-991-0733. MeetMeAtMaynards.com
THURSDAYS THIRD THURSDAYS
Every Third Thursday of the month, MOCA is open for free to the public from 6pm to 8pm. These themed nights feature different performances, music, hands-on art making activities, as well as a cash bar and food trucks. Free admission. 265 S. Church Ave. 520-624.5019. Moca-Tucson.org
FRIDAYS SUMMER NIGHT MARKET
Shop under the stars, on the last Friday of the month, May through September. Local vendors and your favorite MSA Annex shops, will extend their hours for the market evening. 267 S. Avenida del Convento. MercadoDistrict.com
SUNDAYS 5 POINTS FARMERS MARKET Every Sunday at Cesar Chavez Park. 10am to 2pm. 756 S. Stone Ave.
SECOND SUNDAZE
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Z tunes
What’s Live My Nominee Today Is…Myself by Jim Lipson
Indigo Girls – June 28, Rialto Theatre IF YOU ARE of a certain age and on Facebook, you’ve no doubt had friends who have participated in what’s simply known as the Album Challenge. It goes something like this... I was recently selected for the ALBUM CHALLENGE by ______ _______. In no particular order, choose 10 of your favorite albums, ONE per day which made an IMPACT on you. Post cover, NO explanation and nominate someone each day to do the challenge. My nominee today is: After seeing several of my friends’ postings, and then seeing them nominating everyone they know except me, I’ve decided to take things into my own hands. And as far as that business about no explanations or commentary, to heck with that because context is everything. So here then, in no particular order… Rubber Soul, Beatles, 1965 Released late in the year, it’s almost impossible to fathom the band was still touring when this LP was made, although it did have the distinction of being the first album they were able to record that was uninterrupted by touring. The combination of lyricism and songwriting backed by instruments no one had ever heard on a pop album before, like harmonium, fuzz bass and of course the sitar (on Norwegian Wood), showcased the talents of a band that was unlike anything we could have imagined. Tunes like “(Say) The Word,” “Girl,” “I’m looking through You,” and “In My Life” were light-years ahead of what they were performing on stage in their now, virtually unlistenable 25 minute sets. While the North American version of the album was stripped of tunes we would later come to know on Yesterday and Today (aka the Butcher Block album), US record buyers like me (or my older brother actually) were gifted with two fabulous unreleased tracks from the Help sessions, “I’ve Just Seen a Face” and “It’s Only Love.” 38 ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com | June 2019
Workingman’s Dead, Grateful Dead, 1970 – Years before I knew anything about the Dead—their connection to the Ken Kesey Acid Tests and their penchant for loud and long improvisational jams, I knew of this album— specifically, the magical rhythms and harmonies of “Uncle John’s Band,” the pedal steel on “Dire Wolf” and the iconic country licks of “Cumberland Blues.” Recorded at a time when the band was desperate to relieve itself of the excesses (and debilitating expenses) of previous studio albums Anthem of the Sun and Aoxomoxoa, this gem of perhaps the first example of Americana, exceeded all expectations. There is a great story of the band rushing a fresh acetate of Workingman’s (before release or production), into the San Francisco offices of Rolling Stone and playing it for Jann Wenner and his staff with a prideful sense of, “listen what we just did!” While this record contains some of their finest compositions, it is almost impossible to separate it from its companion piece, American Beauty, also recorded in 1970, so poignant, moving and magical, and every bit its equal. Chuck Berry’s Golden Decade, Vol I – Chuck Berry, 1967 - Granted this best of has all of the requisite hits. But it also showcases Berry as a blues guitarist with tracks such as “Wee Wee Hours,” “Deep Feeling” and “Havana Moon.” Also included are tunes that didn’t quite make the hit parade such as the jaunty “30 Days,” “Brown Eyed Handsome Man,” and Too Much Monkey Business.” His influence on the genre, more than adequately captured on these essential tracks, knows no bounds.
tunes Z Blue, Joni Mitchell, 1971 – Late last year, some kind of a poll of women’s music lauded Blue as the greatest women’s album of all time. Take out the word “women’s” and then they may have it right. It’s hard to imagine anyone more at the top of their game in terms of pure songwriting and song aesthetics. “California,” for her adopted home and “A Case of You” for her homeland of Canada are striking in communicating such rich imagery and emotion. “My Old Man,” “Carey,” and “The Last time I saw Richard,” are also stellar, but it’s the tune “River,” as the ultimate non-traditional Christmas song, that will forever endear this album to me. Volunteers, Jefferson Airplane, 1969 – An essential LP that more than anything else captured the essence of the counter culture, this is the quintessential Airplane release. Firing on all cylinders, Marty Balin, Grace Slick and Paul Kantner showed just why the A&R suits at RCA Records wanted to invest so heavily in touting this band as the definitive group to represent the so-called San Francisco sound. With opening guitar licks on the title track and “We Can Be Together” that are nearly identical, these two songs spouting the lyrics “Look what’s happening out in the streets/Got a revolution, Got to revolution and Up against the wall motherfuckers/Tear down the walls,” so well captured all of the anger, rage, aangst and optimism of the burgeoning Woodstock Nation. Guest musicians Nicky Hopkins on piano, along Stephen Stills and David Crosby, co-authors with Kantner on ‘Wooden Ships,’ give a rendition of that tune a more haunting and heartfelt vibe than its more wellknown arrangement by Crosby Stills & Nash. Jorma Kaukonen’s reading of “Good Shepard” makes this album a true classic. 11/17/70, Elton John, 1971 – Back in the day, pioneering progressive FM radio station WPLJ in New York City, would stage and air a monthly concert live from the mid-town A&R Recording studios. The station would usually book up-and-coming talent that few had heard of but were deserving nonetheless. It was November 17, 1970 when a relatively unknown piano playing Brit, backed only by bass and drums, literally brought down the house of about 100 fans of the radio station crammed into the studio. At the end of the performance, the keyboards were said to be covered with blood from John’s fingers, so furiously had he worked the piano. Captured on tape by an equally unknown engineer, Phil Ramone (who would also go on to great things), this recording showcases the extraordinary talent of John minus all of the bullshit of the soon to come notoriety, costumes and hype. A limited release LP, later reissued in the mid1990s with added bonus tracks, this album is still a bit of a collector’s item. Tapestry, Carole King, 1971 – Aside from how many records were sold and how long it was on the charts, this albums’ legacy, for me, was codified in my class of ’72 high school yearbook when the editors took the words to “So Far Away,” and used them in a pictorial montage of images that helped put a bow to our high school experience. It did not hurt that every one of these tunes, some written in the Brill Building with Gerry Goffin for other artists, were all brilliant and timeless as well. Everybody’s in Showbiz, the Kinks, 1972 – This album was made by what many Kinks aficionados consider to be the best version of the band, featuring John Gosling on piano and augmented by a three-piece horn section. A double LP, with one disc studio and one disc live, this incredibly underrated band is presented in grand fashion, warts and all, and with the quasi-title track, “Celluloid Heroes” showcasing Ray Davies and his mates at their absolute best. Aztec Two-Step, Aztec Two Step, 1972 – There are few debut albums that have wowed me as much as the one from this east coast folk duo which made a name for itself playing college campuses, mostly in the east, throughout most of the 1970s. For anyone familiar with this group, this album is a touchstone of major proportions. Between the songwriting of Rex Fowler, the guitar playing of Neal Schulman and the harmonies they made that bring these tunes to life, these songs, so well-crafted and delivered, remain vital and engaging a good 46 years on.
The Wild, The Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle, Bruce Springsteen, 1973 – Springsteen’s second studio album is not perfect with two tunes I hardly ever listen to. But it has got “Rosalita,” “Kitty’s Back,” “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy),” Incident on 57th St.” and the title track with its killer horn charts. While it may not be Born to Run (or perhaps because of that) this album still brings a joyous tear to my eyes. And finally, the obligatory honorable mentions…All Things Must Pass (George Harrison), Hot Rats (Frank Zappa), Live at the Fillmore East (Allman Brothers Band), Frampton’s Camel (Peter Frampton), Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads) and New Morning (Bob Dylan). OK, now I feel better. Slim pickins’ for June, arguably our hottest month… Clay Parker and Jodi James – June 4, Monterey Court – Two guitars and two exceptionally good voices will bring a level of intimacy to the Monty that should rival the experience of a house concert, showcasing two relative unknowns who are bound to make some new friends and fans. A pick-up date for this duo from Baton Rouge, LA, this free show will make for a fine evening of music. Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble, June 7 – Historically, Tucson is a town that loves its zydeco and so it will be a treat to experience this band for the first time. The son of Louisiana zydeco legend Jude Taylor, Curley and his band make a stop on their way to the Flagstaff Blues and Brews festival. Patty Griffin, June 7, Rialto Theatre – It’s one thing to be on the same bill with a lot of really well known artists. It’s quite another when they are actually recording and performing your songs. Griffin has had her work covered by a truly epic assortment of peers, among them Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Solomon Burke, Dixie Chicks, Kelly Clarkson & Jeff Beck, Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert, Melissa Etheridge and Susan Boyle, to name but a few. Seven Grammy nominations with one win. Not bad. Alejandro Escovedo, June 9, 191 Toole - Escovedo’s trailblazing career began with The Nuns, San Francisco’s famed punk innovators, to the Austinbased-based alt-country rock pioneers, Rank & File, to Texas bred darlings, True Believers, through countless all-star collaborations and tribute album appearances, and finally a series of beloved solo albums beginning with 1992’s acclaimed Gravity. (Still love Rank and File!) Tab Benoit – June 10, Rialto Theatre - Playing a variety of swamp-pop classics to gritty blues and rootsy jams, he received several cherished blues awards while earning a place in the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame. Describing his palate as a musical gumbo he says, “you do need to stir it a lot; sometimes you might burn the edges but it’s ok. The middle is going to be delicious.” Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears – June 11, 191 Toole – First off, how do you not love a band with a name like that? A Texas native, Lewis discovered his love for the blues & guitar work from an early age. “I grew up on hip-hop and whatever my dad was listening to—Springsteen, Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway and the like—but once I picked up the guitar I started getting into the deep cuts. Not your everyday blues man, his latest release, is described by his press as an exploration of the sordid trappings of ego, isolation, consumption, waste and war. Now that’s the blues. General Tcefary w/Santa Pachita – June 14, Rialto Theatre - This should be the hottest dance party of the month. With the General’s reggae sound rooted in the rhythms and melodies of West Africa, this is the perfect complement to the horn driven rhythms that fuse cumbias, salsa and ska of Tucson’s Santa Pachita. Indigo Girls – June 28, Rialto Theatre - With the release of their collaboration with the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra imminent, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are back on the road, this time fronting a band. Regardless of their set up, be it as a duo or more, these pioneering women, with their songs and harmonies, always deliver. n June 2019 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 39
Adam Townsend performs at Club Congress on Friday June 7.
LIVE MUSIC Schedules accurate as of press time. Visit the web sites or call for current/detailed information.
191 TOOLE 191 E. Toole Ave. rialtotheatre.com Sat 1: Xiu Xiu, Flor de Nopal Mon 3: Mystic Braves, Taco Sauce Thu 6: Nattali Rize, General Tchefary Fri 7: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Kid Congo, The Pink Money Birds, The Mission Creeps Sun 9: Alejandro Escovedo Tue 11: Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Amasa Hines Fri 14: General Tchefary, Santa Pachita, Rilen Out, Dan Stein Sat 15: The Felice Brothers, Jonathan Rice Thu 20: Bob Log III Sat 22: Cool Funeral, Rough Draft, Annie Jump Cannon, Big Bad
2ND SATURDAYS DOWNTOWN Congress Street, 2ndSaturdaysDowntown.com Sat 8: See web site for more information
BORDERLANDS BREWING 119 E. Toole Ave. 261-8773, BorderlandsBrewing.com See web site for more information
Photo courtesy liveandletdieshow.com.
Photo courtesy adamtownsendmusic.com.
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Live and Let Die: A Tribute to Paul McCartney appears at House of Bards on Saturday, June 8.
CHE’S LOUNGE
LA COCINA
FOX TUCSON THEATRE
350 N. 4th Ave. 623-2088, ChesLounge.com Sun 23: Little Cloud
201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351, LaCocinaTucson.com Sat 1: Nathaniel Burnside Sun 2: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 5: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 6: Freddy Parish Fri 7: Greg Morton & Friends, Oscar Fuentes Sat 8: Miguel Reyes, Oscar Fuentes Sun 9: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 12: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 13: Nancy & Neil McCallion Fri 14: Greg Morton & Friends Sat 15: Infinite Flame, Whole Milk Sun 16: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 19: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 20: Mitzi Cowell Fri 21: Greg Morton & Friends Sat 22: Freddy Parish Sun 23: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 26: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Fri 28: Greg Morton & Friends, Eugene Boronow Sun 30: Mik and the Funky Brunch
17 W. Congress St. 624-1515, FoxTucsonTheatre.org Sat 8: Toby Slade of Haley Jane & Desert Rock Band SQWRL!
CLUB CONGRESS 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848, HotelCongress.com/club Sat 1: Gnash, Meet Me Downtown 5K After Party, Duo Vibrato, Prison Band Mon 3: Spiral Stairs, Fat Gray Cat Tue 4: Natural Velvet Wed 5: Dehd Thu 6: Divy, Demonyms, dfoRm Fri 7: Adam Townsend, Night Weather Sat 8: Rough Draft Sun 9: Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts, Lydian Osman Mon 10: Culture Abuse, Tony Molina, Dare Wed 12: Street Blues Family Sat 15: Metalachi, Armando Moreno Fri 21: Tropa Magica Sat 22: Surfbroads, Shrimp Chaperone, The Furys Mon 24: Big Business Wed 26: Sweet Knives, Lenguas Largas Fri 28: La Mera Candelaria, Sonido Tambó Sat 29: Fury, Diztort, Get A Grip, Construct
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FINI’S LANDING 5689 N. Swan Rd. 299-1010 finislanding.com Wed 5: Scott Kirby Fri 7: Merge Sat 8: Muffulettas Fri 14: Bryan Dean Trio
HACIENDA DEL SOL 5501 N. Hacienda Del Sol., 2991501, HaciendaDelSol.com See web site for information
HOUSE OF BARDS 4915 E. Speedway, 327-2011 houseofbards.com Wednesdays: Ladies Night with A2Z Mondays: Open Mic Sat 1: Bristol to Memory and I-Artifact Tue 4: Karaoke Sat 8: Live and Let Die: A Tribute to Paul McCartney Sun 9: Lilac Tue 11: Lecherous Nocturne, Ontogeny Fri 14: Velocity Sat 15: Bloodtrail, Never Reborn, Cerulean, Guardians Mon 17: Vicious Rumors Fri 21: Diamondbaxx Shake, Forget Conformity, The God Awful Truth Tue 25: Juliana Warkentin Wed 26: Akasha
The Surfbroads perform at Tap & Bottle on Thursday, June 27.
Photo courtesy theseaofglass.org.
Photo courtesy facebook.com/pg/The-Surfbroads.
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Louis Colaiannia & Friends appear at Sea Of Glass Center for the Arts on Saturday, June 15.
THE HUT
THE PARISH
THE ROCK
SKY BAR TUCSON
305 N. 4th Ave., 623-3200 www.facebook.com/TheHutTucson Saturdays: Mike & Randy’s 420 Show with Top Dead Center Sat 29: Mario Saravia, Mike and Randy’s 420 Show
6453 N. Oracle Rd. 797-1233 theparishtucson.com Mondays: jazz & blues Fridays: live local music Sundays: Andy Hersey
136 N. Park Ave. rocktucson.com Fri 21: D.R.I. Fri 28: The Jack, Public Enemy #1
MONTEREY COURT
PLAZA PALOMINO 2990 N. Swan Rd., 907-7325 plazapalomino.com See web site for information
1003 N Stone Ave (520) 622-8872 BWRoyalSun.com Sun-Tue: Happy Hour Live Music
PUBLIC BREWHOUSE
SAINT CHARLES TAVERN
209 N. Hoff Ave. 775-2337 publicbrewhouse.com Sun 2: Natalie Pohanic Wed 5: Kevin Pakulis Sun 23: Tiny House of Funk’s Funky Fourth Sunday
1632 S. 4th Ave (520) 888-5925 facebook.com/pg/ SaintCharlesTavern Sat 15: Little Cloud
536 N. 4th Ave, 622-4300. SkyBarTucson.com Tue 4: Tom Walbank Wed 5: Open Mic Fri 7: The Bennu Sat 8: Diluvio, Santa Pachita, Tonight’s Sunshine Tue 11: Songwriter Showcase, Steff Koeppen Wed 12: Open Mic Tue 18: Tom Walbank Wed 19: Open Mic Tue 25: Songwriter Showcase, Steff Koeppen Wed 26: Open Mic Fri 28: Cirque Roots
505 W. Miracle Mile, 207-2429 MontereyCourtAZ.com Sat 1: Oscar Fuentes, Wendy & The Boys Sun 2: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase, Wild Women Tue 4: Clay Parker & Jodi James Wed 5: Nick McBlaine & Log Trains Thu 6: Trouble In Wind Fri 7: Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble Sat 8: ROH Band Sun 9: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase, Paul Green & Midnight Blue Tue 11: Nancy Elliott & Ismael Barajas Wed 12: Eric Ramsey Thu 13: Touch of Gray Sun 16: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase Wed 19: Eric Schaffer & The Other Troublemakers Thu 20: Virginia Cannon Presents Thursday Night Live Sun 23: Sunday Brunch Music Sun 30: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase
RIALTO THEATRE 318 E. Congress St. 740-1000, RialtoTheatre.com Sat 1: The Music of the Buena Vista Social Club performed by Cafe Jaleo Fri 7: Patty Griffin Sat 8: Snow Tha Product, Castro Escobar, Jandro, James Elizabeth Mon 10: Tab Benoit, Eric Johanson Tue 11: The Offspring, Jonny Two Bags Wed 12: She Wants Revenge, MXMS, The Guidance Fri 14: Avatar Country, Devin Townsend, Dance With The Dead, Wed 19: Chromeo, Touch Sensitive Sat 22: ZOSO: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience Fri 28: Indigo Girls
ROYAL SUN LOUNGE
SAND-RECKONER TASTING ROOM 510 N. 7th Ave., #170, 833-0121 sand-reckoner.com/tasting-room Sat 1: Two Door Hatchback Fri 7: Heather Hardy Sat 8: Sabra Faulk Fri 14: Tiny House of Funk Sat 15: Eugene Boronow Duo Fri 21: Dan Stokes Sat 22: Big Grin Fri 28: Leila Lopez & Brian Green Sat 29: Adara Rae
TAP & BOTTLE 403 N. 6th Ave. 344-8999 TheTapandBottle.com Thu 6: Eb’s Camp Cookin’ Thu 13: The Wanda Junes Thu 20: Cadillac Mountain Thu 27: The Surfbroads
SEA OF GLASS CENTER FOR THE ARTS 330 E. 7th St., 398-2542 TheSeaOfGlass.org Sat 1: Primitive Dance Company Showcase Sat 15: Louis Colainnia & Friends June 2019 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 41
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