(Published by Tucson Weekly on May 9, 2013.) 2nd Saturdays Downtown Celebrates its 3rd Anniversary 6:30 p.m., Saturday, May 11 Downtown Tucson 2ndsaturdaysdowntown.com Since its start in May 2010, 2nd Saturdays Downtown has served the Tucson community by bringing local entertainers together for free performances on the second Saturday of every month. This weekend, the third anniversary of the shows will be celebrated. "What makes my job easy is the quality of musicians and talent … [Read more...]
Stuart Oliver & The Desert Angels
(Published by Zocalo Magazine on March 19, 2013.) Sheddin’ Every Skin (Old Bisbee Records) If you’re free on Sundays and music is your temple of wry reflections tied to sin and hopeful, redemptive contemplation… then spin this album. It’s a collection of 14 stories that are beautifully composed, performed and arranged. Stuart Oliver paints notes and words on time and space, ageless motifs of humanity’s dukkha (nature of suffering) and deliverance. To rip right from the press release, this … [Read more...]
The 1960s: Urban Renewal and Barrio Destruction
This article was part of a special February 2012 Zocalo Magazine issue commemorating the 100th anniversary of Arizona’s statehood. The complete section of Tucson snapshots over the last 10 decades is at this link. No discussion about Downtown Tucson over the last 100 years would be complete without paying homage to Los Tucsonenses and the late 1960s decimation of la calle – 80 acres of Downtown that was once a culturally diverse residential and business district. Tucsonenses, as … [Read more...]
Downtown Tucson Celebrates Arizona Centennial with Three Days of Festivities
By Teya Vitu If you’re a fan of the monthly 2nd Saturdays events, you’ll be three times the fan of the Arizona Centennial Celebration Downtown Tucson that will fill Downtown streets and venues February 10, 11 and 12. If you’ve somehow never made it to 2nd Saturdays, this is the perfect chance to come Downtown for the Centennial party and see how much at least 15 thousand Tucsonans have on a monthly basis. “It’ll be 2nd Saturdays on steroids,” said Fletcher McCusker, the godfather of … [Read more...]
Rooted in Community
(Published by Zocalo Magazine on July 5, 2011.) “Sparkroot is a concept that I have been mulching in my mind for years,” says Ari Shapiro of his latest Downtown venture, set to open in early August at 245 E. Congress St., at 5th Avenue. “It’s essentially the kind of space that I crave as a customer that I don’t feel really exists. The heart and soul of it is a coffee shop, but it’s a coffee shop that brings elements of a restaurant into it.” Shapiro, who is also the proud founder and … [Read more...]
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