(Published in the Tucson Weekly, February 9, 2012.) by Ryan Kelly Arizona is celebrating 100 years of statehood on Feb. 14, and because a centennial only comes along once a century, 2nd Saturdays Downtown and other organizations have joined forces to put on a show worthy of the event. From Friday, Feb. 10, through Sunday, Feb. 12, Tucson’s downtown will be packed with musicians, street performers, history re-enactors and lots of outdoor activities. Music and other entertainment … [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...]
Tesoro: Live in Studio 2A
(Published by Zocalo Magazine on July 2, 2011.) Resistance is futile, the songs are too bewitching. The album, recorded at KXCI 91.3FM, consists of gorgeous notes adroitly composed and negotiated, sauntering from the enticing seduction of flamenco to jazz sensibilities. Tesoro calls it Flamenco Fusion. I dig that they fused in Tool’s “Forty-Six & 2” along with saluting Paco de Lucia, Chris Burton Jácome and Tito Puente. It’s been over five years since Tesoro issued a disc, and the … [Read more...]
The Power of Music
(Published by Zocalo Magazine on July 1, 2011.) Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song by Elena Mannes Walker Publishing Company (2011), 288 pages Science will not embrace visceral knowledge without evidence to back it. What humans, and our species’ ancestors, have innately known about the importance of music for hundreds of thousands of years is now being proven through modern science. Namely, that music and/or sound are fundamental aspects of individuals, societies, … [Read more...]
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