| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Four Corners FestivalPresented by Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance at La Encantada February 11-February 12, 2012 Experience one of the most unique events in Southern Arizona spanning the Four Corners of Skyline and Campbell Ave., in the upscale Tucson Foothills. Attendees will travel from corner to corner, experiencing live music, theatre and dance performances, fine art displays from regional and national artists, gallery tours, arts and crafts demonstrations and displays, wine tastings from vineyards across the region, inventive food and cocktail tastings from up to 15 restaurants, as well as fashion... | Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance | 02/11/12-
02/12/12 | Tucson |
Chris BlackPresented by Club Congress at Club Congress February 11-February 12, 2012 Chris Black's Drunk at the Funeral is a crashing, swooning new album of music for piano and percussion, and will see its release on Saturday, February 11th, at the historic Hotel Congress. Black will perform the new album in its entirety, aided and abetted by frequent collaborator Gabriel Sullivan (Taraf de Tucson) on drums, and other special guests.
| Club Congress | 02/11/12-
02/12/12 | Tucson |
Open HousePresented by Green Fields Country Day School at Green Fields Country Day School February 12, 2012 Green Fields Country Day School invites parents and students of all grades from kindergarten through 12th grade to an Open House. Those who are just curious to learn more about Southern Arizona's oldest independent day school are also welcome.
| Green Fields Country Day School | 02/12/12 | Tucson |
Michael GonzalesPresented by Plush at Plush February 12, 2012 Michael Gonzales has spent a great deal of time in our local music scene both as a musician and as the director of a local art gallery and all-ages venue, the now-closed Living Room. This talented singer-songwriter loves to play in front of new people using music as a way to encourage community and forge new friendships.
| Plush | 02/12/12 | Tucson |
Secret Agent 23 SkidooPresented by Arizona Centennial Commission at Fox Tucson Theatre February 12, 2012 Tu Nidito and Christina Taylor Green foundation present children's concert with Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, one of the most popular children's music acts in the U.S. with the number 2 children's album of 2011.
| Arizona Centennial Commission | 02/12/12 | Tucson |
| More Than a Month | Pima County Public Library | 02/13/12 | Tucson |
Al FoulPresented by Plush at Plush February 13, 2012 With a classic rockabilly style, and a course, gin-soaked voice, Arizona's Al Foul has just released a solo album. After one listen, you will be left swimming in images of crinoline and sideburns with a grin from start to finish.
| Plush | 02/13/12 | Tucson |
Exhibit Reception for BeMine: Collaborations between Writers and ArtistsPresented by University of Arizona Poetry Center at University of Arizona Poetry Center February 13, 2012 The Poetry Center plays matchmaker this February. In anticipation of its Poetry Off the Page symposium in May, they want to encourage the ommunity to see that poetry isn't always made up of only words, and also want to highlight the relationship that writers have to artists.
| University of Arizona Poetry Center | 02/13/12 | Tucson |
Celluloid Pueblo: Western Ways Film Service and the Invention of the Postwar SouthwestPresented by University of Arizona - Museum of Art at University of Arizona - Museum of Art February 16, 2012 Jennifer Jenkins, Ph.D., will talk and present rare film reels from the Western Ways film collection, archived at the Arizona Historical Society. Dr. Jenkins examines this time capsule of the Southwest and northern Mexico from the late 1930's to the late 1960's.
| University of Arizona - Museum of Art | 02/16/12 | Tucson |
Alexander Lapins: Tuba RecitalPresented by Pima Community College Center for the Arts at Pima Community College Recital Hall February 16, 2012 Pima Community College Music presents Northern Arizona University music faculty Dr. Alexander Lapins in a Tuba Recital. The varied and eclectic program features works by J.S. Bach, Schumann, Pilafian, Vincent Bach, Madsen, Penderecki and Ewazen. Lapins performs on contrabass and bass tubas, as well as the euphonium. His wife, Dr. Sharon Weyser, joins him in a suite for horn, tuba and piano by the composer Madsen. David Craig is accompanist.
| Pima Community College Center for the Arts | 02/16/12 | Tucson |
| Reading by Marie Howe | University of Arizona Poetry Center | 02/16/12 | Tucson |
Leila Lopez with Adam NixonPresented by Plush at Plush February 16, 2012 With a voice like vanilla coffee, bold but smooth, Leila Lopez has a Spanish Bossa Nova style with influence from Santana to the Gypsy Kings and Joni Mitchell.
| Plush | 02/16/12 | Tucson |
Twilight Bridal FairPresented by Tucson Botanical Gardens at Tucson Botanical Gardens February 17, 2012 As the sun goes down on the evening, come up to the Gardens and be captivated by all your wedding night possibilities. Experience the magically lit paths throughout the enchanted grounds as you relay your nuptial vision to your prospective officiant, baker, DJ and other possible wedding vendors.
| Tucson Botanical Gardens | 02/17/12 | Tucson |
The Arnold and Doris Roland Distinguished Speaker Series presents Threads through Time: The Art and History of the Navajo PeoplePresented by Arizona State Museum at Arizona State Museum February 17, 2012 Everyone is invited to enjoy this talk by Jackson Clark, third generation trader and owner of Toh-Atin Gallery in Durango, Colorado. With a remarkable depth of knowledge based on 40 years of interaction, Clark relates his and his family's encounters trading with the Navajo people. Humor, respect, and great appreciation punctuate Clark's very personal stories, as he uses examples of specific weavings as mileposts along the shared journey.
| Arizona State Museum | 02/17/12 | Tucson |
| 30th Anniversary Performance | Community Performing Arts Center Foundation | 02/18/12 | Green Valley |
| A Look at the People of the Old Kingdom Through the Written Word | American Research Center in Egypt - Arizona Chapter | 02/18/12 | Tucson |
Family Day, featuring The Physics Factory Presented by University of Arizona Poetry Center at University of Arizona Poetry Center February 18, 2012 The Physics Factory visits with their smoke ring apparatus, whirling-disk electrostatic generator, and other gismos. Participants will work with mathematicians and scientists to produce vivid lightning-like sparks, smoke rings, and other phenomenon and writers will be on hand to guide in crafting original writing inspired by these fun experiments.
| University of Arizona Poetry Center | 02/18/12 | Tucson |
Bag It!Presented by The Loft Cinema at The Loft Cinema February 18, 2012 Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes, disposable bags that they throw away without much thought. But where is away? Where do the bags and other plastics end up, and at what cost to the environment, marine life and human health?
| The Loft Cinema | 02/18/12 | Tucson |
Health FairPresented by The Heart Center of Southern Arizona at The Heart Center of Southern Arizona February 18, 2012 Join the Heart Center for morning coffee, snacks, and heart health activities. Talk with cardiologists and other health care providers, health screening available, lots of information and giveaways. There will be 20+ booths, a live radio broadcast, raffles and freebies.
| The Heart Center of Southern Arizona | 02/18/12 | Tucson |
Billy SedlmayrPresented by Plush at Plush February 19, 2012 Billy Sedlmayr is one of the pioneers of Tucson punk and new-wave music, (he) played pivotal roles as a drummer and singer in seminal local acts The Pedestrians and Giant Sandworms during the early 1980s.
| Plush | 02/19/12 | Tucson |
Delightful Diversions: The Great GatsbyPresented by Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance at Park Place Mall February 19, 2012 The Great Gatsby is at once titillating, fascinating and shocking in its portrayal of The Jazz Age that was soon to disappear from the American landscape. In this first authorized adaptation since 1926, Simon Levy brings the humor, irony, pathos and loveliness of F. Scott Fitzgerald's American classic to the stage. The story's sharp depiction of the "American Dream" resonates anew for each generation.
| Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance | 02/19/12 | Tucson |
Anthropogeomorphological Extrapolations - The Center for Land Use Interpretation on the GroundPresented by Center for Creative Photography at Center for Creative Photography February 20, 2012 In this lecture Coolidge will take the audience on a virtual tour through a range of built landscapes, in an attempt to extract meaning from the pits and piles that surround you. In this lecture Matthew Coolidge will take the audience on a virtual tour through a range of built landscapes, in an attempt to extract meaning from the pits and piles that surround you. He is the director of the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), which has been constructing stories out of the intentional and... | Center for Creative Photography | 02/20/12 | Tucson |
Hank ToplessPresented by Plush at Plush February 20, 2012 Singer and guitarist Hank Topless revels in reptile-booted, over-the-top country singer fashion. It is this fashion sense mirrored in the type of music Hank peddles: some of the best honky-tonk and classic country tunes ever penned and some damn-well written originals too. These odes are delivered with one of the sweetest country voices in Arizona, possibly the Southwest.
| Plush | 02/20/12 | Tucson |
Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for our TimePresented by The Loft Cinema at The Loft Cinema February 20, 2012 See the first full-length, high-definition documentary ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold and his environmental legacy! Green Fire shares highlights from his extraordinary career, explaining how he shaped conservation and the modern environmental movement.
| The Loft Cinema | 02/20/12 | Tucson |
| Tucson Lecture Series - Imam Didmar Faja: Islam: An Introduction | Foundation for Inter-Cultural Dialogue - Tucson | 02/20/12 | Tucson |
Marriage Italian StylePresented by The Loft Cinema at The Loft Cinema February 19-February 21, 2012 Domenico, a successfull businessman, with an eye for the girls, begins an affair with Filumena when she is 17 years old. She becomes a prostitute, but also becomes the mistress of Domenico. He eventually sets her up in an apartment, and she works for him in his various businesses. She secretly bears three children, who are raised by nannys. Domenico starts planning to marry a young employee.
| The Loft Cinema | 02/19/12-
02/21/12 | Tucson |
Shakespeare's SongsPresented by University of Arizona Poetry Center at University of Arizona Poetry Center February 21, 2012 "O, stay and hear" as poet, vocalist, and Poetry Center staff member Sarah Kortemeier leads a discussion of the songs of William Shakespeare. From cowslips and daisies to lovers and fools, Shakespeare's songs continue to delight and have inspired countless contemporary musical interpretations.
| University of Arizona Poetry Center | 02/21/12 | Tucson |
Lost Angels: Skid Row is my HomePresented by The Loft Cinema at The Loft Cinema February 21, 2012 As many as 10,000 mentally ill people live on the streets or in low-income housing all within one-square mile of Downtown, in an area known as Skid Row. Like the hundreds of thousands of other such individuals in every other city in America, they live all around them many without hope and without support.
| The Loft Cinema | 02/21/12 | Tucson |
SerpePresented by Plush at Plush February 22, 2012 Michael John Serpe is a crap shoot, you never know what you'll get; one night you can walk into a bar and he's picking sweet lullabies on his guitar; next night he's up on a table hooting like a crazed street preacher. It's as if Nick Drake and Tom Waits were the split personalities of one guy. One thing for sure, whether by himself or with his band, he's always entertaining.
| Plush | 02/22/12 | Tucson |
| Prose Series: Daniyal Mueenuddin | University of Arizona Poetry Center | 02/24/12 | Tucson |
International celebration: Commedia dell'Arte DayPresented by Illegitimate Theatre Ensemble at University of Arizona - Alumni Plaza February 25, 2012 The annual Commedia dell'Arte Day is celebrated by the Italian Commission of UNESCO and the Italian Center of International Theatre Institute (ITI). It was conceived to promote knowledge of this global theatrical language, which is still performed today throughout the world and to prove the existence of an international community that recognizes itself as a part of this tradition. Commedia dell'Arte Day is organized by SAT, a cultural association made up of Commedia dell'Arte professionals, and... | Illegitimate Theatre Ensemble | 02/25/12 | Tucson |
International celebration: Commedia dell'Arte DayPresented by Illegitimate Theatre Ensemble at The Rogue Theatre February 25, 2012 The annual Commedia dell'Arte Day is celebrated by the Italian Commission of UNESCO and the Italian Center of International Theatre Institute (ITI). It was conceived to promote knowledge of this global theatrical language, which is still performed today throughout the world and to prove the existence of an international community that recognizes itself as a part of this tradition. Commedia dell'Arte Day is organized by SAT, a cultural association made up of Commedia dell'Arte professionals, and... | Illegitimate Theatre Ensemble | 02/25/12 | Tucson |
Oro Valley Spring Festival of the ArtsPresented by Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance at Oro Valley Marketplace February 25-February 26, 2012 During one of the busiest shopping times of the year, Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, will present a one-of-a-kind experience this season at Oro Valley Marketplace?where shoppers can discover local artwork and vegetarian-options for food in an eco-friendly shopping center. The festival will take place at the new, environmentally-responsible 115-acre shopping destination. On the southwest corner of Oracle and Tangerine roads?attendees can find unique and hand-made holiday gifts,... | Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance | 02/25/12-
02/26/12 | Oro Valley |
| Blues Sunday | Saint Mark's Presbyterian Church | 02/26/12 | Tucson |
Michael P.Presented by Plush at Plush February 27, 2012 Soul, funk. jazz, honky-tonk and early '60s-inspired rock meld seamlessly together in the music of multi-instrumentalist Michael P.
| Plush | 02/27/12 | Tucson |
| Art Gallery - Wish You Were Here - Etherton Gallery | Pima County Public Library | 02/01/12-
02/29/12 | Tucson |
| Art Gallery - Arizona Geological Survey | Pima County Public Library | 02/01/12-
02/29/12 | Tucson |
| Annual High School Art Invitational | Pima County Public Library | 03/01/12 | Tucson |
National Poetry Out Loud Southern Arizona Regional FinalsPresented by University of Arizona Poetry Center at University of Arizona Poetry Center March 1, 2012 Don't miss this last chance to watch and listen to great poetry performed in dramatic fashion by high school students throughout Southern Arizona as they compete for the chance to proceed to the State and National Finals competition. The event will be hosted by nationally renowned cartoonist and columnist for the Arizona Daily Star David Fitzsimmons.
| University of Arizona Poetry Center | 03/01/12 | Tucson |
Mary Virginia Swanson: Ansel Adams: Advocate for American PhotographyPresented by Center for Creative Photography at Center for Creative Photography March 1, 2012 Mary Virginia Swanson worked closely with Ansel Adams during her tenure as director of education at The Friends of Photography (1980-1984), an organization that Adams co-founded and served as Chair of the Board of Directors until his death in 1984. She will discuss Adams's life-long contributions to the broad acceptance of photography as an art form and will chart his passion for sharing his love of the medium throughout his career.
| Center for Creative Photography | 03/01/12 | Tucson |
Just for Kids - If You Could Talk to the AnimalsPresented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Town Hall March 3, 2012 Come one, come all and celebrate the lives of animals with the TSO Wind Quintet. Take a wild adventure with them as they meet tigers, crocodiles, a rhinoceros, a gorilla and even a dragon! Dress up in your favorite animal costume or just bring your favorite stuffed friend. Non-stop fun beginning to end!
| Tucson Symphony Orchestra | 03/03/12 | Sahuarita |
Katherine Gregg: Guideposts and AnchorsPresented by Tucson Tamale Company at Tucson Tamale Company January 9-March 3, 2012 A series of mixed-media paintings featuring grayscale fields with markings that show a mix a mix of Middle Eastern and Asian influences.
| Tucson Tamale Company | 01/09/12-
03/03/12 | Tucson |
| Spirit of Rodeo Shared in Images | Tucson International Airport | 01/05/12-
03/03/12 | Tucson |
| Michelle Stuttgen | Fluxx Studio and Gallery | 02/15/12-
03/03/12 | Tucson |
Tucson Cine Mexico 2012: The Mexican Suitcase / La Maleta Mexicana Presented by Hanson Film Institute at Harkins Theatres Tucson Spectrum 18 March 3, 2012 Arizona premiere of The Mexican Suitcase, which tells the story of the recovery of 4,500 negatives taken by photographers Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and David Seymour during the Spanish Civil War. The film follows the journey of these negatives to Mexico, images as exiles, recovered seventy years later and brings together three narratives: the suitcase, the exile story, and how people in Spain today address their own past, 30 years after transition.
| Hanson Film Institute | 03/03/12 | Tucson |
FUISIONfest AZPresented by Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance at Pima Community College Northwest Campus March 3-March 4, 2012 Celebrating the diverse cultural art forms from around the world! FUISIONfest AZ is a two day festival that explores the rich artistic elements of our diverse and expansive global cultures. Explore the colorful and exotic flavors, sights and sounds from every corner and continent across the world while visiting the beautiful Pima Community College Northwest campus. The festival will feature cultural pavilions presenting culinary arts, fashion, visual arts and crafts, film and digital art,... | Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance | 03/03/12-
03/04/12 | Tucson |
Ben SiemsPresented by Plush at Plush March 4, 2012 Best known as the leader of the Minneapolis-based jazz trio, The Willie August Project, Ben Siems has produced an incredibly diverse catalog of original music, ranging in style from the simplest acoustic guitar folk tunes to the most sophisticated, large-ensemble modern concert works.
| Plush | 03/04/12 | Tucson |
Black Jackalope EnsemblePresented by Plush at Plush March 6, 2012 Black Jackalope Ensemble is a great new contemporary jazz outfit featuring members of Faster Than Light.
| Plush | 03/06/12 | Tucson |
Ben SiemsPresented by Old Town Artisans at Old Town Artisans March 7, 2012 Since January 2010, live music fans in Tucson have caught fleeting glimpses of a visitor from the North, jazz guitarist Ben Siems. Siems has paid multiple visits to Sonoran country, dazzling audiences with both his virtuosic playing and his distinctive repertoire of award-winning original compositions
| Old Town Artisans | 03/07/12 | Tucson |
Coffee with the CuratorsPresented by Arizona State Museum at Arizona State Museum March 7, 2012 Join them for a cup of coffee and informal conversation with Jannelle Weakly, ASM photo collections curator, who shares some of her favorite highlights from the museum's extensive photographic collections.
| Arizona State Museum | 03/07/12 | Tucson |
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