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Category Archives: Art and Culture
Tucson Thrift Stores & Sewing Secrets
Staring at me, on a sundries table of a Tucson thrift store, were several of these perfectly packaged sewing and needle kits, circa 1950s Japan. I also scored some beautiful glass beads from “West” Germany and needle kits from England. … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Crafts, Sewing, Tucson
Tagged 1950s, crafts, sewing, thrift stores, Tucson
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Tucson Boneyard Project, Scene & Heard Last Night
Art is interactive space. It stirred appreciation, music, style and community, as well as discussion, last night at the Pima Air and Space Museum. The artful exhibit is on through May and is curated/created by Eric Firestone. More images are … Continue reading
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Arizona Centennial Celebration & Tucson Gem Show Fever
It’s the Arizona Centennial – what better way to celebrate then through the 2012 Tucson Gem, Mineral, Fossil, Rock and Bead shows’ madness underway now through February. This great event has been around since the mid-1950s, when two rockhounds from … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Nature, Tucson
Tagged Arizona, Arizona Centennial, minerals, nature, rocks, Tucson
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Around Tucson’s Table of Tradition: Grateful for Small and Local
This weekend, it’s appropriate to reflect on localism and our reinvestment in all things local. From native ingredients that satisfy the foodie culture, to new respect for local nature, arts and culture — America is paying homage to the close-up … Continue reading
Tradition, Tucson, Día de Los Muertos
As we approach Día de Los Muertos, it becomes time for all of us to reflect and celebrate traditions and the legacies of those who have gone before. For me it is a time of family, of thanksgiving. It … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Desert Environment, Tucson
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El Dia de San Juan, Praying for Monsoons in Tucson
It’s June 24 — and that means today we pray for the monsoons. El Dia de San Juan is a holiday begun from legends. In 1540 on this day, Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez Coronado prayed for rain while gazing out … Continue reading
Random Tucson
I pick up my iPhone more than my pen these days. I see stories everywhere and snap the image I hope conveys the story I see. An old motor court stirring again, a vehicle so joyful in its colors and … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Desert Environment, iPhone pix, Tucson
Tagged barrio, desert, iPhone pix, motor courts, Tucson
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Beading Lore, Tucson Gem & Mineral Show
Hand-made. Hand-painted. Historic. Traded. Hand-strung. There is a romance to beads that was celebrated in Tucson this month. Bead enthusiasts including dealers, buyers, artists and historians joined in a celebration of gems and minerals and other assorted wonders including beads. … Continue reading
Savoring Family Traditions
One of the best gifts of the season is the opportunity it gives us to celebrate family traditions and to forge new ones. This season is a banquet for the senses and I bless all the sounds, smells and sights … Continue reading
A Most Honored Tucson Procession
The Tucson All Souls Procession — begun in 1990 by an artist who wanted to tie in with the region’s lovely Dia De Los Muertos traditions and at the same time remember her dad who had just died — is … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, festival, folklife, sustainable community, Tucson
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