There’s going to be a shootout at Tucson Speedway Saturday night, April 11. It’s officially Top Gun Western Night at the 3/8-mile paved oval about 15 miles south of downtown Tucson and 60...
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The Vail Chorale Presents “Here Comes the Sun” April 22, 23
We cordially invite the Greater Vail Community to join us in celebrating the end of a particularly long, cold, gloomy winter (to...
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Event listings for Nov. 2022
Oct 31 – Dec 11 / During Business Hours. Arby’s Fundraiser for Vail Food Bank. 10115 E Old Vail Rd. ResourcesVail.org Nov 1 – Dec...
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Events listings
Monday, August 1, 2:30 p.m.Arizona Senior Academy —Lecture by Emma Califf, Invertebrate Keeper, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum...
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Juneteenth Festival in Tucson, 50 Years of Celebrating
By Larry Starks The Tucson Juneteenth Festival Celebrated its 51st annual Celebration on June 19, 2021. Due to COVID regulations...
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Bioregions – What Are They and Why Do They Matter?
We live at a specific place, often defining ourselves by address or “how far we are” from X. More broadly though, we live in the Rincon Valley, a bioregion of Saguaro Park summits and...
“Visions of America” – Photographing Democracy
Imagine if you had the idea of exploring the meaning of democracy through the lens of a camera. Where would you go? What would you shoot? That was the dream of Joseph Sohm, a student and...
Life in Our Solar System? The Search Continues
When Renaissance scholars figured out that the other planets, like Earth, orbit the Sun, an immediate assumption was that they are inhabited worlds. But over the past 50 years, spacecraft...
Cellist Offers ‘Vignettes’ from Debussy to Bernstein
In his debut recital as newly appointed cello professor at the University of Arizona, cellist Theodore Buchholz presents “Kaleidoscope: Vignettes for Cello and Piano.” His 11:30 a.m...
Searching for Extraterrestrial Life
Written by Mike Maharry, Academy Village Volunteer Are We Alone in the Universe? That question rises above all others when it comes to our place in a vast and ancient Universe. With a...
Collegium Musicum to Perform Requiem Mass
Written by Leslie Nitzberg, Academy Village Volunteer The University of Arizona’s Collegium Musicum presents a choral concert at the Arizona Senior Academy on Monday (March 30), beginning...
Talk to Describe ‘Two Years in Micronesia’
Written by Fred Neidhardt, Academy Village Volunteer Imagine a sovereign country, a full voting member of the United Nations, whose citizens speak a dozen distinct languages, but which uses...
Easter Events in Tucson 2015 – Rita Ranch and...
Looking for the Easter events in Tucson 2015 edition for Rita Ranch and Vail? Turns out, there are several events and hot spots where you can take the kids out for some Good Friday fun...
Fight Cancer at the Tucson/Vail Relay For Life
There are many “awareness” months on the calendar these days, but perhaps none is as important as March. March is Colon Cancer Awareness month. This is the second most deadly...