A contingent of bright young Tucson Junior Strings players will share their music at the Arizona Senior Academy at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday (June 23). As in previous concerts, the violin, viola, and cello players will consist of high school students...
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Calvin Baker, superintendent of the Vail Unified School District, leads one of the most successful school systems in Arizona, but he worries that state-level educational funding policies are threatening public schools across the state. Baker...
Identity theft is an increasingly serious occurrence where criminals use one’s personal information to open accounts, make purchases or file for tax refunds. A specialist in preventing identity theft will lecture on this subject at the Arizona...
Ryanhood, a singing/songwriting duo that plays some of the best acoustic folk rock music in town, comes to the Arizona Senior Academy on Tuesday (June 16) at 11:30 a.m. Named ‘Best Group/Duo’ in the 2014 International Acoustic Music Awards...
Over the past 12 months, the price of crude oil has fluctuated wildly from $110/barrel in June 2014 to $45/barrel in January 2015 to the current price of around $60/barrel. What factors have made oil prices so volatile? Will the sharp decline...
It’s National Donut Day! Besides having a good excuse to get a sugar high today (scroll down to see where you can get some whoppers of deals in our area!) this day actually has meaning. National Donut Day was created in 1938 by the...
In the bird world, different species use different strategies to raise their young. Here in the Sonoran Desert some choose to nest in holes. The most obvious cavity-nesting bird in our region is the Gila woodpecker, but others nest here as...
The Arizona Senior Academy’s ethnomusicology series, “Music in a Cultural Context,” continues at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday (June 3) with “Music of the Mediterranean,” presented by Paul Amiel. Unifying and dividing such diverse cultures as Turkish...
Classical guitar fireworks will be on display at the Arizona Senior Academy on Tuesday (June 2) when Misael Barraza Diaz appears in concert at 11:30 a.m. The program will showcase some of the most technically challenging writing for guitar...
By Kristi O’Brien Tucson Speedway News Whelen Engineering Company Inc. and Southwest Smokeless will present the Southwest Tour Trucks at Tucson Speedway on Saturday. Points leader Ed Cutler will head into the night with just five points...