Does your family celebrate “Taco Tuesday?” It’s a popular night in Vail homes, but it’s also one that requires plenty of chopping, dicing, cooking, and setting up a full taco bar in the kitchen. Let’s not even talk...
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Written by Ted Hullar, Academy Village Volunteer Is the Antarctic helping cool Arizona? How does that work? What oceanic and atmospheric forces move “Antarctic cool” to hot Arizona? We know that summer rains come from the Gulf of Mexico and...
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 billion habitable locations in the Milky Way galaxy alone...
Organizations as diverse as The Boy Scouts of America, the Center for Disease Control, and FEMA all recommend that Americans have a basic level of preparedness for emergencies, disasters, and disease outbreaks. Although we are less prone to...
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 at 7:30 p.m. Monday evening’s unique program will...
Written by Ted Hullar, Academy Village Volunteer Does climate change really matter for us in Arizona and the desert Southwest? Is climate change really caused by human activity, or nature’s variability, or both? Is it really true that a “mega...
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 English as its official language and the U.S. dollar...
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 (among other days). Here are some of the hottest Easter egg...
When Dunkin Donuts in Rita Ranch opened shop, it was the talk of the town. Cars were lined up around the block to get a sweet treat from this much anticipated restaurant. Now, it’s your turn to get to know the person behind the new Rita...
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 type of cancer, yet it’s also one of the most...