Tomorrow night is the first Cinema La Placita screening of the season. This beloved outdoor film series, which began in 2000 (has it been that long? amazing!!)  runs May through October. Movies roll every Thursday night around 7:30pm in the La Placita plaza which is the brightly-colored group of buildings surrounding a courtyard on the [...]

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This is something I wrote a couple months after our son was born. When I read it now, I can viscerally (and somewhat painfully) remember those early days and the intense feelings that ambushed me quite regularly. Everything felt so…serious. Now I am used to my connection to our son, and am comfortable with it, [...]

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One of our favorite annual events is underway–the Tucson International Mariachi Conference. This Saturday, the 26th, from 10am to 10pm you can watch and listen and revel to heart’s content at the Fiesta de Garibaldi in Reid Park.  The outdoor concert espectacular is $5/person, free for kids under twelve. (We must admit to missing the [...]

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