Carolyn Classen

Carolyn Sugiyama Classen, a life long Democrat, was born & raised in the State of Hawaii, was a Legislative Aide for U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye on Capitol Hill, and practiced law for a while. In Tucson she worked as a tribal staff attorney for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and later was the Interim Executive Director of the now defunct Domestic Violence Commission. In 2008 she became a “My Tucson” guest columnist for the Tucson Citizen newspaper, then continued blogging for Tucsoncitizen.com for over four and a half years. Her blogsite was entitled “Carolyn’s Community” about community events and some political news, until Gannett Publishing shut down the site on January 31, 2014. She started with Blog for Arizona on Feb. 11, 2014. Part time she sat as a Hearing Officer in Pima County Consolidated Justice Courts Small Claims Division since April, 2005 for 15 years. She is married to University of Arizona Distinguished Professor Albrecht Classen, a native of Germany. They have one son, who lives in Seattle, WA with his wife and daughter. She is also the Editor of the Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition website, www.southernazjapan.org (since Jan. 2013).

Premiere of Tucson film “The System is Broken”

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“Joshua Zientarski and PowerTalk to Bring New Film THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN to Tucson

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Join This Special One-Time Screening of The System Is Broken, a powerful and timely political docudrama made by the people of Tucson

 Joshua Zientarski, Jim Parisi at PowerTalk and Ignatius Lin will be hosting a one-time screening of The System Is Broken at the Loft Cinema on June 8th, 2016 at 7pm. Tickets can be purchased at tsib-tucson.eventbrite.com.

GENERAL ADMISSION: $6.99

 Made in Tucson, The System Is Broken is not your typical political docudrama. It is an inspired-by-reality look at the political voting process through the eyes of two young people, Pete and Natalia. Facing corruption and racism in a Presidential campaign, they and their fellow Latino volunteers fight back by starting their own non-partisan grassroots movement. The blowback from the campaign and the community endangers their lives and threatens to destroy their relationship.

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Summer Art Cruise on June 4

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  When it gets hot, I think about water and cruising on a boat on water. No such luck in deserty Tucson, but here’s an alternative, a summer art cruise around downtown…in the cool of the evening. Check out the 9 art venues listed at www.ctgatcsun.org (Central Tucson Gallery Assn.) for hot summer deals on … Read more

TRO “Music of the Masters IX” Concert on June 4

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TRO also presents A Family Concert prior to this Music of the Masters IX Concert. From 1pm, children (and adults) can try out instruments that they want to play from the orchestra. From 1:30pm, TRO will play 30 minute concert. Last 7 min. will be devoted to have children coming up to the podium and … Read more

Tucson Death Cafe on June 1

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Carolyn’s note: I attended this Tucson Death Cafe on January, and found it very helpful to talk about the passing of my biological mother in August, 2015. Others talked about the grief of losing other family members (spouse, father, siblings, child, etc.), while others were curious about their own mortality. There were also people there … Read more