Four years Beyond January 8, 2011

Schedule of all Beyond Tucson events: http://www.beyond-tucson.org/events/ BEYOND is an annual community-wide event that occurs on a Saturday in early January of every year to commemorate the anniversary of January 8. The event is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of our community and encourages Arizonans to come together, get outside and be physically … Read more

Celebrate New Year at 2nd Annual Japanese Mochi pounding

Join our Japanese community here in Tucson for a mochi (rice cake) pounding and tasting festival, with taiko drumming, songs by Yuki Ibuki (from Kyoto), raffle prizes, Japanese game playing (ayatori, fukuwarai, kendama, go/igo, and hanafuda – latter taught by yours truly), and origami folding. Admission only $5, with children 5 years and under free. … Read more

Free showing of “Rocking the Wall”

WITH WRITER / PRODUCER LARRY SCHWEIKART IN PERSON! ROCKIN’ THE WALL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 AT 7:00PM | ADMISSION FREE! at Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Rockin’ the Wall is the compelling story of rock and roll’s part in bringing down the Berlin Wall and smashing the Iron Curtain. Told from the perspective of rockers who … Read more

Adopt a pig at Pima Animal Care Center

  This just in from Pima County Communications:   One of Pima Animal Care Center’s more unusual intakes – a potbellied pig. This 133-pound fellow had a run-in with a dog out near Three Points and was rescued by an Animal Care Officer Dec. 28. So far, no owner has claimed him and he’s been … Read more

Tucson Repertory Orchestra’s winter concert

More information: http://tucsonrepertoryorchestra.org/. (Info below from their website) Music of the Masters VI will be on January 3, 2015 at 3pm at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams Sreet. Verdi: La Forza del Destino Overture R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No.1, featuring Greg Helseth Beethoven: Symphony No.3 “Eroica” Concert is Free and Open to the … Read more