Sunday in the Park: Bugs

Posted on | July 29, 2010 | No Comments

Colossal Cave Mountain Park hosts UA Entomologist Carl Olsen (“The Bug Man”) this Sunday as part of Tucson’s Birthday celebration. This program will be interactive with a slide show and a bug hunt! Come and learn all about bugs from a man who knows his insects <grin>. Read more

Dancing in the Streets

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Park Place Mall has seriously worked hard to bring us all sorts of cool entertainment (and I mean COOL, since it’s so pleasant inside the mall). Anyway, this Sunday come out for Dancing in the Streets, a FREE ballet and Zumba demonstration, plus student performances. And . . . audience participation is encouraged. Come out to learn more about Zumba!

The students are from the DITS (Dancing in the Streets) Summer Intensive program. I’m betting they are good, too! Come on out and move around, Tucson!

For more info on this event, call (520) 867-8489.

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Happy Birthday, Tucson 2010 Kickoff!

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August is when we celebrate Tucson’s Birthday. This is the fifth annual month-long celebration, and this one is dedicated to Cele Peterson, who created the event to celebrate Tucson’s history. The Presidio of Tucson was established in August of 1775. That would make us 235 years old (and I feel every minute of it).

This Sunday morning, start celebrating Tucson’s birthday with breakfast and the first event of Tucson’s birthday celebration, 2010. Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace kick off the month by dedicating the gates of the Mission Garden.  The gates, built and donated by Lloyd Construction, represent the history of agriculture and community life at the base of Sentinel Peak (A Mountain).  The finished project will include plants and irrigation methods ranging from those employed by the ancestors of the Tohono O’odham, through the mission era and the plantings that would have sustained the residents surrounding the area in the era of the Presidio. The infrastructure is designed to include irrigation and raised bed cedar planters.

Breakfast will consist of donuts, bagels, Pan Nuevo, and a variety of beverages. It’s billed as free, but if you’d like to make a donation, it will help the Mission Garden Fund. Read more

Music on the Mountain: The Wyatts

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LAVA Music is back in 2010 with another series of free concerts called  Music on the Mountain. Drive up the ol’ mountain this Sunday to hear The Wyatts, multi-year winners of the Tucson Area Music Awards (TAMMIES) for Best Band.

We went to a couple of Sunday concerts in Summerhaven last year and had a blast. It’s nice and cool up there. What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon?  And I sure would suggest getting there early. Have a cookie or a bowl of chili up at the Cookie Cabin and then head to the event. The cookies are AMAZING!

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First Annual Garlic Festival

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Triangle T Guest Ranch in Dragoon, AZ will hold its first annual Garlic Festival this Saturday, and we’re all invited. I’ve never visited the Triangle T Guest Ranch, and maybe this is a good chance to see what it’s like. Expect vendors, a farmers market, entertainment and music. I’m guessing it won’t be huge, since it usually takes time to get a festival up and running. I saw about fifteen vendors listed on the website. You might consider taking a picnic lunch to the Cochise Stronghold after visiting the festival. Just a thought.
The festival benefits All the King’s Horses Orphanage in Benson and a horseback ride to benefit St. Jude’s Research Center.

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