Tag: art

The boost Tucson needs: Its own version of Detroit Heidelberg Project – with PHOTOS

Never mind the phantom Rio Nuevo or other Tucson projects that are all hot air and no action. Our fair Old Pueblo would get the boost it needs with the simple installation of a wonderland similar to Detroit’s Heidelberg Project. Rather than sad, abandoned and packed with yellow-eyed druggies, inner city vacant lots and a…

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Downtown Tucson gets new art haven, artists wanted

Too many of Tucson’s cool buildings go the way of the bulldozer – but not the one nestled next to downtown’s Solar Culture gallery. The building at 35 E. Toole Ave. is instead becoming an artists’ haven, with studio-storefronts lined with windows ready for a delightful, disarming – or creepy – array of art. Let’s…

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Odd Pueblo: Snappy or crappy?

This fun Odd Pueblo feature asks the audience to rate a trend, topic or sighting of something around town: is it snappy or crappy? The last snappy or crappy, fast food sign landscape, was dripping with greasy crappy votes. The majority of 50 percent gave it a crappy, while 13 percent voted snappy, 25 percent…

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10 reasons to see Bodies: The Exhibition with PREVIEW PHOTOS

OK, I’ll admit viewing a room full of dead bodies may not initially sound to everyone like a fun-filled way to spend an afternoon. But once you get past any apprehension, you will be amazed by the exhibit opening this weekend for an eight-week engagement in Tucson. I promise. Bodies: The Exhibition opens Saturday, May…

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Tucsonans get naked for peace

More than a dozen women got naked Mother’s Day morning and laid on a hill in Himmel Park to promote peace. How does that work? Well, the women were from Code Pink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement with the goal of ending the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as deterring…

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