Since 1939's "Arizona," Old Tucson Studios west of the Tucson Mountains has hosted nearly 300 productions. Nearly 40-percent of the historic wooden buildings burned to the ground in a devastating fire in 1995.
- Cathalena E. Burch
From mocktails inspired by Tucson's dry riverbeds to the Monsoon, made with jalapeño-infused tequila, Tucson restaurants and bars are pouring up a storm.
- Cathalena E. Burch
Colors swirl around you and the images of landscapes and self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh will suck you into a 360-degree virtual world in this exhibition coming to Oro Valley.
- Cathalena E. Burch
After losing a founding members, pop-country band Alabama is carrying on with its "Roll On II North America Tour" with a stop in Tucson.
- Cathalena E. Burch
When a pair of former Tucsonans opened their Sonoran hot dog truck in Austin, few people there knew what the Old Pueblo delicacy was. Today, it's an award-winning business.
- Bill Finley Special to the Arizona Daily Star
New to Tucson, Mary Jan Bancroft launched Make Way for Books 25 years ago to help children in need learn to read and have access to books at home.
- Samantha Larned El Inde Arizona
Chewed licorice-gum discarded at a Tucson drug store by American gangster John Dillinger is among many interesting finds at the University of Arizona's Museum of Pharmacy.
The statewide regional theater company is mounting a Pulitzer Prize-winning play alongside a world premiere in its next season.
Downtown Tucson will be filled with the sounds of mariachi when the 44th annual Tucson International Mariachi Conference opens next Wednesday.
- Courtesy Tucson International Mariachi Conference
Aspiring mariachi vocalists from third grade to college will compete in the annual contest. Winners will have a chance to perform at Fiesta Garibaldi, the communitywide celebration May 2.
- Courtesy BIG3
In addition to music and movies, Ice Cube in 2017 launched BIG3, a 3-on-3 professional basketball league featuring former NBA stars.
- Courtesy Chill-N
Here's how Chill-N's proprietary technology turns cream into ice cream in a flash.
- Nurie Mohamed
UA's Arizona Arts Live commissioned a new work that will be part of the famed quartet's Carnegie Hall America at 250 in April.
- Cathalena E. Burch, Arizona Daily Star
Record heat hurt overall attendance, but it didn't dampen spirits at daylong festival celebrating regional music and Tejano superstar Ruben "El Gato Negro" Ramos.
Tucson health guru Andrew Weil is hosting a free screening of his new documentary with filmmaker Scott Garen, "Zen and the Art of Matcha," which looks at the origins and cultural and healthful benefits of Japan's popular green tea matcha
Peligrosos Car Club founder Chris Pena spent years refurbishing his 1940 Chevy truck. It's now a show car that will be shining bright Saturday in a show to benefit Las Artes.
The Broadway musical comedy returns for weekend run with a UA music theater alumnus in the cast.
The musical adaptation of the popular late 1980s comedy is coming to Centennial Hall April 14-19.
'Period instrument rock band" Ruckus and baritone Davóne Tines ask the question "What is Your Hand in This?" in their America at 250-themed program coming Sunday, Feb. 8, to Arizona Early Music as part of the 2026 Tucson Desert Song Festival.
SASO to perform a new work, "The Rose of Sonora," which plays like a Wild West movie with a twist: The outlaw is a woman.
HSL Properties Tucson Jazz Festival Executive and Artistic Director Kris Dodge sat down with Tucson Desert Song Festival Board President Jeannette Segel to talk about collaborations between the two events including the Jan. 23 concert with Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap that they co-pr…
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