Get a taste of Tucson with these 2021 stories by Star reporter Gerald Gay
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We are sharing Arizona Daily Star reporters' and photographers' favorite work from 2021.
Gerald M. Gay has been telling the stories of Tucsonans for nearly two decades.
He loves learning new things about the city in which he lives, which is why he finds working at the Star so appealing.
Each day is a learning experience.
Check out some of his work from this year:
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A Tucson record label is releasing some of Janis Joplin's earliest recordingsFor Star subscribers: A Tucson record label has put out an album featuring songs by Janis Joplin that have never been commercially released.
For Star subscribers: The Kartchner family seeks to bring new life to Mescal, the iconic movie set where films like "Tombstone" were shot.
Pockets of Tucson history, culture, food and drink can be found below our feet if you know where to look.
When completed, the venue will have a 300-seat capacity and an adjoining bar and restaurant.
The podcast has covered topics ranging from trick-roping and travel writing to frontier women and wild horse photography.
For Star subscribers: An art project that doubles as a community-building exercise is immortalizing Tucsonans as 3-inch army men action figures.
For Star subscribers: Some of Tucson's most interesting watering holes are tucked away in backrooms of restaurants, shops and on hotel rooftops.
While they don’t share the same level of celebrity as their mural counterparts, Tucson’s sculpture game is strong, and works can be found all over the city.
Trips to the ocean are still months away for most but seafood is right down the street.
The food truck side of Tucson’s culinary landscape saw several new additions, from chicken wraps to Cuban cuisine.
Gerald M. Gay
Reporter
Show the kids some old school Christmas magic.
Tucson's newest bookstore, The Littlest Bookshop, has hundreds of books for children of all ages.
Ronnie Spece, owner of Batch in downtown Tucson, started 2021 with more than 500 unique whiskey selections. He enters 2022 with around 750.