Salman Rushdie, the most prominent literary figure to appear at the Tucson Festival of Books in its 17 years, spoke to about a thousand people Sunday from a festival stage at the University of Arizona.
- Cathalena E. Burch
Annual country music festival in Benson celebrates 1990s country music with stars Rodney Atkins, Tracy Byrd and Mark Chesnutt.
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Literary giant Salman Rushdie joined satirist Gary Shteyngart at the University of Arizona for a lively, humor-filled conversation that touched on everything from Tucson's "alien-like" cacti to the profound reality of facing mortality.
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Violin superstar Joshua Bell is heading back to the Tucson Symphony Orchestra next season after a 13-year absence. Next season also highlights rising stars.
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Are you excited for the Tucson Festival of Books (TFOB) on March 14th and 15th? Don't forget to stop by the library's Nuestras Raíces tent where Pima County Public Library has organized 10 panels with 28 incredible authors.
- Rosie Romero Special to the Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson's Club Congress was packed with people hoping to find their match at a recent “Pitch-a-Pal” event.
For the first time in its 17 years, the Tucson Festival of Books will have a clear-bag policy for people attending author panel sessions.
Community volunteers have been the backbone of the Tucson book festival since the year it began.
Note: Tucson's usual St. Patrick's Day parade was canceled this year — and the festival is moving this year from Armory Park to Corbett Brewing — due to the city's closure of Armory Park for renovations.
For the first time in its 17 years, the Tucson Festival of Books will have a clear-bag policy for people attending author panel sessions.
Editors Note: The Q&A event at Martha Cooper Library on Friday, March 13, has been canceled, but you can still see Jonny Garza Villa at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend.
Romance is literature's hottest genre, and this year the Tucson Festival of Books is turning up the heat with 13 romance authors, specializing in historical romance, LGBTQ+-centered love stories, steamy romantasy, and more.
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