Tuesday
UA professor heads jazz quartet show
The Moises Paiewonsky Jazz Quartet will perform at Academy Village on Tuesday in the great room of the Arizona Senior Academy.
The concert, which begins at 11:30 a.m., is free and open to the public.
Founding member Paiewonsky is associate professor of music at the UA School of Music and associate director of the UA Studio Jazz Ensemble.
He rounds out his quartet with three students from the UA School of Music: Tristan Rogers, guitar; Joshua Landi, bass; and Cory Boone, drums.
Tuesday's program features a variety of jazz tunes, including Joe Henderson's "Recordame," John Klenner's "Just Friends," and John Coltrane's "Bessie's Blues."
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Paiewonsky earned a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in music education from the University of Florida and a master's of music (trombone) from the University of Michigan. He is pursuing a doctoral degree in music from the University of Florida.
Since his arrival at UA, Paiewonsky has been awarded numerous grants that have allowed collaborations with well-known brass artists.
He is in high demand as a clinician/featured performer throughout the United States and internationally.
In the summer of 2010, he co-directed the UA Studio Jazz Ensemble in a groundbreaking educational tour throughout China.
This is Paiewonsky's fourth visit to the Arizona Senior Academy.
Valerie Anderson
Wednesday
Early Hopi history is focus of talk
University of Arizona archaeologist E. Charles Adams has studied ancient Hopi communities near Winslow for several decades.
His work, according to American Archaeology magazine, "is a fine example of how archaeology can make an ancient place and people come alive."
He will talk about these communities and the Hopi culture at the Arizona Senior Academy Wednesday. Titled "New Knowledge from Old Sites: Hopi history at Homol'ovi," his lecture begins at 3:30 p.m. in the great room of the ASA building.
The name Homol'ovi means place of small hills or buttes. The seven communities in the Homol'ovi area - now a state park near Winslow - were variously occupied from A.D. 1260 to 1400, then moved to the Hopi mesas where their descendants live today.
Adams is curator of archaeology at Arizona State Museum and professor of anthropology at UA. He received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Colorado where his dissertation research focused on small Native American settlements east of Mesa Verde.
In 1975 he joined the staff of the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff and led an archaeological project at the First Mesa Village, Walpi.
"That project sparked the deep interest and appreciation I have for the Hopi people and culture today," Adams said.
H. Deon Holt
May 30
Fulbright scholar
to talk about Turkey
Turkey is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, but you don't need a plane ticket or a passport to travel there.
Just show up at the Arizona Senior Academy at 3:30 p.m. Thursday and let Ufuk Coskun, a cultural anthropologist, lead you on a learned but light-hearted tour of his native country and what it means in today's world.
A graduate of Sabanci University in Istanbul, Coskun won a Fulbright scholarship to the University of Arizona in 2007-2009. He wrote his master's thesis on the Tucson community of Ahiska and Pious Turks who had recently emigrated from Russia. For his doctoral dissertation, he is looking at unemployment and underemployment among professional people in the Tucson area who perceive themselves as middle class.
Using historical maps and videos, Coskun will weave Turkey's rich and complex history with its mystical traditions; its arts, literature, and music; and the rhythms and customs of everyday life.
"I want the audience to have fun," Coskun said. One of the videos will feature a snippet from the award-winning documentary film, "Coffee Futures." No, it's not an economic report or a financial forecast. It's a glimpse into the popular Turkish pastime of fortune telling and reading the future in coffee grounds.
Caroline Bates
About Academy Village
• Events are held in the Great Room of the Arizona Senior Academy Building adjacent to the Academy Village Community Center, 13715 E. Langtry Lane.
• Nonresidents who want to ensure priority seating can make reservations by emailing info@arizonasenioracademy.org or calling 647-0980.
• To learn more about the academy, go to www.asa-tucson.org online.
• Visitors can buy lunch at the Academy Cafe across the courtyard from the Arizona Senior Academy Building. The cafe is open 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday. Prices range from $4.50 to $9.50. For more information call the cafe at 647-0903.
• Academy Village is an active-adult community located off Old Spanish Trail six miles southeast of Saguaro National Park East. Its residents support the Arizona Senior Academy, a non-profit charitable organization whose mission includes offering free concerts and lectures to the public.
