By Emma Brocato/El Inde On a September night, against the backdrop of a Tucson sunset, Kim Girard eagerly awaits the moment the bats will fly our from under the bridge by the thousands. She is wearing a pink shirt that says “Tucson Audubon Society Southeast Arizona Birding Festival” and has brought her adult daughter along….
By Vanessa Lucero/El Inde From the outside, it looks like a typical striped yellow school bus, though it is parked in an isolated parking lot on Ajo Way street on the west side of Tucson, nowhere near a school but instead in front of Tiny’s family restaurant. On a hot sunny afternoon, walking inside the…
By Noah Cullen/El Inde Here’s a scene: A straggler walks in. It’s obvious he’s a traveler from the stiffness in his legs, the mud on his boots and the weariness in his step. The bard plucks the wrong string and mutes the harp. He shakes his head. The straggler walks right to the bar and…
By Frances LaBianca/El Inde The Sugarplum Fairy pas de deux from The Nutcracker is one of the most well-known ballet variations and many young children’s introduction to the art form. The Sugarplum Fairy rules the Land of Sweets, which young heroine Clara enters in a dream. Clara enjoys a plethora of candy-themed dances from all…
By Jake O’Rourke/El Inde A balmy Tucson breeze made its way through the open door of Gordon Groves’ southside workshop. He was in a sharp trance using a white-tipped pencil to trace abalone stone inlays. He will put the inlays into the ebony fretboard of a 12-fret dreadnought, a style of acoustic guitar featuring a…
