Our City’s Finest at Thunder Canyon Brewery

By Bree Brettell/El Inde Our City’s Finest is a hip-hop/pop music collective in Tucson, Arizona. Jay Bailey had the idea to create a clothing brand with the same name years ago, and is now developing the band into a brand. Over the last two years, the group has become very close and started producing more…

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Experiencing War from 6,000 Miles Away

By Cassandra Scott/El Inde Irina Chausovskaya, 28, grew up most of her childhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, with her siblings and parents, Olga and Alex. Irina described Ukraine as a beautiful country with so much to see and do. She painted a picture of the big farmlands and animals she grew up around and described how…

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Therapy for Kids, Country Club for Animals

By Bree Brettell/El Inde “This is my best friend, Dusty. He sniffs, ‘hello,’” says a young man as he gestures toward a golden Palomino horse. The broad horse marches slowly toward the edge of his pen to sniff an outreached hand.  Standing a few feet away and smiling fondly is Scott Tilley. He is tall,…

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Through the Fifth Wall

By Luke Wink-Moran/El Inde The Tucson Improv Movement’s theater is small, maybe the size of two shipping containers in a very big trench coat. The chairs, walls, and stage are all painted black, except for two walls on either side of the stage, which are made of chalky bricks.  I’m standing against one of these…

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