Hugging close to the border, tourists may not think of visiting the communities of Tubac and Tumacácori. But given the chance, the two sites north of Nogales on Interstate 19 can make for a historical and colorful day trip. History at the Park The entrance of Tumacácori is bland and walled off, making it easy to…
Christmas hasn’t ended for Tucson residents. For 38 years, artist María Luisa Teña’s nativity scene – El Nacimiento – has kept the holiday alive at La Casa Cordova within the downtown Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N Main Ave. Until she ended the 800-piece project in 2008, she added new pieces of clay and glass figurines every year to tell a…
A freight train howls in the distance as a pedestrian sits cross-legged and lights a cigarette, watching curiously as floodlights wash over nearly a dozen actors moving about the Tucson Convention Center grounds on a soft February night. Borderlands Theater is rehearsing Barrio Stories, an unconventional new production that will run from March 3 to…
Professional Mexican baseball will be back in the Old Pueblo for a second consecutive spring training, but with a more limited exhibition schedule, county officials said. Toros de Tijuana, Rojos del Águila de Veracruz and Pericos de Puebla of Mexico’s Liga Mexicana de Béisbol will report to Kino Sports Complex at the end of February for a…
FLAGSTAFF — At first glance, it is just another rustic cabin surrounded by Ponderosa pines on the outskirts of town. A closer inspection reveals something else. Inside, Adrian Manygoats works to help Native American entrepreneurs realize their dreams of owning a small business. Manygoats is the coordinator for the Native American Business Incubator Network, a Flagstaff-based…
