On a cold, rainy, Saturday morning that I would’ve rather spent in the comfort of my own bed, I drove two hours to Bisbee to compete in the only competitive stair climb in the United States. When I first agreed to participate in the 25th annual Bisbee 1000 Great Stair Climb to write this…
Two Southern Arizonan nonprofit organizations, Native Seeds/SEARCH and Tohono O’odham Community Action, are working to promote wild food sources and desert tolerant crops in the region. Before Arizona became known for its cotton and citrus, before farmers moved west to tame the land, before Spanish explorers first set their eyes on the Grand Canyon, the Tohono O’odham…
Over 200,000 people attended Tucson’s La Fiesta de los Vaqueros this February. Amid the crowd, a woman with a skin-tight, all-denim outfit stands tall as she sipped her beer. She is wearing leopard print cowboy boots with red leather that adorns her calves and a matching belt with a chunky white gold clasp. “Those are…
Robert Knight, a professional hairdresser and a peer counselor at the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF), has been living with AIDS for almost 18 years. His biggest goal right now is to educate the youth so they can be more aware of a disease that is far from being eliminated. And he has a…
TUCSON, AZ (Arizona Cat’s Eye) — It’s back! After 15-years of being at Rillito Park, Spring Fling has returned to the University of Arizona Campus. Moving the largest student-run carnival in the nation back to its original location has been in the making for a while now and comes just in time for the event’s…
