By Katya Mendoza / El Inde Beyond two large glass doors that read “SLIDE”, towards the back of a private dining room with white wallpaper that has a cartoon pattern of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, David Bowie and Tupac Shakur, is a small office space in the back of the Tucson-based restaurant, Culinary Dropout. A…
By Megan Erickson/Arizona Sonora News Those worn-out dishtowels you’d find at the bottom of any household pantry were anything but trash to artist Arturo Valenzuela. When he was 8 years old and still at home in Hermosillo, Mexico, Valenzuela sat beside his mother, stitching and patching fabrics to create the quinceañera dress that would be…
Walking across any desert in the world, one could find rocks and fossils of many kinds, but every late January in one specific desert, some of the most dazzling and largest rocks–often with the hidden treasures of crystals inside–are found in the desert of Tucson. The Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase features 45 different…
Consider the ubiquitous sepia portrait of an American Indian, donned in an elaborate headdress, embodying a kind of displaced dignity. This image irks Will Wilson. The stereotypical depiction dates back to Edward S. Curtis, the celebrated photographer of the early 20th century. Curtis created an extensive body of photos intended to portray Native Americans as they actually…
