Small, rural communities like Bisbee don’t have to worry about cuts to funding for art programs yet, but the fear is lingering. President Donald Trump wants to cut federal funding to the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal program that gives about $145 million across the country for art programs. Arizona receives about $1.5…
Recordemos a Frank Eyman, considerado uno de los individuos más tenaces que han llegado a ponerse una insignia. El ex jugador de béisbol de Bisbee y antiguo hombre de la ley de Arizona es más conocido por capturar al famoso “enemigo público número uno”, John Dillinger y su pandilla, pero además de su insignia, Eyman…
In two quirky border town bars 160 miles apart, the concerns are the same. Will Donald Trump building a wall on the Mexican border hurt their towns? First in Sasabe… “Cinco pesos?” says Deborah Grider, as she rings up customers in her general store, which lies less than a mile from the Mexican port of…
When Gretchen Baer walks into the High Desert Market, her mid-calf plaid Chucks distinguish her from the already unique art community of Bisbee, Arizona. The Massachusetts native says art has always been central to her life, but it only recently has become the hub of her political views. “Art in the political realm is a…
When the umpire yelled “strikers to the line,” it was clear immediately, this was not an ordinary baseball game. There is nothing ordinary about bare-handed baseball — or the town of Bisbee for that matter. The Copper City Classic vintage baseball tournament has been held annually at Bisbee’s historic Warren Ballpark for the past seven…
