theatre/stage
Posted May 2, 2022, 10:30 am
Victoria Prieskop
/Courthouse News
After two years of virtual events, the Gathering of Nations - the world’s largest pow wow - returned in Albuquerque as people from 560 Native American tribes and more than 200 Indigenous tribes from Canada attended to celebrate traditional culture.... Read more»
Posted Apr 2, 2022, 4:20 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry is retiring six months after a nasty bike accident. As one era ends, supervisors are set to consider making Jan Lesher a permanent replacement.... Read more»
Posted Mar 28, 2022, 4:56 am
Troy Hill
/Cronkite News
La industria cinematográfica de Arizona se mantuvo a sí misma a través de incentivos fiscales hasta 2010, cuando la Legislatura puso fin al programa, y ahora, después de años de abandono, el estado se ha convertido nuevamente en terreno fértil para las producciones independientes.... Read more»
Posted Mar 24, 2022, 5:33 am
Troy Hill
/Cronkite News
El Arizona Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace ha regresado a su hogar justo al sur de Gold Canyon después de una pausa causada por la pandemia de COVID-19. Con él vienen los elementos básicos del festival: juegos divertidos, grandes multitudes y novedades anacrónicas.... Read more»
Posted Mar 21, 2022, 3:39 pm
Lizbet Flores
/Cronkite News
La historia de Tony Valdovinos se cuenta en el musical “¡Americano!”, creado para Phoenix Theatre Company en 2020 para inspirar a otros jóvenes Dreamers y ahora es el primer musical original de Arizona que debuta fuera de Broadway.... Read more»
Posted Mar 21, 2022, 3:22 pm
Lizbet Flores
/Cronkite News
The story of Tony Valdovinos is told in the musical “¡Americano!”, created for the Phoenix Theater Company in 2020 to inspire other young Dreamers and now is the first original Arizona musical to debut off-Broadway. ... Read more»
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Posted Mar 16, 2022, 5:59 am
Troy Hill
/Cronkite News
The Arizona Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace has returned to its home just south of Gold Canyon after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. With it comes the long-running festival’s staples: fun games, big crowds and anachronistic novelties. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 21, 2022, 12:11 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Yume Japenese Gardens is starting their spring events soon and have opened more of its spaces to the public. Founder Patricia Derrider said that she's excited but expects financial support to be "more difficult" to come by since the start of the pandemic. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 13, 2022, 12:19 pm
TucsonSentinel.com
A new fulltime reporter will be covering Cultural Expression and Community Values in Southern Arizona this year, with support from TucsonSentinel.com's readers and the national Report for America program.... Read more»
Posted Dec 20, 2021, 5:56 am
Olivia Munson
/Cronkite News
Live theatre was among the industries hardest hit by the pandemic - many companies had to furlough staff members, cancel performances and forgo various planned events - but for the first time in almost two years, companies are finding ways to make sure the show goes on. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 19, 2021, 7:40 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
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Posted Dec 19, 2021, 4:21 pm
Gary Nabhan
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
No one can fill "Big Jim" Griffith's shoes, for he — more than any other Tucsonan — triggered enormous and lasting community pride in our "folk" traditions of music, food, santos, architecture, and border culture. — Gary Nabhan... Read more»
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Posted Dec 8, 2021, 8:05 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
A new fulltime reporter will be covering Cultural Expression and Community Values in Southern Arizona next year, with support from TucsonSentinel.com's readers and the national Report for America program.... Read more»
Posted Nov 26, 2021, 4:28 am
Christian Serrano
/Cronkite News
Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, muchos grupos artísticos se apagaron y el regreso fue todo menos seguro, pero el Plan de Rescate Estadounidense dio un impulso al Teatro Meshico y a otros pequeños grupos artísticos, muchos de ellos en comunidades marginadas.... Read more»
Posted Nov 26, 2021, 4:28 am
Christian Serrano
/Cronkite News
Because of COVID-19, many arts organizations went dark during the pandemic, and the comeback was anything but certain - but the American Rescue Plan Act gave Teatro Meshico and other small arts groups, many in marginalized communities, a boost through grants.... Read more»
Posted Jul 9, 2021, 12:40 pm
Rob Winder
/Cronkite News
With help from a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Stacey Gordon - the puppeteer behind one of “Sesame Street’s” neighbors and owner and operator of Puppet Pie, a downtown studio where she builds puppets available for purchase - Gordon is restoring and modifying an ice cream truck to be used as a mobile puppet studio.... Read more»