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Luis Carrión brings us a look at this unique interactive exhibit that is sure to get you thinking about how you choose to navigate our urban environment.

Exhibit Asks: 'How Do You Choose to Move?'

May 3, 2012 'Worker Transit Authority' proposes ways to wean society from auto dependence
Local residents will be able to attend a lecture Cuba's political isolation from the United States on the UA campus on Wed 18 April with Speaker Rosa Lowinger. Director of the Drachman Institute at UA, R. Brooks Jeffery, discusses the upcoming lecture.

Cuban Conference Reveals New Side of Isolated Nation

Apr 16, 2012 University of Arizona lecture series explores Caribbean country's often overlooked modern architecture
Colossal Cave Mountain Park about the park's 75th anniversary since the Civilian Conservation Corps completed the project.

A Colossal Celebration for a Colossal Cave

Apr 5, 2012 Popular Tucson tourist destination marks historic milestone

Web Feature: Finding Sanctuary

Apr 5, 2012 A dancer seeking solace in the desert finds a home in Sanctuary Cove
Southern Arizonan Frances Causey co-produced this documentary aimed at exposing what she calls a corrupt system.

Did Someone Heist the American Dream?

Apr 4, 2012 Southern Arizona documentary filmmaker addresses economic crisis
Lead Exhibit Curator of the Arizona State Museum Diane Dittemore shows us Native American baskets and talks about the hundreds of baskets from Apache, Hope, O'odham tribes and more that the museum will be exhibiting from April of this year until June next year.

World-Class Basketry Exhibit Opens Soon

Mar 28, 2012 Arizona State Museum will display collection of Native American artifacts
Calexico, featuring Joey Burns, will highlight the third annual Fiesta en el Barrio April 7.

Music: Festival en el Barrio Coming Soon

Mar 27, 2012 Calexico, other bands will play at Museum of Art, benefit community radio
Former folk star Dolan Ellis has served as Arizona's official balladeer since 1966.

Web Feature: The Balladeer

Mar 22, 2012 A former folk music star devotes himself to saving Arizona’s songs
The Islamic Center of Tucson's Weekend School helps Muslim children develop character and identity.

Islamic School: Loyalty to Religion, Country

Mar 20, 2012 No conflict between U.S. values 'and what we’re taught as Muslims,' educator says
Entertainer Ben Vereen, in Tucson to teach dance and for a March 31 performance, leads an effort to help young entertainers find their way.

Song, Dance Man Vereen Seeks Up and Comers

Mar 19, 2012 Visiting Tucson for concert, he stops at Tucson High, offers his help

UA Club Helps With Campus Sustainability

Mar 9, 2012 Solar Cats was created to put solar panels on a UA dorm
Artist Frida Kahlo.

Frida Kahlo Photo Exhibit at Tucson Museum of Art

Mar 6, 2012 Famed Mexican artist 'presents her persona,' curator says of intimate shots

Web Feature: Fulfillment in Fleece

Feb 17, 2012 Arizona families find joy in alpacas
Hussein Magale, now a University of Arizona sophomore studying biochemistry, fled Somalia during its civil war.

Somali Survivor Seeks to Give Back

Feb 16, 2012 His life transformed by Doctors Without Borders, a Somali student now strives to become a doctor himself
Artists Patricia Katchur and Valerie Galloway share their new concepts of the valentine, which are showing in the U of A's Poetry Center exhibition.

Poetry Center Reinvents the Valentine

Feb 13, 2012 Artists paired off to take laces and hearts to new level
Since its completion in 1940, the Benedictine Monastery has served as a place to seek peace in the heart of Tucson.

For Tucson's Benedictine Sisters, Life Remains 'a Grace and a Gift'

Feb 2, 2012 Benedictine Monastery maintains simplicity and devotion to faith in the heart of a changing city

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