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Jewish Volunteers Help Tucson Patients, Visitors Navigate Hospital Experience

Published   Oct 31, 2024 07:52PM
Time means nothing in a hospital. As a volunteer at Tucson Medical Center, Linda Kunsberg often conveys this message to patients who arrive for surgery or their loved ones waiting for the procedure to be over. She explains to patients that the time their doctor told them to arrive is just for checking in; their surgery won’t start for another two hours, or more if the doctor is delayed by an operation that takes longer than expected. As for family… Read more » ... Read more

New TJMHC Exhibit Explores the Complexities of Witnessing Vi

On Wednesday, October 23, Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center (TJMHC) hosted an opening reception of the Allen & Marianne Langer Contemporary Human Rights Exhibit. The new exhibit is titled Witnessing Violence: Help or Harm?  Witnessing ... Read more

An anniversary in art: Madaras Gallery celeb






When Diana Madaras opened Madaras Gallery, naysayers were aplenty…

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Bat Mitzvah: Livia Aronson

Livia Aronson will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on October 26th at Kol Ami Synagogue on Country Club Rd. She is the daughter of Randy Aronson & Geren Thurston. She attends Cross Middle School, where she is a member of the National Junior High ... Read more

Giving Back: Joe Bonamassa keeps busy with charity, label

Published   Oct 31, 2024 01:00AM





The proverb “A rolling stone gathers no moss” may have provided blues icon Muddy Waters with a song title that further yielded the name for a certain Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group and a storied music publication, but it can also be applied to Joe Bonamassa…

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Studio tours unite artisans, public






David Gaxiola recalls how different the Tucson arts scene was when he left town eight years ago…

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This Production is Glowing: Vibrant show cel






Viva Performing Arts will present the Tucson community with the 10th anniversary of Viva Dia de Los Muertos on Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Linda Ronstadt Hall…

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After Lobbying in D.C., Jewish Latino Teen Coalition Cohort

Each spring, Tucson’s Jewish Latino Teen Coalition heads to Washington, D.C., to lobby lawmakers on a topic they’ve chosen and spent months researching. JLTC convenes 10 to 12 high school sophomores and juniors annually to foster multicultural un ... Read more