NASA Ambassador to Share Wonders of Tucson’s Night Sky

Published   Dec 19, 2024 08:05PM
Dr. Bryan Shumaker and his wife, Linda, were winter residents in Southern Arizona for six or seven years before becoming full-time residents in November. They sold their house in northern Michigan and settled into a home in Dove Mountain. Southern Arizona’s dark skies and its astronomy community are a huge part of the attraction for Shumaker, an avid amateur astronomer who is a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, doing outreach astronomy education. “It’s kind of astronomy heaven out here,” says Shumaker,… Read more » ... Read more

‘Survived to Tell’: Freed from captivity






Ofir Engel refuses to be called a “hostage.” The 19-year-old Israeli instead sees himself as a “captivity survivor,” he said…

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Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center Announces New Initia

Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center is thrilled to announce a new initiative, the Rabbi Joseph H. Gumbiner Community Action Project. Inspired by the social activism of one of Tucson’s founding rabbis, the Gumbiner Project fulfills an integr ... Read more

The Tucson J International Film Festival is Back for its 34t

Opening the curtain on its 34th year, the Tucson J International Film Festival starts on January 8, with in-person screenings and special events for select films through January 19, with most films streaming virtually from January 17 through January ... Read more

Sharing Stories: Ryanhood pulls double duty with Rialto show

Published   Dec 19, 2024 04:00AM





The holidays conjure fond memories for some, melancholy ones for others…

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Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to More Than 12 Years o

TUCSON, Ariz. – Ramon Antonio Monreal-Rodriguez, 36, of Vail, Arizona, was sentenced on December 14, by United States District Judge James A. Soto, to 152 months in prison and ordered to pay $151,000 in restitution to the U.S. Border Patrol for sal ... Read more

City Week: Week of Dec. 12, 2024






“Decking the Halls...”…

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A Little Light – Hanukkah at Hillel

“I’d like to help you, because you helped me.” What a strange way to start a conversation. And even stranger was the fact that the woman who walked into my office and said that was a complete unknown to me. My mind did the panic-scan where I me ... Read more