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Sonoran Desertscape

Arizona Arts & Culture News: Los Tigres de Tolleson mariachi; Zeri Reasons; Save Our Saguaros

April 12, 2024

Groundbreaking for Fountain Hills Dark Sky Center set for same day as eclipse / ABC 15 | The groundbreaking ceremony for The International Dark Sky Discovery Center in Fountain Hills took place the same day as the total solar eclipse.…


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Green and Red Abstract Painting

Arizona Arts & Culture News: Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’; National Spelling Bee; Missing de Kooning paintings; Tucson Botanical Gardens

March 22, 2024

The Museum of Northern Arizona has joined Museums for All, allowing anyone who receives food assistance benefits to visit the museum at no cost. Joining Museums for All is part of the Museum of Northern Arizona’s broad commitment to seek,…


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Arizona Arts & Culture News: Artist Ed Mell dies; Flagstaff murals; High school state poetry competition

March 08, 2024

The Museum of Northern Arizona has joined Museums for All, allowing anyone who receives food assistance benefits to visit the museum at no cost. Joining Museums for All is part of the Museum of Northern Arizona’s broad commitment to seek,…


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People at Theater

Arizona Arts & Culture News: George Floyd exhibition; Children’s Museum grant; Tucson Museum of Art anniversary; Arizona Theatre Company Day

February 23, 2024

How George Floyd protests led to a community-created exhibition in Arizona / Southwest Contemporary | The Arizona State University Art Museum in Tempe is hosting the exhibition, “Twin Flames: The George Floyd Uprising from Minneapolis to Phoenix” through July 28—the first…


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Flinn Foundation adds two Phoenix business leaders to its board of directors

February 12, 2024

Arizona business leaders Chris Camacho and Adam Goodman—the heads of Greater Phoenix Economic Council and Goodmans, respectively—have been elected to the Flinn Foundation board of directors. Camacho, an advocate for the biosciences, other innovation industries, and the arts has served…


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Arizona Arts & Culture News: Native flute making; New Artlink chairman; Desert Botanical Garden turns 85; Phoenix Art Museum app

February 09, 2024

The Museum of Northern Arizona has joined Museums for All, allowing anyone who receives food assistance benefits to visit the museum at no cost. Joining Museums for All is part of the Museum of Northern Arizona’s broad commitment to seek,…


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Assorted-color Bricks

Arizona Arts & Culture News: Scottsdale Museum expansion; Preserving language; Safe space for young musicians

January 26, 2024

The Museum of Northern Arizona has joined Museums for All, allowing anyone who receives food assistance benefits to visit the museum at no cost. Joining Museums for All is part of the Museum of Northern Arizona’s broad commitment to seek,…


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