Actor/musician Gary Farmer

Saturday, December 1st

Special Triple Feature Combo Tickets: $20 • California Indian: $10 general admission / $8 ASM and Loft members • Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers concert: $15 • Dead Man: $8 general / $6 ASM and Loft members (ASM stands for Arizona State Museum)

Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway

The 2012 Native Eye Film Showcase is offered by the Arizona State Museum in partnership with The Loft Cinema, Tohono O’odham Nation Culture Center & Museum, and Indigenous Strategies, and in cooperation with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian’s Film and Video Center.

This event supports future programs featuring Native films and filmmakers.

California Indian
Film starts at 6:15pm | In Person: Writer/Director Tim Ramos and star Gary Farmer

Nick Thomas (Tim Ramos), a Pomo Indian and a successful Los Angeles radio host, is forced back to the reservation to help his brother Chi (Gil Birmingham), and tribal leader Rich Knight (Gary Farmer, Smoke Signals) lead the Tule Lake Rancheria out of danger from a seedy casino investor (Mark Boone Jr.), ultimately claiming sovereignty of their Native American rights. The struggles inherent on reservations today are depicted in this day-in-the-life drama based on true characters and events. (Dir. by Tim Ramos, produced by Chris Eyre, 90 mins., Rated R)

Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers
Music starts at 9:00pm

Direct from Santa Fe, Native blues that will make you dance! Join the band for a lively set between films.

Dead Man
Film starts at 10:30pm | Film Introduction by Gary Farmer

On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake (Johnny Depp) encounters a strange Indian named “Nobody” (Gary Farmer) who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world. (Dir. by Jim Jarmusch, 121 mins., Rated R)

http://cms3.tucsonaz.gov/info/calendars

Let me know which ones you find helpful, as I continue to report/blog about community events & people in Tucson. I didn’t hyperlink any of the listings, as the City’s website has done that for us.

Event Calendars
Downtown Tucson Partnership Event Calendar
Zocalo Downtown Event Calendar
Showup.com Art & Culture Calendar
AZStarnet Calendar
Dot Tucson Calendar
Tucson Style Event Calendar
University of Arizona Event Calendar
University of Arizona Sports Calendar
Pima Community College Event Calendars
AZ State Museum
UA Free Classes & Events
Tucson Weekly Calendar

Watch videos about local art:
Sonoran Style – Channel 12
DTown – Channel 12
Arte – Arizona Public Media
Arts and Life – Arizona Public Media

Videos about local music:
Studio C – Channel 12
Music – Arizona Public Media

Sports & Recreation:
Rec365 – Channel 12
Zoo News – Channel 12

Shop Local Businesses
Local First Arizona, Tucson listings
The 3/50 Project – Arizona listings

Attractions & Destinations
Tucson.com Travel
Tucson Attractions

Outdoor Activities
Arizona Parks
Saguaro National Monument
Coronado National Forest
Visit Tucson Day Trips

Food
Tucson Dining Guide
Tucson Originals
Local & Heritage Foods Directory

With all these listings & resources, I’m sure you’ll find something to do. Enjoy Tucson and Southern Arizona!

ReActivate™ – A New & Used Activewear Store in Tucson, Arizona.

ReActivate™ began with a simple vision to create a buy, sell, trade sportswear store. In response to the abundance of quality activewear discarded during the course of various events as athletes warmed up through the progression of their races, the founders of ReActivate™ saw an opportunity to reduce, reuse, and recycle. They were inspired by a passion for sports and healthy living, a drive to promote fitness in people of all socioeconomic backgrounds, and a desire to be responsible stewards of the environment to create a unique resale store that just focused on activewear at reasonable prices.

Nov. 6, 2011, ReActivate is volunteering at “Healthiest Town In America” event from 8am-2pm. The Healthiest Town in America will “educate and inform the general public on the recognition, prevention, and reversal of Obesity, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Diseases.”
(They are looking for volunteers to help with tent set up, registration, giving out buttons and assisting vendors).

Nov. 12, 2011, ReActivate is participating with UofA, Arizona State Museum Health Fair, “Through The Eyes of the Eagle: A Healthy Celebration” from 8:30am-3pm, to “raise awareness about type 2 diabetes prevention from a Native American perspective.” http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibits/eyes_of_the_eagle/index.shtml

I dropped by this new store (opened Feb.2011) and spoke with the founding owner Lydia Kennedy who has a passion for sports & athletics, & fighting obesity in America. I just heard on the radio that 2 out of 3 Americans is considered overweight. Lydia’s father Robert at one time weighed 400 lbs, and she helped him to lose lots of weight through exercise and diet, down to 160 lbs. She was on her Salpointe Catholic High School soccer and track teams, and then worked in sports rehab and human resources jobs. And now her goal is to help educate Tucsonans to become healthier, thinner, and to recycle their activewear.

Lydia Kennedy jogging, courtesy of the ReActivate

Besides jogging, Lydia also enjoys cycling, yoga, hiking, strength training, P90X, cross training, shooting baskets. She embodies athleticism and staying fit.

And according to Daniel Geffre (writer/producer for Authentic Productions here in Tucson, Arizona) –”ReActivate has donated over 125 items to the homeless including: jackets, sweatshirts, gloves, beanies and gloves. To give a few examples, ReActivate participated at The Arizona Distance Classic Half Marathon by sponsoring a group of 8 people with ReActivate T-Shirts and hosting an exhibit booth. As well as being apart of the youth. In May 5th of 2011, they helped by partnering with the Tucson Youth Development/ACE Charter High School to put on a free health fair.”

For more info or to help volunteer at their upcoming events:
Lydia Kennedy
Founding Owner
ReActivate, New & Used Activewear
2782 N. Campbell Ave (southeast corner of Glenn)
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 325-4295
lydia@reactivatestores.com

www.reactivatestores.com
www.facebook.com/reactivatellc
Hours
Mon – Sat 10:00am – 6:00pm
Sun Closed

“Pay less, play green, play more”.

Father Philipp Segesser, courtesy of Georg von Segesser

Swiss Jesuit missionary Philipp Segesser (1689 to 1762) followed famous Jesuit missionary Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645 to 1711) into the Pimeria Alta of Southern Arizona (18th- century Sonora, Mexico).

His letters in Swiss German (mostly to his family in Lucerne) have been read and translated by my husband German Studies University Distinguished Professor Albrecht Classen. Quote below from the summary intro:

The early history of Sonora/Arizona (Pimeria Alta) was profoundly influenced and determined by the Jesuit missionaries from Europe. After Padre Eusebio Kino’s death in 1711, an increasing number of German-speaking Jesuits arrived in our region and soon dominated the entiry missionary district. We have known so far well about the Fathers Ignaz Pfefferkorn or Joseph Och.

The Swiss Philipp Segesser, one of the most effective, pragmatic, and industrious members of the Jesuit Order active here in the Southwest, has not yet been fully noticed because his large collection of letters have never been translated into English.

Segesser’s reports about his daily life in our region, his insightful observations about local agriculture, fauna, flora, climate, and geology, and his numerous comments about the native Indians, their life styles, clothing, food, hunting habits, religion, and culture at large prove to be most intriguing and fascinating.

The introduction and excerpts of letters (translated into English) of a forthcoming book* are now online at his webpage at:
http://aclassen.faculty.arizona.edu/transcription_letters_0. These particular excerpts pertain to life in the Tucson area and San Xavier del Bac mission, located in the Tohono O’odham Nation southwest of Tucson at 1950 W. San Xavier Road.

See also the pre-print online versions of all Segesser’s letters (click here).

I’ve written before about Padre Kino and the Kino Heritage Society (click here) and other Padre Kino events celebrating the recent 300th anniversary of his death (click here).

*Due to state budget cuts this book will not be published in print by the Arizona State Museum.
(updated June 13, 2011)