Back in August 2009 when we had only a few bloggers & readers online, I wrote about community resources (publications/news outlets) in the Tucson/Southern Arizona area. I wasn’t so computer savvy, so I didn’t even include the blue hyperlinks.

So now that March 2011 & Spring are here, I’m re-publishing an updated (somewhat comprehensive list of how to find out what’s there to do in the Old Pueblo, under the Tucson Sun) — to aid us all in learning about & enjoying the numerous community events.

News outlets:

Arizona Daily Star, www.azstarnet.com

Tucson Weekly, www.tucsonweekly.com

Arizona Daily Wildcat, www.wildcat.arizona.edu
(University of Arizona)

www.uanews.org (University of Arizona News, online only)

Aztec Press, www.aztecpressonline.com, Pima Community College

www.tucsonsentinel.com (Tucson Sentinel online only)

Explorer News, www.explorernews.com

Green Valley News & Sun, www.gvnews.com

www.arizonanewstelegraph.com , Arizona News-Telegraph (online only)

Inside Tucson Business, www.azbiz.com

www.TheNewSouthwest.com, The New Southwest, formerly Tucson Green Times (online only recently)

The Observer, www.tucsonobserver.com

Monthly or bimonthly magazines:

Tucson Lifestyle, www.tucsonlifestyle.com

Desert Leaf, www.desertleaf.com

Zocalo, www.zocalotucson.com

Downtown Tucsonan, www.downtowntucson.org

Never Too Late, www.pcoa.org (Pima Council on Aging)

Bear Essential News (for Kids), www.bearessentialnews.com

Tucson Peace Calendar, www.peacecalendar.org

Arizona Jewish Post, www.jewishtucson.org

Tucson Pedaler, www.tucsonpedaler.com

Vermilion Flycatcher (Tucson Audubon Society), www.tucsonaudubon.org

At Your Library, www.library.pima.gov, Pima County Public Library (now only 3x/year)

Online calendars:

www.dotucson.com (DoTucson.com online only)

www.tucsonstyle.com (Tucsonstyle.com online only)

www.wingspan.org (Wingspan-LGBT, online only)

Last but not least, don’t forget our “Voice of Tucson”, www.tucsoncitizen.com, formerly the Tucson Citizen newspaper which ceased print publication on May 16, 2009.

And please let me know if there are any publications/monthly magazines I may have overlooked.

It’s that time of year again, for the huge, annual community event downtown of Tucson Meet Yourself, October 9, 10 and 11, 2009. Check it all out at www.tucsonmeetyourself.org, sponsored by the Cultural Exchange Council. Or if you prefer the print media, locate a copy of the October issue of Downtown Tucsonan, which has five pages devoted to this event downtown.

October 2009 issue of Downtown Tucsonan

This multi-cultural, mega-event runs Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at El Presidio Park and Jacome Library Plaza. This celebration of the “richness and diversity of the living traditional arts of southern Arizona’s folk and ethnic communities” is in its _________year.*

There’s even a Get Moving Tucson 10 miler/5K race and walk on Sunday October 11, at 8 a.m.– so it’s now a fitness event as well.

New this year – a Festival Marketplace (in front of the Main Library) will feature handmade folk art demonstrations and the artists will offer their crafts for sale. What fun.

I have gone in the past and sampled Japanese, Chinese, Thai, German, Austrian, Swedish, Hawaiian, Jamaican food and watched dances/performances from those ethnic communities as well. And there’s so much more to experience every year.

*Trivia question: does anyone know which annual year is this 2009 Tucson Meet Yourself? Reply below. I know the answer, but I just wanted to challenge you readers.

What’s there to do under the hot Tucson Sun? Tucson is a large Southwest desert city with lots to do, being as it lies in Pima County, Arizona with now a population of over 1 million residents.

Here’s a partial list of publications some of which have print editions and/or online event calendars for community happenings. Locate the website online and click on “calendar” or “events”.

Arizona Daily Star, www.azstarnet.com

Tucson Weekly, www.tucsonweekly.com

Arizona Daily Wildcat, www.wildcat.arizona.edu

www.uanews.org (University of Arizona)

Explorer News, www.explorernews.com

Green Valley News & Sun, www.gvnews.com

Inside Tucson Business, www.azbiz.com

Tucson Lifestyle, www.tucsonlifestyle.com

Tucson Green Times, www.tucsongreentimes.com (UpDATE Nov. 2010, now The New Southwest, www.TheNewSouthwest.com)

Desert Leaf, www.desertleaf.com

www.dotucson.com

www.tucsonstyle.com

Downtown Tucsonan, www.downtowntucson.com

Zocalo, www.zocalotucson.com

Bear Essential News (for Kids), www.bearessentialnews.com

Tucson Peace Calendar, www.peacecalendar.org

Never Too Late, www.pcoa.org (Pima Council on Aging)

Vermilion Flycatcher (Tucson Audubon Society), www.tucsonaudubon.org

www.wingspan.org (Wingspan-LGBT)

There’s lots to do here in the Old Pueblo and surrounding Pima County areas –you only have to look in some of these community resources to find an activity! Please share your other event/calendar listings in the comments below.