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About Carolyn Classen

Carolyn Sugiyama Classen was a 2008 Tucson Citizen My Tucson columnist. She was born and raised in a sugar plantation community on Hawai’i Island, then belonged to a Jesuit “koinonia” at the Paulist Center in Boston. She is a 3rd generation Japanese American and has studied Spanish, Japanese, German, and Hawaiian. She has been a practicing attorney, legislative aide on Capitol Hill (for U.S. Senator Dan Inouye), and is now a Hearing Officer in Small Claims Court. Carolyn has also published two short stories in Rick Carroll's 2006 "The Best of Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales."

Recent Posts

• “A Snowball’s Chance” (High School Dropouts Tell Their Stories) book review
• Newly restored “The Tin Drum” coming to the Loft
• “Ready or Hot?” Climate Smart Southwest conference in September
• $100 raffle ticket could win you French Empress Josephine’s chandelier
• Bold Belly Dancing at 2nd Saturday Downtown on May 11
• Neon Mile: Sixth Annual Historic Miracle Mile Open House/Tour
• Mother’s Day Luncheon for Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse
• Free Wendy’s Jr. Hamburgers for Tucson Educators on National Teacher Appreciation Day
• Tucson and 4 other cities win Wyland Foundation’s 2013 National Mayor’s Challenge on Water Conservation
• Celebrate Children’s Day (May 5) at Yume Japanese Gardens
• Popular Tucson Folk Festival in 28th Year
• Free admission to 30th anniversary celebration of Catalina State Park
• A Stanley Kubrick Odyssey at the Loft in May
• Summer 2013 Humanities seminars, including Dante’s Paradiso
• Loft Aid: An Evening to Benefit the Loft Cinema at La Cocina on April 30

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