Free admission, live animal displays, guided hikes, kids activities, speakers, information booths, etc., even a Star Night Party. There will be cake too.

Live Music & Ceremonies

Large Group Area Ramada
9 am. Flag Raising, Troop 232, Catalina Council, Boy Scouts of America
9 am – 10:30 am. Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Band Mens & Ladies Chorus
11 am. Catalina State Park’s 30th Anniversary Ceremony
Noon. Monarch Music Performance, Stacy Scheckel
1 pm. Sun City Strummers
2 pm. Friends of Catalina State Park Raffle Drawing
3 pm. Canyon del Oro High School Jazz Band
4 pm. Flag Lowering, Troop 232, Catalina Council, Boy Scouts of America

Programs & Activities
Most programs last between 20–40 minutes.

Picnic Area Ramada
9 am. Southwest Rescue Dogs Inc. (SRDI), Pima County Search & Rescue
10 am. Ranches of Catalina, Barbara Marriott
Noon. Making Medicine with Our Sonoran Plants, John Slattery
1 pm. Big Horn Basics, Richard Boyer
2 pm. GPS Navigation, Javelina Outdoor Education
3 pm. 10 Essentials, Javelina Outdoor Education

Ringtail Group Area Ramada
9 am & 10 am. Natural History of the Harris’s Hawk, Kathie & Hawk Sueño
Noon. Geologic History of Catalina Mnts., Karen Gray
1 pm. The Characters of Catalina, Barbara Marriott
2 pm. Arizona Arthropods, Garrett Hughes

Trailhead
9 am. The Basics of Plein Air Painting, Ken Stockton
10 am. Basics of Birding, Tucson Audubon Society
Noon. Big Horn Basics, Richard Boyer
1 pm. Sample the Catalina Adventure Program, Ranger Jennifer Rinio
7 pm – 10 pm. Star Party, Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association

Hikes & Walks

Trailhead
7 am. Sutherland Trail, Out & Back (3 miles).
8 am. Family Bird Walk (2 miles).

More info: www.friendsscsp.org, and www.AZStateParks.com/Parks/CATA.

What a perfect way to spend Saturday May 4, 2013 before the summer heat comes in. Catalina State Park is located north of Tucson at 11570 N. Oracle Road, phone 520-628-5798. It’s about 16 miles from midtown.

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.

The Historic Y

“The Historic Y is a vibrant, artistically and progressively oriented community, home to a variety of visual, architectural, performing and healing arts professionals as well as many of Tucson’s pre-eminent non-profit environmental, conservation, educational, cultural, social justice and community service organizations, including Tucson Audubon Society, Paulo Freire Freedom School, The Rogue Theatre, and ZUZI’s Theater.”

The Historic Y is located at 738 N. 5th Avenu and 300 E. University Blvd. (SE corner of N. 5th and University). “The main building at The Historic Y was designed by Annie Graham Rockfellow to house the YWCA of Tucson and was completed in 1930. Expanded in the 40’s and 50’s, the entire complex was updated and converted to offices in the 1980’s, with care to preserve the original architectural features that lend the building its wonderful charm and character.”

(The YWCA of Tucson has moved to their lovely, new building at 525 N. Bonita Avenue).

Most people in Tucson know that a number of “Green-friendly” organizations are housed in this building: Arizona League of Conservation Voters, Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, Arizona Wilderness Coalition, Sierra Club – Rincon Group of the Grand Canyon Chapter , Sky Island Alliance, as well as the aforementioned Tucson Audubon Society (and Nature gift shop).

Need I say more? For more need information about long term office leasing, or booking an event or class in The Historic Y Conference Room, Courtyard, Second Floor Lobby or other rooms including the art gallery, please contact Shawn Burke at shawnburke@me.com or 520.622.4700, or log onto www.TheHistoricY.com.

Coming up: Artwork & photography by students of Paulo Freire Freedom School, May 24-28, 2010, in the Historic Y Gallery.