Meet up and run or walk together — it’s that simple!

The University of Arizona Cancer Center invites you to join our Better Than Ever (BTE) program to have fun, be fit and help in the fight against cancer.

Saturday, Feb. 25
9:30 a.m. Information Session
10:30 a.m. Kickoff
Brandi Fenton Park, Ramada G
3482 E. River Road

Meet up with your team leaders and new participants, and kick off the season with a one-mile walk along the river path.

BTE will be kicking off a spring session on Fe...

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Saturday Feb. 25, 11 to 4 p.m. at Reid Park Band shell (E. 22nd and Country Club)

30th Annual Peace Fair & Music Festival, Arizona’s largest gathering of peace, social justice, labor, and environmental groups:

live music for the entire family
raffle prizes
booths – about 100 expected
food
dance
refreshments
entertainment
children’s activities

Chair of the 2012 Peace Fair is Mary DeCamp, former Mayoral & Ward 3 candidate, assisted by Entertainment Chair Chet Gardiner.

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Food Truck Friday

Location:
Bookmans at Grant/Campbell (SE corner)
1930 E. Grant Rd.
Tucson, AZ, 85719
(520) 325-5767

Time:
02/24/2012 – 6:00pm – 9:00pm

“Gentlemen start your engines” because it’s Food Truck Friday, from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24 in the Bookmans Grant parking lot. Come on down for a tasty time and support local businesses because they couldn’t do it without you.

The line up (so far) is:
Guero Loco’s Bubba Que
Animal Farm
Jamie’...

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Info from Tucson Forward and other news sources:

The U.S. Air Force is inviting the public’s input on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Pilot Training Center of F-35A aircraft.

The Air Force has not chosen a base yet. Potential locations include:
Boise Air Terminal Airport Air Guard Station, also known as Gowen Field, Idaho;
Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.;
Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.;
and Tucson International Airport Air Guard Station, Ariz.

The purpose of the proposal ...

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former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum

Former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (served 1995 to 2007) will speak in Tucson at a free Tucson Tea Party event at the Sabbar Shriner’s Temple on Wednesday February 22. Doors open at 10 a.m. at 450 S. Tucson Blvd., south of Broadway. The event is expected to run till 1:30 p.m.

Santorum is on the ballot for the Arizona Republican Presidential Preference Primary set for Feb. 28. Early voting on that primary began on February 2 and reports are that...

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Laps for Literacy Fun Run/Walk

When: Saturday February 18, 2012

Where: Reid Park Bandshell
1030 South Randolph Way
Tucson, AZ 85716

7:30 to 8:30 – Registration and Check In
8:30 – Special Guests/Warm Up/Awards
9:00 – Fun Run/Walk Begins
9:30 – 11:00 Entertainment

Please help put books into the hands of children who have none!

We will be walking to raise money for the MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS/Pima County Public Library Story Town project and the Altrusa International, Inc. of ...

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Laps for Literacy Fun Run/Walk

When: Saturday February 18, 2012

Where: Reid Park Bandshell
1030 South Randolph Way
Tucson, AZ 85716

7:30 to 8:30 – Registration and Check In
8:30 – Special Guests/Warm Up/Awards
9:00 – Fun Run/Walk Begins
9:30 – 11:00 Entertainment

Please help put books into the hands of children who have none!

We will be walking to raise money for the MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS/Pima County Public Library Story Town project and the Altrusa International, Inc. of ...

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Free showing of full-length feature “Bag It” at the Loft Cinema on Sat. Feb. 18 at 10 a.m. sponsored by Sierra Club – Rincon Group and Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection. The Loft is at 3233 E. Speedway.

Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes, disposable bags that they throw away without much thought. But where is “away?” Where do the bags and other plastics end up, and at what cost to the environment, marine life and human health?

Bag It follows “ever...

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New International Film Festival Comes to Tucson!

The Southwest LGBT Film Society is announcing the coming of its 1st Annual “Out in the Desert”, Tucson’s International LGBT Film Festival.

The Festival, scheduled for February 17-19, and February 24-26, 2012 is a celebration of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender films. The six-day event will showcase the best features, documentaries, shorts and musical films exploring LGBT issues and/or created by members of the LGBT community, and prom...

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Mayor Jonathan Rothschild delivered his first State of the City speech yesterday at the Tucson Convention Center and here it is in its entirety (for those who missed it). Last year I sat at the same luncheon table as Democratic candidate Rothschild, a political newcomer, and we joked that the next year he may not be sitting in the back of the room at “open seating” with the rest of us.

“Making Tucson Work”

Introduction

Good afternoon. Thank you for being here. Thank you...

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Interior of Polish Cottage restaurant, more lovely photos on their website:

http://polishcottageaz.com/

4520 E Broadway Blvd. (west of Swan Rd.)
Tucson, AZ
(520) 891-1244
contact@polishcottageaz.com

Polish Cottage is determined to bring our customers the highest quality, genuine Polish cuisine. All of our meals are created completely in-house from scratch. Come in and enjoy a traditional home-made meal.

We ate there recently with a friend, and selected two different types of pierogi (cheese &am...

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press release from AZ Democratic Party on Honoring Arizona’s Tribal Communities:

Over the last few days, we’ve been honoring Arizona’s Democratic heritage, sending along a few profiles each day of noteworthy figures in the history of our Arizona Democratic Party. However, Arizona’s history is much longer than 100 years. While it is important to learn about the men and women who brought Arizona into statehood, we want to especially encourage you to learn about the tribal ...

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So what is love? I’ll know it if I see it, and I thankfully see it around me with my husband, son, friends, family, etc.

If you’re lucky enough to be in love this Valentine’s Day, express it in the Hawaiian way, by spreading a bit of “aloha” through our “aloha spirit”. What does that mean?

“Aloha” is the Hawaiian word for love (and hello & goodbye), but we use it to express actions “me ke aloha” (with love, caring).

So “...

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I hear this event on March 17 is not for wimps, so only the hardy need sign up/apply. Don’t forget the early deadline is coming up on Feb. 19. Thereafter fees go up $10 for individuals ($30 to $40), or even more for the squad of five ($135 to $180). So sign up now to save money, & start training. Prizes will be awarded to the top 5 male, top 5 female, and top squad.

Register online at www.beatcancerbootcamp.com.
More info: 520-546-1601, or contact info@beatcancerbootcamp.com.

“B...

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Over two years ago Sue Parker, librarian at Himmel Park Branch Library decided to start up a Senior Games program (age 50 plus) for patrons interested in getting together and socially playing games such as chess, checkers, rummikub, scrabble, etc. I suggested we play Chinese Mahjong, which I play at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, but which I also learned back in Hawaii decades ago from Japanese-American friends on the Big Island. Sue had never played Mahjong before, but she was willing and...

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Just got my March 2012 issue of Prevention Magazine, and on pages 39 & 40 is an article entitled “7 Germiest Public Places” –enough to put the fear into anyone who dares to venture out into the public.

Here’s their list (and see if you agree with the results):

71% of gas pump handles

68% of sidewalk mailbox handles

43% of escalator rails

41% of ATM buttons

40% of parking meters

35% of crosswalk buttons

35% of vending machine buttons

The article says this research was...

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ACLU to Co-Sponsor Centennial Discussion on Civil Rights, Liberties in Arizona Over the Past 100 Years (press release)

TUCSON – Former judges, academic historians and elected officials from the City of Tucson will gather on February 12th to engage in an interactive discussion about the expansion of civil rights and liberties in Arizona over the past 100 years.

“When the ACLU was founded in Arizona in 1959, there were laws prohibiting people of different races from marrying and banning the d...

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Republican Sean Collins, a political newcomer has filed to run in the Republican primary against 4 term incumbent Supervisor Ray Carroll. Collins has served in the Air Force and is a small businessman, owner of a Dairy Queen in Vail, AZ. Mari Herreras at the Tucson Weekly had the story today (click here).

According to the Quail Creek Republican Club newsletter, Carroll’s challenger for the District 4 seat is Sean Collins, a U.S. Air Force veteran who owns the Vail Dairy Queen with his wife...

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Trail Dust Town 50th Anniversary Celebration
February 12, 2012
6541 E Tanque Verde Rd # 22 Tucson, AZ 85715-3806
(520) 296-4551
http://www.traildusttown.com/

Scheduled Events

11:00am – Posting of the Colors – Town Square – U.S. Cavalry Color Guard Trail Dust Town’s Own 4th U.S. Cavalry Band
Men representing U.S. Cavalry in authentic uniforms will post the National Colors bearing 48 stars to celebrate Arizona’s joining the Union on February 14, 1912.

11:20am – Ribbon...

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As most of you know I tend to write about events downtown, but here’s a new event uptown at the Four Corners of Campbell & Skyline, on Feb. 11 and 12. Check it out — sounds like lots of activities to choose from…fine art galleries, wine tasting, fashions, music.

Free admission but you can also purchase a $20 wine/food “culinary arts” tasting ticket for more than 10 restaurants.

For more info: www.fourcornersfest.org.