– The 51st annual Tucson Meet Yourself (TMY) celebration kicks off Friday, Oct. 4, at 11 a.m., continuing through Sunday, Oct. 6. TMY is a free, three-day festival taking place outdoors at three city blocks and Jácome Plaza (in front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library) in Downtown
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The Tucson Roadrunners the new season at Tucson Arena as they will hit the ice in Southern Arizona for the first time to kick off their ninth season that features the team’s home opening weekend on Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20 when they will host Texas. An initial Training Camp roster will […]
Registration is now open for Pima County Parks & Recreation’s four-day Fall Break Camps. This program offers activities for children from kindergarten to fifth grade. “With sports, arts, and games, there’s something for everyone,” said James Devlin, program manager. Camps are available at six community centers: Catalina Community Center • Drexel Heights Community
Mexican Independence Day has been celebrated for centuries with a series of parties and rituals that have changed over the years but have always been spectacular and mark a milestone in Mexican culture. So, if you are thinking of traveling to Mexico soon, mark the date – September 16 – and keep reading to find […]
In front of a loving community, attended by friends, family, community leaders, and dignitaries, all of whom came to celebrate Dr. V’s enduring legacy of mariachi education, a bronze statue of Dr. Valenzuela, affectionately known as “Dr. V,” was recently unveiled at the northeast corner of Davis Bilingual School in Tucson, where he founded the […]
. Make a happy and easy environment for kids during the first days of school Take your child to visit the new school or classroom before the first day of school. Attend any available orientations and take an opportunity to tour the school. Remind your child that teachers know that students may be nervous about the first […]
More than 2,000 people in Pima County have had their lives cut short due to opioid overdoses within the past five years. Those deaths are the direct result of a much larger, complex opioid epidemic that took root in the United States in the 1990s, largely due to increases in the sale and use of prescription […]
Heat-related illness, like heat exhaustion or heat stroke, is when our bodies cannot properly cool themselves. Our bodies normally cool down by sweating, but during extreme heat a person’s body temperature might rise faster than it can cool itself down, sometimes causing severe illness or death. Some factors that might increase your risk of developing […]
Commercial Cafe, a commercial real estate blog, recently ranked the top U.S. cities with the greatest potential benefits for Generation Z, which includes those born between 1997 to 2012. Tucson ranked first among Western cities and eighth across the country. Cities with population above 400,000 were reviewed and rated based on jobs for graduates, affordability […]
Thank you to all our sponsors, clients, organizations, media outlets, and to the Tucson community for such a great turnout! Our 13th Kidz Expo and Back to School event was a great success thanks to you! More than 4.500 children and families came and enjoyed all the many gifts, and surprises we had in store […]






















