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The Carnivaleros to perform on first night of GLOW!

  The popular and talented Tucson band, “The Carnivaleros” will be performing on the first night of GLOW on Sept. 22, 2018. The opening theme for GLOW is GLOWfluorescence where patrons are encouraged to dress up in fluorescent costumes and light up the night....

Historical Perspective: The Union Ore Car

  In the late 1980s, the relationship between the United Steelworkers of America Local 937 and Magma management began to change. It was moving from being adversarial to a more cooperative system.   Don Shelton, former President and spokesman for the union...

Historical Perspective: A San Manuel Union Man

  San Manuel was built as a company town. Magma Copper Company needed a place to house its workforce.   San Manuel has also been a union town.   With Labor Day just past, we thought we’d take a look at one of San Manuel’s Union Men.   Don Shelton...

Historical Perspective: The World War I Battle Fought in Arizona

  Following the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie by a Bosnian Serb, tension grew between the countries of Serbia and Austria-Hungary. On July 28, 1914 Austria declared war on Serbia. This would lead to the...

MOCA presents GLOW launch party fundraiser

  The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) sponsored a GLOW launch event on Saturday, July 14. The Pre-GLOW event in collaboration with the Triangle L Ranch and GLOW featured multi-media installations, sculptures, performances, music and food.   This MOCA NOMAD...

Oracle Historical Society presents talk on Kenya

Catesby and Dale Suter of Oracle gave a slide show presentation of their 2018 trip to Kenya at the Acadia Ranch Museum on Monday, July 9.  The presentation was well received by the audience that evening. Catesby and Dale narrated the show and answered questions...

Oracle Community Learning Garden to host Desserts in the Garden

  Join garden enthusiasts as we plant our first seeds in the Oracle Community Learning Garden on Saturday, July 28, 6-9 p.m. at the garden site, 1034 E. Mt. Lemmon Rd. We’ll also enjoy lovely Desserts in the Garden!   This premier event features planting the...

Tickets are selling fast for the 4th Annual Magma Royale Fundraiser

  The Superior Optimist Club will be hosting its fourth annual Magma Royale fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018 at the Magma Club in Superior, Arizona. The event will start at 6:30 p.m. and prizes will start being announced at 10 p.m.    Tickets are...