Maryellen Farmer Water was the missing element on a recent TRIPS tour of the Port of Tucson. Everything else was there in this full-service inland port. The Port of Tucson, an active 800+ acre foreign trade zone, provides an access point for rail service for ocean containers from Asia, via the Ports of Los Angeles…
Lynn Maier If the Come and Try It workshops sponsored by the Fine Arts Painting Club this fall were missed, there is another opportunity to try painting in a variety of mediums starting in January. The Art Club is calling January Beginner Month. Registration for a series of three-hour workshops in oil, watercolor, pastel and…
Diane Quinn Quail Creek residents who love their coffee are glad Anna Perreira left her job in New York City to start Yellow Brick Coffee. After leaving New York and spending time learning coffee roasting from some of the finest roasters in San Francisco, Anna took up temporary residence with her mother and stepfather, Diane…
Punch Howarth Before looking ahead to next year’s opening concert, the Southern Arizona Symphony family wishes everyone a Joyous Holiday Season and a Healthy 2016 New Year. Morton Gould’s raucous and stimulating American Salute opens the concert. This work is a series of variations on When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, an American military folk song.…
Peggy McGee The Lady Putters may have been dressed for fun when they showed up in Halloween attire for their October luncheon, but some of the scores showed they meant business. For the six-week period preceding the luncheon, Yoshi Hennessey had both the lowest gross score with a 35 and 18 holes-in-one. Yoshi also achieved…
Janice Pell The Women of Quail Creek President Peggy McGee and Janice Swain, who designed the cover and dividers for the A Shared Table cookbook, were invited guests at a November luncheon to honor clubs and individuals for efforts to support Genesis House, a local charity that provides shelter and advocacy for victims of domestic violence.…