Calendar of Events

October 6, 2020 - November 1, 2020

The All Members Show

The Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG) presents “The All Members Show” Oct 6-Nov 1, 2020. Show paintings and purchase information can be seen online at www.southernazwatercolorguild.com.

October 31, 2020

Halloween Puppet Show: Hansel & Gretel

This popular fairytale is performed with traditional marionettes at 10:00 am on the outdoor stairwell between REI and H&M at the Tucson Mall. Reservations and facemasks are required. Seating is assigned as reservations come in; groups are spaced apart. Halloween costumes are encouraged.

November 3, 2020

Director’s Choice reading from the 2000s: Sherwin Bitsui, Ofelia Zepeda, and Alberto Ríos

Join us to watch a reading given by Sherwin Bitsui, Alberto Ríos, and Ofelia Zepeda on September 10th, 2010, 5pm. The project brought together poets with fluency in five languages: English, Diné, Spanish, Tohono O’odham, and Zapotec. Each poet shared a poem of their own that was fifteen lines or less.

November 7, 2020

Sahuarita Chalk Art Adventure

Enjoy an amazing collection of chalk artists as they bring the park pavements throughout Sahuarita to life. Watch from a safe social distance as artists create stunning murals in a variety of themes at the selected parks, or grab some chalk and make your own colorful addition at home. Saturday, November 7, 10am-3pm.

November 8, 2020

Taste of Oro Valley - The Drive in Tailgate Party

Steam Pump Ranch 10901 N. Oracle Road starting at 5pm, taste some great food from 9 OV restaurants while listening to a great band. Enjoy re-living Arizona's 1997 NCAA men's basketball championship as we show the game on a giant screen. 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

November 10, 2020

Director’s Choice reading from the 2010s: Terrance Hayes

Join us on November 10th at 5:00pm to watch a reading by Terrance Hayes, originally given on February 4th, 2016. Hayes visited the Poetry Center as one of the featured presenters in a miniseries that asked poets to reflect on the relationship between poetry and the culture of spectacle.

November 12, 2020 - November 14, 2020

Obon Floating Lanterns

Be bewitched by the glow of lanterns and candlelight and by haunting recorded Japanese folk melodies as you stroll Yume’s paths after dark. Purchase a floating lantern and launch it on our koi pond, an Obon offering to honor your departed with radiant memory. November 12-14, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm.

November 14, 2020

Drags for Paws

Join the Humane Society of Southern Arizona at 7pm at the Screening Room for Drags for Paws! This is an all-ages show featuring 15 outstanding performers! Proceeds from this show we will be donated to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona!

December 5, 2020 - December 7, 2020

Angels Too Marketplace Christmas Craft Show

Angels Too Marketplace Christmas Craft Show will be Dec. 5th 9:00 to 5:00 and Dec. 6th 11:00 to 4:00. We feature hand crafted ornaments, decorations, wood crafts, metal crafts, baked goods, paper crafts and much more from over 50 vendors. Free admission!

December 6, 2020

An Evening with Luis Rodriguez, Luivette Resto, Michael Warr & Peter J. Harris

Rodriguez, Resto, Warr, & Harris will read and have a conversation as part of the Institute for Inquiry and Poetics. The convening's theme is Beyond the Obvious and seeks to answer the following question: How does poetry create conditions for radical belonging? 6pm

December 19, 2020 - December 20, 2020

Sahuarita Holiday Artisan Market

December 19 & 20, The Sahuarita Holiday Artisan Market comes to town! This market features up to 45 juried artists and exhibitors in all mediums and special socially distanced art experiences.

April 14, 2021 - April 25, 2021

29th Arizona International Film Festival

The 29th Arizona International Film Festival will be rescheduled for April 14th-25th, 2021. This is the longest running film festival in Arizona. The 29th edition of the film festival will present more exciting and innovative films from around the world for Arizona audiences at The Screening Room and other exhibition venues throughout Tucson. The Arizona Media Arts Center has announced that the 29th Arizona International Film Festival will be rescheduled for April 14th-25th, 2021.