Celebrate Tucson 250+: You’re Invited to a Party 4,000 Years in the Making

• 🔹 Tucson’s Big Birthday Bash – July 25th
  Learn all about the 250+ Celebration happening at HighWire Lounge in Downtown Tucson. From mural tours to trolley rides and community fun, this event is more than a party—it’s a tribute to thousands of years of history.

  🔹 The Vision Behind the Murals
  Jannie Cox shares how four Tucson-based artists were chosen to create original murals commemorating the city’s heritage. Hear about their creative freedom, collaborative process, and the historical themes woven into their work.

  🔹 Meet the Artists
  Get to know the talented muralists: Ignacio Garcia, Joe Pagac, Penn Macias, and Camila Ibarra. Each brings a unique style and perspective to Tucson’s visual story—one rooted in culture, community, and bold creativity.

  🔹 History in Every Brushstroke
  Explore how murals serve as powerful tools for storytelling. From Indigenous roots to modern downtown vibes, these works of art bridge centuries of Tucson history in just a few city blocks.

  🔹 Community, Culture, and Celebration
  Discover how organizations like Rio Nuevo, the Presidio Museum, Visit Tucson, and Downtown Tucson Partnership came together to support this event—and why this birthday is one for the history books.

This week on Life Along the Streetcar, we’re diving into a milestone like no other, Tucson’s 250th birthday! But this isn’t just about a city founded in 1775. It’s a tribute to a community with thousands of years of continuous history, culture, and storytelling. Our guest, Jannie Cox of the Rio Nuevo Board, joins host Tom Heath to share all the exciting details of the 250+ Celebration, a city-wide birthday bash that fuses ancient roots with modern creativity.

If you love Tucson, or just love a great party, this is your invitation to experience a celebration unlike any other.

🎈 Tucson’s 250+ Celebration: Dates, Details & Downtown Festivities

Mark your calendars: Friday, July 25th is the official kickoff of the Tucson 250+ Celebration, and the entire downtown community is getting in on the fun. The event begins at HighWire Lounge, just steps away from one of the celebration’s centerpiece murals, where you’ll find a festive gathering of locals, artists, historians, and community leaders ready to honor the legacy of Tucson through art, music, storytelling, and connection.

But the heart of the celebration? A one-mile guided mural tour featuring four brand-new murals that illustrate Tucson’s 250-year journey, and the thousands of years that came before. Guests can choose to explore on foot with knowledgeable guides or hop aboard the iconic Tucson Trolley for a cool, comfortable ride through downtown’s cultural corridor.

From free refreshments and artist meet-and-greets to historical context and hands-on community engagement, this event is a moment of civic pride that brings Tucson’s past and present together in vibrant, living color.

🎨 Four Murals, Four Stories: Art Inspired by Tucson’s Soul

At the center of the 250+ Celebration are four monumental murals, each painted by a Tucson artist selected for their talent, vision, and deep connection to the community. Jannie Cox walks us through the journey of selecting the walls, working with the artists, and creating a visual narrative that’s both personal and profoundly historical.

The artists—Ignacio Garcia, Joe Pagac, Penn Macias, and Camila Ibarra—bring unique perspectives to the project. They were invited to interpret Tucson’s long and layered history in their own style, with only a few guiding themes: the inclusion of the official Tucson 250 logo, references to the city’s linguistic evolution (from “S-cuk Son” to “Tucson”), and a nod to its Indigenous and Mexican roots.

Each mural stands alone as a work of art, but together they form a walking gallery that threads together the spirit of the Sonoran Desert, the city’s founding, and its enduring creative pulse. From a 1930s scene with the Fox Theatre and vintage cars to ancient agricultural practices of the Hohokam, these murals offer a rich tapestry of images, color, and symbolism, some even contain hidden Easter eggs for curious viewers to discover!

🖼️ Murals as Tucson’s Living Storybook

In this episode, we go deeper than paint and brick. We explore the idea that murals are public storytellers. They give voice to people and histories often left out of textbooks, and they reclaim city spaces as communal canvases.

These four new murals are a celebration of Tucson’s living history: not static, not dusty, but dynamic, diverse, and inclusive. The artists didn’t just rely on research, they engaged with the Tohono O’odham Nation, city historians, and local elders to ensure every image resonates with authenticity. What results is a visual archive of who we are and how we came to be.

As Jannie Cox says, these murals turn Tucson into an “open-air museum”, accessible to all, unconfined by walls, and rich with meaning. They are a testament to how art can connect past and present in ways that ignite pride, curiosity, and community.

🎊 Join the Celebration – Be Part of Tucson’s Story

Tucson 250+ is more than a number. It’s a celebration of resilience, creativity, and connection that spans millennia. From ancient irrigation canals to contemporary public murals, our city’s story is still unfolding, and you’re invited to be part of it.

So come join us on Friday, July 25th at HighWire Lounge, and be ready to walk (or ride) through centuries of culture, meet the artists shaping our city’s visual future, and party like it’s 1775—or 400 A.D., or maybe just 2025.

This episode of Life Along the Streetcar is your all-access pass to the people, projects, and passion behind Tucson’s big birthday bash.

🎧 Listen now, then mark your calendar, grab some sunscreen, and get ready to celebrate a city 4,000 years in the making.

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Tom Heath
Good morning. It’s a beautiful sunny in El Pueblo. And you’re listening to Katy. Tucson. Thank you for spending a part of your brunch hour with us on your downtown Tucson community. Sponsored, all volunteer powered rock n roll radio station. This week, our guest is Jenny Cox from the NOAA of aboard. And we’re going to talk about an upcoming a public celebration and unveiling of four new murals to highlight Tucson’s 250th birthday, and honoring the thousands of years of history and people that laid the foundation for our city.

Tom Heath
Today is July 6th, 2025. My name is Tom Heath and this is life along the streetcar. Every Sunday we shine a light on the social, cultural and economic forces shaping Tucson’s urban core from a mountain to the University of Arizona and all stops in between. You get the inside track right here on 99.1 FM streaming on downtown radio.org.

Tom Heath
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Tom Heath
We also have audio and video for each week, where most weeks, and you’ll find information about past shows, our book, and, just an easy way to reach out. If you’d like to. Well, there’s big birthday coming up, and, Tucson is celebrating 250 years. Well, we also know that there are thousands of years that have preceded that which really laid the foundation for, what we now call Tucson.

Tom Heath
We we have talked a lot about the history of Tucson with Mission Guard and the Presidio. I’m talking about the Tucson trolley tours and the things we’re doing in the community. And today we’re doing it through Art and Renovo, the city, the Presidio and a few others, which I’m apologizing. I’m missing you. Have gotten together and and worked with four local muralists to create four separate murals that will, represent all of that 250 plus history.

Tom Heath
And, we’re they’re about completed now, but we’re going to have a big celebration in a couple of weeks and wanted to talk to Jenny about that. Is Jenny Cox with Renovo, recorded in our studio just about a week and a half ago. Well, I’m excited to welcome Jenny back to the show. And this is the first time in the studio last time I it is to your location.

Tom Heath
And we talked about beyond and exactly. And and we’ll of course link to that in case people want to get more.

Jannie Cox
Sure. I’d love to.

Tom Heath
A connection between beyond and murals.

Jannie Cox
There is that.

Tom Heath
But I wanted to have you back in today because, there’s a birthday party coming up.

Jannie Cox
There’s a big party coming up.

Tom Heath
So, we’ll talk more about it as we get into the, the, the later episodes of August 20th, 1775 and our 250th anniversary as a city. But, today was specifically is about a mural project that is a part of the celebration.

Jannie Cox
It is. We have selected four marvelous, talented muralists, two men and two women who have created their vision of what the 250th birthday means, and they had free reign to do that. And they have done a magnificent job.

Tom Heath
And some of the murals are kind of out there. So people are getting a sense of them. But one thing I did want to point out, because this was confusing to me originally until I understood what was going on, but it’s a 250 plus celebration.

Jannie Cox
It’s 250 plus. We have a very rich millennial history in Tucson. It goes back thousands of years. The Hohokam, who we talk about today as if they were still here, they lived in Tucson from 400 to approximately 1400. So it’s a very rich millennial history. And they farmed here, and they lived here for a very long time.

Tom Heath
Yeah.

Jannie Cox
And and they’re such an important part of our history.

Tom Heath
Well, and the word Tucson itself comes from, you know, the Tohono O’odham with what.

Jannie Cox
Exactly is Solon.

Tom Heath
Jackson and has become I find it interesting all of the murals are representing that.

Jannie Cox
That’s right. We did ask the muralists. We didn’t want them. We wanted them to have to go their own way. But we did give them the guidance that we wanted for things in the mural in any way they wanted to put them, and they all use them very differently. And that was number one to use the mayor’s official 250, logo.

Tom Heath

Jannie Cox
And then to use the linguistic history of Tucson, which came from the Presidio Museum and that is Istook Sean from the Tohono O’odham and then from the Spanish, the Spaniards, we have to sun and then today it’s Tucson. So we asked for all four of those in each mural. And interestingly Ignacio Garcia in his mural used as took Sean took song Tucson and then he found that there was a time when the Mexican people called it tux on.

Jannie Cox
I don’t know if I’m pronouncing that correctly.

Tom Heath
That’s how I pronounce it.

Jannie Cox
And then he added at the end how a 14 year old today would write Tucson.

Tom Heath
He’s a kid. Every muralist I’m impressed with in their thought process that goes into this in their research, I think it gets lost in how beautiful their artwork is and how intense their research is in some cases, to come up with these murals.

Jannie Cox
It is intense. And these everyone who used real people in the murals consulted with the Tohono O’odham to make sure they were representing everything correctly. And they got great help and advice and that was a really nice part of the way these murals evolved, that it’s all about working with the people who know it and live it well.

Tom Heath
I have an idea. I hate to spring it on on you, like, right now.

Jannie Cox
That’s okay. I love ideas, Tom.

Tom Heath
What you should do, because I love telling people to do is why don’t you get the muralists together and have a big celebration?

Jannie Cox
What a good idea.

Tom Heath
Like a Friday in July.

Jannie Cox
They make it so people would come to a party in July.

Tom Heath
I think they might if, if there was art and murals and history involved.

Jannie Cox
I bet you’re right.

Tom Heath
My guess is you might have thought about this already.

Jannie Cox
Actually, we have thought about this, and what we’ve decided to do is throw a big party on July 5th, July 25th. It’s a Friday. And we will have this party at highwire, which is just about 20 yards from, Ignacio Garcia’s mural. And at this party will do some really great things, especially for July. Number one, we are going to take the Tucson Tough on a one mile mural tour, because we can see all four of these murals in one mile.

Jannie Cox
It’s probably going to be 100 and some degrees, but if people are up for it, we’ll have plenty of water for them and we’ll have guided tours or they’ll take maybe 30 minutes to see all four of the murals, and the guides will be able to tell them about the murals when they pass them. And then, thanks to you, Tom, we have the Tucson Trolley, which will take everyone who doesn’t feel tough enough to walk the tour, and your trolley will take them around and around and around.

Jannie Cox
We’ll fill up that trolley hopefully many, many times.

Tom Heath
Well, I don’t want to think people aren’t tough enough. They have to ride the Tucson trolley first, but I think they can be tough and ride on the Tucson Trolley tour.

Jannie Cox
It’s July 25th, Tom.

Tom Heath
I know well.

Jannie Cox
It’s a different definition of tough.

Tom Heath
I am. I’m looking forward to, just being a part of it and the celebration. I interesting because this is a free event, but you have to RSVP, right?

Jannie Cox
Yes. We want to know how many are coming. We don’t want to run out of food, and we don’t want to run out of room. So we want to set things up so that people are comfortable. But we hope there’s a huge crowd.

Tom Heath
How do people RSVP?

Jannie Cox
They we’re sending out an invitation, but they can go through downtown Tucson Partnership. If they get their emails, they will get a regular invitation there. They can get an invitation on the beyond website. And on the Rio Nuevo website, on the Presidio Museum website. So there are lots of ways to get an invitation, or they can call me or email me and I’ll make sure they get one.

Tom Heath
And we’ve, we’ve we’ve used the phrase we a lot as putting this together. And I think you mentioned the partners. There’s a website. Yes. Who’s involved with getting this together.

Jannie Cox
Really. Nuevos started the process, but we asked the mayor to participate with us and she happily did. She put together this really beautiful logo to celebrate the 250th, so that we could use that in all of the murals. And it’s been being used in many other places as well. But the mayor has been very supportive, and we put together a video about the artists and the tour, and the mayor will be in that video as well.

Jannie Cox
So she’s been very supportive. And then Visit Tucson has participated. They are helping us by sponsoring the actual event on the 25th. And Rio Nuevo is sponsoring the artists. Okay. And then we’re partnering with El Presidio Museum and downtown Tucson Partnership.

Tom Heath
Okay. So you got some, you got some of the big names here.

Jannie Cox
We’ve got some of the big names and they’re all really excited about it. So we’re pretty pleased with the way it’s going.

Tom Heath
And and speaking of big names, then, I don’t know if we’ve mentioned who who are the for murals.

Jannie Cox
Thank you for that question. The first muralist we invited was Ignacio Garcia. I was walking by his mural that he’s painting on the old storefront at Gibson’s, and I thought, he’s just got to do one of our murals. And I stopped right there, and I made an appointment to talk to him and invited him to paint one of our murals.

Jannie Cox
Well, I should go back a bit. I first needed to find four walls, so downtown to some partnership was hugely helpful in that regard. And we identified several walls and got permission for four of those walls. Actually five because one of them didn’t work out. We’ve moved around a bit. But then we selected the four artists. Ignacio was the first one.

Jannie Cox
I also commissioned Joe Padgett to do the Sauro mural, so I knew him pretty well, and I knew what a great job he would do on this. So we asked Joe to be the other. Then I wanted to female artist, and I thought it would be nice if we could find two artists who hadn’t made it to the recognition level that Ignacio and Joe have, and I asked around several people, and two names kept popping up, and I ran them by Joe and Ignacio, and they said these two women would be outstanding.

Jannie Cox
And that is Penn Macias and Camila Ibarra. Camila is painting the The West Face of Riley’s, pizza and drink. And Penn Macias has finished her mural, which is on the west face of Street Taco.

Tom Heath
And then Joe’s.

Jannie Cox
And Joe’s is on the south face, the Ochoa face of the LA plus garage on church across from the convention center. And Ignacio of course is at Arizona Alley and Congress.

Tom Heath
We are talking with Janie Cox of the Reno Waiver Board about the four murals celebrating Tucson’s 250th anniversary and the thousands of years that preceded it. We’ll be back to talk more art with Janae in just a moment. But first, I want to remind you that you are listening to life Along the Streetcar on Downtown Radio 99.1 FM and streaming on downtown radio.org.

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Tom Heath
If you’re just joining us, our guest today is Janie Cox. She’s from the Reno way of a board. And we’re here talking about the celebration of Tucson’s birthday. We turn 250 on August 20th, and we know there’s thousands of years that led up to the foundation of the Presidio. And what we consider our birthday. And there are four murals celebrating all of that history, being completed as we speak and will be part of a public celebration and unveiling on July 25th.

Tom Heath
And we’re getting the details from Janie Cox. I’ve seen glimpses of all three, and, with pens. Hers was done first and it was.

Jannie Cox
Hers has been finished for a month. She didn’t want to paint in the heat.

Tom Heath
And she says, just so Pat is the smart one.

Jannie Cox
Everybody is painting right now.

Tom Heath
But I hers and I know everyone’s going to go out and see them, but hers is so, so fabulous because the all of them show some kind of continuum of history. And, and she has a scene built into hers, which it’s like an iconic 1930s scene with a Fox theater, an old car maybe reminiscent of when John Dillinger was here.

Tom Heath
And and I’m looking at that. And all of a sudden I realized.

Jannie Cox
That car is driving off into the future. Right? To Joe Patrick’s mirror.

Tom Heath
Yeah. So Patrick’s mural in her mural and I just oh my gosh.

Jannie Cox
That’s that’s the future. That’s the present. So she started way back with a beautiful scene of the desert that could be today and it could be 2000 years ago. Yeah. That’s how the mural begins. And then she moves through history with the mural and ending with the the Fox Theater in the car, driving off past Hotel Congress into the present day to Joe Patrick’s mural.

Tom Heath
Yeah, it’s it’s just they’re all the ones. I mean, obviously they’re fantastic for the the creativity of how they tell a story and a timeline with, you know, it’s a big space, but it’s also really kind of a small space. If you think about trying to tell 10,000 exactly.

Jannie Cox
And then right in the middle of her mural, just jumping out of the mural is a rodeo cowgirl.

Tom Heath
Yeah. It’s it’s they’re wonderfully done. And I love the fact that they are all street level. So you can get up close and yes.

Jannie Cox
You.

Tom Heath
Can these it’s it’s great to see them.

Jannie Cox
But you also want to step back. Don’t get run over. But if you can get out in the street a little ways so that you can see the whole thing, it’s just they’re spectacular there.

Tom Heath
When we’ve done some mural terms, as I know you have, and one thing we always like to point out on those is the perspective as you get closer and further, because these aren’t flat walls they have to deal with. Oh no, they have to deal with pipes and protrusions and uneven spaces. So as you get closer, you see a little bit different of how their technique is.

Tom Heath
And then when you get further away and you see these complete pictures, you’re like, how? I don’t even know how.

Jannie Cox
They how did they do that on that surface? Ignacio was telling a story yesterday of little tiny bees that live inside the holes in the wall. He’s painting, and they’re not aggressive bees. So they weren’t stinging, but he was watching the bees go in and out of the holes that he’s painting around.

Tom Heath
Yeah, it’s it’s it’s, it’s just amazing to see how they how they work those. And, I saw I got a photo of of Ignacio just looking at his digital rendering and painting, like he’s just translating an eight by ten picture into this massive wall, and he’s just looking down, looking up, and, like, somehow in his brain, he can translate that without any.

Jannie Cox
And he can. And I saw that mural after he’d been working on it maybe 2 or 3 weeks. I thought it was finished. And I said, you’re doing great, Ignacio. And he says, yeah, I’m almost halfway. And I said, halfway. It looks like it’s finished already said, oh, no, it’s not even close.

Tom Heath
Yeah, they’re the I think that in talking with, with, with a couple of the muralists, it’s always been like it could never it could always, never be done at some point they just have to say, okay, we’re walking away to the next. Yes. But there’s always something like, what if we just just.

Jannie Cox
And then they tell me, oh, I wish I had done this at a later time. The other thing that’s interesting is that I think this is accurate. Both Joe and Ignacio have hidden some things in their mural.

Tom Heath
I am sure they have.

Jannie Cox
They have hidden things for us to find, and they’re the kinds of things that they you would expect them to hide in the mural.

Tom Heath
Yeah, they’re when you really get up close and had a chance to study these and and of course talk with the artists because sometimes they will reveal saying, I’ve seen murals for three years that I thought I understood. And then I had a conversation with, with Joe or Ignacio. I’m like, oh my gosh, I can see it completely different now because one element.

Tom Heath
So I’m excited. Those little Easter eggs that they they hide in in there. So it’s July 20th.

Jannie Cox
Gave up the secret.

Tom Heath
Tom. What’s that?

Jannie Cox
Ignacio. Hidden items are Easter eggs.

Tom Heath
Well, I well.

Jannie Cox
There are Easter eggs in this mural.

Tom Heath
They’re actually Easter eggs.

Jannie Cox
Or they’re they’re Easter eggs. Oh, of course they are.

Tom Heath
Well, right. I did not know that.

Jannie Cox
You have to find them.

Tom Heath
Yeah. He’s he’s, Yeah. We could we could talk about Ignacio. So I hope he’s listening. His warped mind and how he likes to play tricks.

Jannie Cox
Oh, he’s listening.

Tom Heath
And he plays tricks on us. But July 25th. This this is part of a much larger celebration. We’re not going to really dive into that today, but Tucson turns 250 on August 20th. Yes, of this year.

Jannie Cox
The celebration is August 23rd at the Presidio Museum. And the blocks around there. There will be a big block party that day in August. And even though it’s obviously going to be a very warm day, they celebrate Tucson’s birthday every year and they have at least 500 people for any birthday that Tucson celebrates. So we’re expecting thousands on the 23rd, so I hope you’ll be one of them.

Tom Heath
I will definitely be, be one of them, although I will not be wearing the traditional, Spanish.

Jannie Cox
Oh, no uniforms. There will be several people wearing them.

Tom Heath
Yes, I’m sure if you haven’t visited the Presidio Museum during their living history days, it’s another thing to to put on your on your bucket list. Well, I feel like you and I could just chat for hours about this. So I’m going to recommend that, maybe we have you back and talk a little bit more about some of the, the murals in Tucson beyond these four, because you and beyond and re in a way, Evo and the city and some of the private property owners have done a tremendous job of giving us a beautiful canvas.

Tom Heath
And we’re just talking about four murals, but there are.

Jannie Cox
Also.

Tom Heath
Hundreds and.

Jannie Cox
Hundreds of murals.

Tom Heath
That we could talk about. And some of them are small in.

Jannie Cox
Here, and there are at least a hundred of them downtown.

Tom Heath
At least, at least. And it’s it’s hard to keep track, because as you’re doing these tours on Monday, it’s like, this is the the newest mural in Tucson. And then next week. Well, yeah, that’s old news. Now we have a new.

Jannie Cox
Mural, I think I know the murals. And then I’m driving down the street and I say, wow, that one popped up and I didn’t know it was coming.

Tom Heath
Yeah, well, I appreciate the work that many people yourself, very much involved with bringing this beautiful artwork to Tucson, because it’s not just about how beautiful things are, it’s also telling stories. It’s about our history and culture. It’s a it’s a form of, of of history that is being displayed on these walls.

Jannie Cox
It’s like a canvas with Tucson displayed. It’s just it’s. It is. What defines Tucson is our rich history and the number of talented artists we have who put their art in public places for everyone to enjoy. It makes such an inclusive community.

Tom Heath
That was Jenny Cox of the RI in a way. Before talking about the 250 plus celebration happening on July 25th and the four murals that will be part of that celebration, there’ll be many other celebrations that, we will see, over, the next month or so as we approach that August 20th date. There’ll be a big event at the Presidio on August 23rd with, all other types of history and culture represented, but today was about murals.

Tom Heath
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Tom Heath
Well, thanks again to Janie Cox. Spend some time with us over at, the show. So our studio studios, where we now record all of our lifelong streetcar episodes and, the nice thing about the studio, it has audio and video. So if you go over to life along the streetcar.org, tomorrow, Monday ish, we will have the video up there for you as well.

Tom Heath
I did not do too many videos early on in, the, this show’s inception, and I was told at some point that we need a YouTube channel. And I’m like this, just two people sitting in a chair talking, but apparently that’s what the people want. So if that’s what you want, that’s what we are going to provide for you, because that’s who we are on lifelong streetcar and that’s who we are.

Tom Heath
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Tom Heath
And hit that donate button there if you can, spare a few dollars for, the upkeep of our station again, it all goes to the performance and the upkeep. It does not go into any staff or personnel. While you’re there, though, check out all of the fabulous lineups coming up in just a few minutes here on Sunday.

Tom Heath
We’ve got Ted Purcell ski with his, his show called Words and Work, where he’s going to interview writers and others from the labor movement. At noon, we have Ty Logan with Heavy Mental and, most of the week is, different genres of music. Rock. We’ve got surf music, we’ve got jazz, there’s anime, all kinds of things that you could possibly want.

Tom Heath
We’ve got shows focused on local musicians. We have Radio Club cry. Just heard an interview for Radio Club called a little promo for Radio Club Crawl with brother Mark, and he talks about all the upcoming, performers at the local venues so you can get a tasty taste of what they’re doing. And of course, on Sundays we’ve got, they’re just a fabulous morning lineup with Mr. Nature just getting us started into a really beautiful, mindset for a Sunday, followed by Ben.

Tom Heath
DJ Bank, the, the musical bum as he gets us, into the art of easing, and those to precede us with all kinds of things happening, done by volunteers. Check them all out on life along. I’m sorry. Check them on on downtown radio.org if you want information about us, the show and things of that nature.

Tom Heath
And, see those audios and videos? Well, I guess listen to the audio and see the video. That would be life along the street car.org, all kinds of websites for you to check out. Well, this is episode 346. We are approaching that 350 milestone. I don’t know why it’s a milestone, but it’s a nice round number.

Tom Heath
So we’re going to celebrate that one. And that’ll come up in early August. It should happen between now and then. We’re going to talk to some more fabulous people. We’ve got Drew Humphrey from the Star City Musical Theater coming up next week. We’ve got, Riva representing, a downtown club called The Pad, which, it brings in a whole new racket.

Tom Heath
Sport that’s been around for 50 years that I’m just learning about. And it’s not pickleball. We’ve got Mission Garden coming up, all kinds of things, for you to, enjoy about Tucson’s history and culture. So stay tuned for all of that here as July is jam packed. And of course, if there’s something you want us to cover, if you’re involved, if you’re, if you yourself are interesting, we should have you on the show and chat with you.

Tom Heath
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Tom Heath
So we we recommend that you, you do it that way. Well, James Portis is our executive producer. Amanda mulattos is our associate producer, and I’m Tom Heath, your host. Our opening music each week is from Ryan Hood, and we closed today with DC Cardwell from 2010 album called some Hope. It’s his birthday present. Have a great week and join us next Sunday for more life along the street.