Jazz Club Soul: Arthur Vint & The Century Room Deliver NYC Cool to the Heart of Tucson

✔️ NYC Jazz Vibes, Tucson Soul
How Arthur Vint channeled 15 years in New York’s jazz scene into creating a world-class venue right inside Hotel Congress.

✔️ Designing the Century Room
The inspiration behind the intimate, speakeasy-style space that brings Village Vanguard energy to Downtown Tucson.

✔️ Live Music, 6 Nights a Week
A deep dive into the Century Room’s genre-spanning programing — from 1920s hot jazz to modern fusion and big band Mondays.

✔️ Upcoming Acts You Won’t Want to Miss
Get the scoop on upcoming shows featuring Cole Porter tributes, tango trios, Charles Mingus celebrations, and Jumaane Smith of Michael Bublé’s band.

✔️ A New Nonprofit with Big Goals
Learn about the launch of the Sonora Arts and Music Initiative, created to support jazz education, artist outreach, and program accessibility in Tucson.

✔️ Tucson’s Jazz Scene on the Rise
Why the Century Room is more than just a venue — it’s a cultural anchor fueling Downtown Tucson’s creative and economic revival.

In a city known for its vibrant desert charm and deep-rooted southwestern soul, it might come as a surprise to discover one of the most authentic jazz club experiences west of the Hudson River. Tucked inside the historic Hotel Congress, with a discreet entrance at the corner of Congress and 5th, lies a venue that pulses with the spirit of New York’s storied jazz scene: the Century Room.

In this episode, host Tom Heath welcomes Arthur Vint, the musician, architect, and driving force behind the Century Room’s creation. Arthur shares how his journey from Tucson to New York — and back again — inspired the design and feel of a venue that mirrors iconic basement clubs like the Village Vanguard, Smalls, and Fat Cat. While the Century Room isn’t below ground, it feels like it is. The covered windows, low lighting, and intimate setting transport guests into a different world — one where the music takes center stage, and every performance feels like a secret waiting to be discovered.

Arthur’s deep roots in Tucson and years spent immersed in New York’s jazz elite equipped him with a unique vision: to plant a world-class jazz experience in the heart of the Sonoran Desert. Three years after opening its doors, the Century Room has become a destination — not just for Tucsonans, but for traveling musicians and jazz lovers across the globe.

🎶 A Place Where Every Night Sounds Different

Step inside the Century Room and you’ll quickly realize — no two nights are ever the same. The venue’s programing reflects the full spectrum of jazz, offering everything from roaring 1920s hot jazz to soul-drenched organ lounge nights, avant-garde fusion, and even tango-inspired matinees. Weekly events like the Monday Night Century Jazz Orchestra — a 17-piece big band squeezed onto a cozy 12×12 stage — create a sense of community that’s both rare and electric.

Arthur speaks passionately about making jazz accessible, both in sound and in space. With a schedule designed to showcase every branch of the jazz tree, he sees his role as artistic director not just as a booker of acts, but as a guide — someone helping audiences discover what styles they love, and introducing them to new ones along the way. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or just jazz-curious, there’s something on the Century Room’s calendar with your name on it.

This episode also gives a preview of some incredible upcoming performances, including tributes to Charles Mingus (a Nogales-born jazz legend), a Cole Porter showcase by New York twin saxophonists Will & Pete Anderson, and a night with Jumaane Smith, longtime trumpeter and vocalist for Michael Bublé. In just six days, the venue moves from classic American songbook to Latin rhythms to modern trumpet-fueled soul. It’s a diversity of sound you’d expect in a big city — and now, you’ll find it right here in Tucson.

🌆 More Than a Club: A Cultural Anchor in Downtown Tucson

The Century Room is more than just a music venue — it’s become a cultural force in Tucson’s urban core. It’s proof that great art can thrive in unexpected places. Since its opening, the club has drawn not just jazz fans but also economic energy, foot traffic, and national attention to Downtown Tucson. It partners with the Tucson Jazz Festival, supports local musicians, and now — through Arthur’s latest initiative — has taken steps to ensure its future through the creation of a brand-new nonprofit.

The Sonora Arts and Music Initiative, founded just days before this episode aired, will help underwrite performances, make ticket pricing more accessible, and keep jazz education thriving in the region. It’s a powerful example of how one person’s vision can ripple out to benefit an entire community.

If you’ve ever walked past Hotel Congress and not noticed the Century Room, now’s your time. Whether you’re looking to expand your musical horizons, support local culture, or simply enjoy a memorable night out, this episode invites you to discover what’s been quietly building momentum right along the streetcar route.

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Tom Heath
Good morning. It’s a bit of sun in the old pueblo. And you’re listening to Katy. Tucson. Thank you for spending part of your brunch hour with us on your downtown Tucson community sponsored and all volunteer powered rock and roll radio station. This week we speak with Arthur Vint, the visionary behind bringing a New York style jazz club experience to Tucson.

Tom Heath
Opened just over three years ago. The Century Room is attracting world class talent and jazz fans from across the globe. It’s established itself as a premier destination for live jazz music here in the desert. Today is April 13th, 2025. My name is Tom Heath and you’re listening to Life Along the Street car. Each and every Sunday, our focus is on social, cultural and economic impacts in Tucson’s urban core, and we shed light on hidden gems.

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Tom Heath
And all of those, can be accessed again through our website. Before we get into our guest, though, I want to do a shout out to a friend of mine, Jeff Brack. Just went to a premiere of a movie, an honest to goodness movie that he put together called Over Again. It was filmed here in Tucson at the Century Room, which happens to be our feature today.

Tom Heath
Somewhat coincidental. And I got to see it at the, the Roadhouse Cinema. So the big screen and fabulously done movie just kind of getting its legs under it. So it’ll be out of film festivals and such, but keep your eyes and ears open for over again with, Jeff Brack. And if he’s not to, to being in the movie scene, maybe we’ll, we’ll catch up with him and see if he can to join us on the show.

Tom Heath
Tell us all about it. But, Century room for part of Over Again was filmed, opened a little over three years ago. And it’s just become a really a world class, jazz club experience right here in Tucson, Arizona. And the visionary behind it was a gentleman named Arthur Vint. He, worked with the Austrians who own hotel Congress, to put this, this club in on the corner of fifth and in Congress.

Tom Heath
So it’s in Hotel Congress, but it’s got its own entrance right there off the street. So I sat down with him just a few days ago on the show, so our studios had a chance to chat with them. Well, I get to welcome into, to the studio here, Mr. Arthur Vint of the Century Room in downtown Tucson.

Tom Heath
Welcome in.

Arthur Vint
Thank you. Tom.

Tom Heath
I have to I have to admit, the Century Room, is one of those places that because we have the gallery right across the street and a lot of people don’t fully know it’s there yet, but the people that know it’s there are extremely excited and proud of what you’re doing there.

Arthur Vint
Thanks. Yeah, we have a lot of great regulars. I mean, there are actually some people who are there five, six nights a week. But yeah, like you said, they’re also people who don’t know it’s there yet, which kind of makes it special because, you know, if you walk past it, it’s kind of unassuming. We have the windows covered up.

Arthur Vint
Yep. So it still feels a little secretive and like when you walk in, you feel like you’re entering somewhere special that not everyone knows about.

Tom Heath
And that was going to be my point exactly. I think the fact that it’s so understated, it it kind of gives me that feel of what I would imagine walking into, like a, you know, a kind of a real traditional speakeasy where you don’t really know it is from the outside, but then you walk in and it’s just all this glitz and glamor and it’s just fabulous.

Arthur Vint
Yeah, well, the design of the room was based around several jazz clubs in New York, and jazz clubs in New York traditionally were in basements.

Tom Heath
Okay.

Arthur Vint
Which is really all right. You know, you could actually walk past, the entrance to Smalls or Metro or the Village Vanguard, or the fat Cat and not know it’s there. But then once you walk down the stairs, you enter this whole world. So that was also kind of part of part of it that, it’s not in a basement, but when you’re when you’re in there, you’re almost in a another.

Tom Heath
Absolutely. And I get, I get that feel completely from that. And the location, just to be clear, it’s it’s a hotel Congress. So it’s right in the corner and it’s the it’s got its outside entrance from, right there on fifth and Congress.

Arthur Vint
Yeah. So we are we are part of the Hotel Congress family. But, you know, with that separate entrance, it has a different feel.

Tom Heath
That just like you don’t go down any stairs, but it does feel like you go into the basement of Hotel Congress when you go. Right? So, yeah. Very interesting. So let’s let’s take a couple steps back. So who are you? Like, why do you have a jazz club? What’s going on? Are you a musician or are you just a fan?

Arthur Vint
Yeah. Well, both. I’m a musician and a fan. I mean, I’ve, loved music my whole life. My uncle was a jazz saxophone player, Bill vent. I started getting into jazz when I was in middle school. High school? Involved in an organization that’s now known as the Tucson Jazz Institute. And then went to music school, and, I went to school in the New York area.

Arthur Vint
Okay. Where I started working at the, Village Vanguard Jazz Club, which is, arguably which I would argue the most famous and greatest jazz club in the world. And I started working there in about 2010 and worked there all the way up until 2020, when the pandemic hit. And, then during that period, there were a lot of unknowns.

Arthur Vint
And, my wife and I and our young son were thinking about moving back to Tucson from New York, where we had been living for 15 years. And, this opportunity came up with Richard and Shane, the owners of the Hotel Congress, where they, liked my idea of trying to open up the jazz club in Tucson because Tucson had never had a, real club in the sense that, you know, we have a cover charge, you have live music pretty much every night bringing in national international artists.

Arthur Vint
So they liked the idea and they said, well, who’s going to design this thing? And I’d actually been working for my dad, who’s a local architect. Bob vente. I had been working for him throughout the pandemic, as a draftsman. So I said, well, I could design it. So I ended up actually being very involved in the design, doing all the work and drawings and, helping oversee the build out of the room.

Arthur Vint
And then we opened up in February of 2022, and now it’s over three years. And, yeah, it’s just been growing and getting better every year. So that’s kind of the short version of it. But yeah.

Tom Heath
And that and that three year timeframe has been, just sort of explosive as far as growth and understanding because again, talking to people that are coming in for a show, there are people coming to Tucson from other places just to go to the sensory room and hear really good jazz that they’re not going to hear wherever they are.

Arthur Vint
Yeah. I mean, we’re getting acts that aren’t even going to Phoenix. Like we just had Isaiah Collier, who is a brilliant young saxophonist who, you know, has been written about in the New York Times MPR. He was just on the cover of Downbeat magazine, which is the major jazz publication. He didn’t have a gig in Phoenix. He played in Tucson.

Arthur Vint
So we had people from Phoenix drive down to see him play. He had a amazing show, and he’s going to really, you know, he’s blowing up. So he’s a name to watch Isaiah Collier. But yeah, we have, just amazing artists. I mean, last year or 2024, we were open, 333 nights, presented 530 bands. Each band plays two sets.

Arthur Vint
So that’s, you know, over a thousand sets of music. And it included some of the, you know, best jazz musicians of our time, you know, Grammy winners and international stars and coming to Tucson to to perform.

Tom Heath
So why how how do you get them? Why do they want to come to Tucson?

Arthur Vint
Well, I think I was able to make a lot of connections while I was in New York. Both being a musician myself and working at the Vanguard. I made a lot of personal connections with artists, who then would put me in contact with their agents and, there was no club to play at in Tucson.

Arthur Vint
So these artists and agents are really excited to live there on tour, playing on the West Coast. Say they’re playing in Los Angeles and San Diego and Phoenix now they’re able to tag on a date down in Tucson. So, it was they were like, waiting for this place to open. So once once I did it, I was able to reach out to my contacts, let them know we were open.

Arthur Vint
First year. We relied heavily on, any of the great local musicians here in Tucson. But by 2023, that’s when I started really getting major, acts like Bill for, Bill Charlap, Bill Frisell and Winkle. I mean, the list now is actually I can’t even remember everyone who everyone has played, but just some of the greatest living jazz musicians.

Tom Heath
And it’s and and prior to your opening, Tucson was starting to get more into the jazz scene with the jazz festival in January.

Arthur Vint
Yeah. I mean, the jazz festival has been great as founded by, Yvonne Ervin in, 2014, I think, and now run by Chris Dodge. You know, they’ve, they’ve been running this, jazz festival 11 years. And I think it really primed to downtown Tucson specifically to be open to this idea of, of a jazz club. And, you know, we, we partner with the jazz festival throughout the year on lots of events and specifically during the festival, being another venue, another stage for them during the festival.

Tom Heath
That’s the voice of Arthur Vint, the, gentleman who has brought the jazz scene to a different level here in Tucson by, working on the creation and opening of the Century Room. It’s going, I think it’s a little over three years now that it’s been open. Will be back to finish up the second part of our interview with him in just a moment.

Tom Heath
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Tom Heath
Welcome back as we finish up our interview with Arthur Vince. I’ve been talking about his his history and, kind of the idea and concept of the century Room in downtown Tucson. Talk a little bit more at the club, some upcoming acts and, ways you can get involved and learn more. Sometimes you need tickets. You have to buy a ticket to get in.

Tom Heath
But there’s other nights where you have there’s not necessarily a ticket. There’s like a cover charge or something to get in.

Arthur Vint
Yeah. I mean, the tickets vary. I mean, for, for local bands, you know, you can pay ten bucks to get in for national, international touring artists. Those tickets have to be more in the $4,050 range. Just because there are a lot more expenses associated, you know, talking to hotels and larger artist fees. So it’s a range. And, you know, I always recommend advance tickets because it, makes my life easy.

Tom Heath
Okay. That’s all. We’re here for people to make Arthur’s life.

Arthur Vint
Easy, I just, I get a, you know, I book a big artist, and then people buy tickets very late in Tucson, you know? So you’re going on.

Tom Heath
You’re freaking out.

Arthur Vint
I’ll be freaking out the week off. I’m like, we’ve only sold 30 tickets for the show. And you know, I have to pay the band and get them a hotel and all this. And then finally, like the Isaiah Collier Show, thankfully, both sets ended up selling out. But you know, earlier, if you talked to me earlier in the week, I was pulling my hair out.

Tom Heath
But what’s the capacity of the room?

Arthur Vint
About 100.

Tom Heath
Okay. Yeah, but it’s very intimate. I mean, I mean, a hunter’s a good size room for a for a concert, for a band. In in the way it’s situated. It’s like everyone has a good seat.

Arthur Vint
Yeah, yeah. It’s, it’s a it’s 100 people, but we do two shows a night because some, So we can actually get 200 people through the door, which is a traditional jazz club thing. The Village Vanguard, where I worked sat 125. So we’re just a little bit, lower capacity than the Vanguard, but it is an intimate way to see the music.

Arthur Vint
Jazz was developed in, small spaces and small clubs in New York. I mean, there’s history of the Harlem rent parties where the music was being played in people’s living rooms, and then, clubs like the Vanguard and Birdland and, the Three Deuces and, you know, all these other great jazz clubs that were on 52nd Street were all small, intimate places where you could be as far away as I am from you now, from, you know, piano, great piano players and drummers, you know, and to to get to experience that music in such a close setting, is is the best way that jazz is enjoyed, I think.

Tom Heath
But I guess that kind of leads into my other question. It’s just more of a quasi for me. But the stage that is a compact stage, and I’ve seen some pretty large groups on that compact Sunday.

Arthur Vint
Every Monday we have the 17 piece century Jazz Orchestra, which is 17 people on that tiny stage. It’s a 12ft by 12ft stage, and it was existing. I mean, we when we were renovating the room for the jazz club, we were just having to work with what was there. But people like it. I mean, artists I bring in from out of town, they say, well, I love how close I am to everyone.

Arthur Vint
And when we play with a big band, it’s plays every Monday. Every Monday night. You know, the musicians are all scrunched together and the audience is there, and you just feel like the sense of community, it’s it’s really great. The, the Monday night big band is inspired by the Monday night big Band at the Village Vanguard, which was founded in 1966 by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis and still performs to this day.

Arthur Vint
And the stage at the Vanguard is, comparable in size, and they fit 16 musicians on that stage every Monday. So a lot of people said I couldn’t do it. And I said, well.

Tom Heath
You know, I’ve done it, I’ve seen.

Arthur Vint
It, I’ve seen it.

Tom Heath
I’ve seen it. 16 but I can make 17.

Arthur Vint
I can make 17 work.

Tom Heath
But it’s, it’s, it’s, it’s a, an orchestra in itself. And the movement of how people have to be positioned and, you know, make sure they’re, they’re there any other are, are in the right spot. There are.

Arthur Vint
Five saxophones. And so yeah, we had to put some we put milk crates out in front of the stage to extend the stage a little bit and put their music stands on there, and there are four trombones and then the, the long trombone slides, you know, they have to angle them so they’re not getting the saxophone player. And then the trumpet stand behind the trombones for trumpets.

Arthur Vint
And then I built a drum riser that elevates the drum set behind the trumpets. So we’re all stacked, and then the piano gets pushed back on the basis and guitars there.

Tom Heath
I think just just for the visual aspect of it, it’s worth checking, checking, and it’s really fun.

Arthur Vint
And we’re the only Monday night big band outside of New York City. I mean, no one else is crazy enough to do it.

Tom Heath
So let’s just talk about jazz in general. This is something I’ve talked with Chris Dodge. And I think to some people and I put myself in this category maybe a few years ago, it can be intimidating, but but the more I’ve learned about it, the it’s it really is. It’s it’s just it’s not intimidating. It’s just a very interesting way of putting it together.

Tom Heath
And I think jazz has such a broad definition. Yeah. It’s sometimes hard for people understand like what are they actually going to hear?

Arthur Vint
You have to learn what you what you like. I mean, I think wine is very intimidating, but then you figure out a few things that you like, and you can talk to Somalia and be like, you know, I like big reds or whatever it is, and they can they can point you in a direction. So something that I see is my role as the artistic director of the Century Room is to guide audiences and kind of explain to them what to expect.

Arthur Vint
Because as you said, jazz is vast. I mean, it’s it’s a kind of a catch all term, an umbrella term for all these subgenres. And my programing at the center, I do try to present every, branch from the jazz tree. So, you know, we do the Monday night big band, Wednesday nights, we do hot jazz or traditional jazz for the 1920s and 30s, which, you know, some people only like that stuff.

Arthur Vint
Some people hate that stuff, you know, but it’s it’s there. We do an organ lounge on Thursdays, so there’s soul, soul, jazz from like, the 1960s represented. We bring in, you know, artists like Isaiah Collier who are kind of coming out of the, Pharoah Sanders and John Coltrane tradition, but updating it. And then we have a jam session every Sunday which allows young people and, and professionals to, to come and perform with each other on stage and interact.

Arthur Vint
So there’s really something for everybody. But when I, and promoting these shows, I do my best to try to let people know what to expect because, you know, we I had Donny McCaslin out here who’s one of the probably most progressive jazz fusion artists of our time, where he takes elements of traditional jazz, mixes it with like heavy rock and electronic music.

Tom Heath
Interesting.

Arthur Vint
And we had a couple people walk out of that show, but some other people who, don’t usually come to the club, came to the came to the show and loved it. And, you know, it’s just trying to get let people know that it’s. Yeah, it’s not it’s not for everybody, but there’s something for everybody.

Tom Heath
But. And not to get too far off. And I remember who told me this, but I had this similar conversation with someone in the jazz world and they said it’s it’s every music genre has that, that, that sort of width. Like, you look at rock and if you show up expecting Barry Manilow and you get Metallica, there’s nothing wrong with either one of those.

Tom Heath
But you might not stick around for the whole concert.

Arthur Vint
Totally.

Tom Heath
Yeah. But, a couple things coming up. So we’ve got Easter weekend coming up. You’ve got, you got shows and events coming on for the weekend. Are you closed?

Arthur Vint
No, we got lots going on. So Easter weekend, Friday night. I have will and Pete Anderson coming in from New York there. Friends of mine from New York City, great, identical twins who both play saxophone. And they’re doing, Cole Porter show. So, you know, if you are fans of the Great American Songbook, that’s a Cole Porter show, that Sunday, Easter Sunday.

Arthur Vint
It’s not jazz, it’s tango. We have the tango guitar project doing a special matinee. But, you know, there’s definitely elements of Improvization and the blues. I mean, it’s so it’s and it’s acoustic to acoustic guitar trio, so I do think there’s room for that in the jazz umbrella. Monday the 21st, we’re celebrating Charles Mingus birthday.

Arthur Vint
Charles Mingus being the most famous musician to come out of Arizona. He was born at Fort Hood in Nogales in 1922. And, so that makes it his 103rd birthday. And the Century Jazz Orchestra will be doing an all Mingus show, and I’ll actually be performing that night. I’m a drummer, so I’ll be performing Monday the 21st with the orchestra.

Tom Heath
So we get an Arizona artist, we get Arthur Van on stage, and we got 17 people, with trombones angled tonight. The saxophone players, right?

Arthur Vint
Yeah. Yeah. So that’ll be cool. And then, you know, the big the really next big show coming up is Toumani Smith, which is Friday, April 25th. And he is a amazing trumpeter and vocalist who was in the Michael Bublé band for 18 years as the lead trumpeter. And now he’s kind of coming out on his own, doing his own solo project.

Arthur Vint
So we have him Friday the 25th with his band, which, it’s going to be really cool. It features a Hammond organ and trumpet.

Tom Heath
Vocal and just those six days that you mentioned, I mean, you’ve got a completely different music acts. I mean, there’s there’s something for everyone, so to speak. I mean, that that that’s a wide range just in six days. Yeah. That’s pretty impressive.

Arthur Vint
Yeah. It’s all good. I mean, and that’s why we have some people who are there every night because they don’t want to miss it.

Tom Heath
But where is it? Do you have like a website? How do people get information on the accent to.

Arthur Vint
Go to the, hotel Congress website and find us there? We also have our own, URL, which is Century Room two sun.com, and, we post every week on Instagram, our weekly schedule. What’s coming up? I also have an email list, which is how, a lot of people find out about upcoming shows. Okay. So you can sign up for the email list on the, on the website.

Arthur Vint
And I send, email out every Wednesday, kind of explaining what’s coming up and, and giving some background to some of the artists and fantastic.

Tom Heath
And then I, I want to I don’t have a lot of time left, but I definitely want to touch upon this because this is exciting that you, not only can support this through attending and showing up, but because of what you’re doing in Tucson is so unique, and you’re really elevating this form of music in Tucson and and providing some education.

Tom Heath
You have taken the next step to create a nonprofit.

Arthur Vint
Yeah, I mean, I’ve, I just founded the ink is still wet.

Tom Heath
And by just founded, I mean like two days ago, right?

Arthur Vint
Yeah, I just got I just got the articles of incorporation for the Sonora Arts and Music Initiative, which is, going to be, a supporting nonprofit for, Jazz in Tucson. And, you know, as I said, we’ve partnered with, Tucson Jazz Festival. We’ve partnered with the Tucson Jazz Music Foundation, which is another great five and one C3 here in Tucson.

Arthur Vint
That’s, more education focused. But this new organization, the main focus is going to be for, programing. So to kind of help underwrite some of these bigger artists come out because, I mean, it’s not cheap to run a venue. There are a lot of costs. And I could charge $100 a ticket and but, you know, I still want to make ticket prices accessible for people.

Arthur Vint
I mean, we do offer, like, student pricing. But, yeah, just to allow some of the, the people, I’ll say it wasn’t my idea. Other people said I would love to help contribute to sure. What you’re doing here and support the the programing, support, purchase of instruments, that kind of thing. If you had a nonprofit, I would donate to it.

Arthur Vint
So that’s why. Yeah. So yeah, I’m the president of the Sonora Arts and Music Initiative. I have a great board. Dan Coleman, who’s, music publisher, who’s, just a really brilliant guy who’s built, who has built his own music publishing company, who actually represents a lot of the artists that I bring out. And then Caroline Pope, who’s, one of my regulars, who’s there all the time and a philanthropist and lover of the music.

Arthur Vint
So it’s all through for the love of the music.

Tom Heath
Ultimately, there’s just different ways to support. I mean, you can you can donate, you can come out and just enjoy a show and get your tickets early so Arthur doesn’t stress.

Arthur Vint
Out, right? Yeah, I’ll say that. We’re introducing, something new, which is seat selection. Obviously we had two tiers of seating of what we call preferred and general admission. And now we’re experimenting with allowing people to actually pick their seats, which, isn’t it pretty common in most venues now? Okay. And, you know, the fox does it, and, Centennial Hall.

Arthur Vint
So we’re going to we’re going to do that. We’re going to try it at least.

Tom Heath
Arthur Vint traveled to travel the country to, to pick and, find this beautiful arrangement of, of of, music and location and style and design brought it here to Tucson and three years in the century room is just exploding. And I’m very appreciative that you brought it here to Tucson. And I’m excited to see what you know, if that’s the first three years, I’m kind of curious to see what happens in the next three.

Arthur Vint
Yeah, no, it’s all it’s all going really well. So yeah, I hope to see you down there soon.

Tom Heath
That was Arthur Events, a very busy, busy man. You’re running a club, started a nonprofit working on boards of other organizations, doing great things in our community. So I always appreciate everyone’s time. And then every now and then, you’re into someone who just has no time, and they still find a way to to make it in, to share their story here in life along the streetcar.

Tom Heath
So thank you, thank you, thank you. But next week, here, if, you’re following us live is, Easter. And, probably not going to be, in with a new show, I think. And taking that day off and, probably and asking Mr. DJ Bank to play a little music, or maybe he’ll put on a, a repeat show of ours, but, either way, in two weeks, we will definitely be back with Tyler.

Tom Heath
Meyer of the, University of Arizona Poetry Center had him on a couple of years ago with, Brian Laidlaw as they were doing a special concert in Tucson. And now today we’re just talking with Tyler on our next show, talking about Tyler with the, the Poetry Center and a special feature, a first here on Lifelong The Streetcar.

Tom Heath
I will have a co-host for that interview. It’ll be Amanda mulatto, who’s been working as a an intern and an assistant here. She’s, stepping up and doing more and more. So she is co-hosting with me on that, on that interview. And that’ll be in two weeks on the 27th of April. And if there’s topics out there you want us to cover things you think we should be sharing?

Tom Heath
You know, tell us. Yeah, Instagram and Facebook are great ways to connect with us, share the things that you’re doing in the world. Let us promote you. That would be fantastic. And, and I invite you to check out our, our website and our, our Facebook, I’m sorry, YouTube page, because these videos that we’re putting out a great.

Tom Heath
And James is putting some shorts and reels on, on Instagram. So it’s looking really good there. But, you know, you can get us lifelong streetcar.org and Instagram, Facebook and or lifelong streetcar. Best way to connect with us. Well James Portis is our production specialist. Amanda mulattos is our production assistant. My name is Tom. He’s the host and producer.

Tom Heath
And we always open our show with Dillinger Days. And today we’re going to leave you with and Jumanee Smith, who you can hear at the center room on April 25th. Now, don’t read too much into these lyrics. I just really like the beat. It’s from a 2024 album. Come on home, let’s I’m Gone. Have a great week and tune in for more life along the street.