Kick off the ASA Summer schedule this week! On Tuesday, August 11, start your day with a morning concert featuring the always-popular Tucsonics, followed by an afternoon presentation from Dr. Julie Armstrong on health through Asian medicine. The Great Courses series continues on Wednesday, August 12. Finally, don't miss our special event on Friday, August 14—our community Blood Drive. Sign up today and give life!
Engage. Create. Serve. The non-profit Arizona Senior Academy (ASA) is the intellectual and cultural hub of the Academy Village community in eastern Tucson. Founded by a former University of Arizona president, the ASA leverages its unique UA affiliation to provide a premier weekly schedule of professional concerts, scholarly lectures, and creative activities. We offer adults in or near retirement a vibrant environment where curiosity and engagement never retire.
ASA live lectures and concerts are open to ASA members and the public. The Arizona Senior Academy building and parking are wheelchair accessible. For the hearing impaired, the Koffler Great Room is equipped with both a traditional audio loop and Auracast™ broadcast audio technology. If you wish to donate and continue to help the ASA fund more programs and concerts, click here! Thank you for your continued support!
TANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Weekly Highlights
LECTURES
If you cannot attend the lectures in person, you may attend via Zoom. Click this link for access!
Tuesday, August 11
3:00 – 4:00 pm ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
A Journey to Health Through Asian Medicine
Dr. Julie Armstrong, BS and MS Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California specializing in Neuroscience and Medical Device Development; Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese medicine.
Dr. Julie Armstrong discusses Asian medical practices and how their integration of natural world experiences and human experiences influence our health. She will share how treating the whole person, rather than just symptoms, can improve all aspects of a person’s health. Read More…
Wednesday, August 12 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The Great Courses Summer Program
ASA Koffler Great Room
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: How Memory Works and Why Your Brain Remembers Wrong
**Snack Break**
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm: Creativity and the Brain
This is a resident member-only event
LIVE CONCERTS
Tuesday, August 11, 11:30 a.m. *Note this is on a Tuesday**
ASA Koffler Great Room
ASA Concert – The Tucsonics are Arizona’s favorite Western Swing band, playing tunes from the 30’s through 50’s – Bob Wills, Spade Cooley, Gene Autry and more – with fiddler Nick Coventry, console steel player Alvin Blaine, guitarist Matt Mitchell, upright bassist Evan Dain, and drummer Fred Hayes.
SPECIAL EVENT
Past lectures are available as Video Lectures: Click here.
Past concerts are available as Video Concerts. Click here
Art Exhibits
The Summer ASA Art Gallery exhibit opened Tuesday, June 2 and will run until the end of August. Click here to view the remarkable work done by all our resident members. Don’t forget that most work is available for purchase.
Creative Showcases
PLAY READINGS: The Saguaros are buzzing because Mary Mitchell and her band of merry ASA Play Readers have done it again. Grab your popcorn and prepare to laugh once more with the desert’s biggest hit, the live reading of When Harry Met Sally. Click here for video.
About Us
The ASA mission supports extended learning, creative engagement, mentoring and public service over the entire span of retirement. It is located within Academy Village, a 55-plus community in Southeast Tucson, Arizona: 13715 E. Langtry Lane, Tucson, AZ; 85747.
All residents of Academy Village become full dues-paying Senior Academy members at age 60, providing support for the ASA. In addition to the concerts and lectures each week, the resident members have a number of amenities available to them.
The ASA support organization, Academy Services Corporation, runs the Academy Villas, an assisted living residence.
Live lectures and musical programs are available to ASA members and the public; and videos of lectures and recorded concerts on videos are available on this website.
From time to time, our members and friends also make direct donations to sponsor the appearance of an artist or expert of special interest.
This mosaic depicts a sampler of past events, including a concert by the Vail Chorale founded and led by an Academy member, plus an early preview of the the final season of Downton Abbey which was co-hosted by ASA and our local PBS station KUAT.
