Reading and Writing Poetry with Nancy Fitzgerald Mondays January 29th – Feb 10 2020 2-3:30 p.m. New residents and old! Join the long tradition of poets at Academy Village in a 4 week long workshop that inspires writers to move
Reading Group–Olive Again
Reading Group All sessions of the Reading Group discussions will be held in the ASA North Seminar Room at Tuesdays, 2:00-3:30 p.m. These readings are taken from Olive Again, by Elizabeth Strout. If you are interested in attending, please email one
Spanish Classes
Spanish Classes These classes are provided at three levels: beginning, Advanced Beginning, and Intermediate. The classes are held in the large seminar room of the ASA Building. All classes are held in the ASA North Seminar room Beginning Spanish: Thurs.,
Feb. 5: “U.S. Relations with the Northern Triangle” (Great Decisions)
Steve Harris, Academy Village Discussion Leader Wednesday, February 7, 2020, 2:30-4:00 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building U.S. Relations with the Northern Triangle” will be the third in the 2020 ASA series of Discussions based on materials prepared by the
Feb.19: “Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking” (Great Decisions)
Abigail Hagler, M.D. Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 2:30-4:00 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building “Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking” will be the fourth in the 2020 ASA series of Discussions based on materials prepared by the non-partisan Foreign Policy Association
Feb. 13: “China and Latin America: Great Decisions
Joanne Birdwhistell, Discussion Leader Thursday, February 13, 2:30-4:00 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building “China and Latin America” will be the fourth in the 2020 ASA series of discussions based on materials prepared by the non-partisan Foreign Policy Association (FPA).
Feb. 6: “Hunting for Herring”
Alison Hawthorne Deming, Regent’s Professor of Creative Writing and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in Environment & Social Justice, University of Arizona Thursday, February 6, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building “The potato of the Middle Ages,” “the
Jan. 29: Great Decisions II–“The Philippines and the U.S.: Strength & Strain”
Dr. John Evans, Discussion Leader Wednesday, January 29, 2:30-4:00 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The dilemma of U.S. relations with the Philippines will be second topic in the 2020 ASA series of Discussions based on materials prepared by the
Feb 4: “Young MacDonald & Maria McArthur: A History in Music”
Will & Lee MacDonald (fiddle & cello) & Maria (guitar) Tuesday, February 4, 2020 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building Arizona Senior Academy favorites Young MacDonald (Will and Lee MacDonald) return with their friend and colleague
Jan. 30, 2020: “Andy Warhol and the Creation of Legend”
Carlye Dundon, Maxfield Creative Consulting Thursday, January 30, 2020, 2:30-3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a towering figure of Pop Art, a genre defined by its self-consciously stylized portrayal of consumer items from soup cans
Jan 28, 2020: “Music for Saxophone and Piano”
Dr. Anders Lundegard, saxophone Woan Ching Lim, piano Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building Many, when they think about symphonies, concertos, or chamber music, do not associate them with the saxophone. Dr.
Jan. 21: “Jazz Journey: Classics with a Modern Twist”
The Gus Woodrow Quartet Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 11:30am-12:30pm, The Arizona Senior Academy Building Join the Gus Woodrow Quartet – guitarist Gus Woodrow, bass guitarist Patrick Morris, drummer Casey Hadland, and keyboardist Chris Peña – for a swirling “futurespective” of
January 22: Climate Change–Thinking the Unthinkable
Michael Chriss, Discussion Leader Wednesday, January 22, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Arizona Senior Academy “Climate Change and Global Order” will be the first in the 2020 ASA series of Discussions based on materials prepared by the non-partisan Foreign Policy Association
Nov. 21: “What’s New at RTA?”
Mindy Blake, Outreach Coordinator for the Pima Association of Governments Thursday, November 21, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Arizona Senior Academy Building Have you been challenged lately on Old Spanish Trail by the new obstacle course of cones, lane changes and
Nov. 27: “Green Infrastructure Outreach from the University of Arizona”
Adriana Zuniga-Teran, UA Udall Center for Public Policy Wednesday, November 27, 2:30-3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building How can our desert cities become cooler and safer from flooding by creating “oases” of vegetation even in some of the poorest
Nov. 12: “Between Us, Truly Contemporary”
Duo Entre-Nous, clarinet and saxophone Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The Arizona Senior Academy is delighted to welcome once again clarinetist Jackie Glazier and saxophonist Don-Paul Kahl, advocates of contemporary and
Nov. 14 & 16: “Laundry and Bourbon” and “Lone Star”–Interlocking One-Act Plays by James McLure
Presented by The ASA Theatre Company Thursday, November 14 at 2:30 p.m. and Saturday, November 16 at 7 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building Directed by Ron Danko with Set Design by Mike Horn-Mitchem “Salty, comic banter” . . .
November 2: “Vail Chorale Fall Concert: Heroes & Villains – Music of Broadway & Movies”
Saturday, November 2, 2019, 3:00-4:00 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The Arizona Senior Academy is pleased to present a Saturday afternoon performance of the Vail Chorale’s 2019 Fall Concert. This season’s “Heroes & Villains” theme will bring energetic musical
November 5: “A Celebration of the String Quartet”
Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The Arizona Senior Academy welcomes the newest members of the University of Arizona Graduate String Quartet who will perform Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op.
Nov. 6: “Virtual Walking Tour of Tucson’s Historic Main Street and Barrio Viejo”
Alan Kruse, Retired Tour Operator and Guide Wednesday, November 6, 2020, 2:30-3:30 The Arizona Senior Academy Building If you are new to Tucson or haven’t had the opportunity to take a walking tour of at least part of historic Tucson,
Nov. 7: “‘Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Songbook”
Richard T. Hanson, Professor Emeritus of the School of Theater, Film & Television at UA Thursday, November 7, 2019, 2:30-4:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building After Rodgers and Hart, there were Rodgers and Hammerstein. Throughout their 27- year partnership,
Nov. 13: “Chinese Philosophy in the Contemporary World”
Dr. Joanne Birdwhistell, Academy Village Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 2:30-3:30 pm, The Arizona Senior Academy Building With a career specialization in Chinese philosophy and culture, Joanne Birdwhistell will speak to developments that began about 2,500 years ago, tracing the ways
Oct. 31: “Hospice Care and How Best to Deal with Death and Loss”
Larry Lincoln, M.D. Thursday, October 31, 2019, 2:30-3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building What are the opportunities, taboos, and challenges surrounding the critical life stages of dying and death? How can Hospice attention ease the lives of patients and
October 22: “Puerta-Olegario Duo: Music for Guitar and Bassoon”
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m, The Arizona Senior Academy building The guitar is a versatile instrument that makes beautiful music whether solo or paired with a variety of other instruments. The musical duo of guitarist Jose
October 23 and October 30: “The Music Video as Art, History and Science”
Dan Kruse, ethnomusicologist October 23, Wednesday, 2:30 – 3:30, The Arizona Senior Academy and October 30, Wednesday, 2:30 – 3:30, The Arizona Senior Academy Do you remember Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf”? Or Chrissy Hynde’s “Brass in
Oct. 24: “The Historicity of King Arthur”
Michael Horn-Mitchem, Academy Village Thursday October 24, 2019, 2:30–3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The figure of King Arthur has enjoyed unabated success across the English-speaking world and Europe. But was he originally a historical figure like Davy Crockett
Oct. 17: “Six Legs Walking: Notes from an Entomological Life”
Elizabeth Bernays, Regents Professor of Entomology Emerita, U. of A. Thursday, October 17, 2019, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The painted lady butterfly, Venessa cardui, is the most widely distributed butterfly in the world and has
Oct. 29: “Grams & Krieger Blues Duo”
Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy building The Arizona Senior Academy is pleased to treat blues fans with a performance by two seasoned Tucson musicians who are members of the Arizona Blues Hall
Oct. 8: Special Lecture: “Exploring New Mexico’s Snowy River Cave Formation”
John McLean, USGS Geologist and Hydrologist, Ret. Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 2:30-3:30 p.m. The Arizona Senior Academy Building Administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the Fort Stanton – Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area (NCA) in east-central New Mexico
Oct. 8: “Shin-Pantoja Duo”
Ivo Shin,flute and Andrés Pantoja, guitar 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Arizona Senior Academy Building Following in the footsteps of Brian Luce and Christopher Caliendo (September 3), we bring you a fresh take on the flute-guitar duo. Flutist Ivo Shin and
Oct. 16: “New Horizons: The Voyage of Columbus”
Thursday, October 16, 2019, Michael Chriss 2:30–3:30 pm, The Arizona Senior Academy Building We have all heard true and apocryphal stories about Christopher Columbus. But what was it about the year 1492 that actually made his voyage of discovery possible?
Oct. 10: “The Peace Process in Colombia and the Danger of Environmental Collapse”
Alberto Arenas, College of Education, U. of A. Thursday, October 10, 2019, 2:30-3:30 pm The Arizona Senior Academy Building Many Americans only associate Colombia with the longest continuous war of any country in the Americas. For nearly 60 years, the
October 15: “Piano Music of Beethoven and Liszt”
Yi-Qing Tang, piano Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The Arizona Senior Academy Building In anticipation of the 250th birthday year of Ludwig van Beethoven in 2020, the Arizona Senior Academy is looking forward to featuring performances
Oct. 3: “Borderland Health Issues: Transcending Boundaries”
Gail Emrick, Executive Director, SEAHEC Thursday, October 3, 2:00-3:00 (note special time) Arizona Senior Academy Building Health issues do not recognize geographic boundaries. Dealing with disease and promoting healthy living in the border region of Southeastern Arizona and Mexico requires line-crossing
Oct. 4: “Meet the 2019-2020 Arizona Opera Studio Artists”
FRIDAY October 4, 2019, 2:00-3:00 p.m. (Note special day and time!) The Arizona Senior Academy Building The Arizona Senior Academy is pleased to preview the 2019-20 Arizona Opera season with a concert by the current Arizona Opera Studio Artists, performing
Oct. 2: “Introduction to Forensics”
Michael Cravens, Academy Village Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 2:30-3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building For the past century and a half, literature and popular media have given the bulk of attention to the front-line of law enforcement, from beat
Sept. 24: “Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté – Caprices for Solo Violin”
Freya Creech, violin Tuesday , September 24, 2019, 11:30 a.m – 12:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building Enjoy an unusual international presentation as British violinist Freya Creech interprets the beautiful and imaginative 10 Caprices for Solo Violin by Russian
Sept. 26: “Drug Development and the FDA Regulations”
Christine Blevins, Academy Village Wednesday, September 26, 2:30 – 3:30, The Arizona Senior Academy Building Most Americans with adequate medical care benefit from the wonders of modern pharmaceutical science. Many rely upon prescribed drugs to support their wellbeing, but how
Sept. 25: “Asteroids!”
Marcia Neugebauer Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 2:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy building Asteroids, comets, meteors, moons – so many objects flying around us, “out there.” Marcia Neugebauer, Research Associate at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, plans
Sept. 19: “Colonel William Emory and the Heroic Opening of the American Southwest”
Doug Hocking, historical re-enactor Thursday, September 19, 2019, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building Doug Hocking, an independent scholar and trained living historian, will present a personification of Colonel William Emory. During the 1846/47 conquest of New
Sept. 17: “Heather ‘Lil’ Mama’ Hardy Band”
“Lil’ Mama Band”: Heather Hardy, violin, Alvin Blaine, guitar Larry Lee Lerma, bass Dani Ponce, drums Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, Violinist Heather Hardy was given the nickname “Lil’ Mama” by legendary bluesman Sam Taylor, who
Sept. 18: “The Sands of Mars”
Dr. Matthew Chojnacki, U. of A. Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 2:30-3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building “Like everyone else, I leave home to go to work. The only difference is that I work on Mars.’” That is how our speaker
Sept. 10: “He & She in Music & Letters: Robert & Clara Schumann”
Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone & Paula Fan, piano Tuesday, September 10, 2019, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The year 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of pianist and composer Clara Wieck Schumann, wife
Sept. 5: “The Arizona Pageant: Frontier Characters and Communities”
Jim Turner, The Arizona Historical Societ Thursday, September 5, 2:30-3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building From prehistoric mammoth hunters and canal builders to Native Americans, Hispanics, Anglos, Irish, Serbians, and many others, Arizona has always been a land of
Aug. 27: “Young MacDonald”
Will MacDonald, fiddle, and Lee MacDonald, cello Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building Let your heart be tugged by “Ashokan Farewell” and find your toes tapping to “Morrison’s Jig” during a midday concert presented
Sept. 3: “Flamenco Americano: The Luce-Caliendo Duo”
Brian Luce, flute and Christopher Caliendo, guitar Tuesday, September 3, 2019, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The concept of fusion, the synthesis of two distinct entities into a new whole, appears in science, medicine, food
August 20: “Canyon Currents”
Tuesday, 8-20-19, 11:30- 12:30 am The Arizona Senior Academy Building So many talented musicians flock to the Tucson music scene, where a fluid mix of bands often form and re-form as musicians jam with each other and create new bands
Aug. 22: “Hollywood and the Stars”
Michael Chriss Thursday, August 22, 2:30–4:30 p.m. On August 22, film buff and professional astronomer Michael Chriss will offer an “affectionate look at the way Hollywood has used and misused astronomy and astronomers to amaze, amuse, and frighten us through
August 13: “P.D. Ronstadt & The Company”
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, The Arizona Senior Academy Building The Arizona Senior Academy has long enjoyed performances by members of the Ronstadt family. Past Academy audiences eagerly anticipated appearances by “Ronstadt Generations y los Tucsonenses,” led
July 30: “Baba Marimba: World Beat Music”
Tuesday July 30, 2019, 11:30 am-12:30 pm The Arizona Senior Academy Building The irresistible rhythms of world beat music come your way as Baba Marimba returns to the Arizona Senior Academy. As the band plays, you will enjoy colorful sounds