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Dan Stormont, Tucson Regional Manager for TEALs; Docent, Watershed Management Group and a member of the Sustainable Tucson Water Committee. He is the current chair of the City of Tucson’s Commission on Climate, Energy, and Sustainability. Wednesday, October 28, 2026,

Sunday, November 15, 3:00 p.m. ASA Koffler Great Room – All ASA Concerts are FREE to the public! ASA Concert – The Vail Chorale presents its Fall Concert – “Celebrating 15 Years of Choral Harmonies” – featuring favorites including “Stronger”

Friday, November 6, 11:30 a.m. ASA Koffler Great Room – All ASA Concerts are FREE to the public! ASA Concert – Oboist Sara Hammelef and pianist Woan Ching Lim present music for oboe and piano by contemporary composers Eric Ewazen,

Friday, October 30, 11:30 a.m. ASA Koffler Great Room ASA Concert – The Bad News Blues Band returns for another rocking good time with West Coast jump blues – Mike Blommer (guitar), “Hurricane Carla” Brownlee (tenor & baritone sax), Alex Flores

Friday, October 23, 11:30 a.m. ASA Koffler Great Room ASA Concert – University of Arizona faculty composer-pianist John Muniz and violinist Emily Chao present Windows to Eternity:  Musical Icons from the Baroque to the Present, a lecture-recital featuring music for violin and piano by

**Resident Member** Deborah Robin: Ed.D., Nova Southeastern U; Regional Dir. of Ops., Keller Graduate School of Mgmt.; Art History Instructor, Art Institute of Phoenix and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Monday, November 16th, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great

Dr. Carolyn Babcock, Professor Emerita, Communications, Department of Liberal Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design **Cancelled. Will be rescheduled** Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom The study of nonverbal communication entails examining

Dr. Mimi Nichter, Professor Emerita, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona; Author of Hostage: A Memoir of Terrorism, Trauma, and Resilience Recorded Presentation is available. Click here to view! Monday, October 5, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA

Dr. Stephen Nash, President and CEO of Archeology Southwest Monday, October 12, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom Recorded Presentation is now available. Click here to view! The discipline of archaeology has changed radically over the last

Dr. Sarah McCallum, Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona. Monday, November 9, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom Many people are familiar with Vergil’s famous poem the Aeneid, which recounts the tale of Aeneas,

Dr. Kotutwa Johnson, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Indigenous Resilience Center, University of Arizona Recorded Presentation is available. Click here to view! Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom In

Deborah Robin: Ed.D., Nova Southeastern U; Regional Dir. of Ops., Keller Graduate School of Mgmt.; Art History Instructor, Art Institute of Phoenix and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Monday, October 19th, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at

Deborah Robin: Ed.D., Nova Southeastern U; Regional Dir. of Ops., Keller Graduate School of Mgmt.; Art History Instructor, Art Institute of Phoenix and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Wednesday, October 21st, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at

Kevin Greene and Nancy Parry, Sustainable Tucson’s Zero Waste Committee Monday, October 26, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom Reducing single‑use products starts with simple, repeatable habits across daily routines. This presentation outlines practical steps that

Mr. Gordon Nuttall, Volunteer Energy Coach for Sustainable Tucson Monday, November 2, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom In this presentation, Gordon Nuttall will detail the many ways we can all implement to make our homes

Donna Corbin, Former Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Volunteer Member at Sustainable Tucson Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom   In this presentation, Donna Corbin will inform audience members of the numerous unseen

Dr. Richard Owen Geer; Ph.D. in Performance Studies; Creator of Community Performance International Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom Dr. Richard Geer shares his work with Story Bridge, a community-building process

Ms. Celia Bavier: Executive Director, Border Community Alliance (BCA) **This event has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled shortly** Monday, September 28th, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom (Link Below)   Celia Bavier, Executive

Professor Lynne Schepartz: Collections Designated Campus Colleague; Paleontology Collections Manager (Retired); University of Arizona Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill Monday, September 21st, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom Recorded presentation available, click here!  Talking

Mr. Al Dart, RPA: Executive Director, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson Wednesday, September 30th, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom  Do you know how to tell the difference between a prehistoric stone artifact and

Dr. Daniel Soh: Associate Professor of Optical Sciences, Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona     Thursday, September 4th, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom  Recorded Presentation can be viewed here! The

Lisa Molomot: Peabody-Award Winning documentarian and part-time Law Professor, University of Arizona Wednesday, September 9th, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom  Recorded presentation is now available, click here! In this one-hour lecture, Filmmaker Lisa

ASA President & Resident   Greetings from Ann Ratcliff who has spent the last few weeks learning the ASA ropes as the ASA President! Many of you know me well but for those who don’t, here is a bit of

Dr. Albrecht Classen, University Distinguished Professor of German Studies Monday, August 17, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom  Many people believe that the age of printed books has come to an end. But that

**Resident Member** Deborah Robin: Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University; Regional Director of Operations, Keller Graduate School of Management.; Art History Instructor, Art Institute of Phoenix and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Wednesday, September 16, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room

**Resident Member** Deborah Robin: Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University; Regional Director of Operations, Keller Graduate School of Management.; Art History Instructor, Art Institute of Phoenix and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Monday, September 14th, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room

Mary O’Donoghue: Executive Director, Southern Arizona Senior Pride Ames Meeks: Program Manager, Southern Arizona Senior Pride Monday, August 31st, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom Southern Arizona Senior Pride’s Executive Director, Mary O’Donoghue, and

Dr. Elizabeth Schauer: Professor Emerita, Music; Director, Choral Activities; School of Music Monday, August 3rd, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom To view the recorded presentation, click here! Women have been celebrated as composers

Dr. Julie Armstrong has a BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California where she specialized in Neuroscience and Medical Device Development. She also has a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese medicine. Tuesday, August 11, 2026,

Professor Teresa Miguel-Stearns is Associate Dean of Legal Information Innovation, Director of the Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library, and Professor of Law at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona. Miguel-Stearns teaches and writes in

Sharon O’Brien, Executive Director, Literacy Connects; Julie Wolfe Beadle, Chief Development Officer, Literacy Connects Monday, July 13, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and on Zoom Join nonprofit leaders from Literacy Connects for an engaging discussion exploring the

Allison Kries: Co-Director, La Tierra del Jaguar Monday, August 24th, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom Click here to view the recorded presentation! Colonial settlement and the expansion of the livestock industry drove jaguars

Monday, July 27 John Singer Sargent: Images from the Gilded Age Martin Randall: Independent Arts Scholar and Speaker, Tucson Art Talks John Singer Sargent captured the spirit of the Gilded Age with lavish portraits of wealthy society patrons.  Martin Randall

Devon Stackonis, MFA: Doctoral Student, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych we Wrocławiu (ASP); Fulbright Fellow, Poland, US Student Researcher in Printmaking 2024-2025 Monday, June 29, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and zoom   Devon Stackonis’ artistry over the last

Tom Litwicki, M.ed: Chief Executive Officer, Old Pueblo Community Services Monday, June 8, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and zoom Tom Litwicki will provide evidence that communities such as Tucson can reduce chronic and unsheltered homelessness through

Dr. Joaquin Ruiz: Director, Biosphere 2, Thomas R. Brown Chair, Professor, Geosciences Monday, May 11, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom Biosphere 3 establishes the University of Arizona as the global leader in closed-loop autonomous experimentation

Dr. Susan A. Crane: Professor, Modern European History Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and zoom The past is what happened.  History is what we choose to remember and write about the past.  In this

Sudrit Ranjan, Ph.D: Professor, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona Monday, June 22, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and zoom TRAPPIST-1e is a rocky planet, one of seven Earth-sized worlds, orbiting a nearby red dwarf star

Dr. Malcolm Alan Compitello: Professor Emeritus of Spanish, U of A; Executive Editor Emeritus, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies Monday, May 18th, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom Dr. Malcolm Alan Compitello’s lecture

Dr. Steve Smith: Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom Plants play essential roles in human life, providing oxygen, food, materials, energy,

Phoebe Charpentier, M.A.; PhD Student, Applied Intercultural Arts Research; Communications Specialist of Western Museums Association Monday, June 15, 2026, 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom **Originally scheduled for May 13** The Arizona State Museum’s Avery

Alex La Pierre: Citizen Diplomat, Co-founder Borderlandia Monday, June 1, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm, Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom Alex La Pierre joins us at least once a year for one of his extrardinary presentations, sometimes exploring the tastes

Deborah Robin: Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University; Regional Director of Operations, Keller Graduate School of Management; Docent Emeritas, Art Institute of Phoenix and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Time: 3:00 pm Place: Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom It’s the

Deborah Robin: Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University; Regional Director of Operations, Keller Graduate School of Management; Docent Emeritas, Art Institute of Phoenix and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Time: 3:00 pm Place: Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom In Part

Meet Arizona Senior Academy Board Member Loran Dake By Leslie Evans “Coming to Academy Village was one of the best decisions I’ve made”, said ASA board member Loran Dake. He grew up under northern California redwoods in Eureka California where

Chris Eustis was born in Darien, CT. He graduated from Brown University in Providence, RI with a B.A. in Spanish. He then went on to earn a M.A., also in Spanish, from Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. A few years after spending

Meet Maria Dobozy, ASA Board Member, AV Resident By Marilyn Skinner Maria Dobozy, presently in the second year of her three-year term as a resident ASA board member, is a naturalized American citizen. Born in a displaced persons camp in

Meet Bill McCourt, ASA Board Member, AV Resident By Celeste Scholz Bill McCourt moved to Academy Village from Bellingham, Washington, with his wife, Judy, in 2011—fifteen years ago. With a degree in environmental studies, Bill began working in water treatment and

Meet Callie Tippett, new ASA Board Member By Mary Ann Gillespey   We are pleased to welcome Callie Tippet to the Arizona Senior Academy (ASA) Board of Directors. Callie’s personal and professional roots in our region run deep. Raised in

Meet Denise Bowls, new ASA Board Member By Bill Tobin   Denise Bowls grew up in Ventura, California, where she was among the first high school girls in the world to dunk a basketball in competition. She earned her degrees