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Phoenix Latino Cultural Center Project Faces Another Setback

By Lynn Trimple – PhoenixNewTimes.com – Photo: Lynn Trimble. Photo: Looking past the North Building located next to Phoenix Center for the Arts. The Latino Cultural Center project is being put on pause as the city of Phoenix, Arizona, addresses challenges...

Ralph Cordova, pivotal in the Phoenix, Arizona, arts scene, is dead at 61

By Bill Goodykoontz | Arizona Republic – AZCentral.com – Image: Courtesy of Ralph Cordova Family. Image: Print of Ralph Cordova by artist Joe Ray, circa 1993. Ralph Cordova, a longtime figure in the Phoenix arts community, died Thursday, Oct. 10. He was...

Custom Cadillac DeVille Reminds Us That Expensive Doesn’t Always Mean Good

By Ian Wright | SEMA – CarBuzz.com – Photo: eBay. We love a good SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) car, almost as much as we love a good SEMA horror show. This probably wouldn’t make our worst of SEMA list though despite the garish nature...

Iconic Tucson murals restored

By news4tucson – KVOA.com – Video Capture: NBC4 | KVOA.com. Tucson, Arizona – Murals that have decorated El Rio Neighborhood Center for more than 40 years have been restored. Local artists have spent their summer restoring three of the five original pieces...

Detailing Tucson’s 1950s rebels

By Meredith O’Neil, Tucson Local Media – TucsonLocalMedia.com – Image: Courtesy. They were Chicano kids—Mexican Americans—growing up in Tucson, Arizona, in the 1950s. They were The Chasers. You either were, or were not, a Chaser. The story of the Chasers...