Events

PACC needs volunteers to walk the dogs on Memorial Day

Submitted by Elizabeth Walton, Community Web Producer

Friday, May 24th, 2013, 1:18pm

PACC needs volunteers to walk the dogs on Memorial Day

Have a few hours for a good cause Monday morning?

Memorial Day is a Pima County holiday, so volunteers help make sure the dogs don’t have to stay in their kennels all day without exercise and attention.

The volunteers at Pima Animal Care Center are

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Tubac Presidio participating in Blue Star Museums

Submitted by Elizabeth Walton, Community Web Producer

Friday, May 24th, 2013, 11:36am

Tubac Presidio participating in Blue Star Museums

Tubac Presidio State Historic Park will participate in Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2013.

“Given that Tubac Presidio State Historic Park showcases

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Fifty five participants to walk in the 10th annual Migrant Trail

Submitted by Elizabeth Walton, Community Web Producer

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013, 11:36am

On May 27, a diverse group of fifty five individuals will begin a 75-mile walk to call attention to the human rights crisis occurring on the southern border. The tenth annual Migrant Trail: We Walk for Life is a joint endeavor of community groups and individuals from both sides of the border walking in solidarity with migrants to demand an end to the deaths in the desert.

Sponsoring groups are based in Arizona and across the

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Nearly 300 PCC Adult Education students graduate tonight

Submitted by Elizabeth Walton, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 6:03am

Nearly 300 PCC Adult Education students graduate tonight

This evening nearly 300 women and men will be graduating from PCC’s Adult Education program, and the public is invited to attend and cheer the graduates on.

Among those graduating will be Maria ‘Rosario’ Messina, this is 36 years after she

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Authors from across the U.S. coming to PCC workshop

Submitted by Elizabeth Walton, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 5:54am

Authors from across the U.S. coming to PCC workshop

Several award-winning authors from across the country will converge on Pima Community College later this week to ‘inspire and encourage’ local writers at the 25th annual Pima Writers’ Workshop.

The workshop provides aspiring novelists, essayists and poets an opportunity to hone their writing skills and learn about getting published as

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June events calendar for Desert Museum's Summer Saturday evenings

Submitted by Elizabeth Walton, Community Web Producer

Sunday, May 12th, 2013, 8:00am

June events calendar for Desert Museum's Summer Saturday evenings

The following is a list of events for June’s Summer Saturday Evenings at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

Check the list then mark your calendars:

June 1 – Diamonds of the Desert

The Museum celebrates its Diamond Jubilee Anniversary by

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Grijalva hosting community forum on health care in AZ

Submitted by Elizabeth Walton, Community Web Producer

Friday, May 10th, 2013, 11:14am

Grijalva hosting community forum on health care in AZ

U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva is hosting a community forum on health care for women and children in Arizona.

The public is invited to join Rep. Grijalva and a panel of national and community health center experts to discuss health care reform updates and opportunities for improving the health of women and children in Arizona.

WHEN:

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