The hotel is expanding outdoor seating for the Tap Room and Cup Café by reconfiguring its parking lot. According to Jeff Rhody, who helped with the design and implementation process, the pla

The fact that the mayor and city council unanimously voted on June 2 to ask the federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for $1,657,320 to finish the renovation of the Performing Arts Center (Cursillo Project) was reason for celebration in Tucson's performing arts circles.

Ongoing work on the new marquee at The Screening Room on Congress Street has hit a "structural snag" according to Michael Keith, a developer and board member of the Arizona Media Arts Center, but the delay of three to four weeks won't stop the marquee from being installed and lit up by the end of October.

After three years in Downtown Tucson, the Arizona State HOG (Harley Davidson Owners Group) Rally Committee voted May 3 to take its annual motorcycle rally back to Williams, Arizona in 2010. The event had been held in Williams for seven years prior to the 2007 Rally in Tucson.

ADD TUCSON to the list of cities able to instantly find out what is going on in the world of arts and entertainment from visual and performing arts to dance and theatre as well as poetry, literature, and family events.

With its traditional May kick off and running through October, downtown's popular outdoor weekly movie event is marking its 10th year by screening a Paul Newman movie each month during its six month run.

WE'VE HEARD noise that the location of the former Monkey Box could reopen soon. A favorite among downtowners, the Monkey Box was an intimate little bar and restaurant on the bottom floor of the Pioneer building at 100 N. Stone Ave. No word yet if the Monkey Box name will be revived or what the offerings will be, but if the location does open back up, you can bet we'll check it out.

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