The culmination of Bike Fest 2011 will beckon folks to Tucson’s lively urban center to experience a fun, free and family-friendly event - Tucson's criterium.

“The Desert Dwellers’ mission is to connect residents with resources for desert-wise living,” says Siegel, “and DDC is the hub bringing all these resources and residents together.”

9 Queens’s 4th Annual Chess Fest is slated for Saturday, April 2, 2pm to 5pm, at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St.

Kathleen Dreier has been called a “stealth photographer” by one of her clients, which is fitting.

As spring makes a comeback, thoughts turn to the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees.

Carly Quinn Designs & Paper Guns opens at 403 N. 6th Ave. on Saturday, March 5 at 6pm.

A stunning example of what art is supposed to do: help us examine our human state of being, and in so doing, help us come more deeply into our humanity, together.

Tucson’s new Ethiopian restaurant, Café Desta, is appropriately named. The word desta, you see, means “happiness” in the Amharic language of Ethiopia.

For Barb Trujillo, December’s mixologist of note, cocktail-making is only one of Trujillo’s talents - she’s also a stylist at A Head of Style just off of 4th Avenue.

There’s no shortage of inspiration in Tucson for Willett; his appreciation of this town runs deep.