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Downtown Tucson from Sentinel Peak – Photo courtesy of John Sears

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Welcome to the creative heart of the city! Here you will find music, museums, film, theatre and art along with festivals, unique shops, Tucson’s new restaurant row and much more. Map out your adventure utilizing the links below, and learn all about Downtown’s distinct and colorful spirit.

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						1 Little Chefs Garden at the YWCA Puzzle Exchange Arts for All – 3D artwork Sonrisa Designs Artwork of Dee Bates – painting Edmund White GLBT Author Event Catfish and Weezie 1st Saturday Art Walks Hot Dog Chilly Dog Stern Observation Summer Art Cruise Feather - A Cirque Roots Production TMC Meet Me Downtown 5k Night Run and Walk Whole Lotta Zep Mitzi Cowell The Thin Man Insane Clown Posse Kung Fu Night: Drunken Master
2 The Thin Man	3 Seeking Center - Summer Dance Intensive Drop-in Job Help Meet Me at Maynards (@Hotel Congress) Jazz Guild Jam w/TF	4 Gangplank Studios initiative (photography, video, art, etc) BellaLEAD, Women’s climbing group STRFKR La Cerca, Mombasa, Monophonic Hillside	5 Lunch & Learn presented by Tempo Creative Magic: The Gathering at Hotel Congress Open Hack Night Run Boy Run Grace Potter & the Nocturnals REWIND: Old-school hip hop	6 Drop-in Job Help Individual Job Counseling Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market Psychedelic Furs	7 Anchor Stand-up Meeting Urban Yarns @ the Library Pima County Home & Garden Show George Howard Band Naim Amor 2013 Lumies Awards Celebration Sun Bones CD Release Bradford Trojan & Fur Family Keep Calm For Summer Fest Ferrodyne, Horse Black	8 Little Chefs Garden at the YWCA Pima County Home & Garden Show Catfish and Weezie The Gunfight at the OK Corral: Fact, Fiction, and Finances Splash and Dash Summer Beer Series 2nd Saturdays Downtown Line of Sight Hana's Saturday Twilight Milonga Tesoro Soul Music at 2nd Saturdays Edible Baja Arizona's Launch Party The Modeens, Aaron Gilmartin David Grisman Bluegrass Experience
9 Pima County Home & Garden Show The Usual Suspects	10 Drop-in Job Help Meet Me at Maynards (@Hotel Congress) Bad Veins Jazz Guild Jam w/TF	11 Skills for Successful Employment eBook and Audiobook Workshop Volunteer Orientation Catalyst Cafe: Where Tech Meets Tucson The Geto Boys Inaeona and North Black Sabbath Listening Party	12 Skills for Successful Employment Tucson Lunch and Learn Open Hack Night Miss Lana Rebel, Kevin Michael Mayfield Summer of Strange Tour 2013 w/Krizz Kaliko (rap) Brother Dege and Truckstop Darlin' REWIND: Old-school hip hop	13 Drop-in Job Help Individual Job Counseling Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market Cody Simpson Salvador Duran Cinema La Placita: "What's Up Doc" (1972)	14 Urban Yarns @ the Library LeadLocal Summer High School Program New Planker Tour Kino Heritage Fruit Trees Grants Databases Open Lab Bishop/Nelly Duo Local Love presents Metal Fest RAW Artists present: KALEIDOSCOPE Mombasa and The Procell Jessica Fichot	15 Little Chefs Garden at the YWCA Farmers’ Market at Maynards Seed Library Volunteer Orientation Catfish and Weezie TEDxLIVE Backyard Food Production, Part I: Gardening Beer Dinner with Merchant du Vin Girl In A Coma Saturday Jazz Showcase Field of Dreams Whet Circuit Takeover
16 Science Sundays Field of Dreams Garrison Starr, Adrianne Gonzalez	17 Drop-in Job Help Meet Me at Maynards (@Hotel Congress) Floating Action, Golden Boots Jazz Guild Jam w/TF	18 Skills for Successful Employment Unpacked: The Art Fair at Home eBook and Audiobook Workshop Art Under the Stars: Tucson Arts Brigade Benefit Make Your Content Marketing de-Vine! Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	19 Skills for Successful Employment Paperback book day Open Hack Night Tucson .NET User Group Open Hacknight Tucson .NET User Group TEEN Miss Lana Rebel, Kevin Michael Mayfield Tucson Investors: Dealmaker Training “after the quake” REWIND: Old-school hip hop	20 Drop-in Job Help Individual Job Counseling Main Library Book Club Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market Ariel Pink The Tucson Writers Workshop & Meetup Group Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus The Tucson Writers Workshop & Meetup Group Iris Dement “after the quake” Salvador Duran Cinema La Placita: "Philadelphia Story" (1940)	21 How to Start a Planned Giving Program Anchor Stand-up Meeting Urban Yarns @ the Library Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Curator Tour of Action Through Redaction FST! Female StoryTellers Present: There's No Place Like Home “after the quake” Teo Gonzalez Chronicles Presents: Icon Jessica Hernandez and The Deltas	22 Little Chefs Garden at the YWCA Farmers’ Market at Maynards Volunteer Orientation USAC Level 1 certification routesetting clinic Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Catfish and Weezie Backyard Food Production,Part 2: Home Fermentation Human Behavior Saturday Jazz Showcase “after the quake”
23 Science Sundays Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Harry and The Potters "after the quake" The Usual Suspects Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual Tour	24 Drop-in Job Help La Fiesta del Dia de San Juan Meet Me at Maynards (@Hotel Congress) The Grandmothers of Invention Jazz Guild Jam w/TF	25 The Tucson Bloggers Meetup Group Monthly Meetup Dig In! Library Plaza Planter Project The Tucson Bloggers Meetup Group Monthly Meetup Tucson E-Business Owners (TeBO) Meetup Tucson E-Business Owners (TeBO) Meetup Baths, Houses	26 Open Hack Night Radar Brothers REWIND: Old-school hip hop	27 Drop-in Job Help Individual Job Counseling Mariachis Transform Tucson Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market "after the quake" Salvador Duran Cinema La Placita: "Rear Window" (1954) Bob Log Pre Opti Party	28 Anchor Stand-up Meeting Urban Yarns @ the Library A Cook's Garden 2 Brown Bags - Forming an LLC and Partnering with the UofA Air Supply "after the quake" Triple Double Kickstarter Launch Party	29 Little Chefs Garden at the YWCA Farmers’ Market at Maynards eBook and Audiobook Workshop Catfish and Weezie Artist Talk: Chico MacMurtrie Laura (1944) Strengthen Your Mind and Body Backyard Food Production, Part 3: Animal Husbandry & Bees Jessica Campbell, Sara Beth Go Mikal Cronin Saturday Jazz Showcase "after the quake"
30 Science Sundays Cine Plaza: Maclovia "after the quake" Social Media Day Tucson 2013

June 19, 2013 8:30 am

Skills for Successful Employment
June 19, 2013 11:00 am

Paperback book day
June 19, 2013 6:00 pm

Open Hacknight
June 19, 2013 6:00 pm

Open Hack Night
June 19, 2013 6:00 pm

Tucson .NET User Group

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