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X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - tucson-az (literary) BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Author Talk & Book Signing | Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History\, wi th Caroline Tracey DTSTART:20260919T200000Z DTEND:20260919T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T000856Z UID:19514-1789822800-1789830000@www.emol.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging conversation with Tucson-based writer Caroline Tracey as she discusses her acclaimed book Salt Lakes: An Unnatur al History with journalist Rachel Glickhouse. Connect with the author and get a book signed after the talk Saturday\, September 19 at 1 PM at The Na tional Parks Store. \nAn unforgettable coming-of-age story and an exquisit e work of nature writing\, Salt Lakes explores the remarkable ecology of t he world’s salt lakes and the growing threats they face from climate cha nge and water diversion. Drawing on travels across the American West\, Mex ico\, Argentina\, and Kazakhstan\, Tracey examines what the loss of these unique landscapes means for wildlife\, surrounding communities\, and our s hared future. Along the way\, she reflects on her own search for identity and belonging\, weaving together science\, conservation\, and her own quee r love story. \nRegistration required. Space is limited to 60 individuals. Books available for purchase. Register now → LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T000856Z LOCATION:National Parks Store Western National Parks Association\, 12880 N Vistoso Village Dr.\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85755\, United States URL:https://www.emol.org/calendar/event/author-talk-book-signing-salt-lake s-an-unnatural-history-with-caroline-tracey/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Entertainment Magazine X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.emol.org/calendar/events/category/arizona/tucson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Author’s Talk featuring Carolyn Niethammer’s - The Home and Ga rden Emporium: A Novel of Resilience\, Friendship\, and Second Chances DTSTART:20261003T173000Z DTEND:20261003T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T003034Z UID:7179-1791023400-1791027000@tucsonbotanical.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Yume Japanese Gardens\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegiste r Here\n\n\n\n\nFree with Gardens Admission\; Registration Required \n\n\n \n\nCapacity is 50 \n\n\n\n\n\n-Books available from the author for purcha se and autograph \n\n\n\n-Plants available for purchase from Lorien Tersey of Dreamflower Gardens \n\n\n\n1917\, Tucson. When her new husband chose going to war over starting life together\, Ellie is left with a decaying h ardware store and a pile of debt. Her choice: return to a dead-end future in the New York City tenements or reinvent the store into the Home and Gar den Emporium. She’s desperate for customers\, so when the government urg es citizens to grow Liberty Gardens to add more vegetables to their diets\ , Ellie sees a marketing opportunity. She can help women learn to garden s o they will need her rakes and shovels. It all happens with a roster of ec lectic women neighbors and one handsome bachelor. \n\n\n\nAdvance review f rom Midwest Review:  \n\n\n\n “The Home and Garden Emporium” is the kind of novel that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long a fter the book has been finished and set back upon the shelf.” \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAuthor \n\n\n\nCarolyn Niethammer\n\n\n\n\n\nCarolyn Nieth ammer has been writing about the food and people of the Southwest for six decades in books and newspaper and magazine articles. Four of her eleven b ooks are cookbooks\, three are books about Native American women\, one is a travel book\, and one of her three novels features a famous cook from Ar izona history. Her work has been translated into German\, French\, and Kor ean. Her latest nonfiction “A Desert Feast: Celebrating Tucson’s Culin ary History\,” is a look at Southern Arizona’s food history over the l ast 8\,000 years and is an answer to why Tucson was named the country’s first UNESCO City of Gastronomy. She recently received the 2025 Jim Griffi th Foodways Keeper Award. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming Classes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n Classes\, Art \n Butterfly Sketch and Watercolor Study: A 4-Part Series \n Septem ber 8 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n Family \n Garden Story Time \n September 9 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n Classes\, Gardening \n Seed Starting 101 \n September 11 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n Classes\, Nature & Ecology \n Dragonflies a nd Damselflies \n September 11 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T003034Z LOCATION:SAHBA Pavilion URL:https://tucsonbotanical.org/event/talk-carolyn-niethammers/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Tucson Botanical Gardens X-SOURCE-URL:https://tucsonbotanical.org/education END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stories of Ylla: Remembering a Pioneer of Animal Photography DTSTART:20261010T210000Z DTEND:20261010T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260730T075640Z UID:9695-1791640800-1791644400@ccp.arizona.edu CATEGORIES:arts,literary DESCRIPTION:Through photographs\, personal reflections\, and historical co ntext\, Pryor Dodge\, author of the recently published book Ylla: The Bir th of Modern Animal Photography\, and CCP Chief Curator Becky Senf will ex plore the remarkable life and legacy of Camilla ‘Ylla’ Koffler. Togeth er\, they will discuss Ylla’s groundbreaking career\, her deep fascinati on with animals\, and the lasting impact of her work on generations of pho tographers and artists. \nThis event takes pace as part of the CCP’s 202 6 Community Day programming. LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T075640Z LOCATION:Center for Creative Photography\, 1030 N Olive Rd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85721\, United States URL:https://ccp.arizona.edu/events/stories-of-ylla-remembering-a-pioneer-o f-animal-photography/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Center for Creative Photography X-SOURCE-URL:https://ccp.arizona.edu/exhibitions-events/phoenix-art-museum END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Animality Book Club DTSTART:20261107T180000Z DTEND:20261107T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260730T075640Z UID:9700-1794049200-1794052800@ccp.arizona.edu CATEGORIES:arts,literary DESCRIPTION:With artist Colleen Plumb and Rebecca Senf\, Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography \nJoin artist Colleen Plumb and CCP Ch ief Curator Rebecca Senf for a special Book Club program at the Center for Creative Photography. Attendees will receive an excerpt of Colleen Plumb ’s Thirty Times a Minute (Radius Books\, 2020) in advance that explores themes related to Animality: 100 Years of Photographs. \nDuring the progra m\, Plumb and Senf will lead an open and participatory conversation examin ing the ways photography shapes our understanding of animals\, the natural world\, and our relationships with other species. \nAdvanced RSVP is requ ired\, and capacity is limited. RSVP here. (Please note: Each attendee mu st RSVP individually in order to receive the reading materials prior to th e event.) LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T075640Z LOCATION:Center for Creative Photography\, 1030 N Olive Rd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85721\, United States URL:https://ccp.arizona.edu/events/animality-book-club/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Center for Creative Photography X-SOURCE-URL:https://ccp.arizona.edu/exhibitions-events/phoenix-art-museum END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR