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SECOND SUNDAZE AT TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART

Date:

Sunday, December 11, 2022 - 10:00am to 5:00pm

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WRITER MAKES SCIENCE STORIES CLEAR & FUN

Dec 07, 2022

At one of our Bear Essential News Young Reporter Meetings, Mikyla Mace Kelley spoke with us. Kelley works with scientists from the University of Arizona and shares their fascinating research with the public and the media.

Ellie Divijak

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TUSD STUFF THE BUS

Join us December 10th at the Marketplace Walmart for our Stuff the Bus event to support TUSD families! We are accepting donations of toys, headphones, board games, electronics, sports equipment, bikes, shoes, undergarments, hygiene and toiletry, and gift cards.

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Date:

Saturday, December 10, 2022 - 7:30am to 12:30pm

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DEADLINE FOR YOUNG AUTHORS & ARTISTS CONTEST

No charge to enter
Original writing and artwork
Winners receive $100 in gift certificates and will be recognized at the 14th Annual Tucson Festival of Books on Saturday, March 4, 2022.
Deadline is Thursday, December 15th, 2022 by 4:30 p.m.
Author entries may be submitted by mail or e-mail. Poetry will be judged separately.
Artist entries can only be mailed, or can be hand-delivered with special permission.

Date:

Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 4:30pm

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NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS MOVIE PARTY

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 AT 2:00PM

GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 | LOFT MEMBERS: $12 | CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $10

PASSES NOT ACCEPTED

Date:

Sunday, December 18, 2022 - 2:00pm

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FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING OF ELF AT CMT

This free screening will be held outdoors at Children’s Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Avenue. Please bring your own seating and dress warmly! All adults must be accompanied by a child.

Part of Children’s Museum Tucson’s “Art After Dark” program

Date:

Saturday, December 10, 2022 - 6:00pm

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Holiday Traditions

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There’s a chill in the air, and darkness comes early.

Fortunately, there are many celebrations to brighten things up this time of year. From Christmas to Kwanzaa, from Hanukkah to Chinese New Year, these festivities warm up the season and fill it with color and light!

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Mauna Loa Erupts!

A line of orange flames make up the lava flow of Mauna Loa.

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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted last month for the first time since 1984.

The volcano began spewing fountains of glowing rock and ash and spilling lava on Nov. 27. Though it’s been a long time since Mauna Loa last erupted, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)... Read more