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SWING ON BY. The non-profit Tucson Swing Dance Club has
worked up a sweat locally by promoting dance steps going back
to the 1920s, growing out of moves like the Lindy and Jitterbug. Today, are exploding all over American dance floors, and they ve
swept across the Old Pueblo like a whirling dust devil. Get wind
of these goings-on this and every Thursday, with West Coast Swing
lessons and social dances for greenhorns and veterans alike. All
are welcome at these friendly, informal soirees. Lessons run from 7 to 7:45 p.m. for beginners, and from 7:45
Charles Harbutt Overcame Many Obstacles In His Career, Most Notably Cynicism.
By Margaret Regan
AFTER 15 YEARS, Charles Harbutt was a seasoned photojournalist.
He had witnessed the early days of Castro s revolution, he d been
shot at during the Six Day War in the Middle East and he d sloshed
through the mud at Woodstock. Yet in the spring of 1970, Harbutt the latest photographer to
be honored with a permanent archive of his work at the UA Center
for Creative Photography saw something so horrifying it made
him seriously question the value of his profession. It was the
cynical manipulation of a news event by the U.S. government.
The TMA Pulls Strings To Present A New Exhibit On The Art Of Asian Rug-Making.
By Margaret Regan
NEVRIYE COSKUNER PLAYS her loom like a harp. She plucks
the cotton strings of her warp so nimbly, and knots the wool around
them so swiftly, you can barely see what she s doing. You d swear
she was making music, the invisible art; but no, rugs are her
trade, and last week she plied it at the Tucson Museum of Art. The museum s big new Asian rug exhibition,
Arizona Collects:
Tribal and Village Rugs from Arizona Collections, will continue
100 rugs strong all through the holidays. Coskuner s smaller-scale
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