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Wood + Pulp = Tucson’s newest art gallery. We speak to the owners about their love of furniture and art, and how the two combine in this unique venture.

She’s sitting pretty: an eye-opening interview and photoshoot with Caitlin Myers, a burlesque dancer who has refused to let her new wheelchair hold her back.

 

The music makers with a difference: design professionals who are musicians in their spare time.

Why millennials are driving retailers nuts: They’re famously flighty and hard to please, and because of that they’re behind some fascinating new retail concepts.

 The point about Five Points: the trailblazers behind this up-and-coming area of Tucson.

2015 Arizona International Film Festival: film critic Herb Stratford’s top picks

More than skin deep: Veronica Stice, a tattoo artist who’s changing the tide in the tattoo industry and boosting women’s body confidence while she’s at it.

 

 

 

Tucson tea party: Maya Tea Company, the firm behind one of Tucson’s most notable new exports.

Page turners: 3 groups of people who are keeping the printed word alive in unique ways

In full bloom: photographer Sean Stuchen

Road less traveled: filmmaker Darious Britt

Say hello to Lolochic: fashion designer and stylist Loreto Echevarria

Depth of Field: photographer Danni Valdez

Savage Botanicals: floral artist Joyce Mason-Monheim

Stories that Soar, a literacy advocacy group

Girls’ Pint Out: for the love of craft beer

For the love of Naim: musician and composer Naim Amor

Catch a rising star: fashion designer Estrella Sevilla

There’s something about Katy: model Katy Gierlach

Messages in a Bottle: Lesli Wood of La Curie perfume

Imagine all the People: behind the art of Pondering Pool

Diary of a topless gal: behind the scenes of the Expose Project with Jes Baker and Liora K

We all scream: the story behind Cashew Cow ice cream parlor

True colors: hair color company oVertone

Lost and Found: artist Steven Derks

All that Glitters: make-up artists Strawberri Gashes

“It’s glorious feeling comfortable in my own skin”: Photographer and body activist Jade Beall writes a letter to her pre-pregnancy self

All the Young Dudes: the tight-knit crew that makes up Tucson’s bartenders

Liquid Grace: jewelry designer Rameen Ahmed

The Space Whisperers: architecture and design duo Ibarra Rosano

The not-so-secret life of Ida Tapper: the double life of a burlesque dancer

Killer Queens: 9 Queens, the non-profit that’s turning chess into a rock ‘n roll hobby

Book Fest: artist Laura Hennessy and how she recycles books

The Buffalo Roams: celebrating 40 years of Buffalo Exchange

Manscape Architect: Noel Trapp, owner of Noel’s Restoratives

Perpetual Motion: fashion designer Diana Lopez of Indi Apparel

Tucson Strong: the lads behind jean company Too Strong USA

Cutting edge: record cutting with a difference with Mike Dixon of PIAPTK

Doctor Who Special: Maureen Heneghan Tripp, the costume designer for the original 1963 Doctor Who

Lipsticks and Feminists: Photographer and feminist activist Liora K

The Pavement Pollyanna: a guerilla activist who leaves a stamp of kindness wherever she goes *award winning

Riding a Wave: the women behind MAST store in Tucson

Hello Betsey! the women who brought Betsey Johnson to Tucson for Tucson Fashion Week

Glow in the Dark: performance group Circus Amperean

Don’t Say Cheese: photography studio Purple Nickel

Second Act: artist Marianne Bernsen

Photographer Coke Wisdom O’Neal

Bombing Tucson: Tucson’s graffiti scene * award winning

The F Word: Blogger Jes Baker * award winning

Bret Primack, The Jazz Video Guy

Bottle Rocket, a company that makes art out of recycled glass

You Sexy (Bookish) Thing: The Sexy Lady Bookworms

Wax Works: The World of Encaustics

Beware of Kooky Artist: Ryn Gargulinski

The Glory Hole: Tucson’s Sonoran Glass School * award winning

Glass Act: Artist duo Michael and Margaret Joplin

Arizona is his middle name: Photographer Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli * award winning

Top Gear: The story behind BICAS

Art, Willy Wonka Style: Public art company Creative Machines * award winning

Eye Candy: artist Brooke Grucella * award winning

Paper Boy: artist Nick Georgiou