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Jack Miessner

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Jack Miessner

    Kuumba Made: Tucson botanicals, fragrances company turns 45 - Tucson Weekly (opens the original)

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    Kuumba Made began in a 36-foot outrigger canoe. Inside the boat: Denise Kuumba Piazza, age 19, a Bostonian. Hard on the heels of a New England winter she’d toughed out in a teepee, now set afloat in the tepid, turquoise waters of the Caribbean. “I fell in love with that process,” said Kuumba, founder and CEO of Kuumba Made, a botanicals and fragrances company that has called Tucson home for 45 years. “I was so excited that I was able to do it step-by-step…. It’s a real tedious process, but I lik

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Jack Miessner

    Off the Wall: Rialto Theatre unveils interactive mural fundraiser - Tucson Weekly (opens the original)

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    On the eastern wall of the Rialto Theatre, a vibrant mural serves as a gateway into an augmented reality (AR) phone game that, when played, donates to the Rialto Theatre Foundation. “I knew that it was going to be an interactive, video game-style thing, so the design was meant to reflect the different genres of music and the Tucson desert, and everything,” said Jessica Gomez, one of Tucson’s most prolific muralists and the Rialto’s artist in residence, who designed the piece. “I designed it on m

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Jack Miessner

    'Need to Keep': Mini exhibition explores hoarding, mental illness - Tucson Weekly (opens the original)

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    It’s an expression, uttered often from the mouths of minimalists. A blunt reminder of mortality and the triviality of material goods. It’s also the title of a scratch-built piece by award-winning miniaturist Amanda Kelly, whose series “The Need to Keep,” depicts scenes related to social isolation, anxiety, and hoarding, the mental health condition defined by an inability to part with possessions, regardless of value. The piece, taking the expression literally, is a miniature U-Haul Truck, chaine

  4. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Jack Miessner

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    ucson Film Festival’s small selection team handled a record number of selections this year. “That was exciting,” said Tucson Film Festival Director and Founder Michael Toubassi. “Post-pandemic, I think filmmakers are finally getting back to getting films done, submitting them, and being able to go back out in the festival circuit.” Hosted by downtown arthouse The Screening Room, Tucson Film Festival will be four nights of independent narrative features, documentaries, shorts, interactive opportu

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Jack Miessner

    Amazed by Maize: 5th annual Pueblos del Maíz Festival underway - Tucson Weekly (opens the original)

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    Pueblos del Maíz takes on a double meaning. Maíz as in “maize,” as in “corn,” as in the stuff that grows on cobs. Pueblo as in “town,” but also as in “peoples.” Tucson is a Pueblo del Maíz, a place and people responsible for 5,000 years of documented history of corn cultivation, which is among the reasons Tucson earned its UNESCO City of Gastronomy designation in 2015. “That’s the longest agricultural history that’s been documented in what is now the U.S.,” said Jonathan Mabry, executive directo

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