Cathalena E. Burch

Tucson

Journalist at Arizona Daily Star

I write about music — country, classical, rap and rock — for the Arizona Daily Star. I'm also a super UA sports geek.

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A giant list of places to swim this summer including public pools, resorts and splash pads

4 days ago | tucson.com | Cathalena E. Burch |Gloria Knott

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2022 and updated in 2025. Summer doesn't arrive until June 20, but temperatures say otherwise. Here's where you can hit the water this summer in the Tucson, Marana and Oro Valley areas, including public pools, splash pads and resorts and hotels. While a select few pools operate year-round and with extended schedules, most opened on June 1 and stay open through July 31. See the full schedule here.
Grant to help Tucson City of Gastronomy spread mission to home kitchens

5 days ago | tucson.com | Cathalena E. Burch

A $750,000 grant will double the annual budget for Tucson City of Gastronomy over the next three years and allow the nonprofit to take its mission of preserving Tucson’s food heritage to home kitchens. TCoG will use the Mellon Foundation Humanities in Place Program grant it landed last week to launch the Resilience Kitchen, an initiative focused on teaching home cooks about Tucson’s heritage ingredients and food traditions.
Chefs bring taste of Tucson to Italian Republic Day dinner in Boston

1 week ago | tucson.com | Cathalena E. Burch

Tucson chef Mat Cable was beyond thrilled last September when he returned from more than a week cooking in Parma, Italy. On Monday, he reunites with his Italian host, chef Mario Marini, to pick up where the two left off. But this time, the pair are meeting on neutral turf.
Grant to help Tucson City of Gastronomy spread mission to home kitchens

1 week ago | tucson.com | Cathalena E. Burch

A $750,000 grant will double the annual budget for Tucson City of Gastronomy over the next three years and allow the nonprofit to take its mission of preserving Tucson's food heritage to home kitchens. TCoG will use the Mellon Foundation Humanities in Place Program grant it landed last week to launch the Resilience Kitchen, an initiative focused on teaching home cooks about Tucson's heritage ingredients and food traditions.
Tucson musicians are in Colombia for namesake festival

1 week ago | tucson.com | Cathalena E. Burch

Linus Lerner and his Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra apparently don’t know what it means to go on summer break. Two weeks after closing their season with a remarkable performance of Peter Boyer’s moving multimedia work “Ellis Island: The Dream of America,” the ensemble boarded a plane on Thursday to Colombia for the second annual Festival Lírico SASO and Prolírica de Antioquia in Medellín.
Arizona Opera taps ASU prof to lead Tucson-born company

1 week ago | tucson.com | Cathalena E. Burch

Arizona Opera took its search for a new leader international only to find the ideal candidate a few miles from its downtown Phoenix headquarters. The Tucson-born, Phoenix-based company named Brian DeMaris, the artistic director of Arizona State University's music theater and opera program, on Thursday to be its president and general manager. He replaces Joseph Specter, who announced his resignation last June after nine years.
Tucson theater multitasks with two plays in repertory to end season

1 week ago | tucson.com | Cathalena E. Burch

Invisible Theatre is closing out its 53rd season this week with two productions in repertory — the kid-friendly "Hopscotch to Infinity" from local playwright Alejandro Canelos and "Going It Alone," a celebration of the art of monologues. "Hopscotch to Infinity" opens on Wednesday and runs through June 7; "Going It Alone," a series of 13 monologues performed by the cast of "Hopscotch" and five other actors, will run Thursday through Saturday. Both are on the Invisible Theatre stage at 1400 N.
Tucson GIrls Choir heading to NYC for Carnegie Hall date

1 week ago | tucson.com | Cathalena E. Burch

Tucson Girls Chorus is closing its 39th season on one of the country's most storied stages. The choir will headline the 2025 National Treble Chorus festival on June 14 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In addition to its 50-plus singers performing as part of the festival choir with choristers from around the country, the Tucson Girls Chorus advanced choir will perform a set on its own.
Tucson theater multitasks with two plays in repertory to end season

1 week ago | tucson.com | Cathalena E. Burch

Invisible Theatre is closing out its 53rd season this week with two productions in repertory — the kid-friendly "Hopscotch to Infinity" from local playwright Alejandro Canelos and "Going It Alone," a celebration of the art of monologues. "Hopscotch to Infinity" opens on Wednesday and runs through June 7; "Going It Alone," a series of 13 monologues performed by the cast of "Hopscotch" and five other actors, will run Thursday through Saturday. Both are on the Invisible Theatre stage at 1400 N.
Wanna mix it up this weekend? Check out these shows coming to Tucson

2 weeks ago | tucson.com | Cathalena E. Burch

Ever feel like you just wanna throw caution to the wind and treat yourself to a weekend of entertainment that on its surface makes no sense at all? An evening of jazz one night, some head-banging, thrashing industrial rock the next, then cap off the weekend with some side-splitting standup comedy? Sounds good, right? Here’s that weekend. Jazz power trio to make Tucson debut Whenever artists with cred join forces, critics love to slap the superlative “super” in front of their name.