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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Articles

Struggling brewery's fate undecided after loss of downtown Tucson home

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

Borderlands Brewing Co.'s board of directors has been scrambling since the company learned in late April that it would have to leave its flagship location by summer's end. But the company's woes started long before it faced losing the downtown Tucson presence founders Michael Mallozzi and Myles Stone established in 2011 when they started brewing beer in the historic produce warehouse at 119 E. Toole Ave.
U of A students dream in widescreen at 20th annual Tucson film screening ūüďĹÔłŹ

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

University of Arizona senior filmmakers chose some pretty iconic Southern Arizona locales as the backdrop for this year‚Äôs ‚ÄúI Dream In Widescreen‚ÄĚ film shorts. Neylani Castro went to Nogales for ‚ÄúParallel Lines,‚ÄĚ a love letter to the border town. The Santa Rita Mountains provided the picturesque backdrop of Allie Cincera‚Äôs ‚ÄúNo One Can Hear You for Miles,‚ÄĚ a story of sisters battling the mental toll of isolation.
U of A students dream in widescreen at 20th annual Tucson film screening

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

University of Arizona senior filmmakers chose some pretty iconic Southern Arizona locales as the backdrop for this year’s “I Dream In Widescreen” film shorts. Neylani Castro went to Nogales for “Parallel Lines,” a love letter to the border town. The Santa Rita Mountains provided the picturesque backdrop of Allie Cincera’s “No One Can Hear You for Miles,” a story of sisters battling the mental toll of isolation.
Tucson and Arizona arts lose funding as NEA rescinds grants

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

Tucson and Southern Arizona arts organizations could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in government funding after the National Endowment for the Arts withdrew grant offers and terminated existing grants that didn’t align with President Donald Trump’s agenda.
U of A students dream in widescreen at 20th annual Tucson film screening

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

University of Arizona senior filmmakers chose some pretty iconic Southern Arizona locales as the backdrop for this year's "I Dream In Widescreen" film shorts. Neylani Castro went to Nogales for "Parallel Lines," a love letter to the border town. The Santa Rita Mountains provided the picturesque backdrop of Allie Cincera's "No One Can Hear You for Miles," a story of sisters battling the mental toll of isolation.
Tucson Pops, Winds strike up the bands for spring parks series

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

This time of year, right around the 7 o'clock hour as the sun's glow is slipping further and further on the horizon, you just get the urge to be outside. Make a picnic supper, spread a blanket on the lush green slope of a tree-shaded park and hope for a band to suddenly start playing a little moonlight serenade or a Broadway tune that you'll still be humming when the sun comes up.
Standup brings mental health show to Tucson's 191 Toole

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

Steve Hofstetter has a name for a person who is not a medical doctor doling out medical advice: Idiot. Pause. Sigh. "Or Secretary of Health and Human Services," the standup comedian quipped. "We've got a Secretary of Education who thinks that AI is 'A-1.' We have a Secretary of Health and Human Services that is afraid of vaccines. We have a Secretary of Defense who texts out war plans," Hofstetter said during a phone call last week to talk about his show on Tuesday, May 13, at 191 Toole.
Lukas Nelson coming to Tucson's Rialto ahead of solo debut

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

Tucson is the latest city to host the California-based Activated Events' country music festival Boots in the Park, coming to Rillito Park on Oct. 18. The one-day festival, headlined by Chris Young and Dustin Lynch, has traveled around the Southwest since Activated Events launched the brand in 2018 in Southern California.
SASO, Tucson JCC staging behemoth work about immigration

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

Peter Boyer didn't set out to make a political statement when he composed "Ellis Island: The Dream of America" in 2001. But in 2025 America, his piece, which traces the immigration stories of seven people who passed through Ellis Island between 1910 and 1940, can easily be seen through a political lens. That was never Boyer's intention, he was quick to note during a phone call last week ahead of the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra performing the work this weekend.
Tucson artists are holding sale to benefit nonprofit groups

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

Barbara Farmilant has been sitting on the sidelines of the second Trump administration, watching as federal funding for nonprofit agencies that assist women and children is dramatically cut or outright eliminated. She figured she had a choice to make: Do nothing and feel helpless, or do something and be part of a solution. "That's my motivation right there," said the 76-year-old jewelry maker. "I felt helpless. I know I can't save the world.