• No charge to enter
• Original writing and artwork
• Winners receive $100 in gift certificates and will be recognized at the 14th Annual Tucson Festival of Books on March 9, 2024.
• Deadline is December 21, 2023 by 4:30 p.m.
• Author entries may be submitted by mail or e-mail. Poetry will be judged separately.
• Artist entries can only be mailed, or can be hand-delivered with special permission.

This three day series is a great introduction to horses and learning the basics of riding.  This program will help you determine if horses are for them.  Participants will learn safety around horses, how to halter a horse, how to lead a horse and basic breeds and colors of horses through fun interactive activities; they will also experience the basics of tack and riding.   Participants must be accompanied by one Adult.  Ages: 5-6

General:  $99.00

Member:  $79.20

Often called the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. of movies, Sidney Poitier was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was the first Black actor to star in major films in non-stereotypical roles. His movies brought topics such as interracial couples and discrimination to American households. Hear about current events that occurred while each of these movies debuted and join in a post-movie discussion group.

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Join Tubba Bear today as she embarks on a fun, rhyming adventure with her pink guitar! Along the way, she travels to different places and meets many new friends with their musical instruments. What started as an idea for one quickly adds up to a harmonious day of friends on their way to the Big Music Jamboree! Join us for this fantastic Storytime full of excitement, music, and cheer!

Who doesn’t love dinosaurs? Sure, you’ve seen the movies, and read books, but have you ever met a full-size Velociraptor? Now is your chance!

This FREE presentation includes a wide variety of real and replica fossils which participates can touch and interact with as well as a meet and greet with s full-size Velociraptor puppet Roy The Raptor! Get those cameras ready as there will be plenty of photo opportunities!

Do you hear a tapping? As of someone gently rapping while you browse many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore?

Once again on a dreary Halloween Eve, October 29th, Arizona Curriculum Theater flies The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe to Bookmans in Mesa. Performed by Dr. Jim Coates.

“Doc” is a PhD in Theater, a Certified Teacher for the Alexander Technique and a local actor who performs regularly with Don Bluth’s Front Row Theater and Southwest Shakespeare Company. 

An annular solar eclipse happens when the moon passes directly between the Earth and the sun, but doesn't completely cover the sun from our perspective. This casts a shadow on the Earth's surface, and people in the full shadow will see the sun as a bright ring or "annulus" around the moon.