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KUAZ: Christina Lopez on her spooky experience with the spirit of ‘La Llorona’

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Christina Lopez, 17, a student at City High School, recounts her frightening experience with the spirit of “La Llorona”, The Weeping Woman, on a dark night along the Santa Cruz River.
KUAZ: Christina Lopez on La Llorona

(Photo by Lilliana Lopez)

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Open House for Parents & Guardians

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

VOICES: Community Stories Past and Present, Inc., is hosting an Open House for parents, guardians and families of current VOICES Youth Apprentices at our office in downtown Tucson. Please come and meet the VOICES Documentary Arts Program staffs and learn about all the writing, photography, radio and video stories in progress.
Event: VOICES Open House [...]

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Benefit for VOICES, Inc., & Chax Press

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

VOICES Executive Director Stephanie Balzer will read from her new collections of poetry, ‘Revenant’ (Kore Press) and ‘faster, faster’ (Cue). Also reading will be Jonathan Rothschild from his new book, ‘The Last Clubhouse Eulogy’ (Chax Press), and Linh Dinh will read from his third & new book ‘Some Kind of Cheese Orgy’ (Chax Press).

Tickets are $10, and are available at VOICES’ downtown office, Chax Press, Antigone Books and Bentley’s. Please call 520.620.1626 for more information.

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Benefit for VOICES, Inc., & Chax Press on October 30th

Monday, October 12th, 2009

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KUAZ: Katie Tarter on Being in the Band Family

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

VOICES: Community Stories Past & Present Inc. High school student Katie Tarter talks about her impending decision to continue with music in college after she graduates from Tucson High School this May.
KUAZ: Katie Tarter

Katie Tarter, 17, is a senior at Tucson High School.   (photo by Reyes Suarez/VOICES)
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I (Heart) Downtown Tucson poster project

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Posters in celebration of downtown Tucson are now hanging in the windows of Hotel Congress. The I (Heart) Downtown Tucson is a VOICES, Inc. production, in which youth artists interview and photograph Tucson residents about their downtown love stories. Guest artists Kimi Eisele and Josh Schacter led the project. Funding provided by Tucson Pima Arts [...]

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Woo Hoo! Summer Photo 101

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

The members of VOICES Summer Photo 101 workshop created a video comprised of sequenced still photographs. Four weeks of technical photography training and many hours of shooting and editing by more than 20 teenagers created this slide show. If you are interested in learning more about photography, enroll in VOICES Photography workshops!

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VOICES SUMMER VIDEO SHOOTOUT!

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Create a short film this summer with VOICES, the Pima County Public Library and the professionals from Pan Left Productions. Experience the filmmaking process first-hand while you make a trailer based on a favorite book. We’ll post it to the Library website and YouTubSee your film with friends and family at a special LOFT Cinema [...]

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VOICES on the Cover of the Tucson Weekly!

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Check out VOICES in the current issue of the Tucson Weekly!

Teen Tales: A Selection of Stories From the Youth at VOICES

Each afternoon at VOICES Community Stories Past and Present Inc., low-income youth age 14 to 21 from all over Tucson stream into our downtown headquarters to grab laptop computers, digital cameras and recorders—becoming journalists and [...]

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110 Degrees Issue 9 Release Party at the Temple of Music and Art

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Please join us for our 110 Degrees Issue 9 Release Party on Wednesday May 13th at 5:15 pm to 7:30pm at the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Street. Our magazine release party is a free fundraiser benefiting VOICES. We encourage everyone to attend in support of Tucson’s youth.

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