The next Solstice Celebration will be held June 21, 2008. Please check back in the weeks before the event for updated information.
on the Arizona State Museum front lawn
4:30–9:30 p.m.
FREE admission
FREE parking
Schedule of Events | Performers & Presenters | Resources | Map & Directions **
Fun for all ages!
Music, dance, star gazing, chalk mural, saguaro harvesting demonstration, solar energy displays, food, plus tons of hands-on arts and science activities, and much, much more!
A FLAMING GRAND FINALE performance of “Radiance” by Flam Chen and the Dambe Drum Ensemble!
Watch and Listen: Performances by Ballet Folklorico Tapatio with Mariachi Tapatio (Mexican), Halfway Round the House (Irish music), Yellow Bird Indian Dancers (Apache), Cuban Connection (Cuban salsa), Tucson Taiko Kyokai (Japanese drumming), Flam Chen with the Dambe Drum Ensemble (mystical otherworldly fire performance with drumming)
Discover Energy: Make a sun print, see solar and water demonstrations, ride an energy bike with Tucson Electric Power, The Solar Store, Tucson Water, Sungreen LLC, and Tucson Museum of Art
Discover Desert Resources: Make a clay seed pot with Sam Casados, harvest the saguaro with Stella Tucker (Tohono O’odham), dig for fossils with the T-Rex Museum, and learn about plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert with Tohono Chul Park, Colossal Cave Mountain Park, Tucson Audubon Society, St. Xavier Cooperative Farms, Tucson Organic Gardners, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Arizona Native Plant Society and Arizona State Museum
Look to the stars: View the sky through telescopes with Flandrau Science Center and Kitt Peak National Observatory, draw the constellations with the International Wildlife Museum, understand the Navajo sky with Dr. David Begay (Navajo)
Mark Time: Make a calendar stick, make a sun clock, create a chalk mural with Tucson I Modinnari, Kitt Peak National Observatory, and Arizona State Museum
Celebrate: Make solstice wreaths with Magdalenda Nowacka-Jannotta (Polish), paper flowers with Josefina Lizarrága (Mexican), create a solstice stamp with Postal History Foundation, make masks, cordage bracelets, paper pot designs and play American Indian games with Arizona State Museum, dress a Frida Kahlo paper doll for the celebration, dance, listen to music, and eat watermelon courtesy of Trader Joe’s
Featured Cultural Experts
Dr. David Begay (Navajo), Sam Casados (Apache), Diane Dittemore (ASM curator), Josefina Lizarrága (Mexican), Dr. Patrick Lyons (ASM curator), Rueben Naranjo (Tohono O’odham), Magdalenda Nowacka-Jannotta (Polish), Stella Tucker (Tohono O’odham)
Participating Organizations
Arizona State Museum, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Arizona Native Plant Society, Colossal Cave Mountain Park, DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, Flandrau Science Center, International Wildlife Museum, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Pima County Public Library, Postal History Foundation, Sierra Club, St. Xavier Cooperative Farms, Sungreen LLC, The Solar Store, Tohono Chul Park, Trader Joe’s, T-Rex Musuem, Tucson Audubon Society, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson Electric Power, Tucson Madonnari Project, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson Organic Gardners, Tucson Water
Special thanks to our sponsors
- Marshall Foundation
- Tucson Electric Power / GreenWatts / SunShare
- University of Arizona Office of International Faculty and Scholars
- Office of the Executive Director, International Affairs, University of Arizona
- Long Reality Cares
- Target
- The Solar Store
- Many Mouths, One Stomach
- Trader Joe’s
- The Olive Garden
- Sunflower Markets
- Wild Oats
- Inglis Florist
- Pepsi
- Arizona Student Unions, University of Arizona
Schedule of Events | Performers & Presenters | Resources | Map & Directions **
** Please see the ADOT website for up-to-the-minute information about I-10 exit closures, including the Speedway exit, from Prince Road to 29th Street. These closures are in effect until 2010.
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