Your UA Summer To-Do List

June 29, 2016
The Biosphere 2, located just north of Tucson, offers daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Generally, tours department every 30 to 45 minutes.
Through Sept. 1, the Joseph Gross Gallery is presenting "Rachel Bess: The Painting Process," detailing the steps in the artist’s creative practice. Bess uses reference drawings, color studies or simply works off a set of words as the starting point for he
Poetry Center events this summer include Whitman Circle Summer Socials: "Poetry and Climate Change featuring Eric Magrane" on July 20, at 5:30 p.m.; and "Kore Press Un-Silencing Anatomies - Poetry, Publishing and Community" on Aug. 10 at 5:30. Both events
Rare books archivist Roger Myers helped curate "Shakespeare's Contemporaries and Elizabethan Culture," which includes historical snapshots with documents that shaped Shakespeare's culture, such as anti-theatrical polemics, scientific discoveries and polit
The Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium offers astronomy-related exhibits for people of all ages, including those highlighting fossils, puzzles and general science. With exhibitions open all summer, Flandrau is also home to the Mineral Museum, with mo
While current and former UA student-athletes preparing for the summer Olympics and Paralympic Games, the Jim Click Hall of Champion documents the accomplishments of some of their Wildcat predecessors. The mezzanine, located on the north end of the McKale
It is the 50-year anniversary of the History of Pharmacy Museum, which opened in 1966. Split between the College of Pharmacy and the Roy P. Drachman Hall, the museum includes original drug containers, books, store fixtures and other artifacts dating back
The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research offers free one-hour tours led by docents.
The UA Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab is internationally recognized for producing giant, lightweight mirrors of unprecedented power for a new generation of optical and infrared telescopes. The UA is one of the partner institutions helping to build the Giant
The UA Museum of Art is currently showing "The Lebowski Cycle," by UA School of Art alumnus Joe Forkan, featuriing a series of paintings and drawings exploring narratives using masterpieces of European art and the 1998 Coen Brothers' film, "The Big Lebows

This summer at the University of Arizona, numerous centers, departments and programs are hosting exhibitions, talks, training sessions, tours and other activities for people of all ages.

The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research is hosting free, docent-led group tours on July 12 and 20. To learn more, and for reservations, contact Pamela Pelletier at 520-621-0984 or pamela@email.arizona.edu.

The Biosphere 2, which Time Life Books named one of the 50 Must-See Wonders of the World, is hosting tours daily.

And the Worlds of Words international children's literature library, housed within the UA College of Education, is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays.

Others include:

  • "Shakespeare's Contemporaries and Elizabethan Culture," the companion exhibit to the installation of First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare, remains open until July 29 at Special Collections. 
  • "The Lebowski Cycle," by UA School of Art alumnus Joe Forkan at the UA Museum of Art. The exhibition features a series of paintings and drawings exploring narratives using masterpieces of European art and the 1998 Coen Brothers' film, "The Big Lebowski," as a starting point. Also showing is "Revolutionary Dreams: Modern Mexican Prints," featuring works by artists such as Leopoldo Mendez, Rufino Tamayo and Diego Rivera from UAMA's permanent collection.
  • Exhibitions, readings and a book club, among other events, sponsored by the UA Poetry Center, including the July 28 Reading & Lecture Series celebrating new publications from center staff members Renee Angle and Wendy Burk, to be held at 7 p.m.
  • SummerNights StarGazing events held at the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter on clear nights.
  • Tours held at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab most every day, highlighting the scientists who are contributing to the landmark Giant Magellan Telescope, which is schedule for completion in 2021 in Chile's Atacama Desert.