Cathalena Burch

The award-winning Elgin winery Los Milics plans to open a tasting room in the National, a fast-casual breakfast and lunch restaurant in the former Wig-O-Rama.

At Ursa, Aaron Lopez and his wife/partner, June, practice desert to table, creating dishes from foraged or heritage Sonoran Desert ingredients.

Tucson's Orkesta Mendoza rechristens the historic Benedictine Monastery Chapel as La Rosa, Tucson's newest concert venue and event space.

Pianist, in her second ever Tucson Symphony appearance and the first since she guested with the orchestra in '03, is tackling Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto.

Come Dec. 1, the first-ever Vegan Tucson Restaurant Week kicks off with 23 participating eateries.

UA School of Theatre, Film & Television moves up 15 spots to No. 9 on The Wrap's list of 50 Top Film Schools in the country; it's No. 2 for

Mat Cable and Devon Sanner are replicating the meals they had during last month's City of Gastronomy trip to Parma, Italy, in a special dinner.

Samara Joy played her first-ever Tucson show weeks before she won a trio of Grammys including Best New Artist. Now she's making her way back to the Old Pueblo.

Concerts in Tucson this weekend include Canadian country singer Terri Clark at the Fox, Texas tejano/norteño band Intocable at the Rialto and Arizona rocker Bret Michaels at the AVA.

For Star subscribers: Penca's Patricia Schwabe has been working on a new restaurant and bar in the old Wig-O-Rama space for three years. On Saturday, she's opening the doors.