There are a number of reasons that all across the City of Tucson real estate, land and homes, are so eagerly sought after by families, individuals and those enjoying an active, high-end retirement lifestyle. Here’s one: there’s so much to do!
Tucson Museum of Art - Photo by glindsay65
From ballet to the theater to the symphony, Tucson is a haven for those interested in the arts. In fact, Tucson is one of a select number of cities of its size that has its own ballet company – Ballet Tucson, professional theater – Arizona Theatre Company, symphony – Tucson Sympony Orchestra and an opera company – Arizona Opera. Art-lovers will appreciate the Tucson Museum of Art, the University of Arizona Museum of Art and the nationally acclaimed Center for Creative Photography. It’s also good to know that there are more than 35 art galleries in Tucson’s downtown district alone. If music is more your thing, no problem; the AVA Amphitheater at Casino del Sol hosts top touring entertainers in a beautiful open-air venue, and the Desert Diamond Casino regularly brings in music headliners and other events. Meanwhile, the historic Rialto Theatre offers concerts featuring a broad array of performers including comedians, heavy metal, hip hop, jazz, flamenco, country, rock bands and jam bands.
Public art is everywhere in Tucson, including outdoor sculpture at El Presidio Park and a sculpture of Father Kino, a famous Jesuit missionary, at the northwest corner of Kino Boulevard and Winsett Street. If you’re a mural aficionado, there are more murals at the El Rio Neighborhood Center than at any other location in Tucson, but if you’ve got a snake phobia, you might want to avoid “The Snake Bridge,” located on East Broadway Boulevard, west of Euclid Avenue. This controversial work is a functioning pedestrian bridge in the shape of a diamondback rattlesnake.
For more information on the arts in Tucson, visit www.visittucson.org.
