Agua Caliente Park

The Shadow catchers: 150 years of Arizona Photography
2023-01-07 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Denver) | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
The Shadow Catchers: 150 years of Arizona Photography with Jim Turner
Saturday, January 7, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
For more than a century and a half some of the world’s best photographers focused their lenses on Arizona. In addition to the renowned Edward S. Curtis, Kate Cory lived with the Hopi and represented them in photographs and on canvas. In the 20th century Josef Muench’s pictures brought the movies to Monument Valley, Dorothea Lange captured Dust Bowl families, Barry Goldwater depicted Navajo and Hopi culture, and Ansel Adams glorified Arizona’s skies, canyons, and mesas. This presentation’s powerful images make the land and its people come alive.

Agua Caliente Park Stargazing
2022-12-17 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-19 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-05-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-03-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
What: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. They will have several telescopes set up in the bus lanes at the north end of the main parking lot. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. Park gate may close before event end time, so please plan to arrive close to event start time listed on the calendar. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
Where: Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: Free. Registration Required. Check back closer to the event or search Eventbrite, Agua Caliente Park Tucson.
Follow TAAA event on their Facebook Page for real-time weather and other scheduling updates: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.

Friends of Agua Caliente Park Board Meeting
2022-11-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual, Zoom
The Friends of Agua Caliente Park (FOAC) Board Meeting will be held via Zoom. If you want to attend, please email info[at]friendsofaguacaliente.org for the link. The meeting will go from 7 – 8:30 pm.

Cienega Creek Natural Preserve Stargazing
2022-10-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
MOVED TO CIENEGA CREEK NATURAL PRESERVE. 16000 E MARSH STATION ROAD.
What: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. They will have several telescopes set up in the bus lanes at the north end of the main parking lot. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. Park gate may close before event end time, so please plan to arrive close to event start time listed on the calendar. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
Where: Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, 16000 E Marsh Station Road, Vail, AZ
Cost: Free. Registration Required. Check back closer to the event or search Eventbrite, Agua Caliente Park Tucson.
Follow TAAA event on their Facebook Page for real-time weather and other scheduling updates: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.

Park Closed due to Fire
2022-09-30 - 2022-10-31 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Agua Caliente Park will be CLOSED for at least 30 days due to a Lightning Strike fire to several palm trees. No structures were damaged. Pima County Natural Resources parks and Recreation (NRPR) has closed the park during the damage assessment and debris cleanup. They anticipate this taking at least 30 days. Stay tuned to our website or Facebook page for any updates.

FOAC Board Meeting
2022-09-19 19:00 - 20:30
The next FOAC Board Meeting will be held on Zoom September 19, 2022 at 7 PM on Zoom. If you want to attend, please email us at info[at]friendsofaguacalieente.org for the zoom link.

Friends of Agua Caliente Board Meeting
2022-05-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
The Friends of Agua Caliente Board meeting will meet at 10 AM Saturday May 21, 2022 in the Rose Cottage at Agua Caliente Park. This meeting is open to the public.

Bridge & Main Pond Dedication Ceremony
2022-03-26 09:30 - 12:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
Join Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation (NRPR) and the Friends of Agua Caliente (FOAC) for a Bridge and Main Pond Restoration Dedication Ceremony. There will be short talks by residents of the community, music by the Tanque Verde High School Jazz Band, tours of the Park and Ranch House, Birding activities, and more.
Music: 9:30 – 10 am
Dedication: 10 – 10:30 am with refreshments
Park and Ranch House Tours: 10:30 – 11 am
Birding: 10:30 – 11 am
Other Activities to be announced

Friends of Agua Caliente Park Board Meeting
2022-03-14 19:00 - 20:30
The Friends of Agua Caliente Park Board Meeting will be held via Zoom at 7 pm. For additional information or to receive the Zoom link, email info[at]friendsofaguacaliente.org.

Geology of the Rincon Mountains
2022-03-05 10:00 - 11:00
Learn about the geologic history of the Rincon Mountains from George Davis, Regents Professor and Provost Emeritus, University of Arizona. George ‘retired’ in 2020, 50 years after arriving at UArizona. As a field-oriented structural geologist, he has seen a lot of rocks in southern Arizona.
Information about how to access the Zoom session will be emailed to participants after registration. This virtual event is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Seats are limited.
REGISTRATION

Birds, Lizards, and Bighorns: The Hohokam and their Animal Icons
2022-02-19 10:00 - 11:00
The Hohokam had an intricate relationship with animals of the Sonoran Desert that is revealed in their artwork. Their realistic, playful, and abstract depictions of creatures on pottery, carved stone, shell, and rock art, show not only their close observations to the natural world, but how they viewed that world in a cosmological context.
Research Archaeologist Linda Gregonis explores how the creatures can be considered as Beings within the broader Mesoamerican-Southwestern belief systems of animism, transformation, duality, directionality, and world centering-world renewing practices.
Information about how to access the Zoom session will be emailed to participants after registration. This Virtual event is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Seats are limited.
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The Pershing's Chinese, Asylum Seekers Amid Chinese Exclusion
2022-02-12 13:00 - 14:00
In 1917, Gen. John J. Pershing brought 527 Chinese refugees from Mexico. These men had attached themselves to the punitive expedition conducted by Gen. Pershing in pursuit of the Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco “Pancho” Villa from 1916 to 1917. When Pershing withdrew, aware that the lives of the Chinese who had served his troops were in danger, he requested official permission to grant asylum to the Chinese. Join Dr. Li Yang to learn more about the contributions of these refugees and their path toward autonomy.
Information about how to access the Zoom session will be emailed to participants after registration. This Virtual event is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Seats are limited.
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Tasting History: The Kino Heritage Fruit Trees Project and Mission Garden
2022-02-05 10:00 - 11:00
During the 17th and early 18th centuries, Jesuit missionaries such as Father Eusebio Francisco Kino and later Franciscans introduced European fruit trees to New Spain, now the United States–Mexico borderlands. Jesús M. García, Research Associate, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, discusses the importance of pomegranates, figs, quinces, and olives, which were a significant part of the mission community’s agriculture, which also included grape vineyards, grain fields, vegetable and medicinal gardens, and livestock. Jesus will also provide an overview of The Kino Heritage Fruit Tree Project, based at the Arizona-Sonora Museum, Tucson.
Information about how to access the Zoom session will be emailed to participants after registration. This virtual event is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Seats are limited.
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Arizona from Conquistadores to the Railroad
2022-01-29 10:00 - 11:00
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado crossed Arizona in 1542 looking for the Seven Cities of Gold, followed by missionaries, cattle ranchers, then 49ers headed for the California Gold Rush. Historian Jim Turner shares these and other stories from Southern Arizona, including prospector Ed Schieffelin and his first silver claim in Tombstone in 1878.
Information about how to access the Zoom session will be emailed to participants after registration. This virtual event is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Seats are limited.
REGISTRATION

FOAC Annual Meeting
2022-01-24 19:00 - 20:30
The Annual Meeting of the Friends of Agua Caliente Board and members will take place on Monday January 24th at 7 PM on Zoom. To participate, please email info[at]friendsofaguacaliente.org for Zoom information.

Agua Caliente Park Stargazing
2022-01-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
What: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. They will have several telescopes set up in the bus lanes at the north end of the main parking lot. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. Park gate may close before event end time, so please plan to arrive close to event start time listed on the calendar. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
Where: Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: Free. Registration Required. Event Registration
Follow TAAA event on their Facebook Page for real-time weather and other scheduling updates: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.

The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest
2022-01-08 13:00 - 14:00
Before 1500 CE, Native American cultures took advantage of southern Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works in all of North America. Agriculture was introduced to Arizona more than 4,000 years before present, and irrigation systems were developed in our state at least 3,500 years ago – several hundred years before irrigation was established in ancient Mexico. Archaeologist Allen Dart provides an overview of ancient irrigation systems in the southern Southwest.
This virtual event is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Seats are limited.
Registration

Cultural History of the Tucson Basin
2022-01-07 10:00 - 11:00
Pima County is blessed with a rich and varied record of human settlement over the last 11,000 years representing ancestral Native Americans, Spanish Colonial, Mexican-American, and many others in our history. Ian Milliken, Pima County’s Cultural Resources Manager, will present on the culture history of the Tucson Basin/Southern Arizona showcasing the County’s unique and deep heritage legacies.
Information about how to access the Zoom session will be emailed to participants after registration. This virtual event is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Seats are limited.
REGISTRATION

Agua Caliente Park Stargazing
2021-12-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
What: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. They will have several telescopes set up in the bus lanes at the north end of the main parking lot. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. Park gate may close before event end time, so please plan to arrive close to event start time listed on the calendar. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
Where: Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: Free. Registration Required. Event Bright Link
Follow TAAA event on their Facebook Page for real-time weather and other scheduling updates: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.

Friends of Agua Caliente Park Board Meeting
2021-12-04 10:00 - 11:30 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
The Friends of Agua Caliente will conduct a Board Meeting from 10 – 11:30 am in the Rose Cottage (Pink Building near the main pond) at Agua Caliente Park. The Meeting is open to all members, supporters, and the general public. Masks are required.
For additional information or topics that will be addressed, email the Friends of Agua Caliente at: info[at]friendsofaguacaliente.org.

Agua Caliente Park Stargazing
2021-11-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
What: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. They will have several telescopes set up in the bus lanes at the north end of the main parking lot. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. Park gate may close before event end time, so please plan to arrive close to event start time listed on the calendar. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
Where: Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: Free. Registration Required. Check back here about one month prior for registration link.
Follow TAAA event on their Facebook Page for real-time weather and other scheduling updates: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.

Agua Caliente Park Stargazing
2021-10-23 18:30 - 20:30 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
What: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. They will have several telescopes set up in the bus lanes at the north end of the main parking lot. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. Park gate may close before event end time, so please plan to arrive close to event start time listed on the calendar. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
Where: Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: Free. Pima County NPRP has added an Eventbright Event for the September 11 Star Party. Event is FREE but Advance REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please visit the following link to register for the event: https://october_stagazing_aguacalientepark.eventbrite.com.
Follow TAAA event on their Facebook Page for real-time weather and other scheduling updates: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.

Friends of Agua Caliente Park Board Meeting
2021-09-27 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-05-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-03-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
The Friends of Agua Caliente will conduct a Board Meeting from 7 – 8:30 in the Bunkhouse (Brown Building near the north end of the parking lot) at Agua Caliente Park. The Meeting is open to all members, supporters, and the general public.
Event may be virtual pending Covid-19 Status.
For additional information or topics that will be addressed, email the Friends of Agua Caliente at: info[at]friendsofaguacaliente.org.

Agua Caliente Park Stargazing
2021-09-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
What: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. They will have several telescopes set up in the bus lanes at the north end of the main parking lot. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. Park gate may close before event end time, so please plan to arrive close to event start time listed on the calendar. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
Where: Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: Free. Pima County NPRP has added an Eventbright Event for the September 11 Star Party. Event is FREE but Advance REGISTRATION is required. to Register and receive updates go to: https://september_stagazing_aguacalientepark.eventbrite.com.
Follow TAAA event on their Facebook Page for real-time weather and other scheduling updates: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.

Agua Caliente Park Stargazing (Covid-19 TENTATIVE)
2021-05-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85749, United States
What: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. They will have several telescopes set up in the bus lanes at the north end of the main parking lot. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. Park gate may close before event end time, so please plan to arrive close to event start time listed on the calendar. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
Where: Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road 85749
Cost: Free. Registration not required.
Follow TAAA event on their Facebook Page for real-time weather and other scheduling updates: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonAstronomy/.
