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The Rialto Theatre Gallery Project, which opened to the public in April, showcases the wide variety of performers the Rialto and its affiliates have hosted, as captured by their house photographers C. Elliott and Mark Martinez.  The gallery archive contains more than 5,000 photographs detailing shows since 2004. Rialto and their affiliate venues like 191 Toole hosted more than 400 shows in 2018 alone. From this massive collection, the Rialto Theatre Gallery Project shows 75 images from their...

Hamilton is on its way.

Hamilton is on its way. That's proof that the arts are coming back. Or so we hope. The highly prized musical, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda,...

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz) visited the Rialto Theatre this week to highlight federal funding designed to get local music venues open again. The federal government allocated more than $16.2 billion to the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant for live venues, live performing arts organizations, museums and movie theatres, as well as live venue promoters, theatrical producers and talent representatives. But when...

Ballet Tucson Pop-Ups. Last November, Ballet Tucson dancers, who had not performed since March 2020, did a brief but magical nighttime concert at the Tucson Botanical Garden. They went on to dance in other unconventional venues, including the Reid Park Zoo, the St. Philips Farmers Market, and a Tucson Museum of Art patio. The shows were a hit, and this month the dancers will once again perform a series of short outdoor concerts. This weekend, theyve got a gig at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park. Tw...

Courtesy Rialto Theater Bit by bit, the arts are opening up in Tucson. And the arts organizations are dreaming up clever new ways to keep their artists and fans safe from COVID-19. In the coming weeks, Ballet Tucson will send its dancers to perform in the great outdoors, and the Yume Japanese Gardens will host Funhouse Movement, performing Japanese Butoh dance among the plants. Untitled Gallery opened last week after months in lockdown, and the Rialto, which doesnt plan to s...

With COVID cases continuing their three-month decline, vaccines flowing and artists with a year of material ready to perform, the coming months are shaping up to be great times to attend live music in Tucson. Of course, many local venues are not quite ready to host indoor concerts. Those with patios are utilizing their outdoor spaces, and even indoor-only venues are finding unique ways to get music to the masses—or prep audiences for when the time is right. The Fox Theatre is collaboratin...

Lerner and Rowe Injury Attorneys Supports the Preservation of a Historic Cornerstone in Downtown Tucson as the Title Sponsor of the Rialto Theatre’s The Gallery Project Share Article On Friday, April 2, 2021, the historic Rialto Theatre in downtown Tucson will softly open its doors for The Gallery Project sponsored by Lerner and Rowe Injury Attorneys. Lerner and Rowe Injury Attorneys Title Sponsor of the Rialto Theatre’s The Gallery Project "By joining other music lovers in helping safeguar...