It isn\u2019t everyday that
the reality of life compels
us to look at our own back-
yard. This decade will be
one \u2018never to be forgotten\u2019
for it brought on the kind of
change that a global crisis
can cause. Specifically, I
mean we are all staying
closer to home these days.

Concerns may keep us
on the ground instead of in the air, and
the economy too impacts how we are
going to be spending our leisure time.
Of course we are also working harder
and with longer hours. Interesting
dynamics occur here. You don\u2019t plan for
your leisure time. It comes on the spur
of the moment per opportunity. By defi-
nition we have only three to five days in
which to get away.

We now find our own back yard pret-
ty interesting. Why... because we looked.
Perhaps because you read AZ Tourist
News and just coincidentally you have
some time, short term of course, on your
hands. Now it is just a matter of do we
visit page 10-11 the White Mountains,
or do we visit page 12-13 the Grand

I can tell you first hand from the let-
ters and emails that we have received
that many people thank us personally for
turning them on to some of these loca-
tions. Most of us have been here a long
time and visit many places outside
Arizona without ever visiting within...
well... we won\u2019t take all the credit. The
chambers and CVB\u2019s throughout
Arizona do the best they can to promote
their locations, but honestly, without a
resource like AZ Tourist News you will
not find what we expose you to unless
you know to go look for it. It is really
that simple.

Have you played our contest yet?
You haven\u2019t? I know I can\u2019t say that for
the many that have played to date. Our
May winner of the 2-night stay (with
breakfast) at the historic Arizona Inn in
Tucson is L. T. Sparks of Escondido,
CA. We are giving away some fantastic
vacations. You can find out how to play
by going online, see page 31.

This month\u2019s cover highlights
Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s
masterpiece in the desert. If you haven\u2019t
visited yet, be sure to include this fasci-

nating place in your summer plans.
Visitors come from around the world to
see Taliesin West - put yourself among
them! Another spot visited by thousands
each year is the \u201calmost ghost town\u201d of
Chloride. Have you been? Why not visit
on June 28 to help celebrate the town\u2019s
heritage with Old Miner\u2019s Day.

Other featured events in June include
the Summer Festival in St. Johns, the
Juneteenth Jazz Splash Festival in
Cordes Junction and a new event in
Eagar, the Chrome in the Dome Classic
Car Show. In Sedona Tlaquepaque cele-
brates its 30th Anniversary with a com-
munity cook-out, gallery openings, fash-
ion show, dancers, musicians, pottery
and sculpture demonstrations, art
lessons, giveaways and more.

Read from cover to cover - be
inspired! Then choose your location,
your favorite event or interesting work-
shop or performance, and take to the
road to experience Arizona. Be a tourist

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Events, Featured..........................................................................................24 June Events.............................................................................................28 July Events........................................................................................29-30 August Events.........................................................................................30

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the cold winter weather of his
native Wisconsin, he selected a stunning
600 acre site of rugged desert at the
foothills of the McDowell Mountains in
northeast Scottsdale, Arizona. Here, in
1938, Wright and his apprentices set
about building Taliesin West. They often
referred to the site as their \u201cwinter camp,\u201d
but the architectural world soon called
Taliesin West \u201cone of Wright\u2019s greatest

Since its earliest days visitors from
around the world were drawn to Taliesin
West, and today the site offers a broad
range of tours throughout the year, with a
separate winter and summer schedule tai-
lored to the changing seasons.

Taliesin West showcases Wright\u2019s bril-
liant ability to integrate indoor and out-
door spaces - the Cabaret Cinema,
Wright\u2019s private office, the Kiva
Conference Room, Music Pavilion and
famous Living Room are all linked by

Wright - usually recognized as
America\u2019s greatest architect - used
Taliesin West as his personal home, studio
and architectural campus from 1937 until
his death in 1959. The site still serves as
the campus for the Frank Lloyd Wright

Because Taliesin West is still used for
the purposes for which it was designed,
visitors have the opportunity to sit in
Wright-designed furniture and experience
the structures as Wright intended - a rare
treat for travelers accustomed to more
rigid limitations at most other historical

Visitors particularly enjoy their stop in
the Taliesin West Living Room, or
\u201cGarden Room\u201d as Wright called it.
Entrance to the living room is through a
typically Wrightian low-ceiling, stone-
wall space which leads to a room 56-feet
long by 34-feet at one place and 24-feet at

far end of the room and the architect
designed most of the furniture. It was in
this magnificent space that Wright often
entertained his famous guests.

Tuesdays or Wednesdays during July
and August, but the bookstore is open
those days.

For visitors looking for a particularly
unique way to view Taliesin West, the
Friday evening\u201cNight Lights on the

Taliesin West \u201ca look over the rim of the
world.\u201d On the two-hour guided night
tour visitors view a carpet of city lights
spread out below, the fire-breathing drag-
on, the famous living room and other
spaces, and are treated to light refresh-
ments. This tour is offered three times on
Friday nights only, beginning at 6:30, 7 &
7:30 pm. Reservations are requested, but
not required.

daily at 9, 10, and 11 am. Knowledgeable
guides take visitors to the Pavilion,
Cabaret, Wright\u2019s office and the Kiva -
and provide interesting details about
Wright\u2019s architectural theories.

11:30 am and at noon, 1, 2, 3 & 4 pm,
(and also at 10:30 am in September and
October.) This tour includes everything
on the Panorama tour plus a visit to the

offered Monday and Saturday mornings
(also on Thursdays in September and
October) starting at 9 am.

at 10:30 am & 1:30 pm, is specially
designed for families with school-age
children. Families learn how Wright took
everyday shapes and objects - along with
vivid colors and striking patterns - to cre-
ate buildings that are works of art.

To visit Taliesin West, enter the 600-
acre site at Frank Lloyd Wright
Boulevard (approximately 114th St.) and
Cactus Road, in northeast Scottsdale. The
summer and winter schedules are avail-
able at www.franklloydwright.org or by

In Bullhead City you will find big city lifestyle in a community still small
enough to enjoy. Bullhead City is one of the best places in the United
States to choose for active retirement or a second home.

contains more than twenty
2-for-1 admissions along with
other great savings.

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