Michaele Cozzi’s photography studio in Superior is a study in black and white. The cinder-block walls are painted white; the concrete floor is dark and glossy. Attached to the walls, floor-to-ceiling panels of concrete reinforcement mesh serve as a vertical work space. Clipped to the wires with clothespins and black …
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Artist Patty Sjolin of Miami: From Concept Artist to Muralist
“I always wanted to [create] a character that would live forever and ever, that everyone knows,” Patty Sjolin says. “I want it to give that feeling in your heart.” Sjolin is an artist who started out in a small town in Texas, but whose concepts have reached around the world …
Read More »The Renaissance on Devereaux Street
If you’ve lived in Globe a long time, you might remember when Joe Gundry owned the Texaco Service Station at the corner of Hill and Maple streets – in the 1950s and early 60s, it was a place where many of Globe’s high school boys got their first job and …
Read More »Gardening in Globe-Miami: Tis the Season.
Bob Zache says one of his favorite rewards of gardening is as simple as a tomato. Specifically, he says, “A fresh tomato that’s still warm, with a little salt on it….” Gardening season is upon us. For those who are new to it, starting a garden can seem like a …
Read More »Annual Globe Post Office Tour Highlights Rich History
Justin Brandt has worked for the post office in Globe for 36 years and has a seemingly endless amount of knowledge about the building and the postal service. On Saturday, April 16, he led his annual public tours of the normally closed parts of the post office, including the former …
Read More »Spring 2016 Git Er Done Preview: Joe Sanchez
Today we’re sharing an excerpt of an article that will appear in our Spring print issue, on newsstands April 6th! We’re honored to tell the story of Mr. Joe Sanchez and highlight all of his contributions to our community for the Spring 2016 installment of Git Er Done. Read the …
Read More »Globe Author Publishes Food Preservation Book
If you’re like us, you have bowls and baskets overflowing with grapefruit or lemons from your own trees or your friends. And before long, summer vegetables and fruit will be so abundant we might wonder what to do with it all. In other words, canning season is coming up! Globe …
Read More »Reevis Mountain Farm to begin Farm-to-Table Tours 2016
Gila County is famous for a few things: copper mining, cattle ranching, the Pleasant Valley War—not so much for its farm produce. But if you are a chef at one of the Valley’s four-star restaurants searching for some of Arizona’s best asparagus, peaches, or lettuce, you just might find it …
Read More »Superior hosts Home and Building Tour
Home and Building Tour – On January 30th and 31st the doors to Superior are open to all who like to learn about our community and have a great time. The doors to the Town, as well as doors to several homes and buildings, are wide open for our annual …
Read More »Making a U-Turn that Landed in Superior
When Bill Holmquist was hired to work on the 1997 Oliver Stone film U Turn, he lied and said he knew where Superior, Arizona was in where the film was set to be shot. “I had no idea and I had lived in Mesa for about 15 years,” he says …
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