The second you emerge from the Broadway underpass you come upon the first sample of how Michael Albers has gone about coloring Downtown.

What you are seeing is the brand new Plaza Centro Garage, a grey hulk for several months that just now took on the “dark purply brown” that paint colorists are calling Raisin in the Sun.

Keep going to Sixth Avenue and you’ll see the bright kaleidoscope of color across from the Ronstadt Transit Center.

The Mexican Independence Day Fiesta Mixer & Salsa Dance Party will bring spirited music and festivities to the Rialto Exhibition Center on Sept. 16.

What was the Latin Jazz Festival the past two years, has expanded into a night-long collaboration between the Tucson Jazz Society, the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Tucson Partnership.

TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) – Fourth Avenue businesses are gearing up for larger crowds this Labor Day weekend.

The district is well-known for the street fairs it holds twice a year and its large selection of locally-owned businesses.  With college students back and a football game scheduled this weekend, Fourth avenue is once again holding “Rendezvous on Fourth Avenue” to offer things to do outside those times when the street fairs attract the crowds.