Inspired by the Audioramas of Mexico City, our Cuk Ṣon Audiorama is located on the east side of Centennial Hall on the Historic University of Arizona Mall. Cuk Ṣon is the Tohono O’odham name for Tucson, referring to the 17th-century O’odham village at the base of “Black Hill or Mountain.” Cuk Ṣon is the Tohono O’odham name for Tucson, referring to the 17th-century O’odham village at the base of “Black Hill or Mountain.” Read, nap, and daydream; the Audiorama is a place for people to rest in the company of nothing but trees and music. It is an open-air concert auditorium, and there are several places to sit surrounded by speakers that play music all day. The type of music differs by the day of the week. Student performances are held live on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 – 5:00 PM. Bring a book or borrow one, escape the noise and craziness around us, and sit with nature.Cuk Son Audiorama is made possible thanks to generous donations by Arzate Design Group of Tucson in collaboration with Old Pueblo Hemp Co., Ponderosa Cactus, Civano Growers, AYJ Construction, Desert Streams and Gardens, University of Arizona Facilities Management and was built together with CAPLA students.   Preview the sounds of Cuk Son Audiorama: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Experience a heartfelt tribute to global music legend Cesária Évora and Cape Verde’s rich musical traditions with Award-winning jazz vocalist Kavita Shah. Presented in the Century Room. Kavita Shah is an award-winning jazz vocalist, composer, researcher, polyglot and lifelong New Yorker of Indian origin, hailed for possessing an “amazing dexterity for musical languages” (NPR). In her latest project, Cape Verdean Blues, she explores the sounds and stories of São Vicente, an island of Cape Verde, off West Africa, and the birthplace of world music legend Cesária Évora. Shah, herself a daughter of diaspora who resonated with the music’s language of longing, has teamed up with Évora’s longtime bandmates–including master acoustic guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bau–to create her most personal work to date. This is music that makes you want to dance and cry at the same time. She will be joined by Bau, as well as two other masters of Cape Verdean music: guitarist Jorge Almeida and percussionist N’du Carlos.

Dive into Muscogee (Creek) Nation activist Jean Hill Chaudhuri’s incredible life story in this harrowing recount of her family’s history, inspired by true events. Presented in Tornabene Theatre. In a captivating one-woman performance, playwright, actor, and attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle (Sovereignty; Manahatta) recounts the pivotal moments in the life of activist Jean Hill Chaudhuri who served as Executive director of the Tucson Indian Center, the Traditional Indian Alliance, founded the first off-reservation Indian Health clinic in Tucson, and was inducted into the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame posthumously in 2013. From the Trail of Tears to the Supreme Court’s landmark opinion in McGirt v. Oklahoma that upheld the sovereignty of the Muscogee territories, Nagle sheds light on her mother-in-law’s relentless pursuit of justice and a legacy of broken promises between nations. Watch as On the Far End intertwines Chaudhuri’s personal story–the Native boarding school she fled on foot, her marriage to a young Bengali scholar, and the advocacy that became her life’s work–to highlight the resilience of Indigenous communities and the need to confront historical injustices. “‘On the Far End’ is a beautiful and noteworthy one-woman play … acknowledges the generational effects of the Indian Removal Act on Native American communities. This play calls attention to the importance of fighting for what is right” (MD Theatre Guide).