rom the historic reunion of an iconic composer and his muse as part of the Tucson Desert Song Festival to the dramatic downfall of one of Tucson's oldest breweries, 2025 was a busy news year for veteran Arizona Daily Star reporter Cathalena E. Burch. Here are some of her favorite 2025 stories.
Faced with losing its flagship downtown brewery at 119 E. Toole Ave. last spring was the first of a series of events that led to Borderlands Brewing Co.'s eventual downfall. By summer's end, the brewery was writing its final chapter.
Fate of struggling brewery undecided after loss of downtown Tucson homeNews that Borderlands Brewing Co. will have to leave its flagship location comes as 14-year-old beermaker navigates financial hardships, faces tough decisions.
Borderlands Brewing owes more than $250,000 in unpaid sales tax and penalties dating back to late March 2020, the Arizona Department of Revenue says.
'Missing' food truck; unpaid rent: The latest in the Borderlands Brewing saga
Arizona Opera waded into AI for its production of "Aida." It didn't go as planned.
Arizona Opera became the first to fully integrate AI in a live performance, but the concept might need some fine-tuning before it becomes widely adopted.
Tucson Desert Song Festival made history when it reunited famed violinist Joshua Bell with “Red Violin” composer John Corigliano. It was the pair's first collaboration since "Red Violin" in 1999.
Tucson Desert Song Festival commissioned John Corigliano to write a song for Joshua Bell and Larisa Martinez; he wrote six in "Tennessee Songs."
Tucson Desert Song Festival achieves something the rest of the classical music world couldn't, the reunion of a world-famous composer and his biggest muse.
2025 was a very good year for Tucson violin phenom Jacqueline Rodenbeck.
Jacqueline Rodenbeck closes out the St. Andrew's Bach Society summer concert series on Sunday, coming off a summer of firsts including her Carnegie Hall debut.
Teen violin phenom Jacqueline Rodenbeck introduced herself to St. Andrew's Bach Society with a program of beautiful and technically challenging repertoire.
Tucson arts organizations lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding after the Trump administration cut federal support in an attempt to eliminate the independent National Endowment for the Arts.
For Star subscribers: The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona and other arts organizations in the state can expect a $1.2 million cut in federal funds, says the head of the group that distributes the money.
The Arts Foundation for Tucson doled out more than $850,000 just weeks before the National Endowment for the Arts tried to rescind the funding.
