Celebrate the release of The Elephant in the Ivy, a best-selling Young Adult novel by Alexander Greengaard. At Desierto Books, in the MSA Annex at 267 S. Avenida del Convento, Suite 105, Tucson, AZ. 85745. Details and RSVP at desiertobooks.com.

A whimsical and irreverent spy novel- of sorts- in the beautiful and mysterious New England college underground. 

Alison Ashe is a junior at Bauer College. A scholarship kid, a theatre major, strapped for cash and even more strapped for time; she's easily annoyed and something about her privileged peers really wigs her out. But unlike most of her peers, Alison has an outlet where starting on third base doesn't do anyone any favors. Ancient and secret, Brown is home to a spy game of sorts. A game where all that matters is that your wits are sharp and you're willing to take big risks. And, of course, who you trust.

Alexander Greengaard is an Instructor/Lecturer in the IBEST Program at Pima Community College. He works with students who have faced barriers to education and fights to break those barriers through integrated education and training initiatives, partnerships between basic education and college trade certification programs, and developing open educational materials. Alexander is also the founder of Troubadour, an arts education organization that provides theatre programs to economically marginalized families.

Join Cristina D. Ramírez, Department head of English at the University of Arizona and Willa Cather Literary Award-winning author of A Story of Stories: The Texas Border Barrio Life and Writings of Doña Ramona Gonzalez, for an evening of storytelling and remembrance.

In this intimate reading, Ramírez will honor ancestral voices and speak about the enduring power of memory. Through the life and writings of Doña Ramona, the author's grandmother, we'll explore how stories rooted in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands preserve cultural identity, familial legacy, and spiritual connection.

The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book signing.

Bring your gardening questions for a live Q&A and a Southwest Native Plant Primer book release party! Authors Jack Dash and Luke Takata will be at Desierto Books to answer your most pressing gardening questions. Copies of the book will be available for sale (and signing). Admission is free and open to the public.

A free community talk from Tumamoc Hill researcher and herpetologist Robert Villa.