Programs & Events
The Rancho Linda Vista artists community is a pioneer in the emergence of Arizona’s vibrant arts scene. Over the years many writers, poets, and musicians of note have spent time here, working, sharing and collaborating. Learn more about the history of RLV and its partnership with the Wilson Barn, which is managed by the nonprofit RLV Oracle Art.
(See also RLV Gallery exhibitions)
A Haw and a Hacksaw
In concert With Ralph White
The Wilson Barn, 2436 West Linda Vista Road in Oracle
Join us for another great pop-up concert! Folk duo Haw and a Hacksaw performs THIS THURSDAY, Dec. 12th, starting at 7 PM. Drawing on Eastern European, Turkish and Balkan music traditions, they'll be joined by Ralph White. $8 door fee.
Desert Ballad
A Photography Exhibition by Tucson-Based Photo Collective
Aidan Avery, Andrea Koesters, Beau Devereaux & Isabelle Baldwin
The Wilson Barn, 2436 West Linda Vista Road in Oracle
Please join us for the OPENING RECEPTION, on Saturday, Nov. 3, 1–3 PM, during the Oracle Artist Open Studio Tour. Desert Ballad will remain on view through Nov. 3. For private viewings, please contact andreakoesters@gmail.com
Tati Crespo y Las Chichas
With Alex and the Moondaze & Nicola
Friday, Oct. 11 @ 6 PM. $20 suggested donation.
The Wilson Barn, 2436 West Linda Vista Road in Oracle
Join us for an evening of lush and vibrant music. Tati Crespo is a celebrated singer-songwriter and accordionist from Costa Rica, who with her band mines a rich range of Latin styles. Alex, Nicola and friends explore cosmic sounds and harmonies.
Freak-o Folk Festivus
With Roman Barten-Sherman & Ralph E. White
Monday, Aug. 7, 2024 @ 7 PM. $20 donation.
The Wilson Barn, 2436 West Linda Vista Road in Oracle
Join us for an evening of folk music, eclectic instrumentation, and the promise of delightful surprise served up by two masterful musicians.
AJ Woods
With Nicosa & Ralph White
Monday, July 1, 2024 @ 7 PM
The Wilson Barn, 2436 West Linda Vista Road in Oracle
A last minute show at the Wilson Barn, AJ Woods is joining us from Albuquerque. Nicosa and Ralph White are performing too. $10-20 suggested donation.
Advance Base
With Karima Walker & Compersion
Monday, May 20, 2024 @ 7 PM
The Wilson Barn, 2436 West Linda Vista Road in Oracle
These artists are experimental cross-disciplined musicians. It will be a lovely night of ambience, experimental chamber music and more. Karima has spent time at the ranch, so it will be a return for her. Hope to see you there!
Briana Marela, Natalie Day & Chelsey Lee Trejo
Electronic & Ambient Music
Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023 @ 7 PM. Pay what you can.
The Wilson Barn, 2436 West Linda Vista Road in Oracle.
Join us for the film premiere of a documentary short featuring a Portuguese actress, long fascinated by American Westerns, who sets off to talk to the women of the American Southwest. The film spotlights resident sculptor Judith Stewart and musician/performer Raquel Denis.
Metamorphic Jamboree
Roman Barten-Sherman, Yoona Kim & Ralph White with Mystery Guests
Friday, July 28, 2023 @ 7 PM. $15 suggested donation.
The Wilson Barn, 2436 West Linda Vista Road in Oracle.
Roman Barten-Sherman teams with Yoona Kim, playing duets on guitar/banjo and the Korean aejang. Ralph White and Mystery guests will also appear.
The Magnificent Women
Documentary Film Premiere by Mia Tomé, with live music performed by Alex & the Moondaze
Friday, May 19 @ 7 PM
The Wilson Barn, 2436 West Linda Vista Road in Oracle
Join us for the film premiere of a documentary short featuring a Portuguese actress, long fascinated by American Westerns, who sets off to talk to the women of the American Southwest. The film spotlights resident sculptor Judith Stewart and musician/performer Raquel Denis.
Poetry Reading with Karen Brennan, Cynthia Hogue & Joan Larkin
The Wilson Barn, 2436 West Linda Vista Rd., Oracle
A reading of recent work by award-winning poets Karen Brennan, Cynthia Hogue, and Joan Larkin. Wine and cheese. Everyone welcome! Karen Brennan is the author of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Television, a Memoir is her eighth book. Cynthia Hogue is a poet, essayist, and translator. Copies of her tenth collection, instead, it is dark, have just arrived from the publisher. Joan Larkin is completing her sixth book of poems, Old Stranger, while visiting Rancho Linda Vista.
Funk Night with DJ Herm, at the Wilson Barn
A night of Funk Music with DJ Herm, the "Jockey Of Discs, Rocker Of Parties, In The Scene, Out Of The Loop, Anti-Social Social Media Socialite, Tattooless In Tucson." 7-10 PM, $5 entry fee.
A Night of Music:
Nico Play at the Wilson Barn
Monday, January 16 at 7 PM; suggested $20 donation
Some last-minute live music at the Wilson Barn, featuring Nico Play, a bilingual singer-songwriter from Mexico City, on tour from Chicago. Nico is supported by Big City Sleep, the band of our friend and next-door neighbor Caleb Gutierrez—playing for their first time in Oracle! Maybe in the mood to cry a little? Come enjoy a special evening at the barn!
Live at the Wilson Barn:
Little Mazarn & More
Little Mazarn is a musical collaboration between friends Lindsey Verrill (songwriter, vocalist) and Jeff Johnston (saw). Hailing from Austin Texas, their songs "invent new landscapes where the ground is the sky, where the foot touches the cloud and it dissolves ever so slowly, where the eye has the entire day to observe the path of the snail." They will be joined by the Ralph Roman Experience and the Rancho Linda Vista Band. $20 suggested donation.
Crafting a Moment
A Brief Introduction to an Actor’s Toolbox with Sam Rush
Sunday, Jan. 5, 2.30–5pm at RLV Oracle Arts Wilson Barn
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Becoming the character you play while at the same time having an actor’s awareness of the performance environment is a blended state of being that is the basis for most acting methods in use today. It requires a strong will, a childlike curiosity and a willingness to trust yourself and others. Sam Rush, director, actor and co-founder of the New Century Theater, leads this free workshop.
Three-Plate Monotype & Stitch Shibori
Two Printmaking Workshops with Maine Mixed-Media Artist & Printmaker Kris Sader
We're delighted to announce that the accomplished printmaker, mixed media and installation artist Kris Sader will offer two workshops this February, during her RLV guest artist residency.
- 3-Plate Monotype: Saturday, Feb. 16, 10am–4pm at RLV studios.
This technique of monotype printing offers the opportunity of color mixing/interactions, and mark making that allows for luminosity of the paper to add excitement to the print. Download PDF to learn more.
- Stitch Saburi (Japanese Tie-Dye): Saturday, Feb. 23, 10am–2.30pm at the Wilson Barn.
Shibori (to wring, squeeze, press/shaped resist dyeing) is the name for Japanese Tie-dye. By restricting cloth 3 dimensionally with folds, crinkling or stitching, beautiful flat designs can be achieved. The results will show the technique used but will always be unique to that work session. Download PDF to learn more
Telling Lives
Writing Intensive with William Pitt Root & Pamela Uschuk
In May 2019, RLV was was honored to have award-winning writers and editors, William Pitt Root and Pamela Uschuk lead its inaugural week-long poetry intensive.
Attended by poets from around the country, Telling Lives was an inspirational mixed genre, hands-on, generative writing intensive that focused on weaving poetry and lyric prose to create memoir.
At the conclusion, participating poets launched RLV’s 50th Anniversary Memorial Weekend Celebration with a reading of their works.
