About the Tubac Villager

After a lifetime of visiting Tubac, we thought to begin a publication for those who also find Tubac irresistible.

A Tubac Villager isn't just someone who resides in Tubac, a Villager is someone who loves Tubac, no matter where they may live.

Ideas were drawn up by mother and son publishing team - Maggie Milinovitch and Joseph Birkett over lunches at the Old Tubac Inn. The concept went from a quarterly slick to a tabloid-sized, newsprint monthly. We opted for the large, non-slick format, for, as Tubac is many things - "slick" it is not, and we wanted our image-rich pages to be as large as possible while remaining incredibly affordable for advertisers to showcase their wares.

With the details established, the Tubac Villager began printing November of 2004 to celebrate the art of living in Southern Arizona. Highlighting the incredible beauty, history and natural diversity of this area, our monthly journal also showcases the arts, businesses and people of the Santa Cruz Valley.

At first the paper was small, 24 pages, with only 12 pages of color. Local artist Fred Collins's painting of a coyote on the cover of our premier issue made it fly off the stands and response was tremendous. People love the covers, as we let the art breathe.

Have a look at some of our covers.

Through the seasons, in keeping our color prices as low as possible and providing personalized ad layout at no additional charge, we attracted more and more colorful ads and contributions, and, as more advertisers joined on, the paper grew larger in pages, features, and circulation.

We are looking forward to an interesting Fall with new features, columns, adventures and profiles.

Subscriptions are available by sending $25 to:

Tubac Villager
PO Box 4018
Tubac, AZ 85646

or credit card by phone

520-398-3980

 

 

Circulation

Villager features about locals, history and nature produced such gems that it necessitated sharing with a larger audience, so we bumped the circulation and hired a certified distribution company to get the issues out there. When our agent David said he could put 3,000 copies of the Villager into over 180 locations in Tucson, we started immediately, and in no time, we increased our coverage to include 400 locations in Phoenix where we distribute 4,000 copies.

In 2008, we print 13,000 copies of the Tubac Villager each month, November-April, and 11,000 copies monthly, May-October.

About Our Product

Because our publication is image-rich and art-oriented, keeping the registration spot-on is of the utmost importance, so we shopped around until we found the right Arizona printers for the job. The result: our quality is higher than we've ever seen roll off of a 4-color offset web press, while remaining the least expensive color advertising around.

Take a look at a Tubac Villager tearsheet.

Notice the tightness of the registration, absence of tracking or heavy offset. The paper is a crisp 35 lb. highbrite, which keeps the soy ink from spreading out and blurring your images.

With the beautiful covers, interesting and thoughtful features, and useful event directory, the Villager lasts not only all month, but is also collected, shared, and mailed to loved ones, where it finds its way to living room tables where readers of today and tomorrow discover what your business is all about.

See our advertising page for pricing and dimensions

About the Publishers

The Tubac Villager is a family enterprise. A mother and son designed and started it up after a lifetime of appreciating Tubac. Now that son and his wife are the owning operators, sharing all of the interesting duties associated with producing an independent publication.