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FOOT FANCY. Timeless steps are afoot downtown this weekend, when the 51st Square Dance Festival gets underway in the Tucson Community Center. This old-fashioned pastime was the mainstay of rural folk for generations. Now it spins into the Old Pueblo when more than 300 dancers from across the United States and Canada converge for square dancing, clogging and round dancing at all levels of competition.
BROAD CANVAS. The good ol' U.S.A. has always been called the land of the free, and its artists have promoted that notion in a powerful creative tradition. Over the past 200 years, the vision of the great, vast area to the west captivated the imagination of those along the eastern seaboard. As early as 1820, artists were joining with explorers, naturalists and government expeditions to picture the great Western territories. They included George Catlin, who portrayed scenes of Indian life, and Albert Bierstadt, who joined a government expedition in 1859. In this century, the theme was carried on by Georgia O'Keefe, Jackson Pollock and Thomas Hart Benton, among others. Now the TMA takes a good look at these artists and their contributions in Transforming the Western Image in 20th Century America. The free lecture runs from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the TMA Education Center Auditorium, 140 N. Main Ave. For information, call 624-2333. ALWAYS AGAIN. The Invisible Theatre revives last year's musical triumph with a return of Always...Patsy Cline. Based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger, the piece focuses on that fateful evening when Louise first met her idol in a Houston bar. The two struck up a friendship that lasted until the singer's untimely death in a 1963 plane crash. Show time is 8 p.m. in the Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Ave. Performances continue at 8 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday. Tickets range from $22.50 to $25, and are available at the Invisible Theatre box office, or by calling 882-9721.
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Show time is 6:30 p.m. in the Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Admission is $6. For details, call 622-8848. PYRAMID SCHEME. It's a classic, tragic love story between Radames, an Egyptian captain in the King's army, and a beautiful Ethiopian slave named Aida. Also in love with Radames is the King's daughter, Amneris. When Egypt is invaded by Ethiopia and Aida's father is taken captive, Aida's loyalties between her country and her love for Radames are sorely tested. Arizona Opera revives this timeless triangle of love and conquest with a performance of Verdi's Aida at 7:30 p.m. in the TCC Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. Performances continue at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets range from $17 to $67, available by calling 293-4336.
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FOSTERING YUKS. Murray Burns is an out-of-work TV writer who's cooling his heels while the Child Welfare Bureau decides whether he's fit to raise his 12-year-old nephew, Nick. It's an ample moment for reflection, and a chance to raise a few analytical yuks when the Live Theatre Workshop presents A Thousand Clowns, by Herb Gardener.
Show time is 7:30 tonight and JEWISH FILM. More than 40 films, along with guest speakers and free popcorn, are on the agenda as the JCC's eighth-annual Jewish Film Festival gets underway.
The festival opens today with A Fish in the Bathtub. Starring
Seinfeld's Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. The film centers
around a couple whose 40-year relationship disintegrates over
air freshener, cigars and a lifetime of small frustrations. The
film screens at The festival continues through January 30 in the JCC complex, located at Dodge Boulevard and River Road. Show times vary. Tickets are $10 per film, or $65 for a festival pass. For a schedule and other information, call 299-3000. DOWNTOWN DEBUT. Tucson's urban core rings in the new year--and the Martin Luther King holiday weekend--with a top-notch Downtown Saturday Night from 7 to 10 p.m. The exuberant, three-girl, one-mom vocal group Brown Sugar will be on hand, fresh from their stint on the Jenny Jones Show. They'll play outdoors in the Ronstadt Transit Center, in the heart of the madness at Congress Street and Sixth Avenue. Also slated for performances are the Turban Jones Ska Band on Arizona Avenue, the Mr. Fantasy Swing Band in Fourth Avenue's Winsett Park (near Seventh Street), and reggae rock with Fez on the Fifth Street Stage. KXCI will also run a music mix on Fourth Avenue. All events are free. For more information, call 624-9977.
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The free performance begins at 3 p.m. in the Mountain View High School Auditorium, 3909 W. Linda Vista Blvd. Donations are suggested. For information, call 326-2793. HOMEGROWN. Very stupid human beings are responsible for the enormous stray pet problem Tucson now suffers, not to mention the thousands of animals put to death yearly by the Humane Society and Pima County Animal Control. One group trying to stem this tide is the Hermitage No-Kill Cat Center. Just like the name implies, Hermitage gives wayward cats a home until they either find a foster family, or naturally draw their final feline breaths. You can help the shelter with its costly task today, by participating in the first annual Hermitage Walk-A-Thon. Registration begins at 9 a.m. in Reid Park. For details, call 571-7839. CELEBRATED CHORDS. Beatrice Bergér's stunning vocal chords have propelled her around the globe, from performances in Italy, Belgium, Spain, Bulgaria, Switzerland and Austria, to a scholarship at the UA. She was also a soprano soloist with the Giessener Collegium Classicum for four years, and a regular performer with the Tecklenburg Festival. Today, she hits those high notes for the local audience in a UA Artist Series concert. Show time is 3 p.m. in UA Crowder Hall, at the south end of the underpass at Speedway and Park Avenue. Tickets are $10, $8 for UA employees, $5 for seniors and students, and are available at the UA Fine Arts box office. Call 621-1162 for reservations and information.
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FEMININE PERSPECTIVE. Few artists occupy a more imposing position in the history of contemporary art than Miriam Schapiro; and her powerful perspectives visit Tucson with the TMA's new exhibit, Miriam Schapiro: Works on Paper. A Toronto native, the painter, "femmagist," sculptor and printmaker is a leading figure in the Feminist Art Movement. Beginning in the early 1970s, this movement was formed to draw attention to art made by women, which has historically been overlooked or belittled. It also aims to underscore the inequities in treatment of art made by women. Traditional and domestic arts, such as quilting, crocheting and embroidery, have historically been associated with women. That means they've also been assigned a lower position and value than those associated with men. Through her own work with handkerchiefs, doilies, aprons, lace, quilts and textile swatches, Schapiro has done her best to erase those distinctions. She also pays homage to the everyday lives of women by using icons of femininity such as hearts, flowers, fans, necklaces and furniture since, in her words, "that craft belongs to women." Works on Paper runs through March 17 in the Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2, $1 for seniors and students, free for children under age 12. Schapiro will also lead a free discussion on the role of women in the arts from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, January 24, in the TMA. Joining her will be Judith Golden, Bailey Doogan, and moderator Paul Brach. For information, call 624-2333.
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The lectures are offered at 9 a.m. every Tuesday in the TBG, 2150 N. Alvernon Way. Cost is included in the regular admission price of $4 general, $3 for seniors, and free for members and children under age 12. For details, call 326-9686. NAVAJO KNOW-HOW. The Navajo nation has long been recognized for its mastery in weaving. The extent of that skill is revealed in First Nation--Fine Weavers, now on display at Tohono Chul Park. The exhibit features 34 contemporary textiles woven by Navajo women, with an emphasis on the weavers' perspectives about their work. In a direct and personal way--through the narratives of the weavers themselves--this display demonstrates how Navajo weavings express everything from religious beliefs and community values to family and clan relationships. The exhibit will be accompanied by a series of lectures and demonstrations, beginning with Underfoot and Hanging Around: The World of Navajo Rugs, presented at 7 p.m. in the Tohono Chul Wilson Room.
First Nation runs through March 14 in the Tohono Chul
Park Exhibit Hall, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. Hours are 9:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and
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Show time is 8 p.m. in the PCC Black Box Theatre, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Performances continue at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, through January 31. Tickets range from $7 to $11, and are available at Antigone Books, the PCC Center for the Arts box office, the Borderlands Theater office, or by calling 882-7406. CULTURAL SNAPSHOT. The Etherton Gallery presents a four-stroke photographic powerhouse with Documentary Traditions, featuring works by Alex Webb, Danny Lyon, Dana Salvo and Donald Woodman. While Webb creates vivid and compelling images that unite the familiar with the strange, Lyon's artistic journey ranges from the civil rights movement to a Chicago motorcycle gang. For more than a decade, Salvo has traveled through central and southern Mexico photographing the households of Mexico's rural Indian and mestizo people, while Woodman captures the American sport of rodeo using black-and-white Polaroid images.
Documentary Traditions runs through March 27, with an
opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, January 23, in the
Etherton Gallery, 135 S. Sixth Ave. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and during Downtown
Saturday Night. For information, call 624-7370.
City Week includes events selected by Calendar Editor Tim Vanderpool. Event information is accurate as of press time. The Weekly recommends calling event organizers to check for last-minute changes in location, time, price, etc. To have material considered, please send complete information at least 11 days prior to the Thursday issue date to: Tucson Weekly, P.O. Box 2429, Tucson, Arizona 85702, or fax information to 792-2096, or email us at listings@tucsonweekly.com.
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Tonight's festival hours are 7 to 
WOOD STOCK. Join Tucson's best players and their diehard
followers at the annual Club Congress-hosted Wooden Ball. This
year's pre-SXSW acoustic extravaganza rocks hard with performances
by Al Perry, Howe Gelb, Chris Cacavas, Greyhound Soul, Chris Holiman,
Creosote, Annie Hawkins, Simplistics, 9 Days Wonder, Bremen Town
Musicians, Agave, Stud Drifters and Mateo. See this week's "Soundbites"
column for details.
This celluloid extravaganza will feature the latest in Jewish
cinema, including documentaries, Israeli films, Holocaust films,
drama, comedy, shorts, animated films and family selections. "Most
of the films were released within the last year," says Betsy
Cowan, JCC Director of Jewish Cultural Arts. "Many have won
prestigious awards; some are so new they have not yet been juried
for awards. This is really a unique opportunity to see amazing
films that will not receive general release."
YOUTH CONCERT. Catch the best in young talent at today's
family concert presented by the Tucson Philharmonia Youth Orchestra.
This symphonic ensemble is bent on enhancing musical education
and providing intensive orchestra training for budding musicians.
Today's show kicks off their tour to Sonora, Mexico, and will
feature José Pablo Moncayo's Huapango, Bernstein's
Overture to Candide, and John Williams' Adventures on
Earth from E.T.
BIRDS AND BUDS. Your backyard can be more than just a haven
for rusted Studebakers, decrepit washing machines and doggie droppings.
Yes, you can actually turn that old, fetid wasteland into a resplendent
oasis replete with delightful winged warblers. To bring that point
home (so to speak), the Tucson Botanical Gardens hosts its weekly
Birds and Gardening lectures. The 45-minute discussions
explore plants and gardening techniques that will attract birds
to your little patch of paradise. Attendees will also seek out
and identify birds that already frequent the TBG and other gardens
throughout town.
DEEP DNA. Borderlands Theatre updates those saintly moms
of '50s and '60s TV with The Gene Pool. Christi Stewart-Brown's
provocative comedy portrays a pair of "nutty moms" parenting
a growing son. Their fun really begins on the kid's 18th birthday,
when he poses the question: "Moms, who is my dad?" Complications
ensue in this romp starring Suzi List, Carlisle Ellis, Michael
Yarmea, Danielle Coleman and Dwayne Palmer.
