Tucson Weekly: City Week (January 15

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Thursday 15

INQUIRING MINDS. Existence in 17th-century Venice was no carefree float down the canal of life, as Arizona Opera's La Gioconda attests. And the Inquisition didn't make things any easier, with the self-righteous breathing down the throats of both pious and infidel.
City Week Enter the evil spy Barnaba, who watched everything and everyone--including a beautiful young woman at the center of a complex web of love and sacrifice.
Performance is 7:30 p.m. in the TCC Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. Production continues at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, and 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets range from $14 to $56, available by calling 293-4336.
ORIENT EXPRESS. Sit back and enjoy a guided tour of public art in Japan by sculptor N. Skreko Martin, part of the Tucson/Pima Arts Council's ongoing On the Road with Public Art lecture series.
Last year, Martin was collaborator in "Stargate," a sculpture installed at Queen's Square in Yokohama.
This free lecture begins at 7 p.m. at the Tucson/Pima Arts Council, 240 N. Stone Ave. For details, call 624-0595.

Friday 16

A DREAM REMEMBERED. Tucson commemorates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in a series of events this week. The civil rights leader's work will be celebrated at 7 tonight with a service at Prince Chapel, 602 S. Stone Ave. Music will be provided by the Youth Choir of Prince Chapel. Call 624-2871 for information.
At 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Drum Major Award Dinner gets underway at the Holiday Inn Palo Verde, 4550 S. Palo Verde Road. Cost is $35 per person. For reservations, call 791-2601.
A memorial service for Dr. King will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday in the St. Augustine Cathedral, 192 S. Stone Ave., with music, poetry and dance. UA President Peter Likins will be the keynote speaker. Call 577-9393 for information.
And finally, Monday hosts a march and festival featuring local artists and community leaders. Event begins at 8 a.m. on the UA mall. For details, call 621-1145.
UP CLOSE WITH ANSEL. The Intimate Nature: Ansel Adams and the Close View exhibit concludes a national tour and returns to the UA Center for Creative Photography with an opening reception tonight.
Adams' long career included hundred of images that continue to heavily influence photographers today. But this exhibit takes a closer look at some of his less familiar work, particularly those reveling in nature's intimate details. In this approach, the form and surface of the natural world's particulars--the anatomy of leaves, the delicacy of a spring blossom, the murky crevice between rocks--rival the power of his more majestic shots. In all, the exhibit includes 45 black-and-white photos made by Adams between 1927 and 1978.
Exhibit runs through March 1, with an opening reception from 5 to 7 tonight, in the UA Center for Creative Photography, located on campus at the southeast corner of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway, east of Park Avenue. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. For information, call 621-7968.
SLICK SCENE. The ever-so-slick '50s roar into town with the national touring company of Grease.
One of Broadway's longest-running musicals, this show continues after 25 years with its mix of satire, sentiment, nostalgia and romance that Newsweek calls "hugely entertaining...a real comedy of manners, capturing the tics and twitches of an uncertain, turbulent generation."
Performance is 8 p.m. in UA Centennial Hall, located just inside the Main Gate east of Park Avenue. Performances continue at 2 and 8 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets range from $23 to $39, and are available at the Centennial Hall box office, Dillard's, the TCC box office, or by calling 621-3341.

Saturday 17

UKRAINIAN BLAST. The Ukrainian American Society of Tucson will host their annual Malanka New Year's party, with proceeds benefiting the Children of Chernobyl Relief Fund. Music will be provided by the Tom Schenek band.
Lest you've forgotten, the Chernobyl reactor in Russia was the site of the deadliest nuclear disaster in history, and its bitter legacy lives on in the shattered lives of these children.
Event begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Heidelberg, 4606 E. Pima St. Dinner begins at 7 p.m., with dancing from 8 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $20, $15 for students. Reservations are required. Call 296-0085.
BIG WIN. Learn methods for landing on top at the 25th Win In Networking "Road to Success" statewide entrepreneurs' conference.
Offering tidbits for success will be Arizona State Senator Elaine Richardson; author Sheila Tobias; Carol Somers, owner of Norrell Services; Deb Heidrich, owner of Sign City; and Kerstin Block, president of Buffalo Exchange.
Event runs from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Doubletree Hotel, 445 S. Alvernon Way. Tickets are $45. For reservations, call 299-1812.

Sunday 18

BLUE BLADES. The Desert Bluegrass Association plans some down-home fun with another monthly jam session. All pickers, grinners and toe-tappers are invited to this regular Old Pueblo Opry in the shadows of the Santa Catalinas.
Free jam starts at 4 p.m. in the Texas T-Bone Restaurant, 8981 E. Tanque Verde Road, in the Bear Canyon Shopping Center. For information, call 743-7086.
TIMELESS TIDBITS. The Southern Arizona Collectibles Club spreads out its wares for Tucson hunter/gatherer types with another coin, stamp and collectible show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the John P. Burns American Legion Post, 5845 E. 22nd St. Admission is free. Call 742-2002 for details.
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. Artist Kathy Hoyer spends the better part of the year working in her Amstersdam home, and that international influence is strongly apparent in her new exhibit at the Rancho Linda Vista Gallery.
Using mixed media that includes everything from zinc to colored glass, Hoyer's pieces often arise from her "sense of wonder" with physical reality. "When examining nature and the universe, I am not only looking for and finding objective qualities," she says. "I also encounter myself. Although these experiences are uniquely mine, I feel that they are universal in nature."
Exhibit runs through January 30, with an opening reception today from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, 1955 W. Rancho Linda Vista Road in Oracle. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. daily. From Tucson, take Oracle Road north. Drive time is approximately 45 minutes. For details, call (520) 896-2988.

Monday 19

GLIMPSES OF LIFE. Modern American artist Jacob Lawrence is known for his colorful narratives of African-American life. His is a visual narrative of migration and transformation, as he traces his own family's history in the era of World War I, and their travels from the warm black earth of the south to the industrial concrete of the urban north.
Tucson Museum of Art docent Barbara Shapiro discusses Lawrence's The Migration Series in a free lecture at 1:30 p.m. in the TMA, 140 N. Main Ave. For information, call 624-2333.
CHICANO PERSPECTIVE. Chicano artist Larry Yanez integrates many social and cultural elements into his work, which he describes as "a reflection of growing up Mexican and American. I describe the humor, fears, strange beliefs, loves and general misunderstanding of everyday things that most Americans take for granted."
Embracing Southwestern influences, he reflects a collision of cultures that ultimately blend into one in this region.
Exhibit runs through February 14 in the José Galvez Gallery, 743 N. Fourth Ave. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and during Downtown Saturday Night. For details, call 624-6878.

Tuesday 20

TRIO DE FORCE. Longtime Tucson painters Jim Davis, Joy Fox and Bruce McGrew pool their talents in Mini Blockbuster, now on display in the Davis Dominguez Gallery.
Jim Davis exhibits recent canvases and works on paper, continuing his penetrating exploration of psychological themes and interpersonal dynamics.
Joy Fox displays her high-fired clay pieces in a signature style, represented by animalistic and anthropomorphic forms marked with tattoo-like symbols and finished in various patinas.
A large cubist watercolor landscape dominates new work by Bruce McGrew. He also continues his long-time focus on medium-sized and small canvases, featuring landscapes and mythical narratives. See related article in the Arts section for more information.
Exhibit runs through February 14 in the Davis Dominguez Gallery, 6812 N. Oracle Road. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For details, call 297-1427.

Wednesday 21

KID REDUX. The Gaslight Theatre invites you to "saddle up for a wallopin' Western ride" when the original sagebrush hero and his sidekick Pancho gallop into town in The Cisco Kid.
Written by Peter Van Slyke, this Wild West musical stars Dave Fanning as the Cisco Kid, Tim Gilbert as Pancho, and a cast of Gaslight regulars including Joe Cooper, Donna Davis, John Brownlee, Betsy Kruse and Glenda Young.
Performance is 7 p.m. in the Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway. Performances continue at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday through March 21. Some Tuesday performances will also be added. Tickets are $13.95, $11.95 for students, seniors and military, and $6 for children under age 12. Call 886-9428 for reservations and information.
UNSEEEN MASSES. Join Don Swann, of the UA Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Program, as he discusses the "unwatched" population of mammals, reptiles and amphibians making their homes in the Coronado National Memorial along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Swann's lecture, sponsored by the Sky Island Alliance, will cover species ranging from patch-nosed snakes to hognose skunks and mountain lions, focusing on their particular conservation needs.
Free lecture is 7:30 p.m. in the UA Water Resources Research Center, 350 N. Campbell Ave. For details, call 628-7609.

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