NEW REFLECTION: As Chief Curator for the ASU Art Museum, Marilyn Zeitlin has seen (and indeed, shaped) an evolutionary step in the relatively new genre of video installation. Zeitlin travels to the UA campus to share her insights and experiences from curating a series of video installations for the 1995 Venice Biennale. The exhibition, entitled Bill Viola: Buried Secrets, is a reflection upon themes of life and mortality; and Zeitlin's free slide lecture is correspondingly titled The Reflecting Pool. Lecture begins at 7 p.m. in the UA College of Architecture auditorium, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Call 621-1251 for information. BLACK COMEDY: There's a new theatre group in town, operating under the name of Live Theatre Workshop. The troupe gives its debut performance with Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy, a witty romance gone awry for a young artist intent on impressing all the right people. Performances continue at 8 p.m. Friday, January 19, and at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, at the Tucson Center for the Performing Arts, 408 S. Sixth Ave. Admission is $5 at the door. Call 327-4242 for information. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Local 803 Gallery, 803 E. Helen St., presents a new show by "reigning food-art queen of Tucson," Julia Latané. Latané delves into a psycho-erotic world of overgrown pea-pods in her latest fiber installation. She shares the space with two other artists exploring equally unconventional media: Melinda Morey, whose fiber sculpture employs a variety of fibers and found materials in creating haunting, doll-like images; and photographer Elaine Querry, who continues her exploration of iconography of the Southwest using a variety of non-silver formats. The three-artist show opens with a reception at the gallery from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, January 20. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Call 882-4625 for information. TSO STRING FLING: The Eastside Concert Series continues at 3 p.m. Sunday, January 21, as the Tucson Symphony Orchestra String Quartet makes a joyful noise unto the town at Christ Church United Methodist, 655 N. Craycroft Road. The quartet--violinists David Rife and Michael Russell, Ilona Vukovic-Gay on viola and Mary Beth Tyndall on cello--offers a program including selections by Vivaldi, Ives and Mendelssohn. Admission is $5 at the door, no reserved seating. Call 299-7189 for information. SECRETS OF THE SKIES: Learn the secrets of the night skies at this free program offered by the Tucson Astronomical Association. This stellar orientation begins at 6:30 p.m. at Catalina Library, 15631 N. Oracle Road (out where the city lights don't shine as brightly), with official star tours to follow at 7 p.m. Call 825-9541 for information.

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