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JUNE TABOR. This is June Tabor's first trip through our sprawl of a city, but her voice precedes her: she's a very talented singer who was formerly with the Oyster Band and was well-known as one of the two Silly Sisters.
What Tabor does is mix some traditional tunes from her native England and modern Irish, English and U.S. songs. She will delight you with her vocal range and does sweet justice to songs ranging from ballads to hard-to-forget protest songs. Huw Warren on piano and Mark Emerson on violin perform with this seminal singer.
Tabor performs at 8 tonight at the Southwest Center for Music, 2175 N. Sixth Ave. Advance tickets are $9, $8 for TFTM and KXCI members, $1 more at the door. Get tickets at Hear's Music, Loco Records, Workshop Music and Sound and Antigone Books. For more information call 3274809.
BLUE WINDOW. MetaTheatre's Robin Aaberg says the window in Craig Lucas' comedy, Blue Window, means something different to everyone. "It's voyeuristic in nature," she says, with the audience able to look in at the maze of contemporary relationships taking place with a variety of young couples in New York City.
"They all have their own stuff, their own problems--it's a slice of life in that you get to see how they discover themselves," says Aaberg, who is directing what she calls a "very musical, beautifully written script."
And Meta, as Aaberg notes, often does plays that are "on the edge," whereas this show can't be construed as offensive in any way. It is, she says, for everyone who enjoys a really fine piece of playwriting.
Blue Window continues at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday and at 3 p.m. Sunday through April 2. Performances are at the Historic Y Theatre, 738 N. Fifth Ave. Tickets are $10 with discounts available. For reservations call 882-8446.
WEARIN' THE GREEN. Legend, and/or history--one never knows this far from the year 389--has it that Saint Patrick was born in Britain and carried off by Irish bandits to Ireland where he became a herdsman and somehow wandered into the priesthood. Sounds like that Irish bandits theory came from a jealous English bloke, but don't ask us.
All we care about are the events that turn us all Irish today, so put on your green socks and prepare to wander about. This year the St. Patrick's Educational Society reminds you it is the 150th anniversary of the Irish famine, and that's why they'll be and honoring Punch Woods and the Community Food Bank in their Parade Against Hunger. A portion of the proceeds go toward feeding this city's hungry. The parade begins at 11 a.m. and runs up Stone Avenue from 17th Street to Broadway and then south on Sixth Avenue to Armory Park, where the Irish Festival begins at noon. Food, beverages, (can you say Guinness Stout?) and lots of music go on until 6 p.m.
And when you're all done with that, go hear The Mollys wind it up at Cushing Street Grill and Bar, 343 S. Meyer, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. You can't celebrate better than with their Irish, Mexican and traditional U.S.A. music.
IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S PURSE. Grandparents get in free with a small one, so call a grandparent and suggest they take their weekend chore, whoops, charge, to see Childsplay's final performance this season.
This is a play of memory; for a grandson it's a memory game with Grandma as the great adventure seeker. For a daughter, the game recalls a parent who didn't give her a secure childhood.
This play, using both live actors and life-sized puppets, can be appreciated on many levels, so even the youngest of viewers can enjoy the game and grandmother's adventures, while older viewers will appreciate it as it relates to any parent who struggles over how to provide love and security for a child.
The show will be performed at 7:30 tonight, continues at 2 and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, and 2 and 5 p.m. Sunday, March 19. All performances are at the Tucson Center for the Performing Arts, 408 S. Sixth Ave. Tickets are $10.50 for adults, $7.50 for students and seniors. For more information call 622-2823.
ARIZONA NATURAL. Drug use and abuse continues as an issue in bodybuilding, as well as in other sports, and as Iron Unlimited's John E. Scott says, "It's a symptom of bodybuilding, just as drug abuse is a symptom in our culture. I don't think there's anything going on in our culture that we can't see going on in athletics right now."
What the NGA Arizona Natural Classic will offer then, is competition to polygraph-tested athletes. These are the best built bodies around that didn't take a dump truck full of steroids to get that way.
For $5 go to the prejudging event at 9 this morning. And the 7 p.m. finals are where you can witness the most articulate muscles for $13 in advance or $15 at the door. All events are at the TCC Leo Rich Theatre, 260 S. Stone Ave. Tickets are available at Dillard's or the TCC box office. Call 292-2100 for more information.
BACH MARATHON. It's six hours in length but at least you can attend over a two-day period. It's bach to bach Bach, not a bad way to celebrate the musical genius' 110th birthday. What we'll never understand is how he had time to compose all those tunes while raising those 20 children. Okay, he had two wives.
The fourth annual marathon gets going at 8 p.m. with flute, cello and harpsichord. Tenor Scott Tuomi and alto Laurel Decker add their voices to the opening concert.
On Sunday you'll get eight performances by individual musicians lasting 25 minutes each. Additionally, organists from all over the city and the St. Philip's Singers and Canterbury Choir will bowl you over with Bach.
The marathon is free and takes place at St. Philip's in the Hills, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. For more information call 299-6421.
MEAT-OUT. The vegetarians want you. They want you to eat hot dogs and hamburgers with them at the Great American Meat-Out coming your way from 1 to 4 today at Reid Park Ramada 28. (How many vegetarians can you fit under a ramada? A lot if they take off their big, flat shoes.)
The Vegetarian Resource Group wants to spread the word about healthy eating, meaning a diet that is not centered around that big ham for Sunday supper. Celebrate with them, and remember that more and more people have opted for the healthier lifestyle.
VRG reminds you it's Earth Day, so bring your own, perhaps washable, utensils for scarfing meatless dogs and burgers. Ramada 28 is at the southeast corner of Broadway and Country Club Road. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for small veggies. Call 570-8896 for more information.
BIRDHOUSES AND BIRDBALLS. You know what a birdball is? It's one of those things you put together out of a bunch of material that birds like--string and moss and fluff and stuff--all tied up in a ball so birds can come shopping for nest supplies. Great way to attract the welcome winged.
Today at Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte, park docents help kids build their own birdballs and even birdhouses at Children's Day in the Park, the event running from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Workshops begin at 12:30, 1 and 1:30 p.m.
Storytelling and the percussive Mr. Stew and the Dino Drummers will be around to entertain at 2:30 p.m. There's a small fee for all events and reservations are required, so call 742-6455 to get a spot or more information.
IVO POGORELICH. Classical pianist Ivo Pogorelich was reviewed once with, "He was a whole orchestra." These are the kinds of accolades this musician has received world-wide since winning major music competitions, including the prestigious International Music Competition in Montreal in 1980.
Pogorelich was born in the former Yugoslavia and educated in Moscow. He is now one of the best-selling classical recording artists and gives back to the youth of his country through the important Young Musicians Fellowship in Croatia, which he founded in 1986.
The pianist performs at 8 tonight in Centennial Hall on the UA campus, University Boulevard and Park Avenue. Tickets are $20 to $32 with $6 student rush tickets available 45 minutes prior to the show. Call 621-3341 for more information.
SUNSPOTS. It's a garden of earthly and unearthly delights at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, where art and gardening can be dug together. Not only is it an early spring over at the gardens--look for violets and primroses, desert barberry and the lovely lavender of indigo bushes--but it's also time for the annual art exhibition Sunspots: A Garden Gallery.
Tucked in both the tropical greenhouse and the outdoor herb garden is art work by 23 local artists. You'll spot a Ned Egen fanciful flower, several bird houses--check out "A Cat House"--reverse glass painting by Janet Miller and one of Margaret Livingston's ceramic gargoyles. It's a fundraiser, so bids will be taken on the art through May 14. TBG is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. seven days a week, at 2150 N. Alvernon Way. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and free for the blossoming crowd under 12.
MARVIN'S ROOM. This play by "the late, great Chicago playwright Scott McPhereson is unbelievably beautiful," according to a.k.a.'s Meg Nolan. And for a play about dying, it's awfully funny, she notes. She calls it "one of the most uplifting comedies you will ever see."
McPhereson's off-beat play focuses on one woman's life-long commitment to loving others first, says Nolan, and is directed by guest director William Morey, who has guided many successful plays at a.k.a.
Don't forget the Save a.k.a. Campaign now on at your neighborhood downtown theatre. This alternative, exciting company is in dire need of funds to stay alive. Admission to Marvin's Room, opening at 8 tonight, will be on a sliding scale--pay anything from $7 to $25, and, as always, there are discounts for seniors, students and artists. To send a contribution, mail it to Save a.k.a., PO Box 3714, Tucson, AZ 85722. For more information or reservations, call 623-7852. Marvin's Room continues through April 23.
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