Tucson Weekly: City Week (March 19

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Thursday 19

GETTIN' ALONG. The question reaches back to Adam and Eve: How can men and women forge relationships that last beyond a fruit cocktail or two from the Forbidden Tree?
City Week A three-day seminar entitled Successful Relating '98 attempts to answer that thorniest of questions starting today, with a series of workshops and a lecture by Pepper Schwartz. A sociologist from the University of Washington, Schwartz has authored several books, including American Couples: Money, Work and Sex, and Peer Marriage: How Love Between Equals Really Works.
Tomorrow's events will feature a speech by Lillian Rubin, senior research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California, Berkely. Her latest book is The Transcendental Child: Tales of Triumph Over the Past.
On Saturday, Elaine Hatfield and Richard Rapson, a husband and wife psychotherapy team, will address the group. Their most recent collaboration is the book Love and Sex: Cross-Cultural Perspectives.
Workshops run from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day, and lectures begin at 8:30 p.m. All events will be held in the UA Student Union Senior Ballroom, located on campus at the north end of the mall. Cost is $195, or $65 per day. For registration and other information, call 621-7724.
THREE PERSPECTIVES. Rudolp Nadler, David Pennington and Debra Salopek represent three powerful perspectives with an exhibit in the Davis Dominguez Gallery.
Nadler takes the monolithic diamond symbol in ever more striking directions, with a series of paintings and prints revealing the shape partially deconstructed, bathed in a radioactive glow. By contrast, Pennington's intellectual collages on the themes of art and love are filled with witticisms highlighted by his dry, unmannered style. Salopek displays new monochromatic prints of ominous, indeterminate shapes floating across plain fields of space. Her minimalist drawings are cross-hatched lines in the lightest values detectable by the eye.
Exhibit runs through March 28 in the Davis Dominguez Gallery, 6812 N. Oracle Road. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For information, call 297-1427.

Friday 20

GLIMPSES OF MEXICO. David Burckhalter has been photographing remote corners of the world for nearly 30 years, and during that time Sonora, Mexico, has emerged as one of his favorite subjects. Now his stunning collection of black-and-white prints from the frontier Mexican state are on display in the Tucson Museum of Art. The show runs concurrently with the release of Burckhalter's book, La Vida Norteña: Photographs of Sonora, Mexico.
The TMA exhibit sensitively portrays often disappearing ways of life in Sonora, particularly those of the Seri and Mayo Indians. Included among the poignant images are distilled moments at fiestas, religious processions, musicians, landscapes--all intimate portraits of a people caught in the past even as they face a changing future.
Exhibit runs through May 24, with an opening reception from 5 to 8 tonight, in the TMA, 140 N. Main Ave. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. For details, call 624-2333.
IRELAND ONSTAGE. Live Theatre Workshop presents three one-act comedies by Lady Gregory and Sean O'Casey, both luminaries of the Abbey Theatre of Dublin, as part of its fifth-annual Festival of Irish Plays.
The Rising of the Moon is a political comedy dealing with an encounter between a cop and a revolutionary, while The Workhouse Ward focuses on two elderly gents who share a room--and a lifetime of quarreling. Bedtime Story deals with an innocent young man who gets taken advantage of by a less-than-innocent young lady.
Show time is 7:30 p.m. in the Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 N. Speedway. Performances continue at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, through March 29. Tickets are $8.50, $7.50 for seniors, and are available by calling 327-4242.
SOUND OF LIFE. Saxophonist Larry Ochs, bassist Lisle Ellis and drummer Donald Robinson make up What We Live, a jazz trio known for its powerfully distinctive sound. Tonight they stretch their unified voices in a concert hosted by Zeitgeist, a local promotion outfit dedicated to bringing cutting-edge jazz to Tucson.
Ochs is a founding member of the two-decades-old Rova Saxophone Quartet. Ellis has spent 20 years as a performer, most recently with the Cecil Taylor Unit, and Robinson made his mark in the avant garde, working with such performers as Oliver Lake, Cecil Taylor and Raphe Malik.
Performance is 8 p.m. in the Mat Bevel Institute, 530 N. Stone Ave. Advance tickets are $8, available at the CD Depot and Last Wax Records. Tickets are $10 at the door. For information, call 882-7154.

Saturday 21

CRITICAL CULTURE. Charles Bowden ranks among the best writers ever to emerge from the Old Pueblo, tirelessly illuminating a regional underbelly few of us have the courage to examine. Now he's back with Juárez: The Laboratory of Our Future.
Bowden first brought attention to the story of Juárez photographers in the December 1996 issue of Harper's. His new book further dissects the border town, combining insightful and informed reporting with a poetic and wry style.
The author will sign copies of Juárez from 1 to 3 p.m. in The Book Mark, 5001 E. Speedway. For details, call 881-6350.
DESPERATELY SEEKING CAVARADOSSI. Giacomo Puccini's operatic masterpiece tells the story of a young woman desperately in love with the artist Mario Cavaradossi, who is imprisoned for his political beliefs. Her efforts to save her lover from brutal torture and death go unrewarded, and she defiantly follows him to his demise in Arizona Opera's production of Tosca.
Perfomance is 7:30 p.m. in the TCC Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. Production continues tomorrow at 2 p.m. Tickets range from $14 to $57, and are available at the TCC box office, Dillard's, or by calling 791-4266.
PEDALING THE PERIMETER. The first-annual Corona de Marana Bike Tour gets underway in Marana, or actually around it: The course traces the town's ever-increasing girth as part of its Founders' Day celebration.
All rides begin at City Hall, and vary from six to 60 miles, with proceeds earmarked for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
The 60-mile ride begins at 7 a.m., the 30-mile ride at 8:30 a.m., and the six-mile ride at 10:30 a.m., at Marana Town Hall, 13251 N. Lon Adams Road. Registration is $45. Registration forms are available at most local bike shops, or by calling 747-7472.

Sunday 22

BACK IN STYLE. Peg Millet was among a band of environmentalists jailed in the infamous FBI crackdown on Earth First! Now, after a stint in the federal Big House, the dedicated singer and activist is back, and sounding better than ever. Tonight she'll belt out her lovely music a capella in one Tucson performance. Show time is 8 p.m. in the Casbah Tea House, 628 N. Fourth Ave. Call 791-0393 for more information.
KID STUFF. Childsplay, Arizona's award-winning theatre for young audiences and families, returns to Tucson for its production of Steven Dietz' Still Life With Iris. See the review in the Arts section for more information.
A magical story about the simplest of things--a young girl's search for her home and her past--Still Life has been described as the "the next Wizard of Oz," and "as fanciful as Alice in Wonderland." The show is appropriate for all audiences, and recommended for kids ages 5 and older.
Performances are 2 and 4:30 p.m. in the Temple of Music and Art Holsclaw Theatre, 330 S. Scott Ave. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors, and available at the ATC box office, Dillard's, or by calling 622-2823.

Monday 23

ON STAFF. The UA School of Music and Dance once again struts its stuff with a performance by faculty artist Philip Hemmo. A guitarist of the highest order, Hemmo will perform solo and chamber music, including works by Koshkiv and Vivas.
Performance is 8 p.m. in Crowder Hall, located in the UA Music Building at the south end of the pedestrian underpass at Speedway and Park Avenue. Tickets are $10, $8 for UA employees, $5 for seniors and students, and available by calling 621-1162.
DESERT PARCHMENT. Michael LaFosse is considered an American master at the ancient craft of origami, the delicate art of crafting shapes from paper. In a show now on display at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, LaFosse skillfully portrays plants and animals of this region. In addition, the pieces in the display are of handmade paper from desert plants.
Exhibit runs through April 22 in the Ironwood Gallery, located in the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road. Museum admission is $8.95 for adults (ages 13 and over), $1.75 for children ages 6 to 12, and free for children under 6. Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. For information, call 883-2702.

Tuesday 24

EVER SO HUMBLE. Tucson was home to exotic, primitive populations long before Californians began arriving. In fact, an ancient people called the Hohokam were setting up shop on the shores of the then-flowing Santa Cruz River back when Los Angeles was still just a few thatched drive-thrus.
The Hohokam were here from around 300 B.C. until roughly 1000 A.D. Some were farmers, others hunters and gatherers, and they left their mark with pit houses and other remnants scattered throughout our area.
Today, archeologist Jonathan Mabry discusses such timeless footnotes in a lecture entitled Recent Archeological Discoveries Along the Santa Cruz River in Tucson. The talk is sponsored by the Arizona Archeological and Historical Society, in celebration of Archaeology Awareness Month.
The free lecture begins at 7 p.m. in the Wilmot Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road. Call 881-2244.
CELESTIAL STEPS. From the Shakers to Alvin Ailey, spiritualism, religion and dance are explored in In Excelsis Deo, a multi-media presentation hosted by Pima Community College. Designed to "stimulate, inspire, educate, challenge and entertain," the show is led by Gray Montague, executive director of Ballet Arizona.
Free presentation begins at 7 p.m. in the PCC Center for the Arts Recital Hall, 2202 W. Anklam Road. For details, call 206-6986.

Wednesday 25

SOUL EXPLOSION. The UA hosts the fifth-annual Tucson Soul Explosion and African Market Day, highlighting African Americans' contributions to the community, and an increasing local awareness of Afro-centric art, services and products.
The market will include everything from books and clothing to jewelry, sculptures and painting. There will also be information tables concerning health, childcare, hair and skin care, career choices, and information about various non-profit groups.
This free event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the UA mall. Call 621-3419 for information.
RENAISSANCE MAN. He's a guy of many collars--sociologist, newspaper columnist, theologian priest, and of course best-selling author. Now the eclectic Father Andrew M. Greeley returns to Tucson to discuss and sign copies of his latest book, Irish Whiskey. See the review in this week's Books section for details.
Free event is 7 p.m. in Borders Books and Music, 4235 N. Oracle Road. Call 292-1331 for details.

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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