MEET THE STRIPPERS: For a flavor of local comic talent, visit ComiCAzine, a comics and sequential art show opening this week at the Union Gallery, first floor of the UA Student Union on campus just east of the Old Main building. Featured artists include Tucson Weekly contributors Max Cannon and Joe Forkan, as well as Captain Spiffy creator (and store owner) John Forier. Meet the artists at a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25. Don't delay: Exhibit runs through Friday, May 3, only. For more information call 621-5123. 'SCUSE ME WHILE I DIS THIS GUY: If there's a pithy phrase that sums up the industry's exploitation of The rock culture icon of the '60s, Jimi Hendrix, that would be it. Dispel the myths and catch a glimpse of Hendrix' "hometown history" in Voices from Home, a painstakingly compiled anthology of photographs and interviews by one of the rock world's most misunderstood artists. Sounds trite to say, we know, but read the book and see if you don't agree. Join author Mary Willix for a discussion and booksigning from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at The Book Mark, 5001 E. Speedway. See this week's Music feature for details. Call 881-6350 for information. BAKERS' SHOW DOWN: Cookie connoissuers of all shapes and sizes are invited to "Cookies 'N' Milk," a chocolate-chip cookie challenge and taste off presented by the Tucson Children's Museum and The Chefs Association of Southern Arizona. This first annual semi-sweet benefit unites some of the Old Pueblo's most renowned bakers, cookie companies and chefs in a doughy debate as to who can create the most revoltingly chewy, gooey crunchy cookie of all time. Indulge yourself from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the Tucson Children's Museum, 200 S. Sixth Ave. Admission is $2, with proceeds benefiting museum programs. STUDENTS' SPRING THEATRE: Students from the University of Arizona's Theatre Arts Department will try their hands at directing in the University's Spring One-Act Festival. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. April 25 through 27, with a 1 o'clock matinee on Saturday, April 27. Twelve plays will be performed in all, including an opening night performance of Dorothy Parker's Here We Are, a portrait of newlyweds awakening to the realities of marriage. Tennessee Williams fans hopefully wont feel too indignant at Christopher Durang's humorous satire, For Whom the Bell Tolls, featuring the world according to characters from The Glass Menagerie (on stage April 26). Those concerned with plagues of our generation should enjoy the evening performance on April 27 of Paul Selig's Terminal Bar, the story of three characters' chance meeting in a seedy bar, where they try to cope with loneliness in the shadows of a mysterious plague. Call 621-7008 for detailed event information.

		© 1995-97 Tucson Weekly . Info Booth