KIDS PAINT THE TOWN RED. It's the first annual Street Painting Festival from 10 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at the Tucson Children's Museum, 200 S. Sixth Ave. Local artists create colorful chalk pictures on the sidewalks around the museum grounds. Regular admission prices apply, Moms get in free. Call 792-9985 for information. WEAVERS OF TALES. Members of the Ford Panther Storytellers Club with members from the Teller of Tales share stories from 8:45 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 15, at Ford Elementary School, 8001 E. Stella Road. Call 733-8400 for information. THE BERENSTEIN BEARS. Join Mama and Papa Berenstein Bear at Barnes & Noble, 5480 E. Broadway, at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 11, for story hour. Call 745-9822 for reservations and information. STUDENT EXCHANGE. Intercultural understanding is what this world needs. Make a difference by hosting a foreign exchange student. The Youth Exchange Service is a non-profit organization that helps connect caring host families with foreign students 15 to 18. Call (800) 848-2121, ext. 23, for information. SUMMER CAMP. The American Cancer Society offers free day camp to children and their siblings ages 3 to 7 years currently stricken by or recovering from cancer. Camp meets from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. weekdays, June 3 through 21, at Randolph Center's Therapeutic Park Clubhouse. Call ACS at (800) ACS-2345 for registration and information. SUMMER PROGRAMS. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum offers a number of workshops and activities for children and families throughout the summer. Programs include learning about the stars, a family saguaro harvest and camp-out, desert ecology, and the animals of our region. Register now for May start date. Call 883-3018 for information. KIDLINE. Kidline is looking for teenagers 16 and up to volunteer as phone listeners on their support line for young people. Call the Tucson Association for Child Care at 881-8940 for information. FINE ARTS PROGRAM. The Tucson Girls Chorus is taking registration for its Summer Fine Arts Program for children grades 1 through 6, beginning June 3. Three-week sessions include singing, movement, puppetry and the production of a student opera. Full- and half-day options are available. Call TGC at 577-6064 for registration and information. MUSIC CLASSES. Music classes of all levels and types are offered at the Desert Dove School of Music, 6163 S. Midvale Park Road. Beginning and intermediate band, guitar and preschool/interactive music classes are now forming. Call Judith Richardson at 888-3352 for information. YOUTH VOLUNTEER TRAINING. The Tucson Children's Museum. 200 S. Sixth Ave. A rewarding summer volunteer work experience for youth ages 13 to 18. Two-part training program required. Must commit to working at least one two-hour shift per week beginning May 28. Call 792-9985, ext. 103 for information. Parents' Corner FEINGOLD FINDINGS. Has your child ever been labeled with "inappropriate behavior," "impulsive," "short attention span," "muscle uncoordination," "low frustration tolerance," or "attention deficit disorder"? If so, your child could be chemically sensitive to certain foods and/or synthetic chemicals often added to foods. To receive free information, send a SASE to: Feingold Association, Dept. 199B, 127 E. Main St., Suite 106, Riverhead, NY 11901, or call (800) 321-3287 for information. LA FRONTERA WORKSHOPS. DES and La Frontera offer a variety of free parenting workshops on a monthly basis. Topics for May include Teachers and Parents as Partners, Effective Discipline and Children and Fear. Call Julie Mack at La Frontera, 884-9920, ext. 291, for registration and information. THE PARENT CONNECTION. The Parent Connection, 5326 E. Pima St., offers a variety of educational and support services for families. The program's core is its Parent/Child Play program, which brings parents and children together for activities geared toward the social and physical development of infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers. The program provides instruction and discussion on communication, setting limits and nurturing for young children. The Parent Connection also offers a meeting site, library, indoor/outdoor play areas and referral to community resources for families. Additional class and lecture series and support groups are available. Call 321-1500 for registration and information. ASPERGER'S SYNDROME. The first meeting of the Asperger's Syndrome/P.D.D. parent support group is from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 at the lower level meeting room in the Main Library, 101 N. Stone. Call 722-6225 for information.

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