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LOTUS-LAND BLUES. Love, loss and their effect upon several generations of one southern California family dominate Shadow Ranch, the latest offering by novelist Jo-Ann Mapson. The Costa Mesa writer, teacher and poet will read from Shadow Ranch and sign copies from 4 to 6 p.m. at The Book Mark, 5001 E. Speedway. For details, call 881-6350.
IT's final offering of the season packs a punch with loads of witty repartee and inside jokes, from Woody Allen movies to the supposed inferiority of Philadelphia, tailor-made for New York refugees. It was penned in the late '80s and early '90s, and won an Outer Critics Circle Playwriting Award in 1994. The theatrical equivalent of a hot pastrami on rye from your favorite deli, this fun evening of brainy and hilarious one-acts begins at 8 p.m. in the company playhouse, 1400 N. First Ave. Tickets are $15 in advance or at the door. Call 882-9721 for reservations and information.
Friday 30
PRICEY MUGS. It isn't any secret that major league sports is one well-heeled industry, and perhaps one of the few where millionaires regularly go on strike.
Of course, such big business lends itself to many offshoots,
among them the incredibly popular hobby of sports card collecting.
No longer the domain of squeaky-voiced Little Leaguers, the avocation
Free event runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in El Con mall, 3601 E. Broadway. Call (602) 722-2756 for information. FEMININE RUMBLINGS. Javelina Press is a new face in the Tucson publishing scene, and the company makes its debut in fine form with Southwestern Women: New Voices, an anthology edited by Caitlin Gannon. The collection features 32 previously unreleased pieces of short fiction and poetry by both budding and experienced regional women writers. Several of them--including Laura Tohe, Margo Tamez, Evamaria Lugo and Carla Jean Eardley--will read from their contributions tonight. The free reading begins at 7 p.m. in Antigone Books, 411 N. Fourth Ave. Call 792-3715 for details.
Saturday 31
GREEN PARTY. Stuffy golf etiquette is cast asunder when the Community Action Network and Carl's Jr. team up to host the premier "No Rules" Golf Tournament. Special prizes will be awarded for the most creative lack of rules, the best-dressed golfer, best-adorned golf bag, and so on. Even Jim Click gets in on the action, when his company awards a car to the Hole-In-One winner. Proceeds benefit the Network, a coalition of businesses, organizations and individuals aiming to make life better for local youths.
ALMOST SINCERE. Interpersonal angst is refreshingly turned on its self-pitying head when the Reveille Gay Men's Chorus makes light of emotional tedium with a concert titled (Not Exactly) Straight From the Heart, billed as "a musical perspective on the many aspects of love, relationships and everything in-between!" Artistic Director James Gall leads the 20-member chorus through such heartfelt numbers as "Mother, I Must Have A Husband," "Wanted: GH/W/BM NS/D/S," and "I Will Follow Him." Show is 8 p.m. in the PCC Proscenium Theatre, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Advance tickets are $10, available at Antigone Books, Girlfriends Coffeehouse and Bookstore, Rainbow Planet Coffeehouse, The Pink Motel and Tucson Trunk. Tickets are $12 at the door. Call 617-3100 for information. DISCO DIAMOND. The Tucson Toros wrap up their latest homestand tonight with Turn-Back-The-Clock night, featuring a time-warping trip back to the much-missed era of the 1970s. As a reminder of the fine fashion trends of the day, the Toros will be decked out in the garish red, yellow and orange polyester uniforms players wore way back when. If you haven't burned all your big-collared leisure suits, you're in luck: Fans dressed in "disco attire" get a buck off admission. And, to top the evening off, the Boogie Knights pump up the volume (not to mention the girth of those trademark afros) and play that funky music on the field following the game. The fun starts at 7:30 p.m. at Hi Corbett Field in Reid Park. Admission is $3 to $8. For more information call 325-2621.
Sunday 1
HIGHLIFE. The traffic may suck, and the $5 now charged by Forest Service officials is certainly a crock, but oh, the cool breezes and fresh air to be had on Mount Lemmon, especially as the temperature in the Baked Apple starts climbing into the stratosphere. Mount Lemmon's hardly a secret, but it's a human flaw that we sometimes tend to forget the most beautiful jewels right in our midst. Trails snake all through the Santa Catalinas, offering treks through low-altitude scrub to highland stands of luscious pine. Or you can grab some lunch and a cold brew in the cozy little lodge at the end of the road, where grannies from Iowa are known to rub shoulders with Texas riggers, all enjoying a brief respite from the sweltering oven miles below. To reach Mt. Lemmon and its environs, take Tanque Verde Road to Catalina Highway. Turn north and follow the signs. For more information, call the Mount Lemmon information center at 749-2855.
STARLIT BRASS. Take a lovely spring evening, throw in some lawn furniture and a sea of grass, add plenty of high-spirited tunes by some of the city's best performers, and you have another Music Under the Stars performance by the Tucson Pops Orchestra. Tonight's show is Per Your Request--David Syme, featuring Syme on piano. This is the kind of event that makes you realize why we still inhabit this mushrooming, increasingly congested town. Come for the free concert and leave with a new lightness in your step and a big dose of civic pride, not to mention the sense that you and yours display very cosmopolitan sensibilities. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. in the Reid Park DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center, 900 S. Randolph Way. For details, call 791-4079.
Monday 2
KABBALAH ON THE WALL-A. The ancient Judaic mystical tradition of Kabbalah is a narrative theosophy in which divine energy moves from obscurity and hiddeness to emanation. If that makes your cerebrum throb, try this: In Kabbalah, everything is endlessly connected, everything mirrors something else. The result is symbols that mean nothing in and of themselves, but combine to make something transparent, beyond all expression.
His work has been described as sensuous, haunting, and rich with references to Kabbalah. Goldberg, who's also curator of education at the UA Museum of Art, is more succinct, simply referring to his style as a way of "contemplative seeing." Exhibit runs through August 14 in the Joseph Gross Gallery, located at the southeast corner of Speedway and Park Avenue. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. For details, call 626-4215.
Tuesday 3
NICO REDUX. From '50s glam model to Fellini sexpot in La Dolce Vita, and Andy Warhol's ice queen to Velvet Underground siren, Nico's life ran the gamut of celebrity excess and idolatry. But behind the manipulated image of the femme fatale turned junkie was a web of inner scars. Now filmaker Susanne Ofteringer has explored both Nico's public persona and hidden pain in Nico-Icon. Ofteringer will be on hand for a special screening tonight in the Club Congress. Since its debut, her film has garnered widespread praise, both in Europe and in the U.S. Roxie Cinema magazine says, "The archival footage unearthed is amazing, ranging from ultra-chic French TV commercials to the Velvet Underground's ironic debut at the American Psychiatric Convention...Nico-Icon seamlessly glides from the vastly entertaining to the sadly shocking, all at a furious pop-collage pace." Free screening begins at 8 p.m. in the Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. For details, call 622-8848. HUMAN LANDSCAPE. Three powerful artists share equal billing in a new exhibit now on display at the Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery. The large-scale paintings of Laura LaFave tap into the sometimes joyful, sometimes tragic human existence, with a subconscious, almost metaphorical quality. Joseph Labate uses photography as a tool for personal investigation, and to explore the role of images in our culture, while Julie Shepley's sculptures oscillate between chaos and order, with a repetition of forms found both in and outside of nature. Exhibit runs through June 21 at the Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, 135 E. Congress St. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday. For information, call 792-4503.
Wednesday 4
MOONIES. Those good natured-eccentrics who've devoted their
time to keeping up a strange little place left behind by visionary
oddball George Phar Legler are back, when they open Valley of
This 74-year-old historical site is rife with caverns, pools and gardens emanating from Legler's industrious imagination. Moon Stroll runs from 7 to 9 p.m. today, and the first and third Wednesdays of the month through August 20, at Valley of the Moon, 2544 E. Allen Road, located just north of Prince Road and east of Tucson Boulevard. Admission is free, with donations accepted. Call 323-1331 for details. CHILLIN'. Yep, its back, and just in time. Keeping Cool, the Arizona Historical Society's most missed exhibit ever, has returned for an extended stay. Discover how folks managed to beat the sun back when air-conditioning simply meant raising your arms in the wind.
Exhibit is in the Arizona Historical Society, 949 E. Second St.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to
4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. For information, call 628-5774.
City Week includes events selected by Calendar Editor Mari Wadsworth. 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.
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INVISIBLE HAND. If you missed it the first time around,
fate is on your side: Invisible Theater's production of David
Ive's All in the Timing enjoys an extended run of
evening performances tonight through Saturday.
is now dominated by grown-ups who take their habit very seriously.
Forty dealers from six states will be on hand this weekend for
the Sports Card and Memorabilia Convention, featuring everything
from traditional cards to comics, pogs and autographs.
Tournament runs from 7 a.m. to noon at the Dell Urich Municipal
Golf Course, 600 S. Alvernon Way. Cost is $75 per person, or
$275 for a foursome. Register at the event, or by calling 882-6708.
The belief system has also been extensively explored through
art, notably in 13th-century 
the Moon for a midweek "Moon Stroll."
