Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday Thursday 30 WALK ON THE WILD SIDE. As our metropolis continues to swell on the desert landscape like a festering sore, it is incumbent on both professional and part-time naturalists to educate themselves as to where our wildlife is going. The Sky Island Alliance, a non-profit organization working to provide public information and protection for our desert's wildlife oases and the corridors between them, sponsors two lectures this week. Wildlife tracker Sue Morse returns to Tucson at 7 tonight for her annual update on Keeping Track: Citizen Participation In Wildlife Habitat Monitoring, a slide lecture covering the basics of tracking and keeping records of wildlife movement locally. And field biologist and U.S. Park Ranger Kevin Hansen presents Cougar: The American Lion, a slide lecture focusing on biology, ecology, behavior and management of mountain lions in California, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 4. Admission is $2. Both lectures meet at the Water Research Center, 350 N. Campbell Ave. Call 323-0547 for information. MOSEY ALONG. Just inside the eastern rim of the Mississippi Delta, the jazz world took a tiny step forward when Mose Allison was born on his grandfather's farm back in 1927. The son of a self-taught stride piano player, Allison followed the musical path his father had abandoned in favor of the family business. At an early age, Allison's ability to play by ear supplanted any formal training. By high school he was picking out blues and boogie by jukebox heroes Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, and his prime inspiration at the time, Nat Cole of the King Cole Trio days. In the ensuing years, Allison left the smoky cocktail lounges of the American South to earn degrees in English and philosophy, returning to the nightclub circuit in the West with an updated blend of raw blues and modern piano inflected with the spirit of John Lewis, Thelonius Monk and Al Haig. He's recorded with jazz greats Stan Getz, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims and Gerry Mulligan; and he's also absorbed elements of composers Bartok, Ives, Hindemith and Ruggles. This ain't your average backwater blues story: With 150 songs, 30 albums and an endless world-wide tour schedule, Allison is a seasoned performer with a rich background. Mose Allison opens the Summertime Blues Bash with an intimate sit-down performance at 8 p.m. at the Rialto Theater, 318 E. Congress St. Tickets are $10 in advance from Hear's Music, Zips and Loco Records. The star-studded lineup continuing through June 2 includes weekend performances by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Coco Montoya and Teddy Morgan & the Sevilles. Call 740-1986 for information. Friday 31 THE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT. After a brief hiatus, The People are back with an all new seven-course sketch-comedy feast fortified with eight essential vital signs and an irony supplement. More fibrous than cardboard and twice as tasty, it'll elicit involuntary responses into the middle of next week. Take your seat at this bouffant buffet tonight and Saturday, June 1, at a.k.a. Theatre, 125 E. Congress St. Performances are at 8 and 10 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the door, with a $2 student discount. Call 884-1238 for reservations and information. DINNER THEATRE. The Catalina Players deign to entertain with Charley's Aunt, which they call "a world-famous farce" by playwright Brandon Thomas. The action centers around the world's most impossible date scenario, in which two guys determine the only way to get the girls is to dress up one of their Oxford classmates as Charley's millionaire aunt from Brazil. Those wacky Brits! Production opens tonight and continues with weekend performances through June 8 at 2700 E. Speedway. Call 299-9452 for information and show times. Tickets are $8 for show only, or $15 including dinner, available at Dillard's box office or by calling (800) 638-4253. Saturday 1 CELTIC CONCERT. Let the games begin by attending tonight's fundraising concert for the annual Tucson Celtic Games (scheduled for November 1996). Last year's affair was a sold-out show, so don't delay if reelin' and jiggin' are your idea of a good time. Tonight's lineup brings the highlands home: Anna Duff & Co., Tucson's Queen of Hammered Dulcimer backed by a trio sans Stefan; pianist Janne Irvine; the dynamic instrumental duo Danu; Ceol Scan, a five-piece traditional Irish and Scottish ensemble; and the bagpipers and dancers of the Seven Pipers Society. This Celtic cornucopia begins at 7 p.m. at the Berger Center for the Performing Arts, 1200 W. Speedway. Advance tickets are $8, available at Hear's Music and Scott Photo. They'll cost $10 at the door. Call 883-6722 for tickets and information. CASINO NIGHT 1996. The wish that comes true as you roll the dice tonight may not be your own, but you can bet it's a good one. Tempt fate for a good cause at this annual fundraiser sponsored by the Active 20/30 Club of Southern Arizona, from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Savoy Opera House, 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. Proceeds from this year's gaming benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Arizona Children's Home, and the Steele Memorial Research Center. Enjoy dancing, dining, raffle, cards, dice and more. Single tickets are $25; or double your chances to get lucky with a $40 ticket for two. Event is 21-and-over only. Call 882-1996 for reservations and information. Sunday 2 MEMORY SERVES. Gallery of Food, 256 E. Congress St., celebrates the flavors and textures of Mexico with the opening of Rostro del Desierto (Face of the Desert), works by Mexican painter Zacarias Paez Casanova. This international artist reception includes a fine sampling of Mexican cuisine in addition to the fine art exhibit, and is the joint effort of Gallery of Food, the Alzheimer's Association of Southern Arizona (AASA) and the Consulado de Mexico, Tucson. A portion of all sales will benefit AASA, the only national voluntary health organization dedicated to ongoing research, education and support services for Alzheimer's patients and their families. Reception begins at 3 p.m. Call 884-5033 for information. MASTERWORKS CHORALE. From marital squabbles to cutting the grass, covering the distance between mountains and mosquitoes, Tucson Masterworks Chorale's Not Quite Classical Concert promises a delightfully diverse program of international folk music, including the recently "discovered" P.D.Q. Bach masterpiece "Missa Hilarious." The chorale, with the aid of the Arizona Repertory Singers, the Blazer Quintet, members of the Heavy Metal Brass Quintet and conductors Timothy E. Woods and Dr. Jeffrey Jahn, perform at 4 p.m. at Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St. Tickets are available at the door for $8, $5 for students and seniors, and $2 for children under 12. Call 884-3506 for advance tickets and information. Monday 3 WINE NOT? If three of your wishes include good company, multiple glasses of fine wine, and a variety of exotic Mediterranean entrees magically appearing before you, plan to be in close proximity when wine educator Jon Rogers opens the bottle. Rogers, a local wine enthusiast, has turned Wine Tasting 101 into an art form. Education never left such a good taste in your mouth. Join him for A Taste of the Mediterranean from 7 to 9 p.m. at Encore Med Restaurant, 2959 N. Swan Road. Cost is $20, and reservations are required. Call 881-6611 for information or to reserve a space. Tuesday 4 COMET'S TALE. Learn about Comet Hyakutake and the newly discovered Hale-Bopp Comet at 7 tonight with a stellar slide lecture by Dean Ketelsne and the Tucson Amateur Astronomers. Lecture is $2, free for members, and meets in the Wilson Room at Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. Call 742-6455 for reservations and information. Wednesday 5 KEATING IN CONCERT. Kate Bush, Nanci Griffith and David Byrne all fused into one body? Can it be? Judge for yourself as Vicky Pratt Keating takes the stage at 8 p.m. in the Southwest Center for Music Acoustic Café, 2175 N. Sixth Ave. Her latest album, Blue Apples, is described as "rich with odd time signatures and syncopation, leaning in a more rhythmic and progressive direction than her acoustic songwriting contemporaries." For those of you less adept as dissecting musical technospeak, it's an unqualified good time waiting to happen. Tickets are only $6 in advance, $5 for students and members of any local musical organization with the usual four-letter acronym, available at Hear's Music and the Center box office. Call 884-1220 for reservations and information. 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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