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ELVIS AND ME. It's 1962, and our heroine finds herself caught in a beehive, no-gal's-land between her love for Elvis and her loathe for the rock-and-roll-hating principal in Gaslight Theatre's latest production, Miss Smalltown Rock and Roll, or The King and Me!
SNAPSHOT. Arizona Photographic Collectors presents Dr. John P. Schaefer, accomplished shutterbug and former UA top boss, in a free lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the Sabbar Shrine Temple, 450 S. Tucson Blvd. Schaefer will discuss his exhibit, People, Places, and Things: Thirty Years in Photography, currently on display at the temple. Call 529-5072 for details. CREATIVE STROLL. Wander the Old Pueblo's concrete-laden yet creatively enhanced core when the Tucson Arts District Partnership presents another Thursday Night Art Walk. This free, self- or docent-guided tour of downtown's plethora of studios and galleries begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Park Inn Suite Santa Rita Hotel, 88 E. Broadway. For information, call 624-9977.
Friday 6
TALES AFOOT. That grumpy canine is back in full regalia, along with two original ballet pieces, when Southern Arizona Dance Theater presents Peter and the Wolf. A full-theater dance piece, this production is based on Prokofiev's famous orchestral work known for introducing kids to symphony. In addition, the theater showcases Kaleidoscope, a ballet by SADT Director Jane Matty Willett, featuring six seasoned ballerinas; and Two Pigeons, highlighting the work of resident choreographer Richard Holden. See related article in the Arts section for details. Show times are 7 tonight, 2 and 7 p.m. tomorrow, and 2 p.m. Sunday in the PCC Proscenium Theatre, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Tickets are $10, $8 for children, students and seniors, and available at the door or in advance by calling 881-6461.
As Tucson's premier Irish folk band, the Molly's need little in the way of formal introduction. For their part, the Pipers are a hometown bunch who recently landed top honors on the competition circuit in San Diego, Costa Mesa and Pleasanton, California, and were named the 1997 Championship Band by the Western United States Pipe Band Association. Show time is 8 p.m. in The Hut, one of the newest and coolest venues to open in the downtown area. It's that curious brick-and-tin building a stone's throw north of O'Malley's, on Fourth Avenue and Eighth Street. Tickets are $8 at the door, with proceeds benefiting the Pipers' pilgrimage toward fame. Call 626-2235 for information. ROYAL RETURN. A special music event tonight marks both a welcome return and a sad departure, as two of Tucson's favorite musicians share the stage for the last time--for the foreseeable future, at least. Blues veteran Rainer, inducted into the Hall of Fame at last March's TAMMIES awards, returns in his first official gig in more than a year; and special guest Heather Hardy joins in on a few numbers in her last scheduled performance before she skips town for the Big Apple. Also sharing the bill in this highly personal performance is prolific singer/songwriter Doug MacLeod, whose tunes have been performed by everyone from Papa John Creach to Dave Alvin. This is not a show to miss. For more on Rainer, see the interview in the Music section for details. Show time is 8 p.m. in the Tucson Center for the Performing Arts, 408 S. Sixth Ave. Advance tickets are $10, $8 for TBS and KXCI members, available at Hear's Music and Piney Hollow. Call 297-9133 for details.
Saturday 7
BISBEE OVER EASY. That timeless gulch southeast of Tucson plays gracious host once more with the Bisbee 1997 Bed and Breakfast Tour. Old world charm takes center stage in the one-time copper boomtown, now a thriving destination for bohemians and other erstwhile tourists of life. Catch the eclectic charm from noon to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow. Tickets are $6 per person, and available along with further information at the Bisbee Chamber of Commerce, 7 Main St. For details, call (520) 432-5421. FREEDOM'S BELTERS. Juneteenth began in post-Civil War Texas, when news of the Emancipation Proclamation spread by word-of-mouth among the former slaves. Today, those fateful days are celebrated with hundreds of gatherings in cities across the land, including little ol' Tucson. This year's Juneteenth Festival runs June 13 through 15 in Kennedy Park, 3700 S. Mission Road; but the festivities get underway ahead of schedule tonight with the Juneteenth Gospel Music Program, featuring top local gospel performers and church choirs. "It's a really lively deal," says organizer Johnny Bowens. "We usually get big crowds for this event, folks who just want to hear some great gospel."
RAIL SWAP. The real passenger train McCoy might be shriveling into obscurity, while rail freight companies eat one another like so many miles of track, but the toy train industry forges ahead full steam. Today benevolent engineers of the trade share their enthusiasm with a big train swap meet, hosted by the top-notch Gadsen-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum. Selling runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the museum, located in the Foothills Mall, 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. Admission is free. For information, call 749-0228.
Sunday 8
DEEP CANADIAN CHORDS. Sometimes the best map will not guide you, you can't see what's around the bend/Sometimes the road leads through dark places/Sometimes the darkness is your friend. Indeed, shadows seem to be the stock and trade of powerful, often profound recording artist Bruce Cockburn, as exemplified in the preceding lines from his "Pacing the Cage." Praised by critics for his "poetic, innovative, often provocative songwriting," Cockburn's lyrical introspection has landed him 13 gold and three platinum records in his Canadian homeland, as well as 10 Juno Awards (the Canadian Grammy). He's also known for regularly charting out new styles and creative paths, a penchant continued in his latest release, The Charity of the Night. Cockburn says the recording tugs heavily on his own history. But one thing that hasn't changed with time is the sheer integrity of Cockburn's creative process. "I've been at this long enough that I can feel when a song's coming on," he says. "When you're able to touch on visceral things that are common to everyone's life, that's a lucky thing. A given experience, like love or death, may be common to all of us, but we each have our own points of contact; to share my points of contact is part of the fun for me." Cockburn performs at 7:30 p.m. in the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. Tickets range from $20 to $24, and are available at Hear's Music, Zip's East, Zip's University, Zip's West, or by calling 881-3947.
Monday 9
HUMBLE CRAFT. Comic deity Capt. Spiffy once again brings heavenly art to the masses with his "celestially inspired comic-art classes of the Gods." "No bowls of fruit here," the good Capt. says. "Only dynamic figures in dynamic settings and action, action, action!" Class runs from 7 to 9 p.m. for three Mondays, beginning tonight at Capt. Spiffy's, 944 E. University Blvd. Cost for the series is $50. Call 624-4643 for details.
GHOST HOTEL. It was a popular hangout for Tucson's cultured classes, folks who knew how to live high on the hog. In fact, the straight and narrow, not to mention the strait-jacket of segregation, was the route of Ford J. Wharton, owner of the long-gone Hotel Orndorff. Nor was the hotelier subtle: A sign above the desk read "Strictly White And Always Sober."
Once standing at the corner of Main Avenue and Pennington Street, the building was home to the Masonic Temple, and played host to celebrities like Buffalo Bill Cody, and military men like John C. Fremont and William Tecumseh Sherman, before a fire and tumbling walls hastened its ultimate demise in the mid-'30s. Luckily, today the hotel's legend lives on in the Arizona Historical Society's new Welcome to Tucson exhibit. Featured are recovered Orndorff artifacts, including the gaming table, the safe and the front desk, all in a recreated version of the vaunted hotel's lobby. Exhibit is on long-term display in the 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.
Tuesday 10
HIDDEN VISION. Charles Bowden, top-flight Tucson writer and former editor of long-defunct but still fondly remembered City Magazine, has made a career detailing Southwestern Darwinism, both of the Sonoran Desert and the region's criminal, drug-laced underbelly. He writes in a precise, spare style, and his books--from Blue Desert and Mescal to Frog Mountain Blues--lay bare those worlds many of us have either overlooked or preferred not to see. Bowden reads from his work at 5:30 p.m. in the UA Center for Creative Photography, located on Speedway east of Park Avenue. For details, call 621-7968.
Wednesday 11
EMANCIPATED MEDIA. To former slaves of the American West, freedom took shape in the form of Juneteenth, a celebration of emancipation that continues today.
Ten artists from across the nation will display their work, including Robert Corwin, Lin Fife, Madelaine S. Georgette and Anne-Marie Gordon-Leon. Exhibit runs through June 28 in the Central Arts Collective, 188 E. Broadway. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, during Thursday evening Art Walk, and Downtown Saturday Nights. For information, call 623-5883. THORNY LOVE. Sure, we've all felt it. But have we planted it, tended it and nurtured it? Easier to say than to do perhaps, given the tangled thicket of modern romance. In an effort to keep things simple and down to earth, the folks at the Pima County Cooperative Extension don't even attempt to tackle such a quagmire, content instead to simply flesh-out our ongoing hankering for that stately desert denizen, the cactus. Extension experts will show you how to treat your cacti with care, from their succulent pads to their wiry little roots.
Demonstration is free, lasts about an hour, and meets outdoors
at 9 a.m. at the Extension Garden Center, 4210 N. Campbell Ave.
For information, call 626-5161.
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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Written by Carla Brownlee and directed by Dick Hanson, with musical
direction by 
DIFFERENT DRUMMERS. It's one big Celtic love fest as the
Mollys join the Pipes and Drums of The Seven Pipers for a raucous
evening performance.
The free performance begins at 6 p.m. in the Mount Calvary Missionary
Baptist Church, 210 E. Lester St. Call 791-4355 for information.
But that's not to say Anglo Tucsonans as well as countless travelers
didn't enjoy the hotel's ambiance, which one early critic called
"sparsely furnished but clean."
Now the Central Arts Collective captures that spirit with Free
at Last: Expressions of Emancipation in Honor of Juneteenth.
