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ONWARD HO: Put one foot before the other and head for the
hills, when the Tucson Volkssport Walking Klub enjoys another
refreshing outing.
These treks are a tradition in the motherland, and they're becoming the same in these parts, taking in the best scenery our locale has to offer. This time, the Klub will hold a 10 kilometer, non-competitive stroll in the lovely, cool reaches of Mount Lemmon. The hike is free, though the Forest Service gouges you for $5 per car to enter the range.
PUPPET PAGEANT: Bookman's Used Books shifts reality on Wednesday, June 30, with a visit by FantasyMakers. This delightful, fourth-generation troupe of puppeteers and marionette masters was started in 1958 by Genii Townsend as Geniiland Puppet Theater. Her mother, Marion "Bubbles" Zollars, handled the bookings. Today the tradition continues in the hands of Genii's daughter, Starr-Light Taylor. "I literally grew up in this theater," Taylor says. "We did birthday parties, mainly for the movie stars' children, 12 parties per weekend through Geniiland's closing in 1977." Now back on the scene as FantasyMakers, the company creates all its own puppets, including such notable characters as "Yummy the tummy dragon," and "Kristen, the wizard," along with the "Char Woman" puppet, which became a regular on the Carol Burnett Show. Yummy and Kristen will sing and fly for the tike set. Kids will also learn how to create puppets, masks and simple marionettes. The free event runs from 11 a.m. to noon in Bookman's, 3733 W. Ina Road. For details, call 744-7422.
PROOF POSITIVE: Vic Muniz may work in the language of photography, but his images are far from simply photographic. That fact is quickly obvious in Vic Muniz: Seeing Is Believing, now on display in the UA Center for Creative Photography. Using a variety of unorthodox materials--granulated sugar, tomato sauce, chocolate syrup, a 16,000-yard piece of sewing thread, dirt--he first creates an image, sculpturally manipulates it, and then photographs it. What emerges is a portrait, landscape or iconic historical image. Even then, these images are often not what they seem. For example, Muniz drew Harold Edgerton's famous photograph of a drop of milk captured in time. Only Muniz drew the image in chocolate syrup, and then quickly photographed the chocolate drawing before it ran off the page. These innovative techniques have drawn wide recognition for the artist. "Muniz has teased the medium mercilessly and with an infectious glee," says The Village Voice. "He makes pictures of pictures--sly, punning documents."
Seeing Is Believing runs through September 26 in the UA
Center for Creative Photography, on the south end of the pedestrian
underpass at Speedway and Park Avenue. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For
information, call 621-7968.
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The outing runs from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 26,
starting at the village of Summerhaven. For directions and other
information, call 298-4340.
