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SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT. The Tucson Sidewinders raise a little dust on the diamond tonight when they face the Nashville Sounds in hot Pacific Coast League action. But more importantly, it's "Thirsty Thursday."
First pitch is 7:30 p.m. at Tucson Electric Park, 2500 E. Ajo Way. Admission ranges from $3 to $8. For details, call 434-1021. FAR-OUT FLORA. If you've been sniffing around for new plants to spiff up the garden or window sill, search no farther. This weekend, Tucson Botanical Gardens gets down and dirty with their third annual blow-out sale. Through Wednesday, every item in the garden's gift shop is marked 10 percent off, with even greater discounts on some items. They range from botanical books, jewelry and garden art to children's gifts. Store hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, the TBG digs further into the sublime with their Weird Plant Sale and Display. They invite you to "Come see some of the strangest things the plant world has to offer--cacti, living stones, stapeliads and more!" The Tucson Botanical Gardens is located at 2150 N. Alvernon Way. Call 326-9686 for details.
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The performance features the female duet "Sweet Sweet," a coming-of-age piece by Italian choreographer Guido Tuveri, and the premiere of "Hicks and Stones Will Break Our Bones," an athletic work by New York choreographers Jana Hicks and Max Stone. This broad-based outing will also feature pieces by choreographers David Storey of New York, and Nathan Dryden, Leigh Ann Rangel and Tammy Rosen of Tucson. Show times are 8 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Tucson Center for Performing Arts, 40 E. 14th St. Advance tickets are $8, $6 for students, and available at Antigone Books, Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea, and Heart-Five. Tickets are $2 more at the door. Call 622-5018 for details. CELESTIAL TRAPPINGS. New-country troubadour Tom Russell brings his booming, rangy sound to Tucson for a single performance. Russell is an American original of immense talent, and he arrives hot on the heels of his latest epic release, The Man From God Knows Where. He'll also be performing earlier classics, including "Gallo de Cielo." Accompanying him will be guitarist Andrew Hardin, in a show hosted by Border Beat, Tucson's gritty border-arts journal. Show time is 8 p.m. in the Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theatre, 330 S. Scott Ave. Tickets are $15, and available at Hear's Music. For information, call 321-0928. DAMP DELIRIUM. Take an economical dip with Tucson Parks and Recreation's ongoing summer pool parties. These free, watery extravaganzas include both teen and all-family gatherings at various city pools around town. Teen pool parties are held on Fridays, and feature food, soft drinks, games and plenty of DJ music. Tonight's party runs from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Sunnyside High School, 1725 E. Bilby Road, and at the Udall Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road. The family party runs from 7 to 10 p.m. tomorrow at the same locations, and will include "Dive-In Movies," along with food and refreshments. For information, call 791-4245.
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The concert runs from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Palo Verde High School, 1302 S. Avenida Vega, near 22nd Street and Kolb Road. For information, call 298-7349. HOT SAUCE. El Parador restaurant is a longtime hotbed of high-temperature Mexican cuisine. Now it's also home to some of the hottest salsa sounds around, along with the opportunity to learn those steamy Latin steps. For lunch, try out the hour-long buffet, featuring spicy chow from a different Latin country each month, accompanied by recipes, and an enchilada-full of cultural and historical information. Then you can work off those calories with salsa dance instruction by Jeannie Tucker. The lunch scene runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are $35. The gauge gets turned even higher tonight when Tucker leads 30-minute dance lessons from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Cost for the lessons is $6. The evening includes live dance music with Big Swing Face. This rollicking, seven-piece troupe taps every style from West Coast swing to jump, mambo and rumba from 8 to 11 p.m. The cover is $3, not including lessons. El Parador Restaurant and Cantina is located at 2744 E. Broadway. For tickets and other information, call 881-2808. SEASONAL SHAME. Every summer it's the same sad story: hundreds of unwanted felines arriving at the Humane Society as the result of human neglect or apathy. This crisis comes from folks too lazy to get their cats fixed, or too heartless to care. In June alone, the society will receive approximately 1,200 cats and kittens, and the lion's share are headed directly for that great litter box in the sky. But now's the chance to redeem our species, during Adopt-a-Cat Month. Each adoption is a life saved, plain and simple. For a mere $50, you can have your new companion spayed or neutered, and given its initial shots and vaccinations. In addition, many local businesses are donating cat-related merchandise to thank new pet owners for doing their part. Today, both PetsMart locations (4740 E. Grant Road and 3931 W. Price Club Drive) will host special adoption centers from noon to 5 p.m. The Humane Society's adoption center, 3450 N. Kelvin Boulevard, is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. For details, call 321-3704.
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This comedic masterpiece by Ivan Menchell features Cityplayers regulars Colleen Kellener and Bella Vivante, along with Ina Gillers-Shivack, Jonathan Lawson and Peaches Guisinger. Today's performance is at 3 p.m. in the Cityplayers Studio Theatre, 37 W. 33rd St. Performances continue at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, and 7:30 p.m. Monday through July 18. Tickets are $11, $10 for students and seniors, and available at Keuken Dutch restaurants, The Emerald City Grille, or by calling 620-6099. TOP TROUPE. They may be Tucson's official folklorico group, but that doesn't mean Ballet Folklorico San Juan is content to rest on their laurels. Today, they prove that point with a colorful performance by 150 dancers, and more mariachi music than you can shake a guitara at. Stunning scenery and lavish, authentic costumes add spice to their collective skills. Show time is 3 p.m. in the TCC Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. Tickets are $8, $6 for children ages 12 and under, and available at the TCC box office and Dillard's. Call 544-9543 for details. BELLY BASH. Tucson gets a taste of exotic, foreign shores--via tight local abs--when Dancers in the Desert Belly Dance Club presents Cleopatra's Dream. This fantastic afternoon of dancing hearkens to the Mediterranean, where the lovely, sensuous style has been a mainstay for centuries. The performance runs from 3 to 5 p.m. in The Mat Bevel Institute, 530 N. Stone Ave. Tickets are $5, $2 for children ages 7 to 12, free for children ages 6 and under, and available at the door. Call 750-0004 for details.
Monday 28
Five shows currently share space in the main AHS museum. Exploring 1870s Tucson recreates the multi-cultural heritage of this region through the eyes of three fictional families, in a hands-on display that's perfect for kids; Emergence: The South Park Story, 1940-1950, traces development in the vibrant southside community through the war years; Life on the Edge: A History of Medicine in Arizona, presents the often grisly state of medicine in frontier times; Exemplaire, The Skill of a Lady, examines European, American and Hispanic traditions of sampler making in the Southwest; and Arte Del Cofre features beautiful Spanish Colonial and Mexican trunks and chests used in early settlements. Ornately carved, exotic wood dower chests, elaborately painted and tack-decorated Manila trade trunks, and iron-bound rawhide boxes are examples of early Spanish and Mexican trunk art. This very cool exhibit continues the series with Hispanic treasures from the 17th through 19th centuries, taken from the AHS collections. The Arizona Historical Society is located at 949 E. Second St. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Call 628-5775 for details.
Tuesday 29
MERCANTILE MUSIC. The halls of mass consumption share space with musical innovation when The Tucson Mall continues its Hot Nights--Cool Jazz series. These free shows are held inside the deliciously refrigerated confines of the edifice, providing wonderful relief from the steamy outdoors, and plenty of great tunes. New School plays from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight in The Tucson Mall Center Court, in the mall's lower level. Call 293-7330 for details. GENDER JEST. Enjoy a few gender-specific yuks and help a worthy cause at the Funny Women Comedy Night, benefiting various programs of the YWCA. Dina Kucera, a former writer for Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom, headlines this evening of laughter; Melissa Bailey opens the show. Funds go towards such great projects as Your Sister's Closet, which provides professional business clothing and grooming items for low-income women to use on job interviews; The Women's Counseling Network, which offers long-term individual and group counseling to low-income women; the Breast Cancer Outreach Education and Screening Program; and the Leadership Registry, which promotes gender, racial and ethnic balance on community boards and commissions. Show time is 8 p.m. in Laff's Comedy Caffé, 2900 E. Broadway. Tickets are $35, or $280 for a table of eight, and are available by calling 884-7810.
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You're invited to a night at the races, when Hot Rod Lincoln, the treacherous "Skid" Mark McNeevil and fiendish track owner Colonel John Harker battle for the finish line. Will they sabotage Hot Rod's chance for victory? Only time--and the laughter gauge--will tell, in what's described as a "fun, '50s rock and roll show." The cast includes Joe Cooper, Peter Van Slyke, John Brownlee, Tim Gilbert, Karin Hendricks, Nicollette Di Maggio and Gaslight newcomer Robert Shaw as Hot Rod Lincoln. Lisa Otey provides musical direction.
Show time is 7 p.m. in The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway.
Performances continue at 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 7 and
9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday through August
14. Tickets are $13.95, $11.95 for seniors, students and military,
$6 for children ages 12 and under, and available by calling 886-9428.
City Week includes events selected by Calendar Editor Tim Vanderpool. 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. To have material considered, please send complete information at least 11 days prior to the Thursday issue date to: Tucson Weekly, P.O. Box 2429, Tucson, Arizona 85702, or fax information to 792-2096, or email us at listings@tucsonweekly.com.
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