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MOOD SWINGS. You probably know it for otherworldly light shows. But today the UA Flandrau Science Center lends its fine acoustics to an earthly groove when it hosts a live performance by local rock band Mood Indigo. With a new CD under its belt, the band pulls out a roster of classic tunes in addition to plenty of original music, all accompanied by a laser show. Performance begins at 9 p.m. in the Flandrau Planetarium theater, located on the UA campus. Tickets are $8, available at the door. Call 621-7827 for information.
Not missing a beat, the rhythmic folks of the Tucson Swing Dance Club pay the step its due each Thursday. The non-profit group is devoted to teaching the style, opening their doors wide to all comers. Lessons run from 7 to 7:45 p.m. for beginners, 7:45 to 8:30 p.m. for intermediate levels, with general dancing from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Tucson Women's Club, 6245 E. Bellevue St. No partner is necessary. Admission is $3, $2 for club members. Call 573-3732 for details.
Friday 4
Fourth Avenue hosts its annual Fourth on Fourth Celebration, with most of the festivities really happening on Seventh Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. The holiday scene will include everything from cool kids' stuff, like a jumping castle and dunk tank, to more mature activities--like watermelon seed spittin'--and expect no shortage of ammo, with 700 pounds of the fruit on hand. There'll be a down-home catfish fry, six live bands, and you can catch the city's fireworks from bleachers, along with a live broadcast by KFMA from 6 to 9 p.m. The Avenue's shops and restaurants will also be open. Free event runs from 5 to 11 p.m. For information, call 624-5004. The TCC, 260 S. Church Ave., will host a day's worth of activities, kicking off with a pancake breakfast dished up by Davis Monthan Air Force Base folks from 6 to 10 a.m. Cost is $3 per person. Opening ceremonies begin at 1 p.m., with a speech by City Councilman Michael Crawford and the Davis Monthan Drill Team. Various exhibits and events run throughout the afternoon, including basketball games, puppet shows and clowns. The whole extravaganza moves outside at 6 p.m. with the Kids Wagon Parade, a high-altitude demonstration by the Marana Sky Divers, and an Air Force fly-over. There will also be live entertainment, concluding with a great view of city fireworks blasting from nearby A Mountain at 8:30 p.m. Admission is free. Call 791-2601 for details. Then comes the traditionally raucous extravaganza at the Tucson Racquet Club, 4001 Country Club Road. The gates open at 6 p.m., when the barbecue gets underway. Local reggae stalwarts Neon Prophet hit the stage from 7 to 11 p.m., warming things up for the club's very own fireworks. Plenty of booze and chow round out the celebration, considered the grandaddy of July Fourth blasts. Event runs from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission is $8, $3 for kids under age 12. No outside food or beverages allowed. Parking is very limited, so the club highly recommends using its free shuttle service, running every 15 minutes from Campbell Plaza, located at the corner of Campbell Avenue and Glenn Street. For information, call 795-6960.
Saturday 5
Accompanied by his 12-string guitar and large-scale photography, Ellis lives up to his moniker, tackling songs about southern Arizona's rich history, including the War in Naco (involving Mexican revolutionary forces and a drunk Bisbee pilot), and countless crumbling ghost towns. Performances are 2 p.m. today and tomorrow at the Arizona Folklore Preserve, located approximately two hours south of Tucson. Take I-10 east to the Sierra Vista exit, Highway 90. Travel south to Sierra Vista, then six miles east on Highway 92 to the Ramsey Canyon turn-off. Drive another 3 1/2 miles to the preserve. Admission is free, though donations and reservations are requested. Seating is limited. Call (520) 378-6165 for reservations and information. DESERT COOL. Love the heat or hate it, no one can bitch much about those luxurious desert eves, when the (somewhat cooler) breezes kick in, the stars pour out, and the landscape unfolds in silky darkness. Enter the wise folks of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, who've fired up their Summer Saturday Evenings series of strolls. The outings last through September, and this month "Maddening Monsoons" is the theme, focusing on "winds, wet weather, unpredictable storms and meteorology." In other words, topics near to our baked hearts. After sunset, select museum paths are lit up until 10 p.m., with docents and staff perched at strategic positions to explain the meaning of it all. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is at 2021 N. Kinney Road. Admission is $8.95, $1.75 for kids ages six to 12, and free for children under age six and for museum members. Call 883-2702 for details.
Sunday 6
FOOTHILLS FOOTNOTE. St. Philip's In The Hills does a different take on Independence with a soothing holiday performance including the piccolo, percussion and a choir. The Eucharist concert is followed by an ice-cream social in the church's Murphey Gallery. Free performance is 10:15 a.m., with the ice-cream social following at 11:15 a.m., at St. Philip's In The Hills, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. For information, call 299-6421. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUNSPOT. The Platinum Gallery in the historic Hacienda del Sol Resort once again opens its doors for an exhibit of work by Tucson photographer Gary Auerbach. Auerbach has captured the world on film, such far-ranging climes as India, Japan, Holland and Switzerland, in addition to images of Italian conservators working with Native Americans on the recent San Xavier Mission restoration project. He uses the time-honored platinum print-making process for many of his pieces. Exhibit runs through August 6, with an opening reception from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the Platinum Gallery, 5601 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. Regular gallery hours are 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Call 299-1501 for details.
Monday 7
And Heavens Gaters notwithstanding, this might be your best shot for catching a ride to other galaxies while keeping your feet firmly on the humble boards: From 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Golden Pins turns down the lights and turns up the lasers, along with a programmed selection of music. And should the ethereal atmosphere fail to move you, the beer flows for 25-cents a pop, as do the french fries and sodas, after you dish out the initial cover charge. "Actually, we call it the drunken bowl," says Golden Pins Front Desk Guy Kevin Kowalski. "This stuff is really popular with the younger crowd." Kowalski admits it's all a bit racy for his blood. "I worked one of them, and that was enough," he says with a chuckle. Check out the Madness yourself at Golden Pin Lanes, 1010 W. Miracle Mile. Admission is $5, and shoe rental is regular price. Call 888-4272 for information.
Tuesday 8
From boogie woogie to big-band retrofits, the Kings have made a name for themselves, and drawn a following all over town. And it's no surprise they've become the house band at this club that puts on airs of past decades like a snug, sexy leisure suit. Performance is 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. in The Shelter, 4155 E. Grant Road. Cover is $2. For details, call 326-1345.
Wednesday 9
RESIDENTIAL RENDERINGS. Caroline Langston's fiction has appeared in such esteemed places as the Gettysburg Review and Ploughshares, and won her a coveted spot in the Pushcart Prize Collection XXI: Best of the Small Presses. Now, lucky for us, it has also landed her in Tucson as the UA Poetry Center's summer resident. Center program coordinator Karen Falkenstrom calls that something of a coup. "She's the first fiction writer to win our summer residency," she says. "Her writing is beautifully pasted, with great attention to detail that accumulates into a really powerful blend." Langston reads from her work at 7 p.m. in Antigone Books, 411 N. Fourth Ave. No charge. For details, call 321-7760. OFFICIAL VISIONS. We pay their bills, and expect them to make good things happen. Depending upon your point of view, sometimes that's exactly what occurs; other times it's just the opposite. But the question lingers: Just what visions do our current and former elected officials hold for this state and its people? Now Our Legacy: Reflections of Arizona Leaders, a lecture series sponsored by the Arizona Historical Society, allows many of those officials to discuss their particular perspectives. Specifically, they'll be asked to comment on the query, "What will be our legacy to future generations?"
Pima County Supervisor Raul Grijalva will tackle that question
tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Arizona Historical Society, 949
E. Second St. Admission is $5, $3 for students. Call 628-5774
for information.
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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COASTAL RHYTHMS. All 
YANKEE DOODLES. Old Glory gets a thorough dusting with plenty
of patriotic action around town, ranging from the city's biggest
block party on little Fourth Avenue to a day of festivities at
the Tucson Convention Center.
DAY AFTER. The holiday weekend continues with a humble, heartfelt
celebration at the Arizona Folklore Preserve, located in the lush
confines of Ramsey Canyon south of town. Today, preserve founder
Dolan Ellis--a.k.a. Arizona's Official Balladeer and a founding
member of '60s folk faves The New Christy Minstrels--offers a
special Independence Day photo-musical presentation.
BOWLED OVER. Forget the white socks and team shirts splashed with
the logo of your favorite gas-jockeys. These days Golden Pin Lanes
has rolled bowling right into the '90s with Monday Night Madness,
featuring tons o' cheap beer accompanied by the latest tunes.
Not that boozing it up while fondling a nine-pounder is anything
new, of course. But the lanes have hit the modern mood in a musical
sense with a groovy little gig called Cosmic Bowl.
EUPHORIC ROYALTY. Every Tuesday night, every week, the pre-eminent
Kings of Pleasure bring their smooth swing sounds to The Shelter.
Featuring a sax, upright bass and keyboard, the Kings put the
groove back into swing, according to Shelter jack-of-all-trades
Bart Brat. "They've been playing here for over a year, and
they still pack the place," he says. "They're great!"
