Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday Thursday 4 THE 4TH ON 4TH. Today is the day of the great pilgrimage toward A Mountain, when hundreds of Tucsonans who never set foot in our city center rediscover the TCC. (See details below.) But as long as you're in the neighborhood, you might as well stop off for a fresh-squeezed glass of lemonade and a taste from the melting pot at the Independence Day block party starting at 5 p.m. on Fourth Avenue. From University Boulevard down to the underpass, Fourth Avenue reels with a street fair atmosphere of live music, sizzling BBQs, after-hours shopping and, of course, a great view of the fireworks. Check out Monsoon Madness, a weekly summer series of outdoor concerts from 7 to 10:30 p.m. on the Winsett Park stage between Seventh and Eighth streets. One Blood and Pagan Holiday fill out the bill. Call 624-5004 for more event information. TCC SCENE. The Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave., hosts an all-day Fourth of July celebration kicking off at 7 a.m. with the Tour for Tucson's Children bike race and culminating with the A Mountain fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. In between they've organized activities for people of all stars and stripes, with basketball and billiard tournaments, in-line skating competitions, carnival rides for kids, aerospace and military exhibits, an arts and crafts fair, and a whole circus of Clowns, magicians, puppet shows, face painting and costumed cartoon characters. The annual Fourth of July parade begins at 8 a.m. at Armory Park. All other events take place indoors within the TCC complex. Most activities fall between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., with a serious pie-eating contest at high noon. Tommy Smothers "headlines" the Desert Classic Yo-Yo Tournament at 1 p.m. For more information, call the Fourth of July infoline at 791-2549. FIRE IN THE SKY. Not to be outdone, Marana Sportspark, Ina Road and Interstate 10, offers its own old-fashioned homage to Old Glory with a similar line-up of food, music and entertainment starting at 4 p.m. Face painting, a bungee trampoline, line dancing, softball and volleyball games, the Marana Skydivers exhibition, Clowns, and live music by the Desert Cadillacs all add to a safe and sane annual Family Fun Day. Sure beats the hell out of "the rockets' red glare." Cost is $6 per car load, and no pets, outside food or drinks are permitted. Call 744-9496 for information. Friday 5 INVISIBLE THEATRE. The Invisible Theatre Company takes its show on the road with Sizzling Summer Sounds, an evening of cabaret-style song and dance at 8 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel, 445 S. Alvernon Way. The program includes pop, jazz and Broadway musical selections loosely knit together by skits and a bit of comedy. See Margaret Regan's article in the Review section for details. Performances continue evenings through July 13, with a 2 o'clock Sunday matinee on July 7. Tickets are $15, with a healthy discount for those dining at one of the Doubletree restaurants before the show (reservations are required). Call 881-4200 for dining information; and 882-9721 for show information and reservations only. GOING BATTY. Those choice cut, Triple-grade-A Tucson Toros are back in town battling a four-game series against the Albuquerque Dukes this holiday weekend at Reid Park's Hi Corbett Field. If last night's A Mountain spectacle whetted your appetite for pyromania, don't miss tonight's post-game fireworks extravaganza. If it's anything like the Memorial Day warm-up, you'll be starry-eyed for days after. Series continues through July 7, with first pitch at 7:30 tonight and Saturday, and at 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $3 to $6. Call 325-2621 for tickets and information. Saturday 6 PEDRICK'S FOLLIES. Need a good laugh to get you through these dismal times? Relief comes in the form of a ghost from law school past: The Arizona Civil Liberties Union presents an evening of comedy, parody and musical skits honoring the late Willard Pedrick, founding dean of the ASU College of Law, at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4822 E. 22nd St. This annual ACLU fundraiser borrows from Pedrick's own politically motivated sketches, along with a few updates poking fun at the bench and the federal government. Eyewitnesses swear even a few good Republicans get a belly-laugh out of it. Pedrick's Follies is an event with a bone to pick: BBQ starts at 5 p.m., with show following at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10, available in advance or at the door. Call 324-0108 or (602) 650-1967 for reservations and information. POETRY READING. Taped bravely to our refrigerator door is a cartoon with, "Words You'd Most Like to Hear: 'It's all been a terrible mistake. You don't have to earn a living. Go home and read a novel.' " Apparently a similar thought inspired more highly motivated souls over at the UA Poetry Center, for they've created a coveted summer residency program which provides one lucky poet with a quiet place to write for a month and access to the extensive special collection of the Poetry Center. See what uninterrupted hours of creative reflection can bring as this year's fellowship winner Lisa Goett, an internationally published and national award-winning poet from Los Altos Hills, California, reads from recent works at Antigone Books, 411 N. Fourth Ave. The 7 p.m. reading will be followed by an informal reception. Call 792-3715 for information. SUMMER SATURDAY NIGHTS. Take a walk on the wild side with an after-hours view of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road. Now in its second year, the museum is better than ever after dark with more lantern-lighted pathways, black-lit bug displays and docent-guided tours. This is a really spectacular opportunity for locals to visit the grounds while the snowbirds roost far, far away. Summer Saturday Nights continue through July 27 only. Regular museum hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Friday, with extended hours from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $8.95, $1.75 for kids 12 and under. Call 883-2702 for information. Sunday 7 FLANDRAU HO! It's time to stop wishing upon the planets and making up new constellations to impress those even less knowledgeable than yourself. In one pleasant, air-conditioned afternoon you can become a star-gazer extraordinaire with Under Arizona Skies, Flandrau Science Center's seasonal night sky show at 3:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in the Planetarium Theater. The universe is a wacky place and Flandrau can prove it with this stellar introduction in which Sagittarius is the Tea Pot, Jupiter moons Earth throughout July and the summer Milky Way is a portal toward the center of the galaxy. No kidding. If your penchant for outer space inquiry knows no bounds, arrive early for Flandrau's latest show, Journey to a Black Hole, screening at 2:30 p.m. daily. Flandrau Science Center is located on the UA mall at Cherry Avenue. Theater tickets are $3 to $4.50, and include admission to current exhibits. All shows start promptly and there is no late seating. Call 621-STAR for ticket and current show information. And test out your new skills with free telescope viewing from 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Monday 8 HEAVENLY MUSIC. Fresh off the plane from a five-day tour in Japan, internationally acclaimed musicians Yoko Owanda and Carrol McLaughlin perform An Evening of Flute and Harp, a repertoire of classical and traditional music from Japan and America. Japanese flutist Owanda and UA harp professor McLaughlin each are distinguished soloists, making this union of wind and string a world-class event for music lovers. Concert begins at 8 p.m. in Crowder Hall, south end of the UA Fine Arts Complex at Speedway and Park Avenue. Tickets are $8 general, $5 for UA employees and $3 for seniors and students. Stop by the UA Fine Arts box office or call 621-1162 for reservations and information. Tuesday 9 CHUL OUT. If for some reason you wake up today and have to be no place in particular, consider this: a walk in the park with a docent-guided tour of Tohono Chul's lush desert gardens at 9 a.m., followed by a light repast in the park's delectable Tea Room. If you're still around, Art in the Park tours, another docent-guided journey, wind through the galleries and Exhibit Hall at 11 a.m. Currently showing is Just Travelin' Through, a colorful commentary on travel and tourism in Arizona by various well-known Arizona painters and photographers. See Margaret Regan's article in the Review section for more information. Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte, is open from 7 a.m. to sunset daily, with exhibit hours from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Tea Room is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Park admission is $2. Call 742-6455 for information. Wednesday 10 ART OF LEARNING. Treat yourself to an evening of art and culture that won't cost a red cent. It starts at 5 p.m. in the UA Fine Arts Complex with the opening reception for The Other Side, works by Tracy Skinner and Deb Fisher, on display through August 15 in the Art Department Gallery. Also opening today over at the distinctively paneled Joseph Gross Gallery is Six Sculptors, an exhibit of graduate student works. The Fine Arts complex is located at the south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Call 626-4215 for gallery information. Then head over to the Modern Languages Building auditorium on the UA mall where the visiting writers' series Crossing Borders continues with a free lecture by Tucson author Julieta Gonzalez at 7 p.m. Gonzalez will discuss recent works, including her play Dust Devil, which is soon to be a major motion picture. Call 621-3093 for 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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