Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday Thursday 11 ROCK 'N' ROLL PUEBLO. Start the weekend early with a high-decibel dose of live music guaranteed to drive every sentient thought out of your mind. Thursdays continue to pack the house over at The Rock, 136 S. Park Ave., where the Battle of the Bands rages with M.A.C., Decimate, Grudge Holder and Gat-Rot. Get plugged in to this local American Cancer Society benefit beginning at 9 p.m. Cover is $3 at the door for the 21-and-over crowd, and $5 for the under-age set. Doors open at 8 p.m. Call 629-9211 for information. Over on Fourth Avenue, a couple of guys with more time than money have been hard at work on your behalf. Kini Wadé and Jim Lowell liven up lower Fourth's Winsett Park Stage, the "sort of gothic concrete slab" between Seventh and Eighth streets, with Monsoon Madness, a free summer music showcase for funkengroovsters of all ages. Bring a blanket, lawn chair and 44-ounces of your favorite non-alcoholic beverage and party down with the Ex-Old Ladies (imagine Doo Rag with a tuba), 9 Days Wonder (described as a "young, not-too-loud band where you can understand what the guy is saying") and five-piece original recipe rockers Pagan Holiday (in which Lowell plays keyboards). This musical free-for-all is, of course, free for all. But if you're bent on spending money, plenty of Fourth Avenue shops and restaurants will be open late. Call 624-5004 for information. Friday 12 SISKIND AND YAVNO. The Center for Creative Photography delves into its world-renowned archives to premiere an original exhibition of the photographic visions of two 20th-century American masters, Aaron Siskind and Max Yavno. The show encompasses 126 independently made images of Mexico between 1955 and 1981. The two photographers, who grew up on the same New York City block in the early 1900s and remained close friends for 30 years, are celebrated here in their common roots and distinctive methods, while returning to another strength of the Center's collections: photography of Mexico and Mexican photography. Mexican Tableaux: Photographs from the Aaron Siskind and Max Yavno Archives opens with a reception from 5:30 to 7 tonight. Live Latin American music accompanies the event. Exhibit continues through September 15 at the UA Center for Creative Photography, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Call 621-7968 for information. DELICIOUS JAZZ. Just in time to keep jazz lovers from aimlessly wandering the streets in search of the ultimate outdoor gig, Tucson Jazz Society and Café Terra Cotta come up with a tantalizing bridge between the courtyard concert series and the annual salsa cook-off dance party on August 31. St. Philip's Plaza, 4380 N. Campbell Ave., swings once again to the sounds of John Denman's Clarinet Marmalade, featuring special guest trumpeter/vocalist Walt St. Pierre of Jazzberry Jam. Rounding out Denman's group are Lisa Lemay on piano, Dave Plank on bass and Pete Swan on drums. Tonight's musical feast highlights Café Terra Cotta's 10th anniversary, giving you yet another reason to stay out of your own kitchen. Choose from a variety of Southwestern delights by award-winning chef Donna Nordin, with proceeds donated to TJS. Get into the swing of things between 8 and 11 p.m. in the plaza courtyard. In the event of (dare we hope) more rain, the event will reconvene on Saturday, July 13, same time and place. Concert admission is free, leaving you flush to fill your belly for around $10. Call the TJS hotline at 743-3399 for information. Saturday 13 SCREENING ROOM SIGHTING. Why battle the box office crowds to line the greasy pockets of Hollywood hypsters when just around the corner The Nifty-Fifties Sci-Fi Classics series awaits. Forget Will Smith and go see The Day the Earth Stood Still, one of the best-loved science-fiction films ever made. No exploding national monuments here: This one's about an alien who lands in Washington, D.C., to deliver an anti-nuclear warning to uninterested power mongers on Capitol Hill. Brilliant cast includes Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe and Sam Jaffe. (Nonetheless, if nothing screams "good time" like an exploding national monument, see this week's Cinema review for details.) The Day the Earth Stood Still is not rated, and screens at 6 and 8 tonight and 5 p.m. Sunday at The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress St. Admission is $4. Call 622-2262 for information. Sunday 14 GREAT SCOTS. Whoooowee! Lil' Debbie, Lil' Debbie, they're comin' home! Call it home-away-from-home, then, as North Carolina-spawned Southern Culture on the Skids tears up the Old Pueblo with a few ditties from their latest release, Dirt Track Date. Rick Miller, vocalist and guitarist for SCOTS, is best left to his own words: "We named our new record Dirt Track Date 'cause dirt track racing and SCOTS got a few things in common: Both have a strong regional flavor and a low-budget style that leaves the raw edges showing. It's that do-it-yourself, run-what-ya-brung attitude that puts 'em both over the top. Both are a rockin' good time and you gotta rinse off when you're done." Walk like a camel at 9 tonight at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Tickets are $6 in advance from the Hotel Congress lobby, and $8 day of show. Call 622-8848 for information. Monday 15 STALKING THE PAST. This month's Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society-sponsored lecture crosses the windswept plateau of Petrified Forest National Park, where hunters and gatherers flourished nearly 8,000 years ago with less than nine inches of rain annually and nothing to build with but petrified wood. That's one helluva "when-your-grandfather-was-young" story to pass down from generation to generation. Trinkle Jones, a National Park Service archaeologist, brings this ancient village back to life with Stalking the Past at Petrified Forest National Park, slides and stories at 7:30 p.m. in UMC DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Jones will also speak on her extensive cataloging of the park's numerous petroglyphs and pictographs. Details for an August field trip led by Jones will also be available. Lecture is free. Call 327-7235 for information. Tuesday 16 THE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT. They're back and they've composted--er, compiled--a brand new hour of "supernatural, nutritious, MSG-free sketch comedy that tastes great with no gritty residue." The People Who Do That, that vainglorious vanguard of vitriolic outrage, promises to offend the sensibilities of every stinking last one of you with a gala celebration (involving Olestra in some way) at 8 p.m. at Laffs Comedy Caffé, 2900 E. Broadway. Mind-control devices will be available on request. With tickets a mere $3 at the door, it won't hurt you to skip out on Third Rock from the Sun for a change. Call 323-8669 for information. For details on how to harness the powers of the undead (and make money doing it!), call 884-1238. Wednesday 17 MOON WALK. The Valley of the Moon, 2544 E. Allen Road, is once again open for public exploration. Take a leisurely stroll through the pathways, caverns, pools and gardens of the Valley of the Moon from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 17. Admission is by donation. This unique historic site is located north of Prince Road, just east of Tucson Boulevard. Call 323-1331 for information. BOWIED OVER. We've never seen Angela Bowie, but we have it on good authority that it's an experience you won't soon forget. Hell, the Rolling Stones wrote a song about her ("Angie"); and any artist who embodies elements of Meatloaf, Pat Benatar and the Thin White Duke himself (one fan's eclectic description of her) at bare minimum is worth a peek through the door. Fresh off the set of Geraldo, the bleached-blond, red, red lipped and scantily clad Ziggy Stardust-ex bursts through the doors of Club Congress with an outrageous hump-day show. This is a one-woman techno-rock test department, as Bowie, touring to simultaneously promote and test the waters for her The World Needs Changing release due out this fall, doles out anecdotes from her outrageous rock-and-roll life (as chronicled in Backstage Passes, an exposé of the behind-the-scenes life of David Bowie during his wildest phase) and songs from the album. Female impersonator Ellen Pomeranz opens the show with a little cabaret sauvignon at 9 p.m., with Bowie slated to take the stage at 10 p.m. Cover is $5 at the door. Call 622-8848 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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