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HOWLIN' CHUCK. "Little Charlie and the Nightcats are driven to make a funky noise," says Downbeat. "They live and play at the joyful musical intersection where hardcore Chicago blues, post-war jump blues, R&B, and the breezy sophistication of Western Swing come together with the driving impetus of rock and roll." The Seattle Rocket puts it more succinctly: "If these guys were any hotter they'd toast everything to a nuclear crisp." Tonight, Little Charlie and the Nightcats rip up that hot blues spot with the big Ripple lawn ornament, otherwise known the Boondocks Lounge, 3306 N. First Ave. Anchor yourself in the front row for show time at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10, $8 for Tucson Blues Society members. For details, call 690-0991.
And she knows her subject: The impetus behind her work stems from her personal experience with having grown up with a severely mentally ill family member. Through large-scale paintings, drawings and fabricated three-dimensional objects, she addresses the stereotypes society often imposes on such people. Elements of light and sound further transform the gallery into what might be construed as, well, "insane." Lunatic's Ball runs through August 14 in the UA Lionel Rombach Gallery, located on campus at the southeast corner of Speedway and Park Avenue. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 626-4215 for details.
Friday 1
SPINELESS PERSPECTIVES. Busily fending off those relentless, six-legged harbingers of the humid season, you may have forgotten that plenty of folks actually have a soft, spineless spot for all bugs, even roaches. In fact, a gathering of the larval-minded is now underway in the Old Pueblo. Keynoter for the fifth-annual Invertebrates in Captivity Conference is Dr. Terry Erwin of the Smithsonian Institution. Erwin spent more than a decade fogging the rain forest canopy to inventory tropical bugs, and discusses his findings in a lecture titled An Amazonian Hectare: How Many Species Can Squeeze In? Answers to that question have varied greatly through the years. For example, it was long held that an Ecuadorian hectare (equivalent to 2.47 acres) held 41,398 species of invertebrates. Now that number is considered a gross undercount. Hear Erwin's insights into such research and the planet's otherwise shrinking biodiversity at 5 p.m. at the Inn Suites Hotel, 475 N. Granada Ave. A $5 donation is suggested. For information, call 883-3945. TICKLISH TERROR. To date, downtown's Screening Room has brought us a romping summer roster rife with valiant space heroes and odious intergalactic nasties. Now comes earthly weirdness with The Tingler, starring that late master of creepiness, Vincent Price. Directed by William "King of the Movie Gimmicks" Castle, this 1959 thriller casts Price as a mad scientist who discovers the biological cause of fear in human beings. Contrary to popular speculation, it's not Chinese lobbyists. Turns out the root of all mortal trepidation is "The Tingler," a smarmy lobster-beast which ungraciously mushrooms on its victim's spine during moments of particularly intense terror. But the real fun kicks in when Ol' Tingler fires up his hunt for fresh backbone. Show times are 6 tonight, 7 and 10 p.m. Saturday, and 3 and 5 p.m. Sunday. Also showing is Homicidal, another Castle classic, described as a "uniquely warped version of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho." This take features murderous cross-dressers and a pateful of bad wigs. Show times are 8 tonight, 2 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, and 3 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The Screening Room is at 127 E. Congress St. Tickets are $4, $3 for matinees, and $2 for kids. For more information, call 622-2262. ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT. The Mt. Lemmon Volunteer Interpreters serenely go where many have gone before, and they invite you to come along with another outing in their summer hiking series. Today's trek covers the Sunset Trail. This four-mile hike involves a modest 500-foot incline, with enough lovely pines and cool breezes to make you forget the scorching valley below. Participants should wear comfortable footwear and carry plenty of water (one to two quarts minimum) and perhaps a light lunch. Meet at 9:15 a.m. at the Sunset Lot on Mt. Lemmon, located just past Mile Marker 22 on the left-hand side. Hike is free, though the Forest Service may collect a $5 toll to enter the Mt. Lemmon Highway. Call 881-1309.
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But behind the rambunctious glamour of fire-fighting lies a world chock full of fascinating technology, volumes of know-how, and plenty of downright hard work. Today, the Northwest Fire District offers a peek into that scene with public tours of the stations, a chance to chat with the fire-fighters, and a close-up look at their trucks and equipment. Free open house runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at most Northwest stations. For locations and other information, call 887-1010.
Tune in at one of their performances this weekend, at 7:30 tonight, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, August 10, in Grace-St. Paul Episcopalian Church, 2331 E. Adams St. Series tickets are $15. Single tickets are $9, $5 for students and seniors, and are available at the door. Call 745-5830 for information. VALUE JUDGMENT. Ever wonder what collective reasoning lies behind our peculiar national perspective, and who disperses that complex viewpoint to the unwashed masses? The Tucson Institute takes a stab at answering those queries with an open forum, Who Decides American Values--and Who Teaches? Fresh on the heels of seminars at England's Cambridge University, UA professor Richard Cosgrove heads the provocative discussion. The Institute is a parent group to The Common Sense Movement, founded four years ago by UA professor/author Miklos Szilagyi, and billed as a "non-denominational organization inviting participation by all American citizens." The free forum runs from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave. Call 825-8121 for details.
Sunday 3
WORLDWIDE WARBLERS. What to you get when you combine well-tuned tikes from the United States, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Hungary and Mexico? None other than the International Children's Choir Festival, landing today on the UA campus. This stunning show features more than 400 young voices hailing from the aforementioned destinations, along with Tucson's own top-notch Girls' and Boys' choruses. Show time is 3:30 p.m. in UA Centennial Hall, University Boulevard east of the UA's Park Avenue main entrance. Tickets range from $8 to $10, available at the door or by calling 983-9360. LYRIC FLAME. Just as literature threatens to disappear into the cyber twilight, the Lamplight Reading Series sparks a renewed flame under the timeless endeavor. Tonight, the series features Tucson poet Steve Snyder, along with Phoenix colleague Priscilla White. An open reading follows. Free event is 5 p.m. in The Blue Willow Restaurant and Poster Gallery, 2616 N. Campbell Ave. For details, call 908-0927.
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INSIDE OUT. For many of us, radiology is a term we associate with the cryptic dialect of medicine, evoking frightening images of broken bones, rapacious tumors and disfigured organs. But for André Bruwer, a retired Tucson radiologist and radiology historian, the word also means art. In his hands, the x-ray is gently turned towards photographing flowers, plants and shells. Since X-rays are simply shadows of the materials through which electronic beams have passed, Bruwer has adopted the name "skiagraphics" (shadow pictures) to describe his work, which is now on display in the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's Ironwood Gallery. Exhibit continues through September 3 at the museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road. Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Gallery displays are included in regular museum admission, which is $8.95 for adults, $1.75 for children ages 6 through 12. Call 883-2702 for information.
Task in hand, the trio faces a smorgasbord of strange events and interpersonal static that makes simple dialogue a Herculean chore, all against a backdrop of impending violence. Tonight, the Upstairs Theatre Company presents a reading of Pushing the Envelope at 7 p.m. at Theater Congress, 125 E. Congress St. Admission is $1. For details, call 791-2263.
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In exploring this transformation, R.J. Cutler and David Van Taylor weave a contemporary parable about American leadership and cynical campaigning in A Perfect Candidate. The result is a no-holds-barred peek at the electoral process, where spin doctors run the show, and the public's interests are diverted into an endless maze of smoke and mirrors. The Washington Post calls this film "The best American documentary since Hoop Dreams, and one of a small handful of essential films about politics in this country." A Perfect Candidate airs as part of Public Television's POV (Point of View) series at 10 p.m. on KUAT, Channel 6.
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TWINKLE TOES. What time is it? Just ask the punctually agile folks of A Time to Dance Studio. Today they bring their talented coterie--ranging from tots and tikes to slightly long-in-the-tutu hoofers--to the Tucson stage for the second-annual Summer Dance Festival. Ballet, jazz and tap are on the agenda, with more than 100 dancers taking part in this lively, 17-piece show. Performance begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Tucson Center for the Performing Arts, 408 S. Sixth Ave. Admission is free, although donations will be gratefully accepted. For details, call 327-5137. MUNICIPAL VISIONS. City Council veteran Janet Marcus shares her forecast of our community's future as part of the Arizona Historical Society's continuing Our Legacy: Reflections of Arizona Leaders series. This sprawling town faces no shortage of dilemmas as it oozes toward the millennium. In light of that, Marcus, who represents Ward 2, will bring hindsight and foresight to bear as she answers the question, "What will be our legacy to future generations?"
Lecture runs from 7 to 9 p.m. in the AHS Museum, 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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ENEMY WITHIN. Or perhaps without, according to artist Cassie
C. Davis. In her latest mixed-media exhibit, Lunatic's Ball,
Davis explores her belief that the suffering surrounding mental
illness isn't so much caused by the condition itself as by society's
angst towards the disease.
HAPPY HOSERS. It looks like great fun, cruising around
town in big red behemoths, sirens aroar, gleefully running red
lights and muscling beefcake sports/utility vehicles to the curb.
BIG SOUNDS. Despite their name, Tucson Junior Strings is
hardly a band of small-time rookies: They draw from the ranks
of the Southwest String Quartet, The Marelle Trio, Cremona College,
and a host of other artists from across the nation for their Chamber
Music from Echo Glen festival.
POSTAL ANGST. Chatting one-to-one sure isn't what it used
to be. In Pushing the Envelope, Tucson playwright Jesse
Greenberg tells the story of three postal workers in a surreal
setting in which they attempt to keep human contact alive amidst
increasingly invasive communications technology.
NO SHAME. At congressional hearings, Oliver North stood
tall in his military uniform, revealing an uncanny ability to
play on America's weakness for simplistic symbolism. He'd achieved
nothing less than a circumvention of the U.S. Constitution, all
the while loudly proclaiming his patriotism. And rather than being
pilloried as a traitor for cutting deals with 