FREE PIANO: Pianist Richard Urbis, professor of music at the University of Texas, rolls into town to tickle the ivories at a free concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, August 1, at UA Crowder Hall, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Program features a number of works not often heard in concert, with the first half drawing from a Slavic repertoire of Dusik, Janecek, Smetana, and the latter half showcasing Mozart and Schoenberg. Call 621-2998 for information. COMMUNITY THEATRE: Talented teen performers have been hard at work in the bowels of the Randolph Performing Arts Auditorium, 200 S. Alvernon Way, conjuring images of the Southwest and bringing them to life in English and Spanish. The Tucson Parks & Recreation Teen Theatre Program unveils Jujuyana, The Devil's Daughter, an original dramatization of an Hispanic folktale, with three free performances this weekend. The bilingual play is suitable for the whole family, with show times at noon Thursday, August 1, 7 p.m. Friday, August 2, and 10 a.m. Saturday, August 3. Call 791-4663 for information. STARRY, STARRY NIGHTS: Just thought we'd clue you in that August 6 through 18 is prime time to gaze at the Milky Way, with the moon waning and the world spinning and all. To see the galaxy in all its glory, Flandrau Starman Michael Terenzoni says you'll need to find a dark sky-site away from city lights, where high-powered binoculars and telescopes reveal clouds of stars--zillions of them--with attendant star clusters and gas clouds making up some of the fuzzier spots you'll see. Begin at nightfall with bright Jupiter in the SSE and the bright orange-red star, Antares, in the SSW. Antares is the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, the Scorpion. Between Antares and Jupiter is a cloudy band stretching high into the sky--that's the Milky Way. Midtown star gazers can try their luck with free telescope viewing from 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday at Flandrau Science Center on the UA mall. Call 621-STAR for information. GOTTA LOVETT: We don't know how the first-time suspense novelist pulled this one off, but Sarah Lovett's amazing success with Dangerous Attachments proves that crime (at least, crime writing) pays big. As in six figures. And a three-book contract. Now out in paperback, the rest of us poor souls can afford to read what all the hype is about: Her tale about a forensic psychologist and a man who steals body parts is taking the critics by storm. Even Tony Hillerman gives it a thumbs-up for "clever plots, real characters, tense suspense and literate writing." Meet the author at a booksigning from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, August 7, at Barnes and Noble, 5480 E. Broadway. Call 745-9822 for information.

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