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BROKEN EMBARGO. Those well-tanned folks on their little island 90 miles off the Florida Keys have danced on Uncle Sam's toes for decades. Now you too can enjoy a bit of that rebellious Caribbean shuffle with Breaking Down Barriers, an Afro-Cuban celebration of salsa, rumba and the big bad mambo. Drummer Sandy Perez and dancer Teresita Perez of the prestigious Grupo Afro-Cuba will take time off from their three-month U.S. and Canadian tour with a series of workshops starting tonight and running through next Wednesday. They'll also offer a free dance lesson at Jaime's, 536 N. Fourth Ave., at 8 p.m. on Friday, September 20, followed by live salsa from Tucson's own Ache Pa Ti for a $3 cover. The dance workshops are $8 each, the drumming classes are $12, and the song classes are $3. Call 797-9570 for details. LISTEN IN. Routinely troubled by the emotionally desperate exhortations of your fellow man? Well, forget those stump speeches for a minute and learn to tune into folks who actually say what they mean, at the Wellness Center's Relationship Communications workshop, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. tonight at Smuggler's Inn, 6350 E. Speedway. According to the Wellness folks, "Saying what you mean with integrity, respect, acceptance and creativity promotes understanding and trust." Sure, that and a quarter will definitely land you in office. Reservations are requested; call 325-4138. GET LARGE. The Angel Charity for Children and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Tucson will dedicate their renovated youth center, 160 E. Alameda, at 10 a.m. Their newly spiffed joint will give local kids a few educational, art and recreation breaks, and complement the nationally known mentoring program. Call 624-BIGS for details.
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Started in 1979, Cantos is a visual narrative of America's deserts and man's rocky relationship with them. Misrach's story ranges from the natural arid landscape to such splendid human brainstorms as nuclear test sites and shuttle landing strips. And he hardly shrinks from asking the nagging question: Why have we turned dry-as-a-bone Eden into rancid duck soup? The Misrach reception begins at 5 p.m. For information, call 621-7968. HAUS ABOUT IT. Come toss a brew or two at what's being billed as "Tucson's Only Authentic Oktoberfest" to benefit Muscular Dystrophy, at Reid Park's Annex Fields west of Hi Corbett Field tonight through Sunday. This hearty Kraut-fest will feature enough bratwurst to plug you good'n tight, even as the Hofbrauhaus Band gleefully toot their own horns. More than 150 vendors will be hawking goods, as the kids enjoy ongoing games, and the big boys watch big screen football in the Oktoberfest Sport Haus. The action runs from 5 to 11 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. tomorrow, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $2 for adults. Kids are free, and so are parking slots and shuttles from El Con. Call 795-3434 for details. CREATIVE LIFE. A host of big-hearted local eateries are donating gastronomic treats for the Life Through Art auction at Doubletree Hotel, benefiting the People With AIDS Coalition of Tucson.
know "their community supports and cares for them." Last year's auction saw 200 art pieces featured and some $85,000 raised; Pangman hopes to land $100,000 this time around for her agency's peer counseling, advocacy and housing services. Tonight's event runs from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $20, and available from the coalition offices, 801 W. Congress St., and from Borders Books and Music and the Bookmark. For information, call 770-1710.
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MASA-PEAL. El Centro Cultural steams up Hispanic Heritage month with 4,000 green corn tamales to benefit the UA's Hispanic Alumni Fund. A gaggle of local groups are participating in the fiesta, which includes food booths and a street dance. It's part of a Latin-tinged Downtown Saturday Night celebration featuring Los Gallos Mariachis and the Folklorico Etc. dancers at the Ronstadt Transit Center from 7:30 to 10 p.m., and a Cine Latino Festival at the Screening Room, 127 E. Congress. For Screening Room times, call 622-2262. And the party emigrates up the underpass to Fourth Avenue's Winsett Park, where Stephen George headlines Tucson's Musicians Showcase from 7 to 11 p.m.
MY VERONA. Even drowsy Lit 101 students must admit old Bill Shakespeare had a well-calcified funny bone. The bard's wit will be on display as the Arizona Theater Company opens its 1996-97 season with a benefit performance of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Reassembled from last season's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the cast hauls their Italian gents right into the roaring '20s, as Shakespeare probes the tricky tightrope between amore and agape. Tonight's production is part of ATC's 30th Anniversary Gala, and the show runs through October 5 at the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Avenue. Tickets for regular performances are $18 and $27, and a meaty $150 for this evening's anniversary extravaganza, which starts with a 6 p.m. wine reception and wraps with a buffet dinner following the show. Call 884-8210 for information. CHICANO NOT. In his first Tucson outing, L.A. artist Frank Gutierrez presents his paintings of "great originality and fury" in a special reception from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Jose Galvez Gallery, 743 N. Fourth Avenue. Galvez calls Gutierrez's works "very whimsical, and really different for our gallery. It's not Chicano art, and it really gets the viewer into what the artist is trying to say. They're actually like small theater pieces." Call the gallery at 624-6878.
Sunday 22
SWING LOW. You bet William Jefferson Clinton feels your pain. But it takes a village to really raise some angst-ridden hell, a point well-taken at tonight's Seventh Annual Tucson Acoustic Blues Showcase.
The show runs from 4 to 9 p.m. at the smoke-free center, amidst a genuine down-home barbecue and Tucson's faithful crowd of musical depressives. Tickets are $5 for Tucson Blues Society, Tucson Kitchen Musicians and KXCI members, and $6 for everybody else. Call 297-9133 for details. GARDEN PARTY. Those energetic green thumbs-in-residence at the Tucson Botanical Gardens are throwing an open house complete with entertainment for youngsters, door prizes and refreshments, all in the good company of our well-rooted friends. The Desert Artisans will give botanical illustration demonstrations, and put their works on the block, while Tucson painter Sara Schmerl presents her own watercolors of local plant designer Ron MacBain's personal plot. And lest your attention wilt, sensuous walking flowers will stroll about, carelessly tossing their pollen-laced petals to the wind. This revelry is meant to showcase several updates at the lush botanical oasis, including a wildflower garden and tropical greenhouse, larger classrooms and a new market plaza. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way. Call 326-9686 for information. NO MO' MAO. Hillary is thematically back, as the U.S.-China People's Friendship Association takes a village all the way from China to Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Dr. Charles Nugent, who recently visited the far-flung burg of Zhangia Gang, will discuss his observations, accompanied by Tucsonans June and Charlie Fan, Gang hometowners. The lecture begins at 3 p.m. St. Paul's is at 2331 E. Adams St. Call 621-2778 for information.
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The series will focus upon penning the female figure, "from gravity-defying super-types to classic anatomy to all-out cheesecake." And no, that doesn't come straight from the personals, despite what SWF may say. These stunning forms can only be, er, had at Capt. Spiffy comic book outpost, 944 E. University Blvd., above Zip's Music and Video. Call 624-4643 for details. RATE HIKERS. Those benevolent bureaucrats at Arizona State Parks will hold an annual fee review meeting at Catalina State Park, 11570 N. Oracle Road. If you aren't a bit happy about paying nearly five smackers to get you and yours onto Catalina's trails, you might want to come air your less-than-delicate sentiments. The meeting is actually free, though officials might enact a temporary Porta Potty charge. So hold off on the liquids, and show up at 6:30 p.m. For information, call (602) 542-1996.
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LIVING COLOR. Pima Community College hiking instructor and wilderness guru John Dell presents a slide show, Color Country--Canyoneering in Utah and Arizona, as part of Summit Hut's ongoing outdoor lecture series. Dell aims his lens at red rock canyons Paria, Zion, Grand Gulch, and Cedar Mesa, among others, and really knows his geographic stuff, says Hut manager Curtis Maddy. "John's just out there tromping around all the time," Maddy says. "He's also an authority on local wilderness areas." The slides hit the big screen at 8 p.m., and Summit Hut is at 5045 E. Speedway. Call 325-1554 for details.
The informal discussions draw a range of local activists, and have sparked growing interest with such past topics as inter-fraternity racism and bigotry among residence hall assistants. But you don't have to be a campus dweller to enter these talks, aimed at digging up racism's historical roots, studying its cyclical nature, and expanding social interaction between all hues. Call 621-8046 for the location and other information.
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TOLL-FREE. The five-person Bwiya-Toli ensemble will offer a free performance at the University Medical Center's DuVal Auditorium from noon to 1 p.m. The group will play music of indigenous peoples of Mexico, Chile, Peru and Bolivia, with lyrics sung in Spanish and Quechua (Indian) language. This is a brown-bagger, so pack up a couple bologna sandwiches on homegrown white bread, and enjoy this fascinating--and rare--performance. WELL-READ. "The light from the kitchen-door window comes through in a special way," writes Tohono O'odham poet Ofelia Zepeda. "I can see the seasons change in my kitchen sink. The movement of the sun is shadowed in that sink. During the afternoon the sink is full with sunlight. Not necessarily a good time to be washing dishes." So begins Kitchen Sink, one of countless works by Zepeda, long a literary Tucson mainstay and UA associate linguistics professor whose books include Ocean Power: Poems of the Desert and A Papago Grammar. You can experience her unique voice directly as the UA's Poetry Center begins its fall reading series at 8 p.m. in the Modern Languages Auditorium on campus. Call the center at 321-7760 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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CANTOS TOO. Richard Misrach unveils the first big-scale
presentation of his Desert Cantos series tonight at the Center
for Creative Photography on the UA campus.
The sale "brings together prominent artists and friends
from Tucson and beyond in a way that reaches people living with
Opening at the Southwest Center for Music, 2175 N. 6th Ave.,
this year's cadre of gut-wrenchers includes Hans Olson playing
guitar and harmonica, Kathleen Williamson and Rochelle Raya on
guitars, vocals and harmonica, Stefan George emotionally wrestling
his delta blues and National steel guitars, and Duncan Stitt and
Liz Fletcher cranking out ragtime piano and vocals.
CAP'N HAPPENS. Or, as Capt. Spiffy puts it, "Finally,
the art classes you don't have to get dragged to." Sound
inviting already, and it just may be as the Spiff-meister offers
comic art teach-ins for three Mondays, starting tonight at 7 p.m.,
for a mere $50.
GET A VISION. Students at the UA carry on the good fight
with their second annual Dialogue for the Healing of Racism program
on Tuesdays, starting tonight and running through October 22 from
6 to 8 p.m.