SPECIAL EVENTS Events This Week AUTUMNAL EQUINOX. 931 N. Fifth Ave. The Sufi Order invites all Tucsonans to a universal worship service celebrating the arrival of fall at 4 p.m. Sunday, September 22. This service will honor all religions. Call 881-8605 for information. DOWNTOWN SATURDAY. Check out galleries, street performers and unique downtown Tucson sights all day and night Saturday, September 21. The National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration continues at 7 p.m. with a festive mixture of dance, music and song with Los Gallos Mariachis and Folklorico Etc. at the Ronstadt Transit Center and on Pennington between Scott and Sixth Avenue; Catch a flick at the Screening Room, 127 E. Congress, as they celebrate with a Cine Latino Festival (call 622-2262 for a festival schedule); Starting at 4 p.m. at the Main Library Plaza, 101 N. Main Ave., El Centro Cultural's annual Tamale Festival begins, with 4,000 green corn tamales prepared to benefit the UA Hispanic Alumni Scholarship Fund. Visit the information booth at Sixth Avenue and Congress Street for a schedule of other events; or call the Arts District in advance at 624-9977 for information. FALL WICCAN FESTIVAL. Reid Park, Ramadas 4 and 5, 3300 E. 22nd St. The Tucson Area Wiccan Network presents Fall Festival '96. Celebrate from 10 a.m. to closing Saturday, September 21. There will be workshops, artists, a raffle, auction and much more. Come dressed as your favorite trickster for the costume contest. This event is free and open to the public. Call the TAWN hotline at 570-7005 for more information. GOOD GOLLY MISS DOLLY! Tucson Convention Center. 260 N. Church Ave. The Tucson Doll Guild hosts its 12th-annual Doll Show and Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, September 21. Admission is $2 at the door. Call Beverly Jones at 327-0347 for information. OKTOBERFEST. Hi Corbett Field Annex, Reid Park. Get out your lederhosen for Oktoberfest '96 through September 22. There will be more than 150 arts and crafts people, entertainment and a variety of traditional foods and beverages. Admission is a $2 donation to the Muscular Dystrophy Association for those 12 and up. Call 298-6207 for information. PARTY AT THE PLAZA. 2940 N. Swan Road. Enjoy the Plaza's Gourmet Food Faires Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There's live music, organic produce, gourmet food and southwest specialties to sample and purchase. Call 795-1177 for information. SUPER SALE. St. Ambrose Church. 300 S. Tucson Blvd. The Tucson Legal Secretaries Association is sponsoring a yard sale from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, September 21, benefiting the Tucson Shalom House, a non-profit organization that helps homeless women and their children find shelter, safety and self-sufficiency. Upcoming WALKTOBERFEST ALERT. Get your friends, neighbors, kids and colleagues together for Walktoberfest '96 on Sunday, October 6. Teams will compete for prizes, with individual walkers also welcome. After the walk there will be an awards ceremony with live music from Pulse; Tuffy Toro and Wilber and Wilma Wildcat will be on hand to visit with the kids; munchies from Eegee's and more. Registration deadline is October 1. Call the American Diabetes Association at 795-3711 for information.

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