LESSER EVIL: PBS unearths political skeletons on Tuesday at 9 p.m. on Channel 6 with The Choice '96, a joint biography of candidates Dole and Clinton. The two-hour broadcast meshes the rhetorical duo's public personas and private realities, and will probably prompt one and all to join Pima County Attorney Steve Neely and pack for New Zealand. And wouldn't Pima County's lame-duck strongman just love that? GOD'S HAWGS: Join Bikers for Christ on Sunday when they host a chili cook-off and bike show to benefit the Crisis Pregnancy Centers of Tucson. These Mellow Ones will sponsor live music, drawings and door prizes, along with a bike show competition. And stewpot aficionados are welcome to put their culinary talents to the test, with the proviso that they bring at least two gallons of the fiery red, and promise to keep it hot. The booze-free rally will happen at Lakeside Park on Stella Road east of Kolb Road, at ramadas five and six. And the cause is good: Since 1981, the pregnancy centers have provided everything from prenatal and postnatal care to baby clothes for Tucson's expecting moms. For information, call 889-7816 or 883-7360. CLOVER CLUB: Just when another British invasion seems in the offing, the spirit of the green revs back up with Sunday's Irish Festival at O'Malleys on Fourth Avenue. The melodic action includes the Mollys, White Chrome Splendor and the Who?legans, along with a wee bit o' dancing, poetry and readings. Doors open at 7 p.m. Sunday, October 6. Admission is $4 for this all-ages event. Call 887-3347 for information. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS: Come join those tireless keepers of historical faith as the Stone Avenue Temple Project hosts an open house to celebrate the downtown structure's pending renovation. Originally built 1910 and called home by the Jewish Temple Emanu-El, this territorial artifact faced decades of degradation after it was sold in 1949. The project was formed to reverse the building's slide. Project president Toby Anne Sydney calls the site significant for many reasons, and especially "since there's a lot of consideration given to European history, but very little has been preserved concerning American Jewish history." In its day the Stone Temple was the only synagogue between California and Texas, she says, and such history has become increasingly important to the second generation of American Jews who consider it part of their own historical legacy. "A whole generation can look back and say 'This is what we were in the beginning' " she says. "And this building was really the birthplace of Jewish life in the Arizona Territory." The temple is located at 564 S. Stone Ave., and the free open house runs from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For details, call 327-2424.

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