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BITES. Itch Productions scratches America's festering inequities with The Seamy Underside, a musical investigation of the lives and hopes of our swelling ranks of street folk. This poignant exploration features songs by Kandler and Ebb, Stephen Sondheim and Kurt Weill, and hits the stage tonight through Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Tucson Center for the Performing Arts, 408 S. Sixth Ave. Tickets are $9 for adults, $7 for students and seniors. Call 748-0291 for information. BODY LANGUAGE. Graceful chats between "bodies, silence and sound, movement and stillness, light and shadow, audience and performers" lay at the core of Dialogues, a production by the Zenith Dance Collective's Body Prints Theater. The collaborative fruit of several hardworking local and imported music and dance talents, this rich visual/aural salad treads the precipice of artistic improvisation to turn up the heat of human expression in a single 8 o'clock performance tonight in the upstairs Cabaret Theater at the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. Tickets are $6, available at the door. For details, call 322-9021. THIS OLD SLUDGE. Step aside, Bob Vila, Women Build Houses, a feisty network of gals with work belts, give you the goods on using graywater, that onerous hydrogen compound resulting from your biannual laundry sprees, dishwashing forays and monthly bathing sessions. Even if impeccable hygiene isn't your forte, you'll still learn how occasional scrubdowns can lead to a well-irrigated vegetable patch in an otherwise desolate backyard. "People will actually learn how to build systems for capturing water from their washing machines," says spokesperson Shay Salomon, "and they can take their systems home with them if they want." This is but one more installment in a series of seminars by the Women, who promote environmentally amiable building and living habits. So abandon your misogynistic ways and catch the gray wave tonight from 6 to 9 p.m.; or register now by the November 20 reprisal. Call 882-0985 for registration and information. Donations of twice your hourly wage are requested.
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Arm and Hammer, featuring Anna Duff on hammered dulcimer and Stefan George on guitar, open this 8 p.m. show sponsored by the Tucson Friends of Traditional Music. Tickets are $11 in advance, $10 for TFTM, TKMA and KXCI members, and are available at Antigone Books, Hear's Music, Loco Records and Rainbow Moods. Admission is $12 at the door. For information, call 327-1779. CRACKED CEILING. Professional chauvinism is felled with a jubilant blow at the 11th annual Business Women's Expo, from 1 to 7 p.m. in the Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave. Billed as Southern Arizona's biggest grab bag of females reaching for the upper rungs, the gala includes an impressive range of informative displays by women in various trades and professions, scads of products, raffles and networking opportunities galore. With free admission, it's a small investment with great returns. Call 881-4506 for information On the other side, Congressman Jim Kolbe addresses "NAFTA Today" at the third annual Arizona/Sonora Professional Women's Conference, running tomorrow through Monday at the PCC Proscenium Theater, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Titled Building Partnerships: A Catalyst for Change, the seminar is aimed at building intercultural business, health, education and government ties between Arizona and Sonora. Cost is $70. For information, call 748-4906.
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Arnie and crew just aren't finding the talent they're after, as a string of some 400 hopefuls parade before them. Poor Emma just "fell off a turnip truck fresh from the Kentucky hills," Scott is a veteran of regular rejection who can't hack the rubes in his midst, and Beedee would still be darning socks if her daddy wasn't financing the show. Glory opens tonight, with performances continuing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, through October 27. Tickets are $15, available at all Ticketmaster outlets, including Foley's and Blockbuster Music, or by calling 321-1000. CAPSICUM LAUDE. Help celebrate the venerable tastebud banditos at Tucson Botanical Gardens' 10th annual La Fiesta de los Chiles from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entertainment on Saturday will include an African harvest performance by the Barbea Williams dance troupe, the Yaqui Norteño band Los Hermanos Cuatro, and the Barbara Mocking New Kiva Motions Puppet Theater for kids. Sunday will see Rafael Moreno and Descarga playing salsa and jazz, and the Bwiya Toli pan-pipe group. Then there's simply the chile and all its fiery trappings. Says Gardens spokeswoman Ellen Moisio, "The best thing is that we'll all be gathered for food and music and everything that can be experienced with regards to the Southwest chile." And there you go. Tickets to the festival are $3 in advance, $5 at the gate, $2 for TBG members. Children under 12 get in free. Proceeds will benefit Native Seeds/SEARCH and the Gardens, located at 2150 N Alvernon Way. Call 326-9686 for details. ON THE BLOCK. The Dinnerware Artists Cooperative Gallery, 135 E. Congress St., holds a fundraising auction of some 87 works donated by prominent and emerging Arizona artists, ranging from Gail Marcus-Orlen and Tom Philabaum to Andy Rush and Barbara Penn. The festivities kick-off with cocktails from 6:30 to 8 tonight, when the bidding begins. Tickets for the gala evening are $20 each, or $30 per couple, with admission to the auction only discounted to $15 per person. Call 792-4503 for information.
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BLUES SKIES. If politics breed strange bedfellows, then the blues provide an even kinkier romp when coupled with Arizona's sparkling fall sun. But don't let the contradiction get you down. Instead, ditch your Prozac, pack up your contrived angst and head for the 12th annual Blues Festival at Reid Park DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center, Broadway and Country Club Road. This year's line-up is a stunning Who's Who of the musical melancholy, including The Blues Kats, Stefan George, the Bad Newz Blues Band, Tony and the Torpedoes, and Jackie Neal, among others. The celebration takes off at 11:30 a.m. Admission is free, with beer, soft drinks and chow readily available so you won't mind leaving all alcoholic beverages and glass containers at home. For information, call 570-7955. RONNIE RETURNS. Holly Near helps Ronnie Gilbert celebrate her 70th season on the planet when they team up for a concert in the Tucson High Magnet School auditorium, 400 N. Second Ave. Gilbert was the Weavers' stunning contralto; Near burst into the limelight after joining Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland's Free the Army tour for U.S. troops mired in Vietnam. Since that time they've both remained folkie even when folkie wasn't cool, singing about an American experience far different than the one spoon-fed us by Madison Avenue's preposterous pinstripers. Hear this different version of reality tonight with a heartfelt activist songfest starting at 7:30 p.m. General admission is $20 in advance and $24 at the door, with free admission for ITZABOUTIME members. Tickets are available at Antigone Books, Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea, and The Folk Shop. Call 327-4809 for reservations and information.
Monday 21
IBERIAN SNOOZE. The discovery of a Spanish campsite in the Texas panhandle might be the missing link long frustrating historians hot on the trail of our region's misguided Spanish explorer and national-monument namesake. Gayle and William Hartmann, local participants in the Texas dig, shed light on the fresh findings with Coronado Slept Here: New Discoveries About the Coronado Army Route Through the Southwest, a free lecture at 7:30 tonight in the UMC Duval Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave. We all know the conquistador was a classic gold digger, borne out by his constant search for the mythical Seven Cities of Cibola. Researchers are also sure he passed through New Mexico's pueblos in the 1540s; but lesser known is where else his greedy travels took him. Fortunately, the clues dug up this year at Blanco Canyon south of Amarillo shed more light on his ambitious trek, and provide the grist for this Arizona Archeological and Historical Society-sponsored program. Call 327-7235 for details.
Tuesday 22
YUKS DEL SOL. Since 1985, Sun Sounds has provided free readings of newspapers, books and even grocery store ads via the airwaves, all to help roughly 20,000 of Southern Arizona's visually impaired folks stay in the know. Now the station is asking for a little community support, in the form of a fundraiser featuring comics Pete Chreunson of Phoenix and Chicago's Dobie Maxwell. Raising cash is extremely important to keep the broadcasts going, according to Sun audio engineer Trish Gorospe. "We live in a very sight-oriented world," she says, "and that makes it difficult for our listeners, who wouldn't know what's going on without us. A lot of our listeners are in nursing homes and hospitals, and we are here to keep them up to date." You can help keep the signal strong starting at 6:30 p.m. at Laff's Comedy Caffe, 2900 E. Broadway. Advance tickets are $6, available by calling 296-2400. Admission is $8 at the door, and there is a two-drink minimum. LIBERAL MEDIA CONSPIRACY. Think the Arizona Daily Star is really a Marxist organ tucked inside bland capitalist undies, the Tucson Citizen merely mind control posing as a Hooked on Phonics workbook, and the Tucson Weekly nothing less than a Kremlin mouthpiece camouflaged by deftly brilliant prose? Well, comrades, that's one explanation for how come a whole herd of fellow Americans collectively consider us society's treacherous bottom feeders, a dilemma detailed tonight in Why America Hates the Press, part of the PBS Frontline series. While the broadcast offers an examination of the national press corps--and notes public respect for the media is at a monumental low--it provides lessons for everyone down to the tiniest 'zines. At the same time, it documents how some journalists have broken ranks with their conspiratorial brethren in an attempt to turn back the surging yellow tide. The hour-long dissection airs at 9 p.m. on KUAT, Channel 6.
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This tour has received rave reviews everywhere it's landed--the Irish Echo called them "the most exciting Irish band to emerge from America in many years." And Egan most recently wrote the soundtrack for The Brothers McMullen, and contributed music for Dead Man Walking. Come see what all the noise is about when the show fires up at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 and $14, with a $1 discount for TFTM and TKMA members, and are available at Hear's Music, Piney Hollow, Loco Records and the Harp and Shamrock. Call 881-3947 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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UNRAVELED. If you suffer a paralyzing fear of commitment,
musical relief is at hand in the form of No Strings Attached,
an eclectic, award-toting quartet from Roanoke, Virginia, performing
tonight at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4831 E. 22nd St.
While the 
CATTLE CALL. The often esteem-gutting process of auditioning
takes center stage in the Arizona Rose Theatre Company's To
Touch the Glory, documenting victory and defeat in a Broadway
backroom.
DARWINIAN CHARTS. Tucson music educator Dr. Carroll Rinehart
discusses the evolution of melodic ideas and notation through
time as part of the Tucson Symphony Women's Association Joy
of Music series. The lecture is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the Southwest School of Music, 2175 N. Sixth Ave. Admission
is $5 for this informal brown-bagger. For information, call 297-3150.
INTO THE MYSTIC. Author Margaret Coel signs The Ghost
Walker, her latest whodunit featuring heavenly sleuth and
Jesuit priest Father John O'Malley and his sidekick Vicky Hold,
an Arapaho barrister who's returned to Wyoming's Wind River to
help her fellow natives. The signing runs from 4 to 6 p.m. at
Clues Unlimited, 16 Eastbourne Ave., in the Broadway Village Center.
Call 326-8533 for details.
FOR SEAMUS. Irish balladeer Seamus Egan brings musical
tales of love lost and homeland remembered to the Berger Performing
Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway. Egan, a master on the flute, tin
whistle and tenor banjo, will be accompanied by an esteemed quintet
of young Irish musicians called Solas.