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CHANGING COURSE. Planetary destruction got you down? Heal those blues and discover a new plan of action today at the Natural Choice Expo at the Tucson Community Center.
The Natural Choices Expo runs from noon to 7 p.m. today, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, in TCC Exhibit Halls B and C; the Ballroom and all of the Meeting Rooms; and the Leo Rich Theater and Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. Admission is $8.75, $5.75 for students and seniors, $3.75 for children ages 6 and up, and free for children under age 5. Admission is free on Friday with five food items for the Tucson Community Food Bank. Cost for specific lectures and workshops is extra. For details, call 749-7790. SWING SCENE. East Coast, West Coast--no matter the beach, it's all just swing. Or is it? The Tucson Swing Dance Club begs to differ, when they put their distinctive spin on the latest Lotus Land, high-hoofin' craze known as West Coast Swing. Now the non-profit group wants to teach you the ins and outs of this hot little spin-fest with dance extravaganzas every Thursday night. Lessons run from 7 to 7:45 p.m. for beginners, 7:45 to 8:30 p.m. for intermediates. General dancing continues from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Tucson Women's Club, 6245 E. Bellevue St. Admission is $2, $3 for non-members. For details, call 573-3732. BELL CURVE. Composer and pianist Larry Thomas Bell boasts a heavy-duty résumé, with degrees from Julliard, teaching stints at the The Boston Conservatory and the New England Conservatory of Music, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1981, followed by the Rome Prize a year later. Today, the much-touted musician will discuss his stellar career as part of the UA School of Music and Dance Visiting Composer Series.
Lecture is free and runs from 4:30 to
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This comedic creep-o-rama for kids, complete with an educational bone, is about wee urchins escaping from an insane scientist, a monster having an identity crisis, and a cadaverous cadre of ravenous zombies. Free performances are at 7 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Red Barn Theater, 948 N. Main Ave. Performances continue at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday through November 7. The Halloween Performance on Saturday, October 31, will be followed by a Halloween Party. Call 622-6973 for reservations and other information. KING FOR A DAY. It remains perhaps the greatest musical ever created, by one of the best writing teams the world has known. Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I has been a hit for nearly 50 years, and tonight that legacy comes to UA Centennial Hall. Inspired by the true story of Anna Leonowens, the plucky governess who tamed the King of Siam in the 1860s, the drama is retold with classic songs such as "I Whistle a Happy Tune," "Getting to Know You," "Hello, Young Lovers," and "Shall We Dance." This particular traveling production has also received rave reviews: "The current staging, directed by Daniel Stewart," says the St. Louis Dispatch, "has the splendor the show needs to shine with its original glory."
Performances are 8 tonight, and 2 and ENTER THE SWEATLODGE. Those uproariously drenched boys of the Sweatlodge are back--with a twist. No longer content to create a conventional cacophony, they've turned avant garde with their latest outing, Stop Laughing--We're Artists! Wherein the Lodgers (Fish Karma, Danny Boskowitz, Nick Seivert and Paul Fischer) finally realize "they are destined to be performance artists instead of jokemeisters." Special guests include Mat Bevel and Al Perry. Show time is 8 p.m. in the Mat Bevel Institute, 530 N. Stone Ave. Tickets are $7, and available at the door. Call 622-0192 for details.
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Many of the continent's hottest airborne acts will be on hand, including seven-time state aerobatic champ Chip Beck, whose motto is "Life begins at 350 mph"; the U.S. Navy F-18 Hornets from Lemoore, Calif.; Mohr Barn Storming, with John Mohr making an aerial transfer from a helicopter to his Stearman biplane; pilot Bob Carlton performing an aerial ballet to classical music; and of course, Otto the Helicopter Clown.
The shows are 10:30 a.m. today and tomorrow at the Libby Army
Airfield/Sierra Vista Airport. Take I-10 east to the Sierra Vista
exit. Turn right at the first stoplight at the entrance of Fort
Huachuca. Drive time is approximately one hour. Advance tickets
are $8, $4 for children ages 6 through 12, available in advance
at Dillard's. Admission is free for children 5 and under. Tickets
at the gate are $10, $5 for children. Gates open at CREATIVE CASH. The Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery puts Tucson's prime creative talent on the block in its 17th-annual Art Auction Fundraiser. Dinnerware is the city's oldest non-profit art venue, and plays a crucial role for artists and the art-minded public. Since 1979, the gallery has also been an anchor for downtown's art scene. This party helps keep that tradition alive. The auction will include work by artists ranging from Gail Marcus-Orlen, Andrew Rush and Jim Waid to Bruce McGrew, Tom Philabaum, Linda Caputo, Monica Jost and Eric Twachtman, with a contribution by sculptor John Davis as this year's featured piece. There will also be a raffle, along with an optional pre-auction cocktail party from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The auction is 8 p.m. in the Dinnerware Gallery, 135 E. Congress St. Admission including the cocktail party is $20, or $30 per couple. Admission is $15 for the auction only. Call 792-4503 for details. PHOTO OP. All things photo-related, from cameras and lenses to literature and dark room equipment, are up for grabs today at the Arizona Photographic Collectors' 27th-annual Camera Show and Display, billed as the "Southwest's largest." The show runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Shrine Temple, 450 S. Tucson Blvd. Admission is $4. For information, call 529-5072.
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The organic fiesta celebrates National Co-Op Month, and will feature booths with food and product samples, lots of kids' stuff, great vegetarian chow by El Saguarito Restaurant, and dancing under the stars with Desert DJs and The Blue Prairie Dogs. All the revelry highlights longtime contributions our co-ops have made to this town, and the increasingly powerful role the refreshingly democratic cooperative movement is playing nationwide. The party runs from 4 to 9 p.m. at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, 3809 E. Third St. Admissions is free, but donations are suggested. For information, call 624-4821. HIGHLAND REVEILLE. There are few better ways to ring in the fall than a visit to The Arizona Folklore Preserve, located in lush, bird-rich Ramsey Canyon south of Sierra Vista. That's also where you'll hear the spirit of the outback sung by Dolan Ellis, a.k.a. "Arizona's Official Balladeer." Ellis performs original and traditional ballads celebrating the changing seasons, and the passage of life. And his is the perfect theater, with Ramsey Canyon's rugged cliffs and giant sycamores as a backdrop. Show time is 2 p.m. at The Arizona Folklore Preserve, located six miles south of Sierra Vista on Highway 92. Turn right on Ramsey Canyon Road, traveling 3.5 miles to the entrance sign. Drive time is approximately 90 minutes. Donations are suggested. For details, call (520) 378-6165. PAST REPAST. We face a growing threat that our rich past may be lost in the bulldozer's roar. But an ongoing celebration called Stopover Arizona is determined to make sure that doesn't happen. The gathering will highlight pioneer gals, Apaches, gold prospectors, ranchers, lawmen, crooks and gunslingers. In other words, a "rootin' tootin' crew of hard varmints, funny looking side-kicks, and more women and children than you can shake a stick at." This cast of characters will recite stories culled from Arizona Highways, among other sources, to the backdrop of music by Roy Rogers and Gene Autrey. Stopover Arizona begins at 3:30 p.m. in the St. Philip's in the Hills Church, La Parroquia Wing, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. Events continue at 3:30 p.m. Sundays, through November 15. Admission is free. For information, call 326-8966.
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The McPhee-Bisio Duo has its origins in an impromptu meeting at the 1995 Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle; by the following year, they'd recorded their debut release, Finger Wigglers. Tonight, reed man McPhee and bassist Bisio bring their unique brand of intimate improvisation to Tucson for one show only. Performance is 8 p.m. in the Mat Bevel Institute, 530 N. Stone Ave. Advance tickets are $8, available at CD Depot and Last Wax Records. Tickets are $10 at the door. Call 882-7154 for information. SAY WHAT? One man's descent into a silent world is the dramatic fulcrum for Monologue of a Muted Man, a one-character work by playwright and UA instructor Patrick Baliani, presented by the Damesrocket Theater Company's ongoing play reading series. A Venetian architect, the man redefines his sense of physical and psychic space in the face of profound acquired deafness, detailed in Baliani's rich, visceral language. Baliani's works have been produced in New York, Seattle, and throughout Arizona, and he's collaborated extensively with the Arizona Theatre Company, Tucson Art Theatre and Old Pueblo Playwrights, among other groups. Reading begins at 7:30 p.m. in Damesrocket Theater, 125 E. Congress St. Admission is $3. A reception will follow. For details, call 623-7852.
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"By joining forces as partners with KXCI, we'll reach more listeners with Pacifica's unique take on public events and politics, and in so doing, promote understanding and respect among different peoples and cultures," says Pacifica Executive Director Lynn Chadwick. The network serves more than 60 community, college and minority radio stations across the country, and owns five community stations in New York, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Washington, D.C., and Houston. Call 623-1000 for information.
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ROCKING WITH LAUGHTER. In an industry marked by self-conscious posing, it's truly refreshing to find a rocker who reaches for a few yuks along the way. The Amazing Johnathon is just such a musician, and it has earned him plenty of kudos, particularly from Rolling Stone, which dubbed him one of the top road comics in the country. Tonight he appears in Tucson, in a show that "combines humor and horror for a hilarious experience." Performance is 8 p.m. in UA Centennial Hall, inside the main gate east of Park Avenue. Tickets are $12, $10 for students, and are available at the Centennial Hall box office, or by calling 621-3341. EERIE EGGHEADS. Old Tucson Studios welcomes Halloween in an educational vein with The International Tour of Mad Science. This theatrical performance invites school-age kids to take part while a bevy of "mad professors" explain the mysteries of science. Their diabolical tools range from a bed of nails and foaming beakers to mixed-up molecules. This chemical reaction promises eggheaded fun for all.
The International Tour of Mad Science runs from 5 to 11
p.m. today through Sunday, with additional hours on Friday and
Saturday, at Old Tucson Studios, 201 S. Kinney Road. Admission
is $10.95, free for children ages 3 and under. For details, call
883-0100.
City Week includes events selected by Calendar Editor Tim Vanderpool. 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. To have material considered, please send complete information at least 11 days prior to the Thursday issue date to: Tucson Weekly, P.O. Box 2429, Tucson, Arizona 85702, or fax information to 792-2096, or email us at listings@tucsonweekly.com.
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The gathering will be jam-packed with speakers chatting about
everything from global warming to natural healing, headlined by
environmental patriarch David Brower. There will also be 300 eco-exhibits
and booths offering more natural products than Tucson has ever
seen under one roof.
SCIENTIFIC SHENANIGANS. "When the going gets weird,"
said Dr. Thompson, "the weird turn pro." And nowhere
does it get stranger than at Weird Science Theater's production
of Dr. Von Chimera's Lemon-Fresh Laboratory of Horrors.
TOP GUNS. After a nine-year absence, the Sierra Vista International
Air Show will once again fill southern Arizona skies with high-flying
hijinx.
WHOLE-GRAIN GALA. The Food Conspiracy Co-op and Tucson
Cooperative Warehouse roll out the red cabbage for their second
annual Community Co-Op Party.
STRETCHING BOUNDARIES. Jazz powerhouses Michael Bisio and
Joe McPhee bring their ground-breaking sound to Tucson as part
of Zeitgeist productions' Jazz at the Institute series.
FRESH PERSPECTIVE. Get a different take on daily events
with the excellent Pacifica Network News, now presented at 5 p.m.
weekdays on KXCI-FM 91.3. Instead of the pabulum dished out by
most conglomerate-controlled media sources, Pacifica goes beyond
the bottom line, and combines tough reporting with progressive
viewpoints. That makes it a crucial new addition to the Tucson
news scene.
