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Now wouldn't you be cheerier while six-feet under by just knowing your kin are getting their kicks from visiting your eternal crib? And therein lies the crux of what our Latin neighbors lovingly call Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. On the other hand, that doesn't mean we mortals are in any rush to visit the other side. And just living, especially with brutal diseases like AIDS, can still knock the wind out of the still-breathing. The José Galvez Gallery brings both realities together with dark irony in La Mujer El SIDA/Women and AIDS, part of the gallery's fourth-annual Day of the Dead Show, featuring L.A. artist Margaret Garcia among others. The gallery, 743 N. Fourth Ave., opens from 6 to 9 tonight--with appropriate Halloween gear requested--and will make a community altar available to those who wish to bring photographs of a friend or relative fallen victim to AIDS. The opening reception will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, November 2, with ASU art historian Lisza Jaurique discussing women and Day of the Dead celebrations. RATTLE AND SHAKE. From their Chiapas jungles the Zapatistas leaped atop the global stage on New Year's Day, 1994, striking fear into the hearts of Mexico's power elite and the Yankees who, through NAFTA, were bent on further colonizing America's southern neighbor. It was no coincidence the well-planned revolt exploded on the very day NAFTA took effect.
Friday 1
TRIO VISTA. A multi-generational trio of women come together to ruminate on life in Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. The youngest, at 26, views the future with both apprehension and hope, while her 52-year-old companion views the past with a rich combination of humor and compassion. The third, in her twilight at 92, pierces through time's plodding fabric with a wizened mix of bitterness, regret and ever-present vulnerability. Through these three views, Albee taps the crucial interconnectedness of humanity in a work that Time magazine calls a "masterpiece." Directed by Lawrence Sacharow, Three Tall Women runs through November 9 at the Arizona Theatre Company, located in the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. Call 884-8210 for show times and ticket prices.
Hundreds of Indian artists and performers from across the Southwest and Mexico will hit TCC's floors throughout the weekend, including hoop dancing champ Derrick Davis, who'll appear at showcases today at 2 and 7 p.m. Waila music fills the air each night, against a backdrop of food booths and Indian crafts. And a Native American Job Fair will be underway today from 1 to 4 p.m. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and tomorrow, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at the TCC, 260 S. Church Ave. General admission is $5 a day, with $10 three-day passes available. Admission for Native Americans and students is $3 daily, and kids under age 14 get in for free. For more information, call 280-7131 during business hours.
Saturday 2
Borman, an Apollo 8 vet, anchors this tribute to the countless devotees who've made all of the above a reality lo these many years, accompanied by a special video history of the various museums. Chow will be catered, and music provided by Jeff Haskell and the Tucson Jazz Orchestra. The event opens with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. at the Pima Air and Space Museum, 6000 E. Valencia Road. Reservations are required, and tickets are $75 each. Call 574-0462 for information. TEMPLE TREK. The whitewashed downtown outpost of elegance is open for view, as the Temple of Music and Art offers tours of its venerable grounds. You can get a behind-the-scenes peek at the Alice Holsclaw and Cabaret theaters, under the knowledgeable guidance of Arizona Theatre Company docents. The free tours begin at 11 a.m. every Saturday in the Temple courtyard, 330 S. Scott Ave. Reservations are not required. Call 884-8210 for information.
Hotshot playwright and freelance writer Sarah E. Bewley shows you how to make even more cash than we fatcats here at The Weekly by tapping endless on-line markets. She'll teach you how to analyze the changing literary bazaar to find your own niche, work with far-flung editors whose mugs you'll never glimpse and negotiate advantageous publishing rights. Bewley's no doubt a good one to talk--her work has appeared in such exotic cyber-climes as Singapore, Australia, Japan and the U.K. The seminar runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the PCCWest Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road, LC-215. Call 884-6974 for information.
Sunday 3
ARBOR DAY. Catch an educational glimpse of Tucson's lush, large flora on the seventh annual Great Trees of the Old Pueblo Tour, sponsored appropriately enough by Trees for Tucson, an urban forestry program of Tucson Clean and Beautiful. The tour begins with a stroll among the timeless pink walls of the Arizona Inn, and then heads out, via van, on a three-hour cruise through town and past some the most majestic and downright odd trees in central Tucson, including the West University Neighborhood. Tourees will meet at 9 a.m. at the Inn, 2200 E. Elm St. Cost is $25 per person, which includes transportation and lunch. For information, call 791-3109. LATIN LEANINGS. Folklorist extraordinaire Big Jim Griffith and the UA Museum of Art host an opening reception for The Unbroken Chain: The Traditional Arts of Tucson's Mexican-American Community. "By presenting a range of materials from home altars and front yards, from ornamental ironwork and cowboy boots to murals and low-rider bikes, we're trying to suggest some of the ways in which all these things are related to each other, and how they're part of the life of a complex community," says Big Jim. The works of more than 75 artists will be displayed, including paper flowers, yard shrines, leather and iron work and food arts. Today's reception runs from 2 to 5 p.m. at the museum, located on campus at the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway. The show runs through January 13, and will be highlighted by workshops and lectures. Call 621-7567 for information. GROWTH INDUSTRY. Polticos love to stump on the Law and Order ticket. But belying all their pompous, self-serving rhetoric is a very human truth: More prisons won't save a society from itself, and sometimes our biggest enemy is the ever-growing police state of affairs. Who should know that better than Sunny Jacobs, an innocent man who found himself behind bars for 16 years. Sunny tells his story, along with Emmy Award-winning film producer Micki Dickoff, who brought Jacobs' plight to our home entertainment centers with In the Blink of an Eye, at 6 tonight at the Foothills Methodist Church, 4625 E. River Road. Call 325-6240 for information.
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Tuesday 5
FOR DA BOIDS. Hit the terra early alongside a more-than-decent docent trained in the intrigues of the desert's aviary lifestyle, with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's winter morning birdwalks. So take a deep breath, climb into your Dockers and discover why the uncaged Cactus Wren chuckles at 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The museum is at 2021 N. Kinney Road. Cost for the walks is included in general admission price of $8.95 for adults, $1.75 for kids age 6 to 12, and free for kids under age 6 and museum members. Call 883-2702 for information.
Wednesday 6
CALCUTTA SLIM. Acoustic Guitar magazine calls him "undoubtedly one of the most expressive and versatile slide guitar players in the world today." But he doesn't come from Nashville or Alabama. Instead, the latest slide whiz--and a 1994 Grammy Award winner--comes to us via the teeming shores of India. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt landed his award for "Meeting by the River," recorded with Ry Cooder, and has also appeared on albums with Taj Mahal, Béla Fleck and Jerry Douglas. At 8 p.m. he'll bring his particular Indian guitar twist to the Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway. Tickets are $14 in advance and $16 at the door, with a $2 discount for TFTM members, available at Antigone Books, Hear's Music, Zips University, or by calling 881-3947. RISING SCRIBES. Struggling undergrads strut their literary stuff as the UA Poetry Center hosts a reading on campus. These students often spew some rather surprising, occasionally brilliant stuff, no doubt propelled towards a rather frantic profundity by those meaty loan debts hanging over their heads. So now's your chance to hear their words before they land on the best-seller charts or in bankruptcy. The free readings begin at 8 p.m. in the Modern Languages Building auditorium. Call 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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MORTAL VISIONS. Even as infomercials overdose us on the
rigors of staying ever-so-young, the Mexicans spend much of their
time rejoicing in the inevitable passage of life. Seems they have
a far better handle on the Big Truth: That's right, Leroy, we're
all gonna bite it someday.
The renowned San Francisco Mime Troupe, in collaboration with
Borderlands Theatre, recaptures that stunning event in 13 Días/13
Days, How the New Zapatistas Shook the World. Collaborating
with troupe director Dan Chumley, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker
Lourdes Portillo provides a surreal background for traditional
Mexican choreography and costumes. Performances are at 8 tonight
and tomorrow at the 
RESTLESS NATIVES. The normally drab Tucson Convention Center
explodes this weekend with the Tucson Indian Days Celebration,
featuring enough powwows, chow wows and indigenous entertainment
to addle your sensibilities.
MAN'S BIG LEAP. Join astronaut Col. Frank Borman and Ms.
June Scobee Rodgers to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Arizona
Aerospace Foundation, and the 20th and 10th anniversaries, respectively,
of the Pima Air and Space Museum and the Titan Missile Museum.
LUNAR LIT. Blast into the creative void at a seminar entitled
Writers Making Virtually Any Amount in Cyberspace, a day-long
seminar presented by 
TRIBAL TRY-ONS. The Barbea Williams Performing Company
adds a multi-ethnic twist to shopping with the Kwanzaa African
Market Fundraiser. Fancy Afro-centric gear ranging from pants
and coolotes, Guinea brocade bubas and four-piece
ashokis (consult your international dictionary), to North
African perfume oils and instruments will be on hand, all wrapped
up in foreign-inspired paper. Williams has toiled tirelessly to
bring the distant continent and its wonderful dance traditions
to our town. Now's the chance to repay that dedication and land
yourself some groovy goods at the same time. The sale runs 2:30
to 5 p.m. Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays, and 1 to 6 p.m. Mondays,
all the way through December 22, at the Sixth Street Art Studios,
44 W. Sixth St. For details, call 628-7785.