MUSIC Performances This Week BROWN BAG CONCERTS. Enjoy lunchtime tunes courtesy of the Tucson Arts District. Munch at the gazebo in La Placita Plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, November 21 with Lee Gardner & Mike Eckroth. Guitarist Norman Kibble-Shane plays at the gazebo from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, November 26. These concerts are free and open to the public. Call the Tucson Arts District at 624-9977 for information. JAMES ARMSTRONG PERFORMS. Boondocks Lounge. 3360 N. First Ave. 690-0991. The Tucson Jazz Society welcomes roots and urban blues man James Armstrong to Tucson at 9 p.m. Saturday, November 23. This concert is free to all TJS members, and only $5 general. Call 690-0991 for information. REICH AT CENTENNIAL. Centennial Hall, UA campus, east of the Main Gate off Park Avenue. Modern Music pioneer Steve Reich appears on the Centennial stage at 8 p.m. Friday, November 22. Reich's concert will feature the compelling vocal work of Paul Hilliers' Theatre of Voices. Tickets range from $9 to $23. Call 621-3341 for tickets and information. REPTILE ROCK. Southwest Center for Music. 2175 N. Sixth Ave. 884-1220. That slick group from the south, The Austin Lounge Lizards, returns to Tucson at 8 p.m. Friday, November 22. Opening up the show will be Folk Festival favorites Small Potatoes. Tickets are $14 advance, $10 for TKMA members, $1 more at the door. Tickets are available at Hear's Music, The Folk Shop, and Loco's Records. Call 881-3947 for tickets and information. RIALTO THEATRE. 318 E. Congress St. 740-0126. Help save the historic Rialto Theatre and move to some fabulous music with the Fabulous Thunderbirds at 8 and 11 p.m. Friday, November 22. Tickets are $15 advance, $20 at the door. The music doesn't stop when Billy Bacon and Chris Gaffney hit the stage at 9 p.m. Saturday, November 23. Tickets are $5. Call the Rialto Hotline at 740-0126 for information. TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Tucson Convention Center Music Hall. 226 S. Church Ave. The Tucson Symphony Orchestra presents Titans Three, works by Leonard Bernstein, Mozart, and Mahler, on Thursday and Friday, November 21 and 22. Tickets range from $12 to $26, available at the TSO and TCC box offices, and all Dillard's outlets. Call 882-8585 for tickets and information. UNIVERSITY MUSIC. Crowder Hall, UA campus, located at the south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. The University of Arizona bogies with a plethora of beautiful music this week. Enjoy Great Moments In Opera at 8 p.m. Friday, November 22. This free concert will feature UA vocal students performing scenes from many classic operas. The UA Steel Band presents a free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, November 24. Robert Billups plays violin and Janet Anthony plays cello at a concert honoring John Ferrell and Gordon Epperson at 3 p.m. Sunday, November 24. This concert will be performed inside the Holsclaw Recital Hall; all others are performed at Crowder Hall. The Arizona Wind Quintet performs at 8 p.m. Monday, November 25. Tickets for both concerts are $10, $8 for staff, $5 for students/seniors, and are available at the Fine Arts box office, 621-1162. Call 621-2998 for information on these and other concerts. Announcements BISBEE CABARET. The 55 Main Gallery hosts an informal Coffee House "Cabaret Unplugged" from 8 to 10 p.m. every Friday. This free open-mike event provides musicians, poets, vocalists, entertainers and listeners with a relaxed atmosphere. Format is acoustic. Call for information or to reserve a performance time slot. Call (520) 432-4694 for information. CARE TO PLAY? The Screening Room. 127 E. Congress St. 622-2262. Attention acoustic, jazz, folk, pop, country and "cool breeze" musicians: The Screening Room needs your talents for a new "theater concert series." Interested local musicians are invited to call the theater at 622-2262; or Rachel Sharp at 881-8425 for information. DESERT DRUMMERS. Women are invited to join the Desert Drummers at their new time and location at 5 p.m. Sunday, November 24, at the C&J Ranchette, 2085 N. San Joaquin Road. Bring along any percussion instrument, a snack and a chair. Beverages will be provided. Call 578-5679 or 883-0377 for directions and information.

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