SPECIAL EVENTSEvents This Week
CELEBRITIES ON ICE. Tucson Convention Center. 260 S. Church Ave. The nationally known Celebrity All-Star Hockey Team competes against alumni players and local celebrities in a fundraiser for the Tucson-based Environmental Health Foundation at 5 p.m. Saturday, December 28. Stars to attend include Alan Thicke and Matthew Perry. Tickets range from $8 to $15, available at the TCC and Dillard's box offices. Other weekend activities include a youth hockey clinic and Sunday Celebrity/Patron shotgun scramble golf tournament at Raven Golf Club. For information, call 577-5225. HISTORIC HOME TOURS. The Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House Museum, a branch of the Arizona Historical Society, offers van tours of the downtown historic districts, including Barrio Historico, Armory Park, Congress Street and the El Presidio neighborhood, from 9 to 11 a.m. the fourth Friday of each month. Refreshments will be offered after the tour. Cost is $12 per person. Walking tours of the downtown historic districts are also offered at 10 a.m. Saturdays, departing from the Carrillo House, 151 S. Granada Ave., one block south of Congress St. in the TMA Historic Block. The walking tour, which includes a slide show, is $4. Reservations are required for each of these tours, which will continue through March 29. Call 622-0956 for reservations and information. LOVE A PARADE. Now is the time to sign up your group or organization to participate in the 72nd La Fiesta de los Vaqueros parade, the world's longest non-motorized parade. The parade will take place on February 20, 1997. Deadline for entries is January 15. Call the parade office at 294-1280 for application information. POWWOW COMPETITION. Bring the family to the Rillito Raceway Park, River Road and First Avenue, Friday through Sunday, December 27 through the 29, for a celebration of Native American culture and a New Year's Competition Powwow and Indian craft market. Call 622-4900 for information. |
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