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OPINION Ben Folds is taking a break from a new album to support Ron Barber’s Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding.

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Tom Danehy 4 Irene Messina 6 Jim Hightower 6 Guest Commentary 8 Mailbag 8

CURRENTS The Skinny 9

By Jim Nintzel

Political Futures 9

By Jim Nintzel

Arizona’s new congressional map scrambles the electoral landscape Media Watch 10

By John Schuster

Final Judgment 11

By Mari Herreras

A judge may decide what happens to TUSD’s MexicanAmerican studies program Weekly Wide Web 12 Compiled by Dan Gibson

Police Dispatch 12

By Anna Mirocha

We’re dropping our pious baloney.

The Cost of Cuts 13

By Tim Vanderpool

Reductions in legal aid leave the poor vulnerable To Catch a Beer Thief 14

By Brian J. Pedersen

Circle K looks for minor criminals via Facebook The Spring Arts Preview 15

By Margaret Regan

If you love culture, you should never be bored over the coming months in Tucson

Congrats and Stuff Some attaboy-style news and notes this week: • Congrats to Al “Dickâ€? Perry and the rest of the Project White House candidates who made the Feb. 28 Arizona presidential primary ballot. You can read more about the candidates in The Skinny this week, and in these pages over the next several weeks.

Meanwhile, it’s amusing that former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman did not make the Arizona ballot, even though an average fourth-grader could fill out the nomination form properly. What an embarrassment for his campaign (or lack thereof). • Props to Margaret Regan and Linda Ray for all of their amazing work on this week’s Spring Arts Preview, which you can find on Page 15. As I have mentioned in this space before, getting advance information out of many local arts organizations is surprisingly difficult, and while I am sure there are events out there that we somehow missed, Margaret and Linda did an amazing job of gathering good information about the next five months of arts in the Old Pueblo. All of their hard work is greatly appreciated. • And finally, a shout-out to the Green Fields Country Day School’s girls’ basketball team, who will become the first small-school team to play in the Martin Luther King Basketball Classic, at McKale Center, at noon on Monday, Jan. 16.

The team’s coach is none other than Tom Danehy, and over the years, he’s dragged my butt to several Green Fields games. While I won’t be able to be there on Monday to root them on against Fort Thomas (Note to Tom: Some of us have real jobs!), I wish them the best of luck. Go Griffins!

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Sweet Spot 46

TQ&A 32 Cheryl S. Lazaroff, Tucson Community School

PERFORMING ARTS Love and War 36

By Laura C.J. Owen

LTW’s All My Sons feels timely; The Last Five Years at Winding Road is marred by unlikable characters

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By Adam Borowitz

MUSIC Ultimate Together Thing 53

By Eric Swedlund

Ben Folds headlines a concert for the Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding

Truth Through Story 38

Soundbites 53

By Sherilyn Forrester

By Stephen Seigel

David Morden and the Rogue delight with Shipwrecked!

Club Listings 55

VISUAL ARTS

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City Week listings 39

Live 58

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Modern Restlessness 41

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Shannon Cain’s smart stories explore intriguing relationships—as well as their successes and failures

Name Game 61

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efore we jump headlong into this new year (it is only the 12th, after all), I have a few things to clear up.

I love to read the comments that people post after my column comes out, even (or, perhaps, especially) the mean ones. I almost never respond to those, because I’ve already had my say, and then it’s everybody else’s turn. But this past week, people just plain got stuff wrong, and it has to be addressed.

Someone named Riverwoman wrote: President Eisenhower did more for civil rights than any other U S President. He was the one that de-segregated the armed forces, he was the one to send Federal troops to protect the “nine”. He originated almost all of the civil rights actions that were credited to Pres. Kennedy & Johnson.

I love the “Riverwoman” thing; it sounds so native. I once had a basketball player named Eagle Woman; she had a sister named White Thunder Woman. Way cool.

However, you got it wrong. Harry Truman, not Dwight Eisenhower, desegregated the armed Forces. Unsure whether he could get a law through Congress, Truman signed Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, ending all segregation in the military. The secretary of the Army, Kenneth Claiborne Royall, was forced to resign in 1949 after refusing to implement the order. Great stand there, Mr. Royall. How does it feel to forever go down in history as a bitch?

Eisenhower did indeed send the troops to Little Rock to protect the Central High Nine. How cool would it have been if Eisenhower had walked those kids into the school himself? Oh, well; history is full of blown opportunities.

Eisenhower did push for some civil-rights legislation, much of which was gutted and/or stalled by the Senate majority leader, Lyndon Johnson. There is no disputing that.

Johnson was a flawed man, but when he came to his senses (or, as the cynics would put it, saw which way the wind was blowing), he jumped in with both feet and got things done.

I sincerely believe that Johnson, with his J. Edgar Hooverlike collection of dirt on everybody and his “Johnson Treatment” ways of negotiating, got things done that neither Eisenhower nor Kennedy ever could have.

Which leads to the next thing. Vote Chewning writes: Pres. Johnson signed the Civil rights act into law July 2, 1964.

The house of Representatives passed the bill - 289 to 124 80% Republican and 63% Democrats voted yes. The Senate voted 73 to 27 with 21 Democrats and only 6 Republicans voting no. KKK member Sen. Byrd filibustered the bill for 14 hours.

Richard Nixon, presidential candidate Barry Goldwater and

RANDOM SHOTS By Rand Carlson

Republican Martin Luther King lobbied for the bill. As you can see your article is misleading in that it indicates that the Democrats were in favor of civil rights Republicans against.

There are good and bad in both parties.

First off, Barry Goldwater famously opposed the Civil Rights Act. He did so on constitutional grounds after reading an opinion written by fellow Arizonan and future Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist (who also ridiculously supported Plessy v. Ferguson). Goldwater later regretted his opposition to the bill.

Goldwater had supported civil-rights bills in 1957 and 1960 (and voted in favor of the 24th Amendment, which outlawed the infamous poll tax), but whiffed on the big one, remarking, “You can’t legislate morality.”

We have to get another thing straight, because I don’t want to hear this nonsense this entire election year. The Southerners who called themselves Democrats from the 1870s into the 1960s were a bunch of redneck losers who used the term “Democrat” simply because Abraham Lincoln had been a Republican. It sucks that they used the term “Democrat,” but anyone with half a brain knows that those people have nothing to do with the real Democratic Party; trying to make some lame point by using that is disingenuous times 12.

When Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, he remarked, “I know the risks are great, and we might lose the South, but those sorts of states may be lost anyway.”

After a brief detour into George Wallace’s racist American Independent Party camp in the election of 1968, the South became solidly Republican and remains that way today.

(Bill Clinton won Georgia, Louisiana and a couple of other Southern states in 1992, and four in 1996; and Barack Obama won Florida, North Carolina and Virginia in 2008, but that’s about it.)

The Southern people who used to call themselves Democrats are now Republicans, and it’s a much better fit for them. (And I’m not saying that Republicans are, by definition, racist. I don’t believe that. Now, Tea Party members … just kidding. Sorta.)

Also, will Republicans please stop invoking the names of Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt? Neither of those guys would be welcome in today’s GOP. Lincoln would be tarred and feathered, and Roosevelt would be burned at the stake.

Can you imagine the Republicans supporting someone who would take on big business and stand for environmentalism?

raise your expectations.

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MESSINA OPINION

The Mystic Messengers group offers a variety of metaphysical messages—even from your pet HIGHTOWER

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A PEOPLE’S VICTORY IN MONTANA

r. Dolittle has nothing on Tucsonan Kat Riegel.

Dolittle, as you may recall, is the character created by author Hugh Lofting, made famous by Rex Harrison and, later, Eddie Murphy. Dolittle was able to speak with animals. So can Riegel— even when an animal is not in the room.

I discovered Riegel’s ability at a recent Mystic Messengers fair, held at Windmill Suites in St. Philip’s Plaza. (Visit mysticmessengers.com for more information.) I showed Riegel a picture of my dog, and she proceeded to tell me about my pup. Specific things were mentioned: My dog is not a big talker; she likes soft toys, not rubbery ones; she enjoyed the treats I used to give her; she had some waxy buildup in her right ear; and she likes the grassy area in my backyard.

Let’s hear it for American Tradition Partnership! It’s an organization that stands up for the politically dispossessed in our land. It goes to the highest courts to assert the fundamental rights of a minority that’s been denied its full voice in America’s political and governmental power circles.

Yes, American Tradition Partnership is a tenacious advocate for (cue the patriotic All of these things were accurate: Xolo dogs do not music): corporations. usually bark unless it is as a warning. My dog loves soft toys.

Huh? Despite its grandiose name, I did buy different treats. The vet diagnosed an ear infection American Tradition Partnership is actually a later that week. And there are two large grassy areas in my front group that funnels money from corpobackyard. How common is grassy in Tucson? rations into various political ads attacking Riegel told me that she took an animal-communication candidates whom the corporations don’t class seven years ago. “This wasn’t something I always like—without identifying the corporate felt I could do,” she said. “I tried something new. A lot of backers. Hoping to expand its laundry serinformation came to me (about the pets of my classmates).” vices for these secret donors, ATP filed suit Using Reigel’s input, relations improved between the pets in Montana to overturn the state’s centuryand owners. “People came up to me later and said that old ban on spending corporate funds in everything was better with their pets. state and local elections. The front group “I consider myself an interpreter,” Riegel said. “I have the argued that the ban restricts corporate ability to hear what (the animals) are saying and relay it influence over government policies. back. … It’s an honor for me to be able to be their voice.”

Wow. That’s so twisted and anti-demoRiegel was just one of the “messengers” at the fair that day. cratic that it’d make an American eagle Held on the first Sunday of the month for 11 years now, the scream in pain. But for arrogant corporate fairs offer a variety of readings from astrologers, Tarot-card elites and their political lackeys, too much readers, intuitives, numerologists and others. There are also is never enough.

The good news is that corporate lackeys don’t yet control Montana’s Supreme Court. On THIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow Dec. 30, the court’s majority sided with democracy, common sense and state Attorney General Steve Bullock, who argued for the people of Montana that corporations already have beaucoup ways to assert their oversized political power without needing to funnel secret money into our elections.

Of course, the front group will now scamper to the corporatefriendly U.S. Supreme Court, pleading with it to stomp on this victory for democracy by overruling the state court. To keep posted on the case and to fight for peoplepower over corporate rule, go to www.freespeechforpeople.org.

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practitioners who use alternative methods such as reiki, reflexology and therapeutic touch to promote healing. And artists and craftsmen display wares that are intended to promote spiritual health.

Patricia Kirkman is the driving force behind the fairs. She started them 11 years ago because she was not satisfied with other fairs around town. One in particular, she said, was run by a man who “walked around with a cash box under his arm.” There was also a charge to enter the fair, and readers were not interviewed before participating.

In contrast, Kirkman and her associates do not charge a fee to attend the fair. (There is a charge for readings.) Nor are readers just anyone off the street. Kirkman interviews readers and validates their abilities before letting them participate. She verifies that they “do what they say they do.”

She looks for those interested in helping others rather than just “feathering their nests.”

Kirkman is an intuitive reader with 38 years of experience. She wrote The Complete Idiot’s Guide Numerology Workbook and had a radio program with Journal Broadcast Group for several years. Kirkman conducts Psychic Wednesdays each week at Luna Bella Restaurant and Catering.

Kirkman said she still has some of her original clients from her start 30-plus years ago. “My main thing is helping people get answers they need to help themselves. I don’t want to do it for them. I want to get them to a point where they can get answers themselves.”

When I asked Kirkman what happens when people disagree with her information, she gave a surprising answer.

“If they are not in agreement with what I have to say, that’s good. … I want them to ask questions. … If you don’t agree with something, please tell me, and I’ll tell you why I say it.

Sometimes our interpretation of what is said and what is heard is different.”

She also said she encourages people to contact her “only when you feel you need to. If anyone tells you that you need to see them, run! It’s more about when you need it, not when they think you need something.”

As for skeptics of metaphysical practices like numerology and intuitive readings, Kirkman said, “These are all tools.

Things are there to learn from. Why throw away a tool if you don’t know yet how it works? Give it a chance. Take a look at things.”

That sounds reasonable to me. And who knows? Your pet may thank you for it.

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OPINION

Leave the Zoos Alone (Even If Managers Change Stories)

BY RICH WANDSCHNEIDER

I was dismayed by your attack on the Reid Park Zoo for housing elephants (Editorial, Dec. 29). Zoos across the nation are being attacked by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and their ilk for housing animals in zoos.

Elephants in many countries are endangered due to poaching. Children who visit zoos develop an appreciation for these animals and the wild members of their species. This is necessary to continue support among future generations for conservation programs. Even Jane Goodall is under attack by these animal-rights activists for her chimpanzee zoo. Leave the zoos alone.

Al Levinson

There’s a Lot of Good Journalism Around Today Ryn Gargulinski (Dec. 29) maintains that the dumbing of America is largely related to the quality of journalism that is spun in the mainstream media. In many ways, I agree.

However, the writer seems to ignore the fact that, amidst all the crap, there are plenty of opportunities to get “real” news for anyone who wants it. I say blame the consumer/citizen as much as the media.

The PBS NewsHour is on at 4 and 7 p.m. in Tucson. There, you can find in-depth news and analysis from experienced journalists and genuine experts on specific issues. NPR is similar, and it’s on all day. Even traditional network news is decent—the first 12 minutes, anyway, before the ads kick in.

Go online, and you can choose to be informed by The New York Times, The Washington Post and newspapers from around the world. Even in Tucson, we get adequate coverage of local issues from the Arizona Daily Star and the Tucson Weekly. If you prefer a progressive perspective, Democracy Now! is on radio and TV. In the 21st century, those who want to be genuinely informed and hear a variety of opinions can do that. Lazy people who get their news from one source or are sucked in to believing that stories about sports, celebrities, pop psychology and lurid crimes constitute real news get what they deserve.

Peter Bourque

It’s time to legalize all drugs except meth— but expect heavy opposition from many industries

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cop friend told me not long ago that he had changed his mind on the idea of legalizing drugs.

His current take: “Legalize everything but meth, and hang the meth-pushers”—or something close to that.

We were talking about a kid we both had known back in the day, a kid who had some problems but skated along at the edge of the law, made it through school and even had some jobs.

Then he got hooked on methamphetamine. He is now in prison.

Whether legal or illegal, drugs alter the way people think and the way they behave, my friend said. Meth, however, does something worse: It completely transforms its users, loosening whatever anchors of conscience and humanity they have.

“Regulate drugs as legal products; tax them; make them unattractive for criminals; and let us go after the bad guys running the meth business,” my friend said. All these other illegal drugs—from pot to heroin—create huge profit centers, and the law-enforcement community spends a great deal of time and energy chasing the criminals who exploit them, leaving no time for pursuing meth dealers.

The illegal status of pot makes criminals out of ordinary people who think drug laws are stupid and should be ignored, if not exploited. Remember Prohibition, where backyard stills, wineries and breweries made criminals of many rural people, and big-time criminals made fortunes running alcohol across the borders of Canada and Mexico?

When I suggested that the big mountain to climb in legalizing drugs (except for meth) would be the alcohol and tobacco lobbies, my friend the policeman agreed.

And don’t forget the “prison lobby,” another friend, Ben Butzein, added later. Ben was a drug-user in the 1960s, and spent time in prison for it. Upon his release, he hooked up with an outfit in Portland, Ore., called Better People, which helps ex-cons get their lives back together. Ben was a fine example: He became a fine cabinetmaker, a sometimespoet, and a part-time resident of Wallowa County.

He also fought for prison reform and for the rehabilitation of prisoners, a stance that had him battling the prison lobby. Ben passed away a few years ago. But I remember him talking and writing passionately about the prisonbuilders, the corporate owners and their lobbies—private prisons were then a fast-growing industry—and how they influenced drug and prison reform.

Maybe the prison lobby has quieted down, but I doubt it.

Alcohol and tobacco industries and their lobbies must still have their thumbs in any debate about legalizing currently illegal drugs. And I doubt that the associations of prison guards and the attorneys and wardens—who make a living

making sure that our country incarcerates more of its citizens than any other “developed” country in the world—are staying quiet. I imagine that the drug cartels in Mexico would also not favor legalizing any of the drugs they sell so well in our country. Ditto for the builders of border fences and surveillance systems; isn’t it amazing that fences on the Canadian border have been proposed?

Meanwhile, we continue to make normal folks into criminals over drugs that could be regulated and taxed, as we do with alcohol. We continue to spend law-enforcement time and energy chasing after the bad guys attracted to the business—the heirs to the Prohibition era’s Capones. And we spend more and more money on a war on drugs that we cannot win.

We also continue to watch as weapons and drugs are shipped across our southern border, and as gangster wars erupt among the cartels that keep drug violence raging across Mexico. No vacationing now in Acapulco!

And the meth guys? They are still out there, cooking their poisons in small towns and large, running their stuff across state and national boundaries, fueling crimes from theft to murder, filling prisons and treatment programs, and giving the overburdened law-enforcement community more than full-time employment.

Rich Wandschneider is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He writes from Joseph, Ore.

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CURRENTS Arizona’s new congressional map scrambles the electoral landscape

Political Futures

BY JIM NINTZEL, jnintzel@tucsonweekly.com ongresswoman Gabrielle Giffords led thousands of Tucsonans on the UA mall in the Pledge of Allegiance on Sunday, Jan. 8, punctuating her delivery with an emphatic vow to stand for “liberty and justice for all!”

Giffords’ onstage appearance marked the first anniversary of the day that a crazed gunman opened fire at her Congress on Your Corner event, killing six and wounding 13.

Sunday evening’s candlelight vigil capped a weekend of remembering the six people killed on Jan. 8, 2011: Dorothy Morris, Phyllis Schneck, Dorwan Stoddard, John Roll, Gabe Zimmerman and young Christina-Taylor Green.

In memory of those lost—as well as those who were wounded or otherwise touched by the day—Tucsonans headed to churches, concert halls, galleries and the great outdoors over the weekend.

But on Sunday night, all eyes were on Giffords as she made her first major public appearance since being shot through the head. Over the weekend, she also visited a memorial trailhead in Davidson Canyon that had been named for Zimmerman, her slain aide who had earned the nickname “the constituent whisperer” for his calm manner. She stopped by the Safeway at Ina and Oracle roads, where she had just set up shop when the gunman opened fire a year ago.

Giffords, who is struggling to regain her ability to speak, did not address the crowd outside of the recitation of the pledge, but she smiled through much of the ceremony as she sat close to her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, and bobbed her head as musicians Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico joined with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra to perform one of her favorite songs, “Crystal Frontier.”

She returned to Houston this week to continue her rehabilitation program, and Giffords herself remains in an uncharted frontier as she and her supporters try to decide whether she will seek re-election.

Her district, which will be known as Congressional District 2 in this year’s election, has new political boundaries, thanks to the scrambling of political maps that comes with the redistricting process every decade.

Under the tentative final maps passed by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission at the end of 2011, CD2 is one of three competitive congressional districts in Arizona. It’s home to roughly the same number of Democrats as Republicans: 34.7 percent of the voters are in the GOP, while 34.2 percent are Democrats, with the remainder mostly consisting of the independents who will decide future races.

JIM NINTZEL

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Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords made her first major public appearance alongside her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, on Sunday, Jan. 8—one year after she was shot. incumbent.

Jeff Rogers, chairman of the Pima County Southern Arizona is now home to a third Democratic Party, says he expects that Giffords congressional district as well, thanks to the new will make her future intentions clear in the map. Congressional District 1 stretches from coming weeks. the state’s northern border through the city of “She loves this community too much to leave us hanging and cause a problem for holding that Flagstaff, eastern rural areas, Marana, Oro Valley and the SaddleBrooke development. seat,” Rogers says.

Congressional District 1, like the new In the case that Giffords decides against Congressional District 2, is considered a competirunning for re-election, several Democrats are already quietly developing support for campaigns, tive district: 40 percent of voters are Democratic; 30 percent are Republican; and 30 percent are including state Sen. Paula Aboud and state Rep. independents and third-party members.

Matt Heinz. Other names being mentioned in Congressman Paul Gosar, a Republican who political circles include Tim Sultan, a Democrat represents much of that area after unseating who made unsuccessful runs for Congress and Democratic Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick the Arizona Legislature in the past, and Nan in 2010, announced last week that he’d be runWalden, a former Washington, D.C., lawyer who ning in the new Congressional District 4, a now owns a 7,000-acre pecan farm with her hussolidly Republican district that includes much band, Dick Walden, near Sahaurita. of rural Arizona on the west side of the state.

On the Republican side, state Sen. Frank Gosar’s move puts him in a potential GOP Antenori is exploring a run, as is local broadprimary with Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, caster Dave Sitton. who announced his own campaign last week, Political observers of both sides of the fence and state Sen. Ron Gould of Lake Havasu, who don’t rule out other candidates jumping into the race if Giffords does not run. Congressman Raul has an exploratory committee for the district.

That leaves no incumbent in CD1, where Grijalva’s District 7 did not change much under Kirkpatrick is already seeking a comeback. She’s the new map. The new Congressional District 3 still stretches across Southern Arizona westward expected to face Wenona Benally Baldenegro, of the Navajo nation, in the Democratic primary. from central Tucson to Yuma.

On the GOP side, potential candidates It’s a heavily Democratic district—43 percent of the voters are Democrats, while just 22 percent include Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce and former state lawmakers Bill are Republicans—and heavily Latino, in compliKoponicki and Jonathan Paton. ance with the federal Voting Rights Act. Some Paton tells the Tucson Weekly he’s considering conservative precincts in the Yuma area have a run. been moved into the new Congressional District “I’ve been talking to people about it,” says 4, making Grijalva’s re-election bid easier.

Still, he’s likely to face a formidable GOP chal- Paton, who lost the GOP primary for Giffords’ CD8 in 2010 to Jesse Kelly, the Republican newlenger, given that the Republicans nearly ousted comer who would go on to lose to Giffords by a him in 2010. And he’s also already picked up a few thousand votes. “I’m getting a lot of positive potential Democratic challenger in former state feedback from people who supported Jesse Kelly lawmaker Amanda Aguirre of Yuma, who has and (former CD8 opponent) Brian Miller.” announced plans to run against the five-term

THE SKINNY THEY’RE BAAAACKK …

Gov. Jan Brewer kicked off the 2012 legislative session with her State of the State address earlier this week, praising our state’s rich heritage as it approaches its 100th birthday.

But it wouldn’t have been a Republican speech without promises of more tax cuts, beginning with a vow to get rid of the temporary one-cent sales tax passed by voters last year.

Brewer’s delivery was a bit more polished than in the past, although she still has a habit of mangling wellwritten speeches by pausing in just the wrong place and emphasizing just the wrong word. Still, you can tell she’s been practicing; she managed, at times, to expertly capture the lilt of someone selling you a Snuggie on late-night TV. In addition to offering tax cuts, Brewer took the obligatory swipes at the federal govJAN ernment in order to toss some red meat to the base (which is well-represented among the GOP caucus in the Arizona Legislature).

She did have a few kind words for the feds, however, praising “a time when we could forge the right partnership with Washington.”

In Brewer’s view, that right kind of partnership was when the federal government poured a lot of dollars into Arizona to help the state fuel relentless growth. Dams, canals, highways—those were all good ideas. But health care for poor people and kids? That’s a bad idea.

Brewer painted a bright picture of Arizona’s finances, saying that we had a positive cash balance. She said the state should use the extra cash to pay off the loans it took out with the Capitol and other buildings as collateral. It sounds like a nice symbolic gesture, although those killjoy Democrats were quick to point out that we’d still have to pay interest on the loans even if we did pay them off, so it might not be the smartest use of tax dollars.

“That ship has sailed,” Democratic Rep. Chad Campbell said. “When they made that deal, they cost taxpayers in the state about $1.5 billion. We cannot prepay and buy back our state buildings without massive penalty to the taxpayers of the state. What Governor Brewer stated today was pure political theater.”

State Rep. Matt Heinz suggested that it’s easy to balance the state’s budget when you’re cutting off health insurance for Arizona’s poorest residents—but the health-care system is suffering as a result of the cuts.

“I think that when you create a surplus by denying poor, sick Arizona children and families health-care services and risk closing all of the hospitals in Cochise County thanks to AHCCCS cuts, and then claim it as a victory, it’s quite a hollow victory,” Heinz said.

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In the radio-ratings game, the top of Tucson’s pecking order is pretty predictable: Some combination of adult-contemporary KMXZ FM 94.9 (MixFM), country KIIM FM 99.5 and Top 40 KRQQ FM 93.7 will occupy the top three spots. Been that way for a long time. Will continue that way for the foreseeable future.

But among Tucson’s significant Hispanic community, Spanish-language music format KCMT FM 102.1, aka La Caliente, is every bit as dominant. That success has led to recognition for program director Enrique Mayans, who—after five years of handling the day-to-day management of the station— has accepted a similar position overseeing numerous Spanish-language formats for a cluster of stations in San Diego.

“It’s real hard to leave Tucson. It’s a nice place,” Mayans said. “Here, there is quality of life, not like in big cities where Monday through Friday, all you think about is work, and that’s it. … Here, I see people leaving work at 5:30, going to the gym, going to the movies, a restaurant, whether it’s a Tuesday or Wednesday. People live life here.”

He admits he may not find the same qualities in a bigger city, but San Diego is roughly an hour and a half drive from his hometown, Ensenada, in Baja California.

With the added financial benefits and management responsibilities, there was no way he could pass up the opportunity.

“Two years ago, I got an offer to go to San Francisco,” Mayans said. “I was so comfortable here that I turned it down, but when I got the offer for San Diego, which is kind of my hometown, I couldn’t say no. It is a big challenge. I like that. It will be a lot of work, but it’s a step up in my career.”

Mayans saw plenty of success during his five years in management at KCMT. In addition to dominating Tucson ratings for the format—a trend that began even before his arrival—KCMT was awarded Best Latin Station honors for the market size in 2008

by Radio and Records.

“That was the bible for radio. Getting that R and R award for the station has also made me get a couple of good offers for my career.

Prospective employers want to know: ‘What is this guy doing, and why are they so successful?’ Mayans said. “First, musically, we cater to the audience here. It’s a different type of audience. I’ve been in different markets in the U.S., and the other markets are similar, but in Tucson, you get a high concentration of people from northern Mexico.

Sonoran people are about 85 percent of our audience. Our radio station caters to the musical taste of the Sonoran people. The company provides research tools and musictesting. We believe in a lot of that instead of just having a gut feeling of what to play. We try to know very well our people, and what it is they really like.

“We get involved in the community. Our listeners in Tucson, they know when there’s something relevant, like the struggles with immigration, they can tune to our station and find out what’s happening and what’s important to their families, bad and good.

Their voice is our station. We are very involved with our community. We love to do that. Our people are so loyal to our station.

It’s incredible how long they listen to our station—many hours a day. I’ve never seen numbers like that in any other market.”

Arbitron numbers for Tucson stations with Hispanic listening patterns have notorious fluctuations. Two ratings books ago, KCMT registered an astounding 7.0 share among listeners 12 and older. That was good for fourth overall in the market, and it scored remarkably high in the coveted 25-to-54 demographic. But in the book after that, the number dipped to 6.0. For the fall 2011 ratings cycle, KCMT netted a 4.5—a dramatic drop, to be sure, but still good enough to be the top Spanish-language format in the market.

One of Mayans’ last management duties with KCMT will be to travel to Memphis, Tenn., later this month to see the station honored for its charitable contributions.

KCMT set a single-market fundraising record by collecting $150,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Lotus Communications Corp., which operates KCMT, has Spanish stations in other markets, but KCMT is among the most-successful, Mayans said. “I think they’re very happy with what we’ve done, not just me, but our staff.”

JEFFRIES NAMED KOLD SALES MANAGER Lynn Jeffries, KVOA Channel 4’s national sales manager for the past 10 years, has left to take the sales-manager position at KOLD Channel 13.

Before arriving at KVOA, Jeffries was in radio sales at Slone Broadcasting, and later Citadel Broadcasting.

She also worked for a group of Oklahoma radio stations in the mid-1990s. Jeffries started at KOLD on Dec. 30.

KOLD MOURNS LOSS OF MONAHAN Denny Monahan, a video journalist at KOLD Channel 13, died on Dec. 22 after a battle with cancer.

Monahan, 54, had worked at the station for 27 years.

“Denny was a consummate professional who you could always count on to come through, even in the toughest of situations,” news director Michelle Germano said in an internal memo. “Many would say Denny was a private person … but get Denny started on his Minnesota Vikings or just about any sports team, and you could guarantee a conversation.

“We are all better people for having known and worked with Denny. We were Denny’s family, and he was part of ours. He will be missed.”

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A federal judge may decide what happens next to TUSD’s Mexican-American studies program

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HELLO, HELLON!

Final Judgment

Mike Hellon, the former chairman of the Arizona Republican Party and a onetime Republican national committeeman, jumped into the race for Pima County supervisor this week.

Hellon, who last ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 2006, wants the job of retiring Pima County ANN Supervisor Ann Day. “This is not a decision I made lightly,” Hellon said in a press release.

“I have been persuaded that strong leadership is needed on the board of supervisors from District 1, and I believe I have the background and experience to meet that challenge.”

Hellon isn’t the only Republican candidate in the race for the District 1 seat, which includes the Catalina foothills and Oro Valley. Tea Party activist Ally Miller has been campaigning for the seat, as has mortgage broker Stuart McDaniel.

State Rep. Vic Williams is also considering a run in the GOP primary, although he’s held off making any announcements, because he would have to give up his legislative seat under Arizona’s resign-to-run law.

The only Democrat to talk loudly about running for the seat is Nancy Young Wright, who has previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives and on the Amphi School Board.

hen a TV-news reporter asked Raúl Aguirre why the Tucson Unified School District was singled out by those behind the state’s anti-ethnic-studies crusade, his reply was a punch line to a cruel joke that threatens millions of dollars in state aid to the district.

Among other things, the ethnic-studies law prohibits public schools in Arizona from teaching courses that promote the overthrow of the U.S. government or resentment toward a race or class of people.

“Has any TUSD student tried to overthrow the U.S.?” Aguirre asked the reporter at the Mexican American Studies Community Advisory Board press conference on Thursday, Jan. 5, held in front of the TUSD administration building.

While reporters laughed, Aguirre added that the attack against TUSD and Mexican-American studies is “all about politics,” not education.

The advisory board members, joined by Tucson City Councilwoman Regina Romero and TUSD board member Adelita Grijalva, demanded that the TUSD board appeal state Superintendent John Huppenthal’s expected ruling that the classes are illegal. That ruling indeed came from Huppenthal the next day.

According to Huppenthal’s order, the district would be punished retroactively, going back to August 2011. In February, $4.9 million would be withheld, with almost $10 million withheld over the remainder of the year.

Huppenthal made his decision to withhold 10 percent of the state’s aid to the district following an administrative judge’s ruling in December that the TUSD program violated state law. A TUSD vote to appeal would take the case out of an administrative court and move it to Superior Court, where a judge would be asked to prevent Huppenthal from financially penalizing the district.

The Tucson Weekly’s press deadline came before the TUSD governing board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10. After Huppenthal’s Jan. 6 conclusion, the district only had five business days to decide whether to appeal—and people who have watched the matter play out over the last two years almost unanimously expected the board to vote against an appeal.

Last April, students chained themselves to chairs on the dais, preventing a governing-board meeting from starting. At the next meeting, in May, seven people were arrested while speaking out against a resolution written by then-board president Mark Stegeman to change some of the Mexican-American studies classes from requirement-fulfilling classes to electives.

Stegeman has always contended that he sup-

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ports teaching Mexican-American history in TUSD classrooms. However, during the hearings before the administrative law judge last year, state attorneys asked Stegeman about his personal notes, in which he described the current classes as cult-like, and criticized what is called a “unity clap” at the start of some classes.

At those same hearings, board member Michael Hicks said he felt the classes violated the state law, and he has publicly said the classes should go.

At the most-recent TUSD governing board meeting, on Jan. 3, new board member Alexandre Sugiyama was sworn in to the seat that became open when Judy Burns died last year—and Sugiyama soon helped Stegeman return to the president’s chair, a position taken away from Stegeman six months ago when Burns, Grijalva and Miguel Cuevas voted him out in favor of Cuevas.

Hicks nominated Stegeman for the president’s seat at the most recent meeting; Hicks, Stegeman and Sugiyama then voted yes, with Grijalva and Cuevas voting no.

“I feel that he didn’t effectively run meetings (previously),” Cuevas said about Stegeman during the meeting, before the vote. “These last few months, things have been significantly calmer. … This time we are coming to is going to be a tumultuous time for the district. … He didn’t do a good job of reading the crowd … (and) the basics of running a meeting. I won’t be able to support this.”

Stegeman noted that ethnic-studies issues have not been on recent agendas, and that the importance put into the role of president “is often exaggerated,” but that the job is about protecting the rights of the public who are in the minority and keeping discourse civil.

Before Gov. Jan Brewer signed the ethnic studies bill into law in 2010, then-State Superintendent Tom Horne, now the state’s attorney general, had been seeking a bill that would ban ethnic-studies classes—with a special eye on TUSD’s Mexican-American studies classes. When Gov. Janet Napolitano, who had regularly vetoed such efforts, left to head the Department of Homeland Security, that opened the door for a bill to become law.

Huppenthal first found TUSD out of compliance with the law last summer, ignoring a report from a consultant hired by his office that determined the classes did not violate the law. During the administrative hearing, Huppenthal’s attorney and staff members downplayed the consultant’s report, painting a picture of a poorly run company with inept contractors.

At the MAS Community Advisory Board press

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Raúl Aguirre: “Has any TUSD student tried to overthrow the U.S.?” conference, Grijalva told reporters that TUSD needs to keep up the fight and not succumb to a law that is unfair and discriminatory. She also said that people needed to remember that the state “has a history of very poorly written laws.”

Barring a surprise during the Tuesday, Jan. 10, TUSD meeting, the only other fight that remains in play for the Mexican-American studies program is the federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court by Tucson attorney Richard Martinez on behalf of 11 teachers and two students who desire to enroll in the ethnic-studies classes.

At a hearing in late December, U.S. District Judge A. Wallace Tashima heard two arguments—a request from Martinez for an injunction to protect the TUSD program and prevent Huppenthal from withholding state funding, and the state’s motion to dismiss Martinez’s lawsuit.

When Tashima questioned Martinez, he asked why an injunction was needed when no one knew how Huppenthal would rule.

Martinez reminded Tashima about Huppenthal’s past findings and his campaign promise of “ending la raza.”

Tashima stated he’d rule “as expeditiously as possible.”

LET THE RUMPUS BEGIN! The list of candidates for Arizona’s Feb. 28 presidential primary is complete— and Project White House 2012, the Tucson Weekly’s Reality Journalism competition, is underway!

A total of 23 Republicans are on the ballot, which is one less than the 24 Republicans who were on the ballot in 2008.

We would have gotten to 24 candidates this year, if former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman hadn’t screwed up his paperwork. It really says something about the importance of organization when local guitar legend Al “Dick” Perry can get on the GOP primary ballot, but Huntsman screws it up.

Speaking of Al Perry: He landed the No. 4 spot on the Arizona GOP presidential ballot at a random drawing of names for ballot order at the Arizona Secretary of State’s office earlier this week. That puts him well ahead of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is in the No. 17 spot.

“I hope that doesn’t confuse our voters,” said Secretary of State Ken Bennett. “I think that people who support Rick Perry will vote for Rick Perry, and hopefully they’ll notice the distinction between Rick Perry and Al ‘Dick’ Perry.”

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is chairing Rick Perry’s campaign in Arizona, did not appear too happy

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BY ANNA MIROCHA mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

FIGHTING THE HAND THAT FEEDS SOUTH AVRA ROAD DEC. 13, 7:57 A.M.

Deputies assisted a man who was convinced that they (and/or other law-enforcement officers) were trying to kill him, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report.

Deputies were dispatched to Fred’s Arena Bar and Steakhouse, 9650 S. Avra Road, where a man who was apparently the owner said that a long-haired, darkly clad man was walking around with a knife in his hand and stating that people were trying to kill him.

They found the subject in the courtyard talking to the owner, who appeared to be trying to calm the man down. After the subject repeatedly ignored deputies’ orders, even at gunpoint, they used a Taser on him. He fell to the ground and yelled, “You are trying to kill me! You are trying to kill me! Oh, my God, just fucking kill me!”

The subject said he’d been running around the desert for two days, and that “they” were trying to kill him. Because he had mentioned police earlier, one deputy asked if he meant the deputies on the scene. The subject replied, “No, the other police.” He seemed to be confused, because of the way in which he directly addressed the deputies.

The owner said the subject also mentioned that people in the bar were trying to kill him, but that the subject didn’t seem to be a danger and never threatened the owner with the knife.

Because of the subject’s panicked demeanor and apparent mental instability, deputies transported him to a hospital. On the way, the subject kept telling deputies they were going the wrong way, and that the deputies intended to take him into the desert and “end it all.”

When they arrived at the hospital, he started yelling, “This is not even a hospital!” and saying, “Hell no!” while being escorted inside. He then got into a brief fight with one of the deputies before he was admitted.

He was cited for disorderly conduct.

PERHAPS A BIRD STOLE IT NORTH VENDONE AVENUE DEC. 13, 10:33 P.M.

A local couple was the target of an unusual theft by an apparently extremely careful and tidy criminal, a PCSD report said.

The couple told deputies that when they came home from their son’s house, they noticed that a heavy, concrete birdbath was missing from their yard. The birdbath had been placed on gravel, but there were no footprints, scuff marks or any other signs that showed the gravel had been disturbed by someone walking on it.

The couple said they just wanted to report the theft.

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What Does Free Cost? his particular catch was probably mentioned somewhere in the terms of service I rapidly clicked past, but soon, the online music service Spotify will start restricting the amount of time during which users are able to stream songs for free from their site.

This is no particular surprise, since Spotify has a premium product it is trying to sell, but after six months of using Spotify nearly every workday, there’s soon going to be a time when I run up against the 10-hour monthly limit. Perhaps I’ll be trying to listen to Kanye West’s “Good Life” for the sixth time in a month— and then I’ll miss the good old days of only having to suffer through an ad every few songs.

Spotify makes a big deal out of being a legal alternative to piracy, and it offers a seemingly infinite catalog of music, more or less for free. However, one digitally savvy musician, Derek Webb, is crying foul, saying he would prefer that people just steal his music. Spotify does pay the artist when a song is streamed, but it ends up being only a fraction of a penny per song. Webb’s contention is that at least the pirate feels bad about stealing music, and would be more inclined to support a musician by purchasing merchandise or concert tickets. However, the Spotify user feels in the clear, legally participating in the process.

Services like Spotify seem like the future of music … but at what cost?

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—Dan Gibson, Web Producer dgibson@tucsonweekly.com

THE WEEK ON THE RANGE We looked back at our posts from Jan. 8, 2011, and welcomed Rep. Gabrielle Giffords home again; watched Arizona Public Media’s Together We Heal documentary; chided Sen. Rich Crandall for making light of domestic violence; noted Scott Bundgaard’s resignation from the Arizona Legislature; tried to act surprised as state Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal ruled against ethnic studies; puzzled over which John McCain we’re supposed to listen to; and talked about the upcoming political season with Jonathan Paton and Jeff Rogers on Arizona Illustrated’s Political Roundtable, with your host, Jim Nintzel.

We read and watched the work of college journalism students working at the UA with The New York Times; thought that bank-robbing might not be the best way for fathers and sons to spend time together; noted another legal setback in Jan Brewer’s war on medical marijuana; shared our complete interviews with Mark Stegeman and John Pedicone; continued our fight for citizen democracy with Project White House; spotted a chupacabra; and got our lawn chairs out to see The Muppet Movie downtown.

We wondered what we should say to our Facebook friends from beyond the grave; lamented that we would have to limit our Spotify usage if we don’t want to pay; suggested that you listen to the music of a Canadian called Grimes; welcomed Blue Ivy Carter to the world; took sides in the mutants vs. superheroes battle; complained that Cosmic Bingo at Casino del Sol is significantly less-fabulous now; asked evangelical Christians to stop remaking our favorite pop songs; remembered that we have some overdue library books to turn in before the cops show up; feared for the future of Western civilization while watching a clip from TLC’s Toddlers and Tiaras; gave away a pair of B-52s tickets; listened to a song to try to cheer ourselves up; and attempted to figure out why George Lucas hates Star Wars fans.

“It would be reasonable to require a state test before allowing someone to purchase and/or operate a gun since we already do that with automobiles. … It’s hard to say exactly what forces induced Loughner to kill so many people, but it isn’t hard to see that the culture we have created in Arizona made it pretty easy for a crazy person to casually commit mass murder.”

—chillaz agrees with some of Tom Zoellner’s points in “Not in a Vacuum” (Jan. 5).

BEST OF WWW On Saturday, Jan. 14, Adam and Jamie from TV’s Mythbusters are coming to UA Centennial Hall to present a stage show complete with experiments that they promise will not leave the building as a pile of rubble—although some of the people in the front row might need to wear rain slickers (like at a Gallagher show!). Dan Gibson talked to Jamie Hyneman to discuss how the tour came together, the success of the TV show, how the show has affected science education in this country—and whether Hyneman would have ever imagined that a special-effects expert would end up a television celebrity.

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The Cost of Cuts ince we don’t want to jinx his still-inmotion case, we’ll give him a fake name. Jaime will do.

Not long ago, Jaime was sued by a credit agency for the overdue balance on a 2004 Dodge Durango, bought off a local used-car lot.

Only thing is, Jaime didn’t own a 2004 Dodge Durango, and apparently never had.

This might lead a reasonable person to deduce that our friend did not owe $4,936.03. It certainly led Jaime to that conclusion. He even offered them a portion of his Social Security number, to prove they’d fingered the wrong guy.

The credit company, however, did not budge.

In these hard times, hard-ass debt collectors no doubt run into plenty of Jaimes. And according to sources for this story, those companies—with their browbeating lawyers and relentless skiptracers—routinely collect on tabs that aren’t even owed.

But as it happens, luck was on Jaime’s side. He came into contact with Southern Arizona Legal Aid, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the poor. Beverly Parker, a Legal Aid attorney, certainly caught the credit company’s attention when she helped Jaime file a $9,999 counterclaim, alleging violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. “Basically, he’s done everything he can do to tell them he’s not the right person,” Parker says of her client. “I think because he’s Hispanic and doesn’t speak English that well, these guys just thought they could get away with it.”

Jaime is lucky in another way: His case was handled before Parker’s 61-year-old organization and its sister Arizona agencies begin absorbing more brutal cuts in federal funding— cuts that mean more folks like Jaime will be left to the sharks.

In November, Congress approved a nearly 15 percent funding reduction for the Legal Services Corporation, which distributes grants nationwide to organizations such as Southern Arizona Legal Aid. That cut continues a trend that will leave the corporation’s current budget at $348 million, down from $404 million last year, and $420 million in 2010.

More than $1.5 million of that cut will be felt among Arizona’s three legal-aid organizations: Community Legal Services, DNA People’s Legal Services and Southern Arizona Legal Aid. The latest blow was not unexpected. Created

by Congress in 1974, the Legal Services Corp. has long been under assault from Republicans, who label it a liberal-minded advocacy program.

But Congress isn’t the only factor in this funding squeeze. Southern Arizona Legal Aid has also taken a hit from reductions in the state-

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wide Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts program. The program is funded from the interest on trust accounts created by lawyers for their clients, but shrinking accounts reveal that even the legal practice isn’t immune to hard times.

The drop is further compounded by record low interest rates. For Southern Arizona Legal Aid, that translates into an annual funding tumble, from $250,000 down to just $38,000 from the trust accounts in recent years. (See “Unjust Cuts,” Feb. 3, 2011.)

The result is that increasing numbers of poor people such as Jaime will be turned away—even as the recession sparks an explosion in folks seeking help with everything from foreclosures and predatory lending to domestic violence.

That surging need is not lost on the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education, created by the State Bar to distribute federal funds and otherwise assist legal aid groups. In 2010 alone, foundation-funded groups provided direct legal services to nearly 18,000 low-income Arizonans, a number that’s expected to plummet with shrinking budgets.

Even before these latest cuts were announced, the foundation had been canvassing the state. It found that most residents needing assistance with home short sales or foreclosures were 55 or older. It learned that a majority of renters seeking help were battling their landlords over dire safety and health issues. And there were a lot of people like Jaime, who were getting screwed by huge credit companies.

Legal experts estimate that about 80 percent of low-income people never have access to a lawyer. That makes them choice targets for everyone from slumlords to rip-off artists, says Kevin Ruegg, the foundation’s executive director.

“We have people calling up because there are rats in their house and no plumbing. We have people calling up because they want to keep their children, or because they’re being swindled by scam artists. This has a real impact on real people. And if they don’t have an advocate, there’s a real cost to the community.”

When fiscal hawks look to cut legal aid, she says, “they don’t understand the tidal wave that follows.”

In 2010, Ruegg says, Arizona’s three legal aid agencies recouped nearly $6 million for residents. Among other things, that sum included helping people get their rightful tax credits, and recover money that had been swindled from them.

“That’s $6 million going to those who are called the ‘99 percent,’” she says. “It’s a huge contribution.”

That contribution is now bound to dwindle.

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Anthony Young: “I think (the budget cuts are) an effort to make it difficult for us to achieve justice on behalf of poor people.”

Southern Arizona Legal Aid is already weighing further cuts to its 54-member staff as it struggles to close a $400,000 gap in its $3.7 million budget. Sixty-five percent of that funding comes from the Legal Services Corp.

This is not a novel dilemma; SALA’s staff shrank by nine employees last year with the closure of its Nogales and San Luis offices. Still, the latest crisis “could not have come at a worse time,” says executive director Anthony Young.

“We have more people at our doorstep, and our funding is being cut.”

He sees conservative politics behind the cutbacks. “Frankly,” he says, “because we’ve been successful, I think it’s an effort to make it difficult for us to achieve justice on behalf of poor people.”

SALA will be forced to retool its priorities, shifting to a more-myopic emphasis on domestic-violence prevention, helping people avoid eviction or mortgage foreclosures, “and trying to protect poor people’s income from improper garnishments and people who try to steal their money,” Young says.

Such scams have proliferated with the mortgage crisis, as fly-by-night consultants promise to help people save their homes—while draining what little money they have left.

And there are the folks being hounded by creditors for debts they do not owe, like Jaime.

The company harassing him knows he’s not the man who owes them money, Young says. “It’s clear that if he had not gotten a lawyer, he would now be having his income garnished, and owing this debt from a car he never purchased.

“We filed an answer in that case,” Young says, “and they’re now talking settlement.”

about his candidate sharing a name with another contender for the White House.

“Who is that?” Arpaio said when The Skinny asked him about Al “Dick” Perry. “I don’t know who that is. I know there’s only one of me.”

To answer Arpaio’s question: Al “Dick” Perry is one of the 10 GOP candidates who are JOE participating in Project White House, which will present a variety of challenges to the candidates between now and Election Day. The candidate who does the best job will win the Tucson Weekly’s endorsement in the GOP race.

By luck of the draw, Project White House candidates snagged the top five spots on the GOP ballot this year.

The Arizona Democratic Party opted out of having a primary on Feb. 28, preferring to hold a caucus later in the year. That prevents a Project White House candidate from potentially embarrassing President Barack Obama.

But the Green Party is in the race, with six candidates on the ballot. At least three of them are participating in Project White House, and we’re hopeful that the rest will join in before the end of the week.

We’re looking forward to introducing you to the candidates of Project White House in an upcoming cover story, but in the meantime, you’ll find more information about them, as well as their plans for the country, at www. projectwhitehouse2012.com. You’ll be re-introduced to people like Charles Skelley and Peter “Simon” Bollander, who made quite a splash during Project White House 2008. And you’ll meet newcomers like Sarah Gonzales, who notes in a missive to us that Arizona’s nomination form is the “easiest job application I have ever filled out. AND I can also see who else applied for the job! I totally know my competitors!

After seeing who else applied from the Republican Party ... I think I have a shot.”

We agree, Sarah—and we’re thrilled to have you on board.

As truck driver and presidential candidate Cesar Cisneros told us when he agreed to be part of Project White House 2012: “The rich guys get all the TV shows and media attention because they can buy it, but there’s always a miracle for the little guy.”

By Jim Nintzel and Hank Stephenson Find early and late-breaking Skinny at The Range, our daily dispatch, at daily. tucsonweekly.com.

Jim Nintzel hosts the Political Roundtable every Friday on Arizona Illustrated, airing at 6:30 p.m. on KUAT Channel 6. The program repeats on 12:30 a.m., Saturday. Nintzel also talks politics with radio talk-show host John C. Scott on Thursday afternoons. Scott’s show airs from 4 to 5 p.m., weekdays, on KVOI AM 1030.

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BY BRIAN J. PEDERSEN, bpedersen@tucsonweekly.com ave you ever scrolled through Facebook pages and, after discovering unflattering pictures of someone you know, briefly wondered why you associate with that person?

Thanks to Circle K, such observations could now lead to a cash reward—that is, if the people you know happen to have pulled off beer skips or cigarette raids.

Since August, the 625 Circle K stores in Arizona and Nevada have been occasionally posting surveillance-video stills from robberies and thefts to Facebook (facebook.com/ CircleKAZCrimeBusters), in the hopes that someone might recognize the culprits and turn them in.

Tipsters can get up to $100 for their efforts.

“Social networking can be a great crime-fighting tool,” said Carlos Estrada, loss-prevention manager of Circle K of Arizona and Nevada.

“It used to be that someone would write a bad check, and we’d leave it under the (counter) glass, and they’d have to make good on it before they could buy anything else.

“Now, we put people’s faces on Facebook.”

The program, known as Circle K Crime Busters, is affiliated with the Phoenix-based nonprofit-organization Silent Witness (www. silentwitness.org) and other anonymous-tip lines such as 88-CRIME (88crime.org). Such partnerships are helping authorities solve cases that otherwise wouldn’t get closed, said Darren Burch, coordinator of Silent Witness.

“It’s community-based policing,” said Burch, who is also a sergeant in the Phoenix Police Department. “We’ll receive tips from anywhere, and we’ll pay rewards based on any felony arrest and indictment. Last year, we solved more than 300 felony crimes.”

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how successful Circle K Crime Busters has been, though the plan is to try to separate tips submitted through the program in order to get a better idea of its effectiveness, Burch said.

Estrada said at least four arrests have resulted from the tips, which can be submitted through an online tip site, over the phone or via text. It’s meant to be anonymous, he said, which is why no comments are allowed on the Facebook page.

“I want them to have a safe conduit to report crime,” Estrada said.

Most of the people in the posted stills are suspected of misdemeanors, often larceny.

Stealing 30-packs of beer, grabbing cigarettes from behind the counter or pulling some liquor bottles off the shelves usually doesn’t warrant a full-scale investigation by police. But authorities welcome any assistance they can get on such crimes, said Sgt. Maria Hawke, a spokeswoman for the Tucson Police Department.

“If we’re able to get information, by all means, we’ll take whatever information we can get,” Hawke said. “The more notoriety you put out there, the better.”

Estrada said the surveillance footage he is able to provide to police is often excellent, but unless cameras catch a suspect’s license plate, there’s not much that police can do without more information on the suspect.

That’s where posting the surveillance stills online comes into play, he said.

“With the lightning-fast results of social networking, you’d be amazed how quick people can identify them,” Estrada said. “They know who they are.”

A few of the Circle K posts involve armed robberies in which someone is alleged to have either shown a weapon or implied one in an effort to get cash from the register. This includes a post from Dec. 27 showing a man who Circle

K said demanded “money, cigarettes and general merchandise” from a Tucson store clerk after saying he had a weapon.

A post from Jan. 5 shows a man who is suspected of ripping out the coin machines next to the cash registers—the ones that spit out your change down a little slide—at several Tucson stores.

The post includes multiple photos of what appears to be the same person at different stores.

That’s a key to Circle K’s approach, Estrada said: cracking down on repeat offenders.

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“I can guarantee you we’re not putting up someone who’s doing it one time, or someone taking a stick of gum or a can of Red Bull,” Estrada said. “These guys are repetitive. These are guys that think this is their god-given right to walk in and walk out.”

Estrada said he believes most of the people partaking in beer skips or smoke runs are doing it to resell the product, not consume it themselves.

“As prevalent as they are, that can’t just be consumption,” he said.

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rizona has nothing on Tucson.

The state is turning 100 years old on Feb. 14, prompting a flurry of arts events—but the city is far older than the state. The Old Pueblo celebrated its 236th birthday last August, and that’s only counting the years since Irishman Hugo O’Conor claimed the place for the Spanish crown. Indian habitation of the spring-fed plain at the base of Black Mountain goes back for thousands of years.

This old burg has attracted traveling artistes for well more than 100 years, and artistic eminences still come trooping through in abundance. This spring, cellist Yo-Yo Ma will turn up at the UA’s Centennial Hall, and so will modern dance innovators Bill T. Jones and Trisha Brown. The Tokyo String Quartet travels here to play at the Winter Chamber Music Festival, and the Tucson Museum of Art is feting Frida Kahlo all spring, albeit through photographic portraits by Nickolas Muray. And local artists will perform the works of the immortals, from Beethoven and Stravinsky (Tucson Symphony Orchestra) to Shakespeare (Arizona Repertory Company and The Rogue Theatre).

But this historic city is not mired in the past. The lively local arts scene has cuttingedge visual artists mixing their media every which way, at venues from Conrad Wilde to MOCA. The Arizona Friends of Chamber Music debuts brand-new classical pieces, and the Arizona Theatre Company spices up its regular season with new plays by young writers in its Café Bohemia reading series.

It’s impossible to include everything here, but it’s our pleasure to serve up this small sampling from the spring’s eclectic fine-arts menu. For comprehensive information, please check our expanded listings section. And consult the Music section each week for rock, pop, folk and jazz. continued on next page

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Megan Terry in “Masquerade,” choreographed by Chieko Imada and Mary Beth Cabana, to be performed in Ballet Tucson’s Dance and Dessert XV concert, March 9-11.

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ARIZONA CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS Arizona became the 48th state on Valentine’s Day 1912, and just 17 years later, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra was born. At its first concert, on Jan. 13, 1929, at Tucson High, the fledgling orchestra played Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. (This weekend, TSO continues the tradition, playing Beethoven and Stravinsky on Friday and Sunday at the Tucson Convention Center Music Hall.)

Proudly claiming to be the oldest performing arts organization in the state, the 83-year-old TSO celebrates Arizona’s big day in birthday concerts on Feb. 10 and 12. The musical selections honor the state’s indigenous, Hispanic and Anglo heritage. Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai joins the symphony musicians, led by conductor George Hanson, for a program that includes Copland’s ringing Fanfare for the Common Man, Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite and Marquez’s Danzón No. 2; www.tucsonsymphony.org.

The UA’s new mega-college, the Colleges of Letters, Arts and Science, has organized a host of free arts and science activities marking the anniversary. (See a complete list and reservation info at az100.arizona.edu.) The Arizona Radio Hour kicks off the festivities Jan. 21 at the 1915 16 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

Scottish Rite Cathedral downtown. Members of the student musical theater troupe Encore! compress 100 years of statehood into an oldtime radio show, complete with singing and dancing.

Two early Arizona writers are in the spotlight at the UA Poetry Center. Sharlot Hall and Hattie Lockett: An Arizona Centennial Exhibition gathers together photos, hand-written manuscripts and published works by two women whose writing “bridged the period before Arizona became a state and after,” says Wendy Burk, the Poetry Center’s senior library supervisor. “They helped shape what Arizona is today.” Hall’s once-famous poem “Arizona” is credited with cutting short a move in Congress to combine Arizona and New Mexico into one state, demonstrating, Burk says, “the power of poetry.”

Celebrate these pioneer writers at a party at 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Poetry Center.

Exhibition through March 31; poetry.arizona.edu.

Delving into the state’s Spanish history, restoration architect Bob Vint leads a tour of Mission San Xavier del Bac on Jan. 28 (space is limited to 40), followed by a concert by the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus. Reservations required; 626-3454. On Feb. 11, a grand finale

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at Centennial Hall features student performances and talks by UA professors, including Tohono O’odham poet and linguist Ofelia Zepeda.

Apart from the free events, the Poetry Center and the UA School of Dance collaborate on Love Notes, a dance, music and spokenword concert at Stevie Eller that opens on the Valentine’s Day birthday. Faculty choreographers compose works to accompany Richard Siken’s live readings of his poetry; Catherine Wing’s poems are read by a student. Feb. 14 through 17; $18 and $15; www.arizona.tix.com.

Other arts groups are using the birthday to reflect seriously on the city’s past and future.

At its Silent Stories concert March 31 at ZUZI!, Safos Dance Theatre will perform a new piece about the urban-renewal projects that ripped out Tucson’s heart in the late 1960s, displacing hundreds of poor, mostly minority residents from their homes. The dance is inspired by La Calle: Spatial Conflicts and Urban Renewal in a Southwest City, a book by UA prof Lydia R. Otero; search for Safos Dance Theatre on Facebook.

A river once ran through Tucson, and NEW ARTiculations Dance Theatre investigates our desert burg’s improvident use of water over the

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years. The company will perform its FLOW dances on a series of dates yet to be named in March and April. For one show, they’ll dance right in the dry riverbed of the desiccated Santa Cruz; www.newarticulations.org.

Even The Border Project at the UA Museum of Art is conceived of as a centennial project.

Crossing borders geographically and artistically, the sprawling exhibition zeroes in on the contentious borderlands of today. It covers both Sonora and Arizona, and jumps genres, exhibiting everything from videos to soundscapes.

The show even spills outside of the museum’s boundaries. Wrenching art depicting a blazing sun and death heads—the work hung for years on the Mexican side of the border wall that slices through Ambos Nogales—is now suspended on the facade of the UA Architecture building across the way. Through March 11; artmuseum. arizona.edu.

Tucson, of course, was part of Mexico until 1854. A good companion show, Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera (Views From the Borderlands), at the Arizona State Museum, examines our shared histories. Through November; www.statemuseum.arizona.edu.

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As always, much of the art in local galleries and museums reflects a sense of place. Daredevil photographer Jeff Smith chases lightning during Arizona’s monsoons; he made the color images in Drivescapes from inside his car. Lightning bolts flash in the sky in his photos like hallucinations. Smith’s camera also captures urban sprawl creeping across the desert. Reception, 5:30 p.m., Jan. 20; through Feb. 21 at Temple of Music and Art; www.ethertongallery.com.

In contrast to Smith’s compromised desertscapes, Ansel Adams’ black-and-whites at the Center for Creative Photography picture a pristine West. The View From Here gathers together 40 classic Adams landscapes. Through Feb. 5; creativephotography.org.

Texas artist Camp Bosworth has a sinister take on the Southwest borderlands in Plata o Plomo at MOCA Tucson. Bosworth makes enormous wooden sculptures inspired by the narco trade and by the narco corridos that lion-

ize the smugglers in song. Through March 25; www.moca-tucson.org.

Continuing the Latin theme, the Tucson Museum of Art exhibits Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray. Fifty portrait photos in color and in black-and-white capture the artist from 1937 to 1941. The color photos are elaborately composed, bearing a fair resemblance to Kahlo’s own paintings. A companion show, Tesoros del Pueblo (The People’s Treasures): Latin American Folk Art, exhibits colorful work that grew out of the cultural collision between Europe and America. Both shows run Jan. 28 to June 3.

Nancy Tokar Miller, one of Tucson’s best painters, has two major exhibitions. Tokar Miller typically paints abstracted landscapes, and at a show at the Pima Community College Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, EAST/PACIFIC/ WEST: CONFLUENCE, she turns her attention to Hawaii. She shares the space with fiber artists continued on next page

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The Claire Campbell Park and Mary Babcock. Jan. 30 to March 9. Gallery talk 1:30 p.m., reception 5 p.m., lecture, 7 p.m., Feb. 9, in the Center for the Arts Recital Hall; www.pima.edu/cfa.

At Etherton Gallery, Tokar Miller participates in a show that gallery director Hannah Glasston says will be organized around the theme of water. Tokar Miller will exhibit paintings; Lisa M. Robinson will show her ocean photos (last seen locally in the TMA Biennial); and Joe Forkan will unveil his plein-air paintings of Ireland. Begins March 20, right after St. Patrick’s Day, and continues to May 26; www.ethertongallery.com.

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birthday. The 50th h anniversary of the studioglass movement iss upon us, and glass artist Tom Philabaum iss the master of ceremonies.

Philabaum has an exhibition his gallery, hibiti iin hi ll Glass 50-40-30, from Feb. 4 to April 28, and there are lectures by eminent glass artists. Fritz Dreisbach speaks at TMA and gives a demo at Philabaum Gallery Feb. 4; Henry Halem speaks at TMA March 3; www.philabaumglass.com.

THEATER Take a guess at the most-popular playwrights among local theater companies. If you took a chance and said Shakespeare, you’d be correct. But you might not have thought of

Arthur Miller, or of Eve Ensle Ensler of The Vagina Monologues fame. Two plays by b each of these three dramatists will be on the th boards in Tucson this spring.

T thi i The UA students at Arizona Repertory Theatre take a stab (literally) at the bard’s familiar Julius Caesar, from Feb. 26 to March 25 (www.cfa.arizona.edu/theatremarketing/201112-season), while the adventurous Rogue Theatre assays his less-well-known The Winter’s Tale, April 26 to May 13; www.theroguetheatre.org.

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Ensler, known for her episodic play about women’s genitalia, looks at the rest of the female anatomy in The Good Body. Etcetera, the daring light-night branch of LTW, performs it May 3 to 19; www.etceteralatenight.com. Arizona Repertory also dives into a challenging Ensler work, Necessary Targets, about violence against women in wartime, from Feb. 5 to 26.

Rogue has already dived into its season with the impressively titled Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself). The familyfriendly show is a fictionalized rendering of the life of a 19th-century adventurer who survived a shipwreck and lived for decades in remote Australia. And Rougemont is not the only one traveling: In June the cast sets sail (actually flies) to India, where it will perform the play for three weeks at a theater in Bangalore. Through Jan. 22; see the review in this issue.

John Amos, a visiting star of stage and screen, soars in Halley’s Comet, a two-day presentation by Invisible Theatre at the Berger Performing Arts Center this Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 14 and 15. (See City Week for details.) The company, now 41 years old, follows up with a world premiere, Look Ma We’re Dancing, by Janet Neipris. The comedy about two grown sisters still divided by sibling rivalry

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Winding Road Theater Ensemble tries out an inventive musical form in Jason Robert Brown’s one-act, The Last Five Years, a play about a couple. The woman recounts the demise of their relationship by beginning at the end; the man tells it from the start. Through Jan. 22; see the review this issue. Next up: another view of marriage in Edward Albee’s terrifying Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? April 6 through 22; www.windingroadtheater.org.

Arizona Theatre Company mixes its media, staging a trio of plays that spring in turn from a movie, a novel and art. First off is a theatrical take on Alfred Hitchcock’s movie The 39 Steps, an über-convoluted murder-mystery comedy.

From Jan. 14 to Feb. 4, counting previews. Next comes a stage adaptation of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott’s Fitzgerald’s beloved Jazz Age novel, Feb. 25 to March 17. The season ends with Red, the acclaimed play about the painter Mark Rothko, the gifted but tormented abstract expressionist.

April 7 to 28; www.aztheatreco.org.

Rambunctious Arizona Onstage Productions invites the audience to attend a prom of yesteryear in the interactive musical The Marvelous Wonderettes, Jan. 21 to Feb. 5, at the Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater. The play is studded with hits of the ’50s and ’60s, from “It’s My Party” to “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me”; www.arizonaonstage.org.

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Broadway in Tucson, known for traveling productions of musical comedy, also tackles immigration in In the Heights, April 24 to 29.

Described as “uplifting,” the classic story tells of immigrants striving for a better life in America.

Other shows on the program are the arena-rock vehicle Rock of Ages, March 13 to 18, and Mary Poppins, May 16 to 20; www.broadwayintucson. com.

The Two Amigos are already riding the range, through March 25, at Gaslight Theatre, the home of the goofy and tongue-in-cheek; www. thegaslighttheatre.com.

Comedy Playhouse continues to stage humorous sketches constructed around

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In between are mystery plays by olden-days authors, including four Father Brown mysteries

by Chesterton, Jan. 20 to 28; www.thecomedyplayhouse.com.

Other shows of interest: Acclaimed local actor Carlisle Ellis stars as Shirley Valentine at LTW, Feb. 16 to March 18. Tucson playwright Toni Press-Coffman’s play Touch, about a brainy astronomer who loses the woman he loves, runs April 5 to 21 at Etcetera.

For complete season schedules, check out the troupes’ websites or the listings.

DANCE Two world-dance troupes open the UApresents season in separate concerts at Centennial Hall.

On Jan. 27, Forever Tango performs the dance that was born in working-class Buenos Aires and spread round the world. (Originally scheduled for Jan. 21.) The National Dance Company continued on Page 24

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of Colombia follows on Feb. 4, serving up folkloric moves and music, and dancers in spectacular costumes.

UApresents then does a 180, pivoting to a trio of modern-dance stars. Trisha Brown, a postmodernist icon who was a founder of the landmark Judson Dance Theater, brings her eponymous troupe to Tucson for the first time on Feb. 18.

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company arrives for a repeat visit on March 3. Jones presents the evening-length work Story/Time, a mĂŠlange of dance, music and story that changes in each performance. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, a regular visitor to Tucson, performs March 23. Now post-Judith Jamison and post-Alvin Ailey, the troupe has been under a new director, Robert Battle, since July. In a time of change, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing we may be sure of: the concert will end with Aileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beloved â&#x20AC;&#x153;Revelations.â&#x20AC;?

Following the modern triad, River North Dance Chicago changes UApresentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dance direction once again, sashaying into jazz on April 14; www.uapresents.org.

Among the local companies, Art.if.Act Dance Company is preparing for another monster tour to China in June, following up on last summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhausting, exhilarating three-week journey.

On a date in May yet to be scheduled, ADP will give Tucsonans a preview of The Great American Dance Tour 2012, an eye-popping show-bizzy concert that serves up nothing less than a history of American dance; www.artifactdanceproject.com.

ZUZI! Dance Company offers its stage to outside local choreographers and dancers in the No Frills Dance Happeninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; March 9 and 10.

ZUZI itself reprises last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular Beatlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Come Together concert, on May 11 to 13. The evening of live music and dance includes a

Peter Max-inspired set; www.zuzimoveit.org.

For concerts by Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other modern troupes, Safos and NEW ARTiculations, see the section on Centennial celebrations earlier in this preview.

Ballet Tucson, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only professional ballet troupe, stages its popular Dance and Dessert concert March 9-11 at the UAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stevie Eller, the same weekend that the Tucson Festival of Books swarms the campus. Two reconstructions of Antony Tudor works are on the programâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Continuo, and an excerpt from The Leaves Are Falling. On May 5 and 6 at Centennial Hall, the troupe returns with a full-length fairytale ballet: Cinderella; www.ballettucson.org.

Tucson Regional Ballet, a troupe of advanced students, performs a fairy tale of its own, Thumbelina, on April 21 and 22, as well as Swan Lake Act II, at TCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leo Rich; www.tucsonregionalballet.org. Coincidentally, All Together Theatre, the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s troupe of Live Theatre Workshop, is staging a kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; play of Thumbelina in the same time period, from April 15 to June 10.

MUSIC The Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, in existence for 60 of Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100 years of statehood, prides itself on bringing world-class musicians to Tucson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can see the same musicians here who are playing in New York,â&#x20AC;? says board president Jean-Paul Bierny.

Foremost among the Friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; achievements is its annual festival, an extravaganza of chamber concerts, open rehearsals and master classes.

Curated by artistic director Peter Rejto, the festival brings in the Tokyo String Quartet and Apolloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fire Baroque Ensemble, March 4 to 11, at Leo Rich. The program features such reliables as Beethoven and BartĂłk, as well as living composers like Lera Auerbach. Commissioned

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by the Friends to create new music, pianist Auerbach will debut her Trio herself, playing it with the Tokyo String Quartet. The Friends also produces CDs and presents monthly chamber music concerts by visiting artists. Next up: Jupiter String Quartet on Jan. 25; arizonachambermusic.org.

Cellist extraordinaire Yo-Yo Ma performs at Centennial Hall with pianist Kathryn Stott and the Assad Brothers, guitarists who have studied intensively with South American musicians.

Known for his adventurous musical tastes, Ma has organized a program of Brazilian music.

April 21; www.uapresents.org.

Arizona Opera drives down from its new home in Phoenix to its Tucson birthplace for performances of the perennially popular Madama Butterfly by Puccini on Feb. 4 and 5, and Verdi’s Aida on March 3 and 4, at the Music Hall. The company’s first-ever production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice is scheduled for April 21 and 22. All three operas are sung in Italian with English surtitles, to music performed by a live orchestra. The company routinely enlists traveling guest stars; www.azopera.com.

Just for fun, here are some Irish bands. The Chieftains, celebrating their 50th anniversary, descend on Centennial Hall on Feb. 19, injecting Tucson with Irish craic (good times), in the form of traditional Irish music and dance; www. uapresents.org. Goitse, a Dublin band, turns up on Feb. 25, and Karan Casey, John Doyle and John Williams play on March 16, St. Patrick’s Eve. Both shows at Berger; www.inconcerttucson.com.

LITERATURE Tucsonan Katherine Larson hit the big time last year when her first volume of poetry, Radial Symmetry, won her both the designation of Yale Younger Poet and publication by Yale University Press. A working scientist whose knowledge of the natural world shapes her poetry, Larson reads at the UA Poetry Center on Feb. 2. Poet Jeffrey Yang also reads; poetry.arizona.edu.

Besides the Poetry Center, POG and Casa Libre en la Solana have regular rosters of literary readings. On Jan. 18, Casa Libre presents Edge Reading, with Amina Gautier, Alison McCabe and Rodney Philips; casalibre.org.

POG (gopog.org) next hosts two poets, Myung Mi Kim and Jamison Crabtree, on Feb. 18 at The Drawing Studio.

Hundreds of authors and thousands of book lovers hit the UA campus like a tsunami last year for the third Tucson Festival of Books; the fourth iteration, March 10 and 11, is sure to be even bigger. All the author talks and presentations are free, but books—real bound volumes of ink on paper, no less—are for sale everywhere; tucsonfestivalofbooks.org.

And for those who want to be writers, the Winter Pima Writers Workshop runs all day this Saturday, Jan. 14, at Pima Community College West. (Full disclosure: I am teaching a class.) Aspiring authors can immerse themselves in classes in fiction and nonfiction, and even pen a few words while they’re at it; www.pima.edu.

Nancy Tokar Miller’s “Over Molokai,” part of Pima Community College’s exhibit EAST/ PACIFIC/WEST: CONFLUENCE.

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ART BEMINE: WRITERS AND ARTISTS COLLABORATE UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765.

Curated pairs of Tucson writers, artists and musicians collaborate to re-invent the valentine in BeMine, an exhibit that opens Wednesday, Feb. 1, and continues through Friday, March 30. A reception is held from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 13. Visit poetry.arizona.edu for more information. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; free.

BEYOND: TOGETHER WE THRIVE MURAL PROJECT A walk-up art station displays a mural design commemorating the community’s spirit in the wake of Jan. 8, 2011, shootings. The mural has a “Together We Thrive,” theme, and community members can share stories and ideas for the mural from 1 to 4 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16 to commemorate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.; at Winsett Park, 316 N. Fourth Ave.; free. Students restore an existing mural and integrate new ideas from the community based on the theme “Together We Thrive,” from 3 to 5 p.m., every Tuesday, Jan. 24 through April 17. Visit tucsonartsbrigade.org.

CONTRERAS GALLERY Contreras Gallery. 110 E. Sixth St. 398-6557.

Indigenous Intentions, an exhibit of David Moreno’s acrylic paintings with contemporary abstract and traditional Yaqui themes, continues through Saturday, Jan. 28. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free.

DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY Davis Dominguez Gallery. 154 E. Sixth St. 629-9759.

An exhibit of abstract paintings by Joanne Kerrihard, narrative paintings by Jean Stern and abstract sculpture

by David Mazza continues through Saturday, Jan. 28.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. Call or visit davisdominguez.com for more information.

DIOVANTI DESIGNS GALLERY Diovanti Designs Gallery. 174 E. Toole Ave. 305-7957.

Raíces Profundas/The Depth of Our Roots, a collection of work by Yovannah Diovanti, is displayed for sale through Saturday, Feb. 25. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free.

exhibit of painting and mixed media highlighting the way the ordinary is made exotic, opens with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28, and continues through Tuesday, March 27. An exhibit of works by Joe Forkan, Nancy Tokar Miller and Lisa M. Robinson opens Tuesday, March 20, and runs through Saturday, May 26.

An artists’ reception takes place from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, March 24. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment; free. Visit ethertongallery.com for more information.

HEALING IN TUCSON UA Medical Center South Campus. 2800 E. Ajo Way. 874-2000. Healing in Tucson: The Healing Response to the Violence of January 8, 2011 continues through Sunday, Feb. 26, in the Behavioral Health Pavilion Gallery. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 1:30 to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free.

LOUIS CARLOS BERNAL GALLERY Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery. PCC West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. East/Pacific/West: Confluence, featuring works by Claire Campbell Park, Nancy Tokar Miller and Mary Babcok, opens Monday, Jan. 30, and continues through Friday, March 9. A gallery talk from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 9., is followed by a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. and a lecture at 7 p.m.; all free. The annual juried student-art exhibition is displayed from Monday, April 2, through Friday, May 4. A reception and visual-arts awards ceremony is from noon to 3 p.m., Wednesday, April 11; awards are at 2 p.m. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday; and before most evening performances in the Center for the Arts.

Call 206-6942, or visit pima.edu/cfa for more info.

MADARAS GALLERY Madaras Gallery. 3001 E. Skyline Road, Suite 101.

615-3001. Diana Madaras’ “Flowers for Susan” and other floral paintings are featured from Wednesday, Feb. 1, through Thursday, March 15. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday. Visit madaras.com for more information.

MARK SUBLETTE Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery. 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-7798. Howard Post: New Works opens Saturday, March 3, and continues through Tuesday, May 1. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit medicinemangallery.com for more information.

MESCH, CLARK AND ROTHSCHILD Mesch, Clark and Rothschild. 259 N. Meyer Ave. 6248886. Taking in the Views: Places on Two Artists’ Bucket Lists, featuring paintings by Maurice J. Sevigny and Chuck Albanese, opens with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17, and continues through Thursday, May 31. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call or visit mcrazlaw.com for more info.

PCC SPRING FASHION RUNWAY SHOW PCC Proscenium Theatre. Pima Community College West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6986. A fashion show featuring student-designed clothing takes place at 7 p.m., Friday, May 4; $2. Visit pima.edu/cfa.

THE DRAWING STUDIO The Drawing Studio. 33 S. Sixth Ave. 620-0947.

Bridges II: An Artist Exchange Exhibition, featuring works by 16 artists from the U.K. and the U.S., opens Thursday, Feb. 2, and continues through Saturday, Feb. 25. An artists’ reception takes place from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4. Arizona Encaustics 2012, a juried show representing artists throughout the state, opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 3, and runs through Saturday, April 28. Hours are noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Call or visit thedrawingstudio.com for more information.

PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY AND STUDIO Philabaum Glass Gallery and Studio. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Glass: “30-40-50,” an exhibit celebrating the 30th anniversary of Philabaum Glass Gallery, the 40 years the gallery’s exhibiting artists have worked in glass, and the 50th anniversary of the American Studio Glass Movement, opens with a reception and demonstration from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4, and continues through Saturday, April 28. During the reception, several artists collaborate in creating a hand-blown vintage ’60s camper. Related lectures take place at the Tucson Museum of Art Education Center Auditorium; free.

Saturday, Feb. 4, at 1 p.m., Fritz Driesbach presents “Where Were You in ’62?” Saturday, March 3, at 1 p.m., Henry Halem presents “From the Ground Up.” Call or visit philabaumglass.com for more information.

ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Don’t Look Now: Craig Cully, Chris Rush and James Reed, an

PORTER HALL GALLERY Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Tracy Ledbetter: Bugs and Blooms opens

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Thursday, Jan. 19, and continues through Tuesday, Feb. 28. An artist’s reception takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20. An exhibit of paintings by Barbara Ott opens Thursday, March 1, and runs through Tuesday, April 10. An exhibit of astrophotography by Adam Block opens Thursday, April 12, and runs through Wednesday, May 30. Gallery admission is free with paid admission to the gardens. Regular hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., every day; $8, $4 child age 4 to 12, free younger child or member. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information.

RAICES TALLER 222 GALLERY Raices Taller 222 Gallery. 218 E. Sixth St. 881-5335.

An exhibit of paintings, sculpture and multimedia work interpreting artists’ personal values opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, and continues through Tuesday, Feb. 28. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., every Friday and Saturday, or by appointment; free. Artists may submit work for consideration by emailing JPEG images (55k) to raicestaller222@aol.com. Call or visit raicestaller222.webs.com for more information.

TEMPLE GALLERY Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Jeff Smith: Drivescapes, a travelogue of work by the Tucson photographer, opens with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20, and continues through Tuesday, Feb. 21. Dirk Arnold: Endangered Architecture opens Saturday, Feb. 25, and runs through Tuesday, April 3. Red: A Juried Invitational, exhibited in conjunction with the play Red about artist Mark Rothko, opens Saturday, April 7, and runs through Friday, June 1. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and before Arizona Theatre Company performances on Saturday and Sunday; free. Call 622-2823, or e-mail info@ethertongallery.com for more information.

TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Exhibit Hall. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Arizona Centennial Exhibit opens with a reception at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26, and continues through Sunday, April 22. The exhibit features artwork that highlights the landscapes, historic locations, culture and wildlife of our region. Free with admission; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily. $8 adult, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with ID, $2 children age 5 to 12, free members and children younger than 5.

Visit www.tohonochulpark.org for info.

TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Tucson International Airport Gallery. 7250 S. Tucson Blvd. Tom Kiefer’s Journey West, an exhbit of black-andwhite photographs taken between Phoenix and Ajo, continues through Saturday, March 31, in the TIA Center Gallery between the Southwest and Delta Air Lines ticket counters; free. Visit tucsoninternationalairport.com for more information.

DANCE BALLET TUCSON UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. 1713 E. University Blvd.

621-4698. Dance and Dessert XV features a dance program emphasizing the company’s artistic range and desserts prepared by some of Tucson’s best-known chefs; $27. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 9; 2 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 10; and 1 and 5 p.m., Sunday, March 11. Visit ballettucson.org, or call 9031445 for tickets or more information. Performances of Cinderella take place at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 5; and 2 p.m., Sunday, May 6; $26 to $41. Call 5468561, or visit the boxofficetucson.com for tickets or more information.

EARTH WALK 2012 Rhythm Industry Performance Factory. 1013 S. Tyndall Ave. Participants create a performance in honor of Earth Day. Rehearsals take place from 3 to 5 p.m., Sunday, April 8 and 15; and Saturday, April 21. The performance is Sunday, April 22, at a time and place to be announced. All ages and skill levels participate; $65, some scholarships are available. Call 791-9359, or visit earthwalk2012.org for more information.

GOLDEN DRAGON ACROBATS Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

Acrobats perform in a tradition that’s 25 centuries old in China, at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 17; $20 to $40.

Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets.

LOVE NOTES: A COLLABORATION OF DANCE AND POETRY UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. 1713 E. University Blvd.

621-4698. A program celebrating both Valentine’s Day and the Arizona Centennial opens Tuesday, Feb. 14, and continues through Friday, Feb. 17. Co-hosted by the UA Poetry Center and School of Dance, it includes a dance choreographed to a poetry reading by Richard Siken.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m.; $18, $12 student, $15 senior, UA employee or military. Call 621-1162, or visit arizona.tix.com for tickets or more information.

SAFOS DANCE THEATRE ZUZI’s Theater. 738 N. Fifth Ave. 629-0237. Silent Stories, featuring four new dances, including one inspired by Tucson historian Lydia R. Otero’s book La Calle: Spatial Conflicts and Urban Renewal in a Southwest City, is staged at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 31; $14, $12 youth and senior, free child 12 and younger. Email safosdance@gmail.com, or visit safosdance.org for reservations or more information.

TUCSON AREA SQUARE-DANCE FESTIVAL Tucson Convention Center. 260 S. Church Ave. 7914101. Hundreds of dancers from throughout the U.S. and Canada attend workshops, square-dance and clog at all levels with top callers and cuers, from Thursday, Jan. 19, through Sunday, Jan. 22; $12 to $42, free spectator. Visit squaredancefestival.com to register.

TUCSON REGIONAL BALLET Leo Rich Theater. 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. The company performs Thumbelina and dances the classic Swan Lake Act 2 at 2 and 7 p.m., Saturday, April 21; and 2 p.m., Sunday, April 22; $22, $17 child, student, senior or military. Call 885-0862, or visit tucsonregionalballet.org for tickets or more information.

TUCSON TANGO FESTIVAL Holiday Inn. 4550 S. Palo Verde Road. 746-1161.

Milongas (dances), tango classes for all skill levels, private lessons and more fill six days and nights from Thursday, March 15, to Monday, March 19. Spectators are welcome at performances; $5. Call 468-5536, or visit tucsontango.com for schedules and more info.

UA DANCE UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. 1713 E. University Blvd.

621-4698. Still Here: Student Spotlight presents choreography by graduate and undergraduate students at 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 1 and 2; and 1:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4; $12 to $25. Break Away Student Spotlight is staged at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 19 and 26; 1:30 p.m., Saturday, April 21 and 28; $12 to $25. The eclectic Spring Collection, including Barbea Williams’ UA Afrikana Dance Ensemble, opens Friday, April 20, and runs through Sunday, April 29. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 1:30 p.m., Sunday; $12 to $26. Visit arizona.tix.com for tickets or more info.

UAPRESENTS UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Performances are at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21: Forever Tango; $27 to $59. Saturday, Feb. 4: National Dance Company of Columbia; $20 to $42. Saturday, Feb. 18: Trisha Brown Dance Company; $22 to $46.

Saturday, March 3: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company; $27 to $59. Friday, March 23: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; $31 to $79. Saturday, April 14: River North Dance Chicago; $20 to $42. Call or visit uapresents.org for tickets or more information.

ZUZI! DANCE COMPANY ZUZI’s Theater. 738 N. Fifth Ave. 629-0237. Family and Friends Informance, in which students perform aerial trapeze, creative movement and modern dance, takes place at 1 and 3:30 p.m., Saturday, March 31; $5.

Come Together, a concert of dance and live music inspired by Beatles music, takes place at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 11; and 2 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday and

The Sunday, May 12 and 13; $15. Call or visit zuzimoveit. org for more information.

FILM ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The Screening Room. 127 E. Congress St. 882-0204.

The Arizona International Film Festival celebrates its 21st year showcasing the best in independent cinema, from Friday, April 13, to Sunday, April 29. Visit www. filmfestivalarizona.com for more information.

CELLULOID PUEBLO UA Museum of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. 621-7567.

Jennier Jenkins presents “Celluloid Pueblo: Western Ways Film Service and the Invention of the Postwar Southwest” from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16; free. The talk is illustrated with rare film reels from the Western Ways Film Collection archived at the Arizona Historical Society. The lecture is part of The Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes and Lifescapes, which continues through Sunday, March 11, at the UA Museum of Art. Visit artmuseum.arizona.edu for details of related activities.

FLOR DE MUERTOS Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road.

621-7968. A film in which the music of Calexico, and the Mexican and Tucson traditions of processions honoring the dead, provide a backdrop for contemplating deadly immigration policies, screens at 5:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 10; $5. A conversation with the film’s producers follows. The screening is part of The Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes and Lifescapes, which continues through Sunday, March 11, at the UA Museum of Art. Visit artmuseum.arizona.edu for details about the exhibit and related activities. Visit arizona.tix. com for tickets or more information about the film.

FOX THEATRE FILMS Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

Tickets are $7, $5 student, senior or active-duty military. Saturday, Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m.: 3:10 to Yuma. Friday, Jan. 27, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m.: The Searchers.

Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets or more information.

LOFT CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Visit loftcinema.com for a complete list of forthcoming films and to reserve tickets. Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m.: The City Dark with director Ian Cheney in person; $10, $8 member. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m.: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia; $5 to $9. Thursday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m.: Goats; sold out. Sunday, Jan. 29, at 11 a.m.; and Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m.: Citizen Kane; $5 suggested donation. Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m.: Circumstance, presented by Lesbian Looks; $5 to $9.

Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m.: Ingenious; $8, $6 member.

Saturday, Feb. 11, at 11 a.m.: “World Happy Day” Screening of Happy; $5 to $9. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m.: Valentine’s Day screening of Roman Holiday featuring a free raffle for romantic prizes and “Audrey-tini” drink specials; $5 to $9. Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 15 and 16, and Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m.: The 2010 Academy Award Nominated Short Films; $8 each night, $15 all three; $6 member each night, $15 all three. Sunday, Feb. 19, at 11 a.m.; and Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m.: Marriage Italian Style; $5 suggested donation. Friday, Feb. 24, at 9 p.m.: Everything Is Terrible presents a collection of dog-related found footage, Doggie Woggiez! Poochie Woochiez!; $8, $7 member. Sunday, March 18, at 11 a.m.; and Tuesday, March 20, at 7 p.m.: Solaris; $5 suggested donation.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777.

Performances by The National Theatre are shown in HDTV at noon, Sunday; $15, $10 member. Feb. 26: Traveling Light. March 25: The Comedy of Errors. April 15: She Stoops to Conquer. Visit loftcinema.com for tickets or more information.

SHAOL POZEZ MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP SERIES Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 2993000. The Faces of Israel: A Discussion of Marriage, State and Religion in the Jewish Homeland is screened at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25; free. Visit judaic. arizona.edu for more information.

KIDS & FAMILIES ALL TOGETHER THEATRE Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Original adaptations of popular children’s stories

are presented at 1 p.m., Sunday; $5 to $8. A musical adaptation of The Tortoise and the Hare continues through Jan. 29. Bringing Literature to Life! is staged for one day only, Feb. 5. Goldilocks and the Three Bears is staged Feb. 12 through April 1. Thumbelina is staged April 15 through June 10. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is presented June 24 through Aug. 12. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for reservations and more information.

CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL AND IMAGO THEATRE: ZOOZOO UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Acrobatics, mime and fanciful costumes portray whimsical stories in a revue of illusion and dance for all ages at 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 29; $13 to $24. The performance follows a children’s festival featuring arts, science and crafts from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Centennial Hall patio. Free. Call or visit uapresents.org for tickets or more information.

LECTURES ART LECTURES AT DUSENBERRY LIBRARY Dusenberry River Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library.

5605 E. River Road. 594-5345. Docents from the UA Museum of Art and the Tucson Museum of Art give talks from 2 to 3 p.m., Tuesday; free. Jan. 24: Carlye Dundon, “My Kid Could Paint That: Child Prodigies of the Art World.” Feb. 14: Norman Miller, “Surrealism and Art.” Feb. 21: Carol Lehrman, “Castoff to Creation: The Use of Recycled, Reclaimed and Found Materials

by Arizona Artists.” March 13: Francis Chen, “Power and Humility.” March 27: Sandy Cord, “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Intriguing Life in Glass.”

ART LECTURES AT ORO VALLEY LIBRARY Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Docents from the UA Museum of Art discuss art topics from 2 to 3 p.m., every Wednesday; free.

UA HUMANITIES SEMINARS UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765.

Classes are held in the Dorothy Rubel Room; $195 each course unless otherwise noted. Friday, Jan. 20 through April 6, 9 a.m. to noon: Ancient Greek Drama, including its current influence. Monday, Jan. 23 through April 2, 9 a.m. to noon: 20th-Century Art. Monday, Jan. 30 through Feb. 20, 1 to 3 p.m: Franz Liszt, $85. Tuesday, Jan. 24 through April 3, 9 a.m. to noon, or 1 to 4 p.m.: Dancin’ Fools: The Art of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

Wednesday, Jan. 25 through April 4, 1 to 4 p.m.: James Joyce’s Ulysses. Thursday, Jan. 26 through April 5, 9 to 11 a.m.: Tolstoy’s Russia; $150. Call 626-7845, or visit hsp.arizona.edu to register or for more information.

LITERATURE NAOMI BENARON: RUNNING THE RIFT Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Naomi Benaron reads and signs her novel set in wartime Rwanda at 7 p.m., Friday, March 30; free.

NATIONAL POETRY-OUT-LOUD SOUTHERN ARIZONA REGIONAL FINALS UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. High school students give dramatic readings of poetry at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 1; free. Political cartoonist David Fitzsimmons hosts, and winners proceed to the state finals competitions. Visit poetry.arizona.edu for more information.

READING: I’LL DROWN MY BOOK UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Crossgenre writing by 64 women from 10 countries is featured in I’ll Drown My Book: Conceptual Writing by Women. Contributors Renee Angle, Judith Goldman, Bhanu Kapil and Laura Mullen read from the book at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 10; free. The event is co-sponsored by the Poetry Center and Casa Libre en la Solana. Visit poetry.arizona.edu for more information.

UA POETRY CENTER UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765.

Presentations are at 7 p.m.; free. Saturday, Jan. 28: Nathanial Mackey. Wednesday, Feb. 1: Jeffrey Yang, “Lost Illusions: On Poetry, Translation and Literary Publishing,” lecture. Thursday, Feb. 2: Jeffrey Yang and Katherine Larson. Thursday, Feb. 16: Marie Howe.

Friday, Feb. 24: Daniyal Mueenuddin, prose. Monday, March 19: John T. Price, prose. Thursday, March 22: Paul Guest. Thursday, March 29: Monica Drake, prose.

Tuesday, April 16: Readings from A Poetic Inventory of Saguaro National Park. Thursday, April 19: Readings from the UA’s undergraduate literary journal Persona.

Thursday, April 26: Fanny Howe. Wednesday, May 2:

Listings readings by students in the Creative Writing MFA program. Call or visit poetry.arizona.edu for more info.

MUSEUMS ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. An exhibit of 20 Hopi quilts opens Saturday, Jan. 21, and continues through Monday, Aug. 20. Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera is exhibited through Friday, Nov. 30. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $5, free younger than 18, member, active-duty military and their families, UA and PCC staff or student with ID, researchers and scholars with appointments, visitors to the library or the store, and everyone on days of public programs. Visit statemuseum. arizona.edu for more info.

MINI-TIME MACHINE MUSEUM OF MINIATURES Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive. 881-0606. Shaping Arizona Statehood: The George Stuart Historical Figures of the Movement West, an exhibit celebrating the state’s centennial, opens Tuesday, Jan. 31, and continues through Saturday, April 14. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; $7, $6 senior or military, $5 age 4 to 17, free younger child. Visit theminitimemachine.org for more information.

MOCA MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Legislate Crazy, an exhibit of work by MOCA artist-in-residence Armando Miguelez, runs through Sunday, March 25. Camp Bosworth’s Plata o Plomo, which interprets the Marfa artist’s perceptions of gangster culture in the Americas, also runs through Sunday, March 25. Artists who have participated in the MOCA residency program are featured in Air Show, which opens Saturday, April 14, and continues through Sunday, June 24. Hours are noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; $8, free member, child younger than 17, veteran, active military and public-safety officers, and everyone the first Sunday of each month. Call or visit moca-tucson.org for more info.

TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333.

Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray, photographs by Kahlo’s longtime lover and friend; and Tesoros del Pueblo: Latin American Folk Art, featuring many items from the museum’s permanent collection, open Saturday, Jan. 28, and continue through Sunday, June 3. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; $8, $6 senior and veteran, $3 student with ID, free younger than 13, free the first Sunday every month.

UA MUSEUM OF ART UA Museum of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. 621-7567.

The Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes and Lifescapes continues through Sunday, March 11. This exhibit is the centerpiece of many events, symposia and related exhibits. The closing event features tours, contests and discussion at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 8; free.

Visit artmuseum.arizona.edu for details of related activities. Paseo de Humanidad, a 13-piece installation of life-size migrant figures and Mayan and Aztec codices, is displayed through Sunday, March 11, as a backdrop for The Border Project and related events and symposia.

The Samuel H. Kress Collection and the altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo are on display until further notice. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and noon to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $5, free member, student, child, faculty and staff with ID. Call or visit artmuseum.arizona.edu for more information.

MUSIC ARIZONA EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY Unless otherwise noted, performances are at 3 p.m., Sunday; $25, $22 senior, $5 student. A talk preceeds each concert at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 4: Cançonièr presents The Black Dragon: Music From the Time of Vlad Dracula (ca. 1451-76) at St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. April 1: Ensemble Caprice presents La Follia and the Gypsies, at Grace St. Paul Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St. Call 690-1361, visit azearlymusic. org for tickets or more information.

ARIZONA FOLKLORE PRESERVE Arizona Folklore Preserve. 44 Ramsey Canyon Road.

Hereford. 378-6165. Performers of traditional music are featured at 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, unless otherwise noted; $15, $6 younger than 17. Jan. 21 and 22: Belinda Gail. Jan. 28 and 29: Dolan Ellis. Friday, Feb. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Dennis Gaines, Chuck Pyle, Hank Kramer and Trails and Rails. Feb. 4 and 5: closed.

Feb. 11 and 12: Gaylon Taylor. Feb. 18 and 19: Juni Fisher. Feb. 25 and 26: Carolyn Martin. March 3 and 4: Dolan Ellis. March 10 and 11: TBA. March 17 and 18: Call of the West. Visit arizonafolklore.com for information about the folklore preserve and a schedule of upcoming performances.

ARIZONA FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC Leo Rich Theater. 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4101.

Concerts are at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday; $25, $10 student. Jan. 25: Jupiter Quartet with cellist Denise Djokic.

Feb. 22: Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. March 21: Mandelring Quartet with marimbist Katarzyna Mycka.

Call 577-3769, or visit arizonachambermusic.org for tickets or more information. See also Winter Chamber Music Festival.

DESERT VIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: MUSIC Desert View Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m.: A Salute to Our Heroes with Robert Shaw and The Lonely Street Band; $40, $35 advance, proceeds benefit the Military Family Partners Group. Saturday, Jan. 28, at 7:30 p.m.: Old but Goodies Revue; $22, $20 advance. Friday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m.: Tribute to the Music of George Strait with Kevin Sterner and the Strait Country Band; $25, $21 advance.

Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m.: Manhattan Dolls with Robert Shaw; $30, $25 advance. Sunday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m.: Tucson Concert Band; $21, $19 advance.

Saturday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m.: Motown with Joe Bourne; $26, $23 advance. Friday, March 2, at 4 and 7:30 p.m.: Dailey and Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers; $35, $30 advance. Friday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m.: Skins and Steel, the UA Percussion Studio, Rosewood Marimba Band, UA Steel Drums, World Music Gang and CrossTalk electronic percussion group; $23, $20 advance. Saturday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m.: Kenny and Friends with Richard Hampton as Kenny Rogers; $25, $23 advance. Thursday, March 15, at 4 and 7:30 p.m.: How Great Thou Art; $30, $20 advance. Saturday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m.: Del Pueblo Brass Quintet; $24, $21 advance. Wednesday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m.: Salute to The Rat Pack and Friends; $30, $25 advance.

Friday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m.: UA Studio Jazz Ensemble with Triple Threat; $23, $20 advance.

Saturday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m.: Old but Goodies Revue; $22, $20 advance. Visit tickets. saddlebrooketwo.com for tickets or more information.

DESERT VOICES Showtimes are Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday at 3 p.m.; $20, $18 advance and $15 student. Saturday, Feb. 4, and Sunday, Feb. 5: Love Is ..., Scottish Rite Cathedral, 160 S. Scott Ave. Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15: Way Out West, PCC Proscenium Theatre, 2292 W. Anklam Road. The chorus welcomes new singers at 7 p.m., every Monday, at Water of Life MCC Church, 3269 N. Mountain Ave. Call 791-9662, or visit desertvoices.org for more information.

DOVE OF PEACE CONCERTS Dove of Peace Lutheran Church. 665 W. Roller Coaster Road. 887-5127. Concerts are at 2 p.m., Sunday; freewill donation. Feb. 26: Beethoven Piano Sonatas. March 18: Bach Birthday Celebration, featuring principal TSO flutist Alexander Lipay. April 1: Kingfisher Quartet perform music by Mozart and Haydn. Call or visit doveofpeacetucson.org for more information.

FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC Bisbee Women’s Club. 7 Ledge Ave. Bisbee. (520) 4323204. Showtimes are 8 p.m., Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $10. Jan. 28 and 29: Linda Chatterton, flute, and Rex Woods, piano. March 17 and 18: The Mosaic Harp Trio. April 21 and 22: Kontra-Cor; bassoon, contrabassoon, oboe and English horn. May 19 and 20: Duo Morpheus, piano and viola. Call (520) 432-7217, or visit artentree.net/ForTheLoveOfMusic for reservations or more information FOX THEATRE CONCERTS Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m., Starting Over: The John Lennon Experience; $15 to $30. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m.: Glen Campbell; $43 to $72. Sunday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m.: LeAnn Rimes; $38 to $65.

Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 7:30 p.m.: Los Lonely Boys; $28 to $70. Sunday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m.: The Manhattan Transfer; $35 to $94. Thursday, March 29, at 8 p.m.: The Pink Floyd Experience; $28 to $48.

Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m.: Arlo Guthrie; $45 to $65. Thursday, May 24, at 7:30 p.m.: Taj Mahal; $28 to $86. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets or more information.

GASLIGHT THEATRE FAMILY CONCERTS The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. Concerts are at 7 p.m., Monday; $12 to $22.

Jan. 23: Heartbreak Hotel, Robert Shaw’s Elvis tribute.

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Feb. 6: Blues and Soul Explosion: A Salute to the Blues Brothers. Feb. 13: Strait Country Tribute to George Strait. Feb. 20: Mariachi Extravaganza. Feb. 27: Dream Lover: A Salute to the Music of Bobby Darin, starring Robert Shaw. March 5: Monday in the Park presented

by Todd Thompson and Friends. March 12: Big Band Express. March 19: Manhattan Dolls, Rockin’ With the Dolls: a ’50s/’60s Revue. April 16: Simon and Garfunkel: The Hits! April 23: Essential Soul: Motown, Soul and Blues Review featuring The Socials. May 7: Whoa Mama! with Sarah Vanek and Friends. May 14: Mother’s Day Tribute. May 21: The Retro Rockets. Visit thegaslighttheatre.com for tickets and more information.

GOITSE IN CONCERT Berger Performing Arts Center. 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.

770-3762. Goitse, pronounced gwit-sha, a new band from Dublin, Ireland, performs their own interpretation of Irish traditional music at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25; $20 to $22. Visit inconcerttucson.com for tickets or more information. Tickets are available with no service fee at The Folk Shop, 2525 N. Campbell Ave. JAVARITA COFFEE HOUSE Javarita Coffee House (The Good Shepherd United Church of Christ). 17750 S. La Cañada Drive.

Sahuarita. 625-1375. Entertainer, teacher and activist Holly Near performs at 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13; $20.

Chris Brashear and Peter McLaughlin perform bluegrass, folk and harmony-singing at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 10; $10. Rick Nestler sings sea chanties, folk and Irish music at 10 p.m., Friday, March 16; $10. Visit thegoodshepherducc.org for more information.

KARAN CASEY, JOHN DOYLE AND JOHN WILLIAMS Berger Performing Arts Center. 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.

770-3762. An Irish-music power-trio performs at 8 p.m., Friday, March 16; $23 to $25. Visit inconcerttucson.com for tickets or more information.

Tickets are available with no service fee at The Folk Shop, 2525 N. Campbell Ave. THE KINGSTON TRIO Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875.

The legendary ’60s folk trio performs at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, March 20 and 21; $40 to $57. Call or visit arizonatheatre.org for tickets.

LAVA MUSIC Abounding Grace Church. 2450 S. Kolb Road. 7473745. Doors are at 6:30 p.m.; shows are 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday; $20, $15 advance unless otherwise noted.

Jan. 28: Nathan and Jonathan McEuen. Feb. 4: BiG WiDE GRiN. Feb. 25: Alaska String Band. March 3: Way Out West and Katy Creek’s Wes and Nancy Ruybal.

March 10: Sabra Faulk and the Angel Band. March 24: Bill and Kate Isles. March 31: Bright and Childers and Ice-9; $15, $10 advance. April 7: Salty Suites with Peter McLaughlin. Email bonnie@lavamusic.org, or visit lavamusic.org for tickets or more information.

LEO KOTTKE Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Leo Kottke’s concert highlights his humor and songwriting at 8 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Feb. 9 and 10; $24 to $26. Visit inconcerttucson.com for tickets or more information. Tickets are available with no service fee at The Folk Shop, 2525 N. Campbell Ave. LUCIE ARNAZ Berger Performing Arts Center. 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.

770-3762. Daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Lucie Arnaz mixes music and storytelling in concerts at 8 p.m., Friday, March 2; and 3 p.m., Sunday, March 4; $42. Call 882-9721, or visit invisibletheatre.com

Hall. Friday, April 20, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, April 21, at 2 and 7 p.m.: Opera Scenes, Proscenium Theatre.

Monday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m.: Jazz Improv Combos, Proscenium Theatre. Tuesday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m.: Jazz Ensemble, Proscenium Theatre. Thursday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m.: Wind Ensemble, Proscenium Theatre.

Sunday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m.: Chorale and College Singers, Proscenium Theatre.

PLAYING FOR UNITY IN DIVERSITY Old Tucson Studios. 201 S. Kinney Road. 883-0100.

Musicians from a wide range of cultures and genres perform in the spirit of bringing people together through music at a festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, March 17; ticket price TBA. Email annick@ playingforunityindiversity.com, or visit playingforunityindiversity.com for details.

RHYTHM AND ROOTS CONCERTS Suite 147 at Plaza Palomino. 2970 N. Swan Road, No. 147. 440-4455. Sunday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m.: John McCutcheon, singer-songwriter; $23, $20 advance, $10 student. Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m.: Fred Eaglesmith Band with the Fabulous Ginn Sisters; $25, $22 advance. Friday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m.: Caribbean Dance Party with Sticks N’ Fingers featuring Richard Noel; $18, $15 advance, $10 student. Friday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m.: Western Swing Dance with Carolyn Martin from Nashville and Way Out West; $18, $15 advance, $10 student. Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m.: Incendio: Flamenco and Rumba Fusion; $18, $15 advance, $10 student. Friday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m.: Johnny Rawls; $18, $15 advance, $10 student. Friday, March 30, at 8 p.m.: Jessica Fichot; $20, $18 advance, $10 student.

Call (800) 594-8499, or visit rhythmandroots.org for tickets. Call 319-9966 for more information.

SOUTHERN ARIZONA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Programs take place in pairs: 7:30 p.m., Saturday, SaddleBrooke Desert View Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive; and 3 p.m., Sunday, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 7575 N. Paseo del Norte; $23, $21 advance. Feb. 11 and 12: Guest conductor Tao Fan and pianist Cong Fan perform Yin and Chu’s “Yellow River Piano Concerto” and other works.

April 14 and 15: A multimedia performance features the HarpFusion ensemble and Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals. May 19 and 20: Three symphonic works include a concerto for two double-basses. Visit sasomusic.org for tickets or more information.

SOUTHERN ARIZONA WOMEN’S CHORUS The chorus performs with Jovert, a steel-drum band, in Earth, Sea, Sky at 7 p.m., Friday, April 20, Ascension Lutheran Church, 1220 W. Magee Road; and again at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 22, Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Drive; $20, $18 advance. Call 4043148, or visit southernarizonawomenschorus.org.

SUMMERDOG REUNION SHOW El Casino Ballroom. 437 E. 26th St. 623-1865. Five original members of the bluegrass-swing-country band reunite after 30 years at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 14; $22; $18 advance. Special guests include national flat-picking champion Peter McLaughlin. Call (800) 595-4849, or visit inconcerttucson.com for tickets or more information.

Tickets are available with no service fee at The Folk Shop, Antigone Books, and all Bookmans stores.

TUCSON FOLK FESTIVAL El Presidio Park. 115 N. Church Ave. The 27th annual Tucson Folk Festival takes place from noon to 10 p.m., Saturday, May 5; and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday, May 6. The festival features more than 20 hours of music, dance and entertainment. The center of festival activity is El Presidio Park, with nearby performance stages at City Hall, the Old Pima County Courthouse, Tucson Museum of Art and Old Town Artisans. Visit www.tkma. org for more information.

MÚSICA SONORA Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 2331 E. Adams St. 327-6857. Southern Arizona’s professional early-music ensemble performs at 3 p.m., Sunday; $15, $12 senior, $5 student. Feb. 12: Satire and Sedition: Musical Protest of the Ars Nova. June 3: The Pinnacle of High Baroque. Call 628-8119, or visit musicasonora.org.

TUCSON INTERNATIONAL MARIACHI CONFERENCE The Tucson International Mariachi conference, featuring renowned mariachi musicians, public concerts, a student showcase, a mariachi Mass and more, takes place from Monday, April 23, through Sunday, April 29. Call 838-3908, or visit www.tucsonmariachi.org.

PCC MUSIC PCC Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 2066986. Tickets are $6. Visit pima.edu/cfa for details.

Sunday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m.: Singing for Pleasure, Jonathan Ng, tenor, Recital Hall. Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m.: Alexander Lapins, tuba, Recital Hall. Sunday, Feb. 19, at 3 p.m.: Presidio Goes to Hollywood: A Tribute to the Hollywood Saxophone Quartet (1950 to 1970), Recital Hall. Tuesday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m.: Chorale and College Singers, Proscenium Theatre.

Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m.: Wind Ensemble, Proscenium Theatre. Sunday, March 25, at 3 p.m.: Mano a Mano, a faculty piano recital, Recital Hall.

Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m.: Mark Nelson, tuba, Recital

TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Tucson Music Hall. 210 S. Church Ave. 791-4101.

Saturday, Jan. 28, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m.: Wicked Divas, featuring guest vocalists Alli Mauzey and Julia Murney. Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m.: Arizona Centennial Celebration, featuring R. Carlos Nakai playing Native American flute and a program of music inspired by America and the desert. Saturday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m.: violinist Midori plays music by Brahms. Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m.: Back in the Saddle Again!, featuring the Bill Ganz Western Band. Friday, March 9, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, March 11, at 2 p.m.: Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, with the TSO Chorus. Saturday, March 10, at 8 p.m.: Live and

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Listings Let Die: A Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney, featuring guest conductor Martin Herman. Saturday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, March 25, at 2 p.m.: Cirque de la Symphonie, featuring veterans of cirque programs from around the world. Friday, April 13, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 15, at 2 p.m.: Russian Masters, featuring violinist Stefan Jackiw and guest conductor Lior Shambadal. Tickets range from $25 to $78. Call 882-8585, or visit tucsonsymphony.org for tickets.

TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT CATALINA FOOTHILLS HIGH SCHOOL Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium. 4300 E. Sunrise Drive. 577-5090. Saturday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 5, at 2 p.m.: American Portraits, featuring Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer. Saturday, March 3, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, March 4, at 2 p.m.: Mozart and Beethoven, featuring Laura Stoutenborough, clarinet. Tickets are $33 to $78. Call 882-8585, or visit tucsonsymphony.org for tickets or more information.

UA SCHOOL OF MUSIC UA School of Music. 1017 N. Olive Road. 621-1655.

Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m.: Daniel Katzen, horn, and Michael Dauphinais, piano, with the Betty Katzen Horn Studio Ensemble, Crowder Hall; $5. Sunday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m.: Renee Anne Louprette, Roy A. Johnson Memorial Organ Series, Holsclaw Hall; $5 to $9.

Monday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m.: Brinton Smith, cello, and Evelyn Chen, piano, present Songs Without Words, Crowder Hall; $5 to $11. Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m.: The President’s Concert, featuring the Arizona Symphony with concerto competition winners as soloists, Crowder Hall; $5 to $9. Sunday, Feb. 12, at 2:30 p.m.: Schaefer Memorial Guitar Competition, Holsclaw Hall; $5 to $9. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m.: John Millbauer, piano, Crowder Hall; $5. Friday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m.: Grammy-winning vocal ensemble New York Voices perform jazz, Brazilian, R&B, classical and pop music, Crowder Hall; $25. Monday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m.: Brian Luce, flute, and Rex Woods, piano, perform the world premiere of a sonata by Christopher Caliendo, Crowder Hall; $5. Friday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m.: UA Philharmonic Orchestra, Crowder Hall; $5. Saturday, Feb. 25, at 2:30 p.m.: Grammy Award-winning guitarist David Russell, Holsclaw Hall; $20 to $30. Saturday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m.: Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Crowder Hall; $5. Sunday, March 4, through Friday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m.: 34th Annual Arizona Jazz Week, featuring Quite a Night O’ Dixie, Faculty Jazz Night, Studio Jazz with Guest Artist, and Studio Jazz Ensemble with the Arizona Symphony and jazz singer Sue Rainey, all in Crowder Hall; $5 to $9 Sunday through Thursday, $10 to $15 Friday. Wednesday, March 21, at 7 p.m.: Hong-Mei Xiao and Paula Fan, Holsclaw Hall; $5.

Sunday, March 25, at 3 p.m.: UA Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony, Crowder Hall; $5. Wednesday, March 28, 7:30 p.m.: Kelly Thomas, tuba and euphonium, Crowder Hall; $5. Friday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m.: World Music Gang, Crowder Hall; $5. Saturday, March 31, at 2:30 p.m.: Pamela Decker, organ, Hoslclaw Hall; $5 to $9. Saturday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m.: CrossTalk, electronic percussion, Crowder Hall; $5. Sunday, April 1, at 2:30 p.m.: Sholin Guitar Competition, Holsclaw Hall; $5. Monday, April 9, at 7 p.m.: Arizona Wind Quartet, Holsclaw Hall; $5. Monday, April 16, at 7 p.m.: Chamber Players, Holsclaw Hall; $5. Wednesday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m.: UA Studio Jazz Ensemble, Crowder Hall; $5. Thursday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m.: Graduate Percussion Quartet, Crowder Hall; $5. Friday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m.: Rosewood Marimba Ensemble, Crowder Hall; $5. Saturday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m.: UA Percussion Group, Crowder Hall; $5. Sunday, April 22, at 3 p.m.: UA Steel Bands, Crowder Hall; $5. Sunday, April 29, at 3 p.m.: University Community Chorus and Orchestra, Crowder Hall; $6 to $12. Tuesday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m.: UA Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony, Crowder Hall; $5. Wednesday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m.: Arizona Symphony and UA Philharmonic, Crowder Hall; $5. Call 621-1162, or visit arizona.tix.com for ticket.

UAPRESENTS UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Saturday, Jan. 28, at 8 p.m.: Europa Galante with Biondi and Genaux; $27 to $59. Sunday, Feb. 12, at 6:30 p.m.: Itzhak Perlman; $45 to $104. Sunday, Feb. 19, at 6:30 p.m.: The Chieftains 50th Anniversary Tour; $27 to $104. Sunday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m.: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra; $36 to $69. Sunday, March 11, at 7 p.m.: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir; $36 to $69. Saturday, March 24, at 8 p.m.: Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard, Cubano Be! Cubano Bop!; $18 to $38. Sunday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m.: Noa and Mira Awad; $20 to $42. Sunday, April 1, at 6:30 p.m.: Branford Marsalis Quartet; $22 to $46.

Saturday, April 21, at 8 p.m.: Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott and the Assad Brothers; $49 to $154. Call or visit uapresents.org for tickets or more information.

WINTER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Leo Rich Theater. 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. A series of six chamber-music concerts begins Sunday,

March 4, and continues through Sunday, March 11; $26, $12 student for each concert. A gala dinner and concert take place from 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, March 10, at the Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm St.; $150.

Proceeds benefit the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music.

Open dress rehearsals are from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, March 7; Friday, March 9; and Sunday, March 11; free. A youth concert takes place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, March 8; free. Master classes are conducted by cellist Steve Doane from 3 to 4 p.m., and horn player William Purvis from 4 to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 10; free. Visit arizonachambermusic.org for a schedule of guest artists and tickets for the concerts and gala.

SPECIAL EVENTS ARIZONA 100: A CELEBRATION THROUGH THE LENS OF TIME UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Through anthropology, history, poetry, tree-ring research, music, natural history, visual imagery, archaeology, dance and astronomy, this multifaceted program hosted by the UA Colleges of Letters, Arts and Science reveals kaliedoscopic aspects of Arizona and its 100 years of statehood, from 3 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 11; free. A reception follows on the Arizona State Museum lawn, across the street from Centennial Hall. Free.

Tickets are required; call 621-1162, or visit cfa.arizona. edu for tickets or more information. Visit az100.arizona. edu for more information about UA tributes to Arizona’s Centennial.

ARTS IN THE PLAZA St. Philip’s Plaza. 4280 N. Campbell Ave. 529-2775.

Artisans’ booths, live jazz, food and kids’ activities are featured from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 31; and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 1; free admission. Visit fineartfest.org for more information.

DRAWING THE PERFECT CIRCLE BENEFIT GALA The Drawing Studio. 33 S. Sixth Ave. 620-0947. The Drawing Studio celebrates its 20th anniversary with a gala fundraiser from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20.

The event includes hors d’oeuvres and an opportunity to take home one of the works on display; $100, $90 associates. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit gallery’s operations and art awards. An artists’ reception and preview of works available at the gala takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19; free. Visit thedrawingstudio.org for more information.

FOUR CORNERS FESTIVAL La Encantada. 2905 E. Skyline Drive. 299-3566. A festival takes place on all four corners of Skyline Drive and Campbell Avenue from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11 and 12; free. Arts and crafts booths, performing artists, restaurants, boutiques, wine-tastings and demonstrations are featured. Visit fourcornersfest. org for more information.

FUSIONFEST PCC Northwest Campus. 7600 N. Shannon Road. 2062200. Cultural art forms around the world are celebrated in fashion, music, performance, food, crafts, film and family activities from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 28; and 10 to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 29; free. Visit fusionfest.org for more information.

MERCURY PORTAL Monterey Court Studio Galleries. 505 W. Miracle Mile.

582-0514. Installation and media artists, performers, troupes, bands, scientists, photographers, characters, designers, circus acts and the like fill the former motel’s entire outdoor space for a celebration of all things midcentury kitsch-Western and space-age atomic. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28 and 29; $6. A night program for age 21 and older features guest DJs Camilo Lara of the Mexican Institute of Sound and Jim Allen of New York City at 6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28; $16. Prospective artist-participants are sought; pay depends on ticket sales. Call 906-8177, or email atomic10tucson@yahoo.com for more information.

MOVEABLE MUSICAL FEAST Tubac Golf Resort and Spa. 1 Otero Road. Tubac. 3982211. Performances in an adobe chapel by the TSO Brass Quintet and String Quartet highlight an evening that includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dinner and dessert starting at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, April 29; $135. Visit tucsonsymphony.org for reservations or more info.

ORO VALLEY FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Oro Valley Marketplace. Oracle and Tangerine roads. Oro Valley. Close to 100 artisans in a wide range of media, food vendors, live music and family arts activities are featured from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 17; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 18; free. Visit orovalleyfestival.org for more information.

The SOUTHERN ARIZONA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FUNDRAISING GALA Mountain View Country Club. 38759 S. Mountain View Blvd. SaddleBrooke. 818-1000. A reception and dinner, live and silent auctions, and entertainment by the Tucson Junior Strings Chamber Orchestra are featured at a gala fundraising event at 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28; $90. Call 308-6226, or visit sasomusic.org for reservations or more information.

ARIZONA OPERA Tucson Music Hall. 210 S. Church Ave. 791-4101.

Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 4 and 5: Madama Butterfly, $30 to $118. Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4: Aida; $30 to $118. Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22: Orfeo Ed Euridice; $20 to $108. Operas are sung in Italian with English surtitles. Show times are 7:30 p.m., Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday. Visit azopera.com for tickets or more information.

SOUTHWEST INDIAN ART FAIR Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. A weekend of culture, art, performance and food takes place on the front lawn, rain or shine, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 18, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 19; $10, $7 member, free youth age 17 and younger or student with valid student ID. More than 200 native cultures are represented, and the event includes book-signings, artists’ demonstrations and live and silent auctions. Visit statemuseum.arizona.edu for tickets or more information. Advance tickets also are sold at the Centennial Hall Box Office.

THE ARIZONA RADIO HOUR Tucson Scottish Rite Cathedral. 160 S. Scott Ave. 6228364. To celebrate Arizona’s centennial, students from the UA School of Theatre, Film and Television’s musical theater touring company, Encore!, perform songs from the Wild West and World War II eras, and love songs in tribute to Arizona’s Valentine’s Day statehood, in between vintage commercials and facts about Arizona and its people, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21; free. Call 621-1162 for free general-admission tickets; visit az100.arizona.edu for more information about UA tributes to Arizona’s centennial.

TEA AND SALON: EXOTIC LOCALES IN OPERA Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. 7000 N. Resort Drive.

299-2020. An afternoon of lectures, arias, sweets and tea takes place from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21; $65. Proceeds benefit the Tucson League of the Arizona Opera. Call 329-8156 for tickets or more information.

ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875.

Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, a comedy thriller in which four cast members play more than 150 characters, opens Saturday, Jan. 14, and continues through Saturday, Feb. 4. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby opens Saturday, Feb. 25, and runs through Saturday, March 17. Red, a play about abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko, opens Saturday, April 7, and runs through Saturday, April 28. Performance times vary; $31 to $56 plus fees, $10 student with ID. Call or visit arizonatheatre.org for tickets or more information.

THE WATER FESTIVAL Armory Park Center. 220 S. Fifth Ave. 791-4865.

Exhibitors, theater and dance performances, panel discussions, speakers, workshops, films, music, children’s entertainers and water-centered spiritual practices are featured in The Water Festival: Synergy of Art, Science and Community, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 18; free. Call 791-9359, or visit waterfestivaltucson.org to register as a volunteer, artist, performer, speaker, workshop leader or exhibitor, and for more information.

TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS UA Mall. 1303 E. University Drive. Authors, publishers and the reading public gather in a family-friendly community event to benefit literacy programs in Southern Arizona, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, March 10 and 11; free. Visit tucsonfestivalofbooks.org for more information.

TUCSON SCULPTURE FESTIVAL Sculpture Resource Center. 640 N. Stone Ave. 4039131. A large variety of Southern Arizona sculpture opens with a free reception and performance from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 27, and continues through Sunday, Feb. 12. Performers include Flight School Acrobatics, Parasol Project, a puppet show by Maki Maki, Anarchestra interactive sculpture band, and a parading tour of galleries led by the Fiestacles marching Band.

Food and beverages also are available. Gallery hours are from noon to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; free.

WATER FESTIVAL DAY OF SERVICE Armory Park Center. 220 S. Fifth Ave. 791-4865.

Tucson Arts Brigade organizes a community service day as part of its Water Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 18; free. The theme of this year’s event is “Water and Community: A Centennial Journey— Then, Now and Into the Future,” examining how water has influenced our culture, traditions and daily lives.

Visit tucsonartsbrigade.org for more information.

WORKER, INC.: THE WORKER TRANSIT AUTHORITY Incorporating performance, art, humor, parody, graphics and data, Worker, Inc. presents four public events, each unveiling a discrete planning effort for the city of Tucson. Events are held in vacant spaces downtown every Friday and Saturday from Friday, April 27, through Saturday, May 19; free. The events are designed to reinvent the public-hearing process to facilitate discussion about the issues of land use, infrastructure, transportation and the environment. The project is funded through the Tucson Pima Arts Council/Kresge Arts in Tucson II: P.L.A.C.E. Initiative Grants. Email workerarchitect@ yahoo.com for more information.

THEATER ARIZONA ONSTAGE PRODUCTIONS Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. The Marvelous Wonderettes, a familyfriendly story of a 1958 senior prom, opens with a preview at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19, and continues through Sunday, Feb. 5. Equus opens with a preview at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 26, and plays through Sunday, May 20. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $15 to $32. Call 8826574, or visit brownpapertickets.com for tickets or more information.

BEOWULF ALLEY THEATRE COMPANY Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 8820555. We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! opens with a preview at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26, and continues through Sunday, Feb. 26. Radium Girls opens with a preview Thursday, March 15, and runs through Sunday, April 8. Sins of the Mother opens with a preview Thursday, May 3, and runs through Sunday, May 27.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m., Sunday; $21, $15 preview. Call or visit beowulfalley.org for tickets and more information.

BORDERLANDS THEATER COMPANY ZUZI’s Theater. 738 N. Fifth Ave. 629-0237. Agnes Under the Big Top: A Tall Tale opens with a preview Thursday, Feb. 9, and continues through Sunday, Feb. 26. Lidless opens with a preview Thursday, April 5, and runs through Sunday, April 22. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $7 to $16 preview, $22 opening-night celebration, $19.95, $17.75 senior, $10.75 student. Call 8827406, or visit borderlandstheater.org for tickets or more information.

BROADWAY IN TUCSON Tucson Music Hall. 210 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. The ’80s arena-rock love story Rock of Ages opens Tuesday, March 13, and continues through Sunday, March 18.

The 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Musical In the Heights opens Tuesday, April 24, and runs through Sunday, April 29. Mary Poppins opens Wednesday, May 16, and runs through Sunday, May 20. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; 8 p.m., Friday; 2 and 8 p.m., Saturday; and 1 and 6:30 p.m., Sunday; $26 to $77 plus fees. Visit broadwayintucson.com for tickets and more information.

CAFÉ BOHEMIA Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875.

Playwrights workshop new works in readings in the lounge; $5. Saturday, Feb. 11, at 10 p.m., Elaine Romero reads Wetback, the story of intra-cultural conflict. Saturday, March 10, at 10:30 p.m., Larissa FastHorse reads Hunka, depicting a reunion between a recovering drug addict and her child. Saturday, April 7, at 1 p.m., Dwayne Hartford presents The Color of Stars in collaboration with ChildsPlay.

CALL FOR PERFORMERS Theater, dance, performance art, clowning, sketch comedy and all other performance presentations are sought for the Tucson Fringe Theater Festival, Feb. 23 through 26. Deadline for submissions is Sunday, Jan. 15. Visit tucsonfringe.org, or email tucsonfringe@gmail.com for more information.

THE CAPITOL STEPS UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Former congressional staffers and comedians offer timely ensemble satire at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 14; $180 includes a $100 tax-deductible donation. Call 624-6561, or visit uahillel.org for tickets or more information.

Listings CARNIVAL OF ILLUSION Doubletree Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. 881-4200.

881-4200. Award-winning illusionists Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed present Carnival of Illusion: An Evening of Intimate Magical Wonders at 6 and 8:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28; 6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 17; 3:30 and 6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 18; and 6 and 8:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25; $29 adult, $24 senior and ages 8 to 16. Tickets include a 2-for-1 dinner special. Audience limited to 35. Call 615-5299, or visit carnivalofillusion.com.

COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $12, $10 senior and student unless otherwise noted. The Mystery Genius of G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown launches a new series of plays adapted from the work of mystery writers, Friday, Jan. 20, through Sunday, Jan. 29. “A Pair of Plays by J.M. Barrie,” The Old Lady Shows Her Medals and A Well Remembered Voice, open Friday, Feb. 3, and continue through Sunday, March 4; $18, $16 senior or student.

The Comedy Genius of G.K. Chesterton, a compendium from his humorous essays and witticisms, opens Friday, March 9, and runs through Sunday, March 18. The Mystery Genius of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes opens Friday, March 23, and runs through Saturday, March 31. A Tight Corner opens Friday, April 6, and runs through Sunday, May 6; $18, $16 senior and student. The Comedy Genius of Don Marquis opens Friday, May 11, and runs through Sunday, May 20. The Mystery Genius of E.W. Hornung’s Raffles the Amateur Cracksman opens Friday, May 25, and runs through Saturday, June 2. Call or visit thecomedyplayhouse.com.

ETCETERA Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Margaret Edson’s Wit opens with a preview Thursday, Feb. 23, and continues through Saturday, March 10. Toni Press-Coffman’s Touch opens with a preview Thursday, April 5, and runs through Saturday, April 21. Eve Ensler’s The Good Body opens with a preview Thursday, May 3, and runs through Saturday, May 19.

Charles Busch’s Psycho Beach Party opens with a preview Thursday, June 14, and runs through Saturday, June 30. Showtimes are 10:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 7:30 p.m., Thursday preview; $10. Call 327-4242, or visit etceteralatenight.com for more info.

FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m.: Ed Asner performs a one-man show as FDR; $25 to $48. Saturday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m.: Women Fully Clothed features comediennes from popular TV shows; $20 to $50. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets or more information.

THE INVISIBLE THEATRE Invisible Theatre. 1400 N. First Ave. 882-9721. A world premiere of Look Ma, We’re Dancing opens Wednesday, Feb. 8, and continues through Sunday, Feb. 26; $25. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday. Susan Clark portrays Bess Steed Garner in A Woman of Independent Means at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10; and 3 p.m., Sunday, March 11; $30. The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead opens with a preview at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, and continues through Sunday, April 29; $25. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday.

Call or visit invisibletheatre.com for more information.

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Shirley Valentine opens Thursday, Feb. 16, and continues through Sunday, March 18. Death and the Maiden opens Thursday, March 22, and runs through Sunday, April 22. The Cocktail Hour opens Thursday, April 26, and runs through Sunday, June. 3. The opening Thursday and first Friday of each run are preview shows. Showtimes 3 p.m., Sunday; 7:30 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Thursday previews; $18, $12 preview, $16 student, senior or military. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for tickets and more info.

ODYSSEY STORYTELLING Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242.

Six storytellers share tales from their lives based on a monthly theme. Unless otherwise noted, showtime is 7 p.m., Thursday; $7. Feb. 2: Pets: See Spot Run, curated by Lori Riegel. March 1: (Neither) Here Nor There: Stories From Life in the Borderlands, UA Museum of Art, 1031 N. Olive Road; free. This storytelling is one of many events, symposia and exhibits featured in connection with The Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes and Lifescapes, which continues through Sunday, March 11, at the UA Museum of Art. Visit artmuseum.arizona. edu for details of all the related activities. April 5: Sliced and Diced: The Surgery Show. May 3: Sticks and Stones: Politics on the Playground. Anyone can ask to tell their story; the six are chosen in advance. Call 7304112, or visit storyartsgroup.org to sign up.

PCC THEATRE ARTS PCC Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 2066986. The musical murder-mystery Curtains opens Wednesday, Feb. 22, and continues through Sunday, March 4, in the Proscenium Theatre. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $18. Inherit the Wind opens with a preview at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, and runs through Sunday, April 22, in the Black Box Theatre. Show times are 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $15. Call 206-6986, or visit pima.edu/cfa for tickets or more information.

RED BARN THEATER Red Barn Theater. 948 N. Main Ave. 622-6973. The musical comedy How to Talk to a Minnesotan continues through Sunday, Jan. 29. Oliver! opens Friday, March 2, and runs through Sunday, March 25. Mame opens Friday, May 4, and runs through Sunday, May 27. I Hate Hamlet! opens Friday, July 6, and runs through Sunday, July 22. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $16, $10 Friday, $13 senior, student or military. Call or visit theredbarntheater.com.

THE ROGUE THEATRE The Rogue Theatre. 300 E. University Blvd. 551-2053.

The New Electric Ballroom opens Thursday, Feb. 23, and continues through Sunday, March 11. A Winter’s Tale opens Thursday, April 26, and runs through Sunday, May 13. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $30, $23 preview opening Thursday, $15 any other Thursday. Visit theroguetheatre.org for tickets and more information.

SECOND CITY’S LAUGH OUT LOUD TOUR Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875.

An evening of sketch comedy and timely improvisation begins at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 11; and at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 12; $29 to $50. Call or visit arizonatheatre.org for tickets or more information.

STUDIO CONNECTIONS AND THE DAVINCI PLAYERS Studio Connections Theater at St. Francis in the Foothills. 4625 E. River Road. 731-1559. A View From the Bridge opens Thursday, March 1, and continues through Sunday, March 18. A Man of No Importance opens Friday, April 20, and runs through Sunday, May 6. Plaza Suite opens Friday, June 1, and runs through Sunday, June 17. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $15 to $20. Call 3293707, or visit studioconnections.net for tickets.

UA OPERA THEATER UA Crowder Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 621-1162.

Puccini is staged at 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, April 12 through 14; and 3 p.m., Sunday, April 15; $10 to $15. Opera scenes are performed at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 24; $5. Visit arizona.tix.com for tickets or more information.

UA THEATRE UA Marroney Theater. 1025 N. Olive Road. 621-1162.

Necessary Targets, based on interviews with Bosnian women in the Yugoslavian Civil War, opens Sunday, Feb. 5, and continues through Sunday, Feb. 26, Tornabene Theatre at the Marroney Theatre. Julius Caesar opens Sunday, Feb. 26, and runs through Sunday, March 25, Marroney Theatre. Showtimes are 1:30 p.m., Sunday; 7:30 p.m. all other shows; $17 to $28. This Is Our Youth opens Thursday, March 1, and runs through Sunday, March 4, Directing Studio, Room 116, behind Marroney Theatre. Showtimes are 8 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $7. Bat Boy: The Musical, an adult comedy, opens Sunday, April 8, and continues through Sunday, April 29, Tornabene Theatre. Showtimes are 1:30 p.m., Sunday; 7:30 p.m. all other shows; $17 to $28. Vinegar Tom opens Thursday, April 12, and runs through Sunday, April 15, Directing Studio. Showtimes are 8 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, and 2 p.m., Sunday; $7. Performance dates vary; visit arizona.tix.com for tickets; see cfa. arizona.edu for more information about the plays.

UAPRESENTS EDUCATION FUNDRAISER UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Ben Vereen presents “Thanks for the Memory,” a performance he created to honor the 75th anniversary of Centennial Hall, at 6 p.m., Saturday, March 31; $15 to $69, $5 of each ticket goes to UApresents education programs. Call or visit uapresents.org for more info.

WINDING ROAD THEATER ENSEMBLE Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf opens with a preview at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 5, and continues through Sunday, April 22; $15 to $20.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday. Call 401-3626, for visit windingroadtheater.org for tickets or more info.

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CITYWEEK

JANUARY 12-18, 2012 OUR TOP PICKS OF WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO DO IT

BY ANNA MIROCHA

Family Circus

PICK OF THE WEEK

Do you think your family is a circus? If so, perhaps you should check out a real family circus—and feel free to bring the family.

This weekend, UApresents will host six performances by the Zoppé Family Circus, a one-ring circus run by and starring members of an Old World Italian family—the Zoppés, of course—who’ve been in the business for about 170 years.

Way back in 1842, a young French street performer named Napoleone Zoppé was looking for work in a plaza in Budapest, where his eyes met those of a beautiful young woman called Ermenegilda—who happened to be a talented equestrian ballerina. The two promptly fell in love.

Since Ermenegilda’s father didn’t like the idea of his daughter falling in love with a clown, she and Napoleone ran away to Venice to marry. As the story goes, in Venice, they founded the circus that still bears the Zoppé name—a circus which has been growing in fame over the generations, as it makes use of each family member’s unique showmanship (or business) talent.

Napoleone’s great-grandson, Alberto Zoppé—a skilled equestrian like his great-grandmother—inherited the circus 100 years after its founding. On a tour of Europe, he met famous director/actor Orson Welles, who convinced Alberto (after he was bribed with a promise of a loaned elephant) to go to America and perform in Cecil B. DeMille’s Oscar-winning film The Greatest Show on Earth.

Remaining in America with his wife, Sandra, after the movie’s filming, Alberto produced circuses for the Ringling Bros., and then revived his own family circus with the help of a new generation—his children Giovanni, Tosca and Carla, along with their spouses.

That family, of course, includes many Alberto, now more than 80 years of his blood relatives, as well as his “cirold and with an artificial hip and cus family”—those in the circus with knee, still wows audiences in the ring whom he’s developed intimate working of his family’s intimate 500-to-600relationships as he travels and performs seat circus tent. Son Giovanni has with them. taken on a starring role as Nino the The folks at UApresents are getting clown, who weaves a central story quite an emotional boost from prepararound which all of the performances ing to host their first-ever circus. Said revolve.

Darsen Campbell, the group’s marketing These performances include all and publicity manager, “Were absolutely the must-have circus elements: acrothrilled to bring the circus here. It’s good batic and trapeze feats, horseback family entertainment for all ages—from showmanship, dogs that do amazthe little ones all the way up to the ing tricks—and, of course, plenty of grandparents. … It sounds like a fairy clowning by Giovanni (aka Nino) tale.” and others.

Giovanni Zoppé promised attendees “We don’t go forward with fancy a wonderful experience. “Our job is to lights and fog machines and stages give other people joy. It’s the greatest job that go up and down,” said Giovanni in the world. Circus is about joy, pasZoppé, in a charismatic Italian sion, love,” he said, adding that he hopes accent. “This is what true entertainhis own young son will one day follow ment is supposed to be. Instead of in his footsteps as the ringleader of the smoke and mirrors, our circus is ensemble. about family love and real life.”

The Zoppé Family Circus takes Throughout all the performances, place at 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13; 1, 4 the circus strongly encourages audiand 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; and 1 ence participation. and 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15, at the UA “You don’t come to our circus to Tosca Zoppé of the Zoppé Family Circus.

Rincon Vista Sports Complex, 2300 see our circus. You come to experiE. 15th St. Ticket prices range from $15 to $30. Call 621-3341, or ence it. When you come to our show, you become part of our family,” visit uapresents.org for more information. said Zoppé.

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LECTURES Changing Minds About Climate Change “Global Warming: How Serious Is It?” 7 p.m., next Thursday, Jan. 19 UA Kuiper Space Sciences Building 1629 E. University Blvd., Room 308 409-5797

What do you think about climate change?

There sure is a lot to think about—sea levels rising, polar bears dying, shortages of clean water … all dim prospects indeed.

What’s causing these things to happen? About 97 percent of climatologists believe that it’s us: humans. The carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted from our power plants, cars and even cattle are building up in our atmosphere and causing global warming, as well as ocean acidification, as CO2 is absorbed by our seas.

Still, not everyone accepts the concept of climate change as caused by humans—in fact, the number of people who don’t see humans at fault has increased in the past few years.

Enter Robert Strom, author of the book Hothouse: Global Climate Change and the Human Condition, who will speak at the UA next Thursday. Strom is not a climate scientist, but a planetary scientist. He examines global warming as a planetary phenomenon, giving his audience a different point of view.

And this man has credentials: He’s professor emeritus of planetary sciences at the Department of Planetary Sciences and the Lunar and Planetary Lab at the UA, and he was a member of the working groups on missions to the moon, Venus and Mercury, as well as the Voyager mission to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. He’s been active in planetary exploration, research and teaching for 50 years, during which he’s written more than 100 scientific papers and two books, and earned six NASA awards.

Said Al Anzaldua, the coordinator for the Space Exploration Special Interest Group (which is helping this talk happen), “Whatever your beliefs are about whether or not humans are causing climate change, you’ll come away from this presentation with more facts than you’ve ever had.”

The event is free.

John Amos Left: Magician and comedian Justin Willman, host of the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, performs at 3 and 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16, at the Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. $18.

Call 886-9428, or visit thegaslighttheatre.com for reservations.

THEATER

MUSIC

KIDS & FAMILIES

76 Years of Life and Country

Regular Guys Playing Music

For the Record!

Halley’s Comet

Titan Valley Warheads’ 30th anniversary party and concert

The Great Paper Airplane Fly Off

8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15

7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14

Berger Performing Arts Center 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.

Suite 147 in Plaza Palomino 2970 N. Swan Road

882-9721; www.invisibletheatre.com

319-9966 (info); (800) 594-8499 (tickets); www.rhythmandroots.org

One night while watching Halley’s Comet streak across the sky in 1986, actor and playwright John Amos looked over and saw an old man doing the same thing— while laughing, as if he’d found a longlost friend.

Amos wondered about the old man’s life and the happy memories the comet was bringing him as the old man thought about his experiences since the comet last made an appearance back in 1910.

Then, Amos decided to make a play about it—which is coming to Tucson this weekend.

In Halley’s Comet, Amos plays an 87-year-old man looking back on when he saw the comet as an 11-year-old— and on the myriad events and adventures he’s experienced since then. It’s a one-man play focused on narrative, as Amos draws the audience into his character’s life and tells the history of the United States during his lifetime— including tales of world wars, romance, fast-food restaurants, the golden age of radio and the Civil Rights Movement.

Amos can pull off a one-man play, because he’s a tremendous actor. He was in the groundbreaking TV miniseries Roots, and appeared in numerous TV shows and movies, from The West Wing to Die Hard 2 to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Over the years, he’s also become an advocate for underprivileged youth.

His Halley’s Comet Foundation provides positive pursuits for young people through nautical and maritime programs.

“John Amos has done it all,” said Susan Claassen, the managing artistic director of the Invisible Theatre, which is bringing Amos’ show to town. “He’s been on the stage, on TV, in films—and above all, he’s a true humanitarian and educator, so it’s very important for him to tell history in a way that’s inclusive.”

Tickets are $42.

The Titan Valley Warheads sprang up 30 years ago as a fun band—a band made up of people who just wanted to have fun together by playing music. Thirty years later, despite itself, the band has become quite famous, even earning the title of Best Bluegrass Band at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

Part of the reason this band has been around so long is its versatility: Not only does it play bluegrass, but it also performs Western swing and classic Western (à la the Sons of the Pioneers)—and even sometimes some ’50s a cappella numbers and humorous tunes.

“We like to surprise people,” said the band’s guitarist, Earl Edmonson.

“I think part of the fun of the music is trying to keep things fresh, working on new material and challenging ourselves and throwing in new things.”

You bet that 30 years of practice has had a good effect on the band’s sound. “’Cause we’ve played together a long time, we have really good harmonies and a lot of instrumentation,” said Edmonson.

But the band is far from egotistical, said Jonathan Holden, of Rhythm and Roots, which will present the band in concert this Saturday. “They’re kind of a Tucson treasure, and yet after all these years, as they continue to play major bluegrass festivals in the state and region, they stay very humble.”

Maybe that’s because the band continues for the sake of fun. “We like to have a lot of fun onstage,” said Edmonson, “and generally, the people we’re playing for have a good time, too. … But we’re just a few regular guys playing some music.”

Tickets are $17 in advance, and $20 at the door. Advance tickets are available at Antigone Books, Bookmans and Dark Star Leather.

11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14 Pima Air and Space Museum 6000 E. Valencia Road 574-0462; www.greatpaperairplane.org

Airplanes—isn’t it amazing that we can fly around the world in these huge, heavy-winged machines that seem to completely defy gravity?

It’s not quite so mind-blowing, however, when an airplane made out of feather-light paper flies through the air.

Still, paper airplanes help kids understand the physics of flight—and, boy, are paper airplanes fun.

This weekend, kids ages 6 to 14 can enter their own paper airplanes in the Pima Air and Space Museum’s Great Paper Airplane Fly Off—and whoever’s airplane flies the farthest will win the title of guest engineer on the team that’s challenging the Guinness World Records’ largest-paper-airplane honors.

This massive paper airplane—with the guest engineer’s name emblazoned on it—will eventually fly from a height of 5,000 feet over the Arizona desert, literally flying in the face of all recordbreaking paper airplanes before it.

Actually, the current biggest-paperairplane Guinness World Records honoree is hosting the event, in which as many as 300 kids can enter their paper airplanes, built with an 8.5-by-11-inch sheet of paper. Pre-registration has been extended until noon, Friday, Jan. 13—and there may be a chance for non-registered kids to enter on the day of the event if they arrive by 10 a.m.

Participants and up to four family members can come for free.

As a museum, the Pima Air and Space Museum is a repository for the past, but, according to Yvonne Morris, executive director of the museum and the Arizona Aerospace Foundation, “We’d like to work with local communities to inspire the future.”

Said Morris: “I think participating kids are gonna have a lot of fun. And they can see that something as simple as a paper airplane can evolve into a large-scale engineering project.”

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TQ&A Cheryl S. Lazaroff

MARI HERRERAS

After Cheryl S. Lazaroff ’s first visit to the Tucson Community School, she went home and announced it was the only place she’d teach in Tucson. That was 35 years ago, and she still teaches TCS preschoolers.

Classes at the 63-year-old nonprofit, parent-owned cooperative start at age 3 and go into kindergarten at age 5; the school currently has 75 students. TCS depends on enrollment and grants, but the economy hasn’t been too kind lately, so the school is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 28, with storytelling and music from Jordan Hill, Dennis Pepe, Banjo Paul and Tracy Shedd. For more info, visit www.tucsoncommunityschool.org.

Mari Herreras, mherreras@tucsonweekly.com

When did you start teaching at TCS? I first visited there in February of 1977, when we moved here from California.

I recall going home and saying, “I found the only place in Tucson where I’d want to teach.” Having left a wonderful school in California, I was afraid no one would ever leave, and there wouldn’t be a job for me.

I understand this economy hasn’t been too kind to the school this year.

Yes, the economy has hit the school this year, so the parents are rallying around, and we have extra fundraisers going on. This month is important, because we have a donor who is matching every donation up to $5,000 until the end of January.

We’ve been contacting our alumni and reaching out to the wider community.

Tell me more about the school.

It’s a parent-cooperative school. The parents of the current students are the owners; there is a board of trustees that own the deed to the property; and then there is a professional staff.

It started out as a parent co-op. Parents met for a whole year before they started. One of the founders was Ruth Brant Davis, who died last year. I interviewed her at our 50th anniversary.

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stop working and stay home, and a lot of talented women put a lot of time into cooperative schools. A lot of the co-ops went under in the 1970s, and not many are around. But we are here— we’ve lasted.

What makes cooperative schools special?

I think because there’s something really important to families that they can learn by being in school together with their children that you don’t get by just sending your children to a program or keeping your children at home. Every age group has teachers and an assistant, and parent assistants. We’ve had to become flexible over the years. Mom and dads split the time (along with) grandparents, aunts or nannies.

Someone from the family is there to help. And you learn from other parents, teachers and how other kids behave compared to your own.

Children get to experience being with a lot of different adults. Parents really begin to value their children’s education and feel like school is important for everyone to be doing together.

What I admire about the school is its strong connection to its alumni.

I think there is a lot to be said for that, and part of it is that Tucson still thinks of itself as a small town, even if we are approaching a million in the metro area. Right now, a lot of our families

come to us by word of mouth from other satisfied families. Then we get extended families. But we also get the children of our alumni. That’s a grounding thing—pretty amazing.

Why does the cooperative method work well?

I think we’ve learned that with young children, it is extremely important to have the family involved. Parents are children’s first teachers, and parents are the first early-childhood teachers and advocates. This environment provides the family the support to be working together where we are all on the same team, helping the child grow.

What do you think about the Jan. 28 fundraiser?

It sounds like a lot of fun, but you know this school has been enjoying making music and telling stories for a very long time. … We’ve always had a lot of musician families. When I was hired, I was told, “We don’t use records and tape recordings; we make our own music,” and that’s the way I learned.

We make our own music, but, sure, now we use other sources and have more of a variety. We still don’t use computers in the classroom.

We do real stuff, and that includes making our own music. … In the history of cooperative schools, TCS is a pretty big deal. I’m very happy to be part of it.

SPECIAL EVENTS

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ALLIANCE FUND QUEER YOUTH AWARDS NIGHT Hacienda del Sol. 5601 N. Hacienda del Sol Road.

299-1501. Grants are awarded from the Alliance Fund’s Queer Youth Initiative grant round, and food and beverages are provided, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 12. Email douglas.noffsinger@comcast.net to RSVP; visit alliancefund.org for info on the grant program.

2012 TUCSON FIREFIGHTER CALENDAR Bookmans. 6230 E. Speedway Blvd. 748-9555.

Representatives of the Tucson Fire Department and I Heart Heroes, an organization of firefighters’ wives, sell the Tucson Firefighters Calendar from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13; free. Sales of the calendar benefit local charities.

FIESTA DE LOS OSOS 2012 Inn Suites Hotel Tucson City Center. 475 N. Granada Ave. 623-2000. Bears and their admirers from all over the world visit Tucson for a weekend of fun and camaraderie from Thursday, Jan. 12, through Monday, Jan. 16; $115, $105 Bear Club member, not including housing.

Daily excursions to Bisbee, Kartchner Caverns and Casa Grande Ruins; a banquet; DJ-hosted pool parties; and a piñata-bust are among activities planned. Visit fiesta. botop.com to register or more information, including special room pricing.

AAUW TUCSON BRANCH LUNCHEON Old Pueblo Grille. 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000.

Members, guests and prospective members are invited to bring hobbies and crafts to share at the luncheon meeting of the Tucson Branch of the American Association of University Women from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; $25.50. Karen Board Moran performs a historic re-enactment of Tucson pioneer and early AAUW member Clara Fish Roberts. RSVP is requested by Thursday, Jan. 12. Call 795-3952 for reservations or more information.

STAND UP TUCSON Armory Park. 220 S. Sixth Ave. 791-4865. Live music from five bands including Spirit Familia and Baba Marimba Band, booths with local activists for peace and justice, opportunities to sign a wide range of petitions and several progressive speakers are featured from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 14; free. Visit standuptucson.org for more information.

ARMCHAIR ADVENTURES Murphy-Wilmot Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library.

530 N. Wilmot Road. 594-5420. World travelers show and discuss slides, DVDs and videos of their travels at 2 p.m., every Tuesday, Jan. 17 through Feb. 28; free.

Jan. 17: A Mediterranean cruise. Jan. 24: A riverboat trip from Brussels, Belgium, to Lucerne, Switzerland.

Jan. 31: Bavaria, Germany. Feb. 7: The Amazon and Bolivia. Feb. 14: Grand Teton National Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. Feb. 21: The Pacific Rim. Feb. 28: Ireland, England, France, Holland and Germany by bicycle.

WINGS OVER WILLCOX BIRD-WATCHING DAYS An annual celebration of birds, nature and culture includes guided tours and field trips for bird-watching, photography, geology, ranching, agriculture, history and more. Also included are seminars, a crafts and trade show, live-animal educational exhibits, workshops and a banquet with a silent auction and a speaker, through Sunday, Jan. 15; free to $90. Call (800) 200-2272, or visit wingsoverwillcox.com for details.

OUT OF TOWN COWBOY POETRY AND MUSIC GATHERING Desert View Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. A program of songs and poetry inspired by the cowboy life takes place at 2:30 and 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; $28. A meet-and-greet with the artists and a silent auction of Western art take place at 5 p.m. Visit tickets. saddlebrooketwo.com for tickets and more information.

UPCOMING DILLINGER DAYS Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. Hotel Congress and the Historic Train Depot host a look back at 1934 with re-enactments of the Dillinger gang’s exploits in Tucson and guided tours of the historic Hotel Congress on Friday, Jan. 20, and Saturday, Jan. 21.

Visit hotelcongress.com for more information.

DRAWING THE PERFECT CIRCLE BENEFIT GALA The Drawing Studio. 33 S. Sixth Ave. 620-0947. The Drawing Studio celebrates its 20th anniversary with a gala fundraiser from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20. The event includes hors d’oeuvres and an opportunity to take home one of the works on display; $100, $90 associates. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit gallery’s operations and art awards. An artists’ reception and preview of works available at the gala takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19; free. Visit thedrawingstudio.org for more information.

ROBERT BURNS NIGHT Z Mansion. 288 N. Church Ave. 623-4889. A traditional Scottish Robert Burns supper, including a reading of Burns’ Address to the Haggis, takes place from 6 to 10 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20; $50. Entertainment is by the singers, dancers and musicians of the Seven Pipers Scottish Society. Satire, wit, wisdom and toasts also are promised. Kilts are encouraged. Reservations are requested by Friday, Jan. 13. Call 807-9509, or visit tucsoncelticfestival.org for tickets or more information.

UNITED WAY RECOGNITION DINNER Z Mansion. 288 N. Church Ave. 623-4889. The United Way Leadership Giving Society and Loyal Contributor Society Recognition Dinner takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 23; free. Seating is outdoors with heaters; no one will be seated without a reservations. Call 903-3907 for reservations or more info.

CONSIDERING DIVORCE Murphy-Wilmot Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library.

530 N. Wilmot Road. 594-5420. Representatives of the Family Center of the Conciliation Court and the family law section of the Pima County Bar Association offer information about the emotional and legal aspects of divorce from 6 to 7 p.m., the third Wednesday of every month. Free. Call 740-5590 for more information.

DIVORCE RECOVERY 1 St. Mark’s Methodist Church. 1431 W. Magee Road.

297-2062. Trained volunteers lead a nonsectarian support group from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, through March 8. The group is closed after Jan. 12. Call 4950704, or visit divorcerecovery.net for more information.

DIVORCE RECOVERY GROUP LEADER TRAINING Volunteer Center of Tucson. 924 N. Alvernon Way. 881-3300. Training for prospective leaders of divorcerecovery groups takes place from 6:30 to 9 p.m., every Thursday, from Jan. 26, through March 1; $60.

Participants receive the Divorce Recovery Manual and other materials. Call 495-0704, or visit divorcerecovery. net for an application and more information.

EASTSIDE DEMOCRATS New Spirit Lutheran Church. 8701 E. Old Spanish Trail.

296-2461. Former state prosecutor Vince Rabago discusses problems with Arizona’s private prisons following refreshments and socializing at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16; free. Call 850-6755.

EZ MEET Old Pueblo Grille. 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000.

Singles in their 50s and 60s meet for happy hour from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13, and Monday, Jan. 16; free. Email salkro09@gmail.com, or call 990-5419 for more information.

LOBBY 101 SEMINAR Nanini Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library. 7300 N. Shannon Road. 594-5365. The Humane Society invites animal advocates to an update of legislation currently being considered in Arizona, and a presentation about how to be an effective citizen advocate for animals, including how a bill becomes law, and how to influence a legislator, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15; free.

Call 529-5855 to RSVP; visit action.humanesociety.org for more information.

NEW SOCKS FOR THE NEW YEAR New socks and shoes, and gently used pants and jackets, are collected for the TUSD Clothing Bank from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at Myers/ Ganoung Elementary School, 5000 E. Andrew St.; and the Robert D. Morrow Education Center, 1010 E. 10th St. The drive continues through Tuesday, Jan. 31, except Monday, Jan. 16. Call 584-6752, or visit tusd1. org/clothingbank for more information.

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SOCRATES CAFÉ Metropolitan Grill. 7892 N. Oracle Road. 531-1212. A group discusses philosophical questions old and new at 6:30 p.m., the first and third Monday of every month; free. Call 575-1743 for more information.

OUT OF TOWN DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF THE SANTA RITA AREA Green Valley Democratic Headquarters. 260 W. Continental Road. Green Valley. 838-0590. The club discusses current events every Wednesday, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; free. All are welcome. Email acalkins10@aol.com, or visit gvdemocrats.org.

SAHUARITA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Sahuarita Municipal Complex. 375 W. Sahuarita Center Way. Sahuarita. 822-8800. The work of 50 juried regional artists—in a variety of mediums including ceramics, fiber, glass, jewelry, metal, photography, watercolors and wood—is featured in a free festival on Saturday, Jan. 14, and Sunday, Jan. 15. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Artist demonstrations, food and children’s activities will be offered. Visit bowmanproductionsaz.com, or call 4011290 for info.

BUSINESS & FINANCE EVENTS THIS WEEK GRANTS DATABASES OPEN LAB Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Volunteers, staff and board members of nonprofit and community organizations research private grantmakers with the help of a librarian from 2 to 4 p.m., the second Friday of every month; free. Seating is firstcome, first-served. Call 791-4010 for more information.

YWORKS EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR WOMEN YWCA Frances McClelland Leadership Center. 525 N. Bonita Ave. 884-7810. Employment-training and development workshops for women who are unemployed, underemployed or transitioning in the workforce take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., the second and third Tuesday of each month. Computer-skills help is available from noon to 5 p.m., the second and third Wednesday of each month. $25 per workshop. Scholarships and internships are available. Call 884-7810, ext. 102, to register or for more information.

UPCOMING BATTLE OF THE ADS BENEFITS TUCSON NONPROFITS Manning House. 450 W. Paseo Redondo. 770-0714.

Teams compete to create the best advertising for a nonprofit program in 24 hours, all while being videotaped.

The winner is determined at a luncheon meeting of the Tucson Chapter, American Advertising Federation, from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 24; $25 to $44, $5 less if prepaid. Call 326-1060, or visit cvent.com for reservations or more information.

FILM EVENTS THIS WEEK IWO VETS: THEIR STORIES, THEIR VOICES Tucson High Magnet School. 400 N. Second Ave. 225-5000. Hosted by Invisible Theatre, John and K.C. Amos screen and discuss their documentary about the Montford Point Marines at 9:45 a.m., Friday, Jan. 13; free. Call 882-9721 for reservations.

LOFT CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Visit loftcinema.com for tickets and a complete list of all shows and special events. Monday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m.:

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777.

The Collaborators, a play about a Russian dissident in the paranoid era of Joseph Stalin, is performed by the National Theatre and shown in HDTV at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17; $15, $10 member. Visit loftcinema. com for tickets or more information.

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. The Rocky Horror Picture Show screens at midnight on the third Saturday of every month with Heavy Petting as the shadow cast; $6, $5 member. The film deals with mature subject matter and is not recommended for the easily offended. No one under 17 is admitted; ID required.

SHORT-FILM SHOWCASE Science Downtown. 300 E. Congress St. 622-8595.

Short films by local producers, writers, directors and promoters are shown from 6 to 10 p.m., in the patio area behind Science Downtown, as part of 2nd Saturdays Downtown; free. Email danielgeffre@live.com, or search for Short Film Showcase 2nd Saturdays on Facebook for more information.

TUCSON INTERNATIONAL JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Featuring more than 20 films in three venues, the festival opens Thursday, Jan. 12, and continues through Sunday, Jan. 22; $78 festival pass, $29 six films; $8 per film, $7 JCC member, student or senior. Thursday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m., The Roundup (La Rafle), the true story of the Nazis’ capture and torment of 17,000 Parisian Jews, screens at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. From Friday, Jan. 13, through Saturday, Jan. 21, films are shown at the Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Road. The Fabulous Faygeleh LGBT Film Series features three films on Sunday, Jan. 22, at the Grand Cinemas Crossroads 6, 4811 E. Grant Road. Visit tucsonjcc.org for a complete schedule.

UPCOMING FOX THEATRE FILMS Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

Tickets are $7, $5 student, senior or active-duty military. Saturday, Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m.: 3:10 to Yuma. Friday, Jan. 27, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m.: The Searchers.

Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets or more information.

GARDENING EVENTS THIS WEEK GARDENING CLASSES AT THE LIBRARY Master Gardeners from the Pima County Cooperative Extension Service conduct free classes at the libraries: Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 1 p.m., Murphy-Wilmot Branch, 530 N. Wilmot Road; the first Saturday every month, at 10:30 a.m., Mission Branch, 3770 S. Mission Road; and every Friday through April 27, at 1 p.m., Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Visit ag.arizona. edu for more information.

SEED LIBRARY LAUNCH Native Seeds/SEARCH Retail Store. 3061 N. Campbell Ave. 622-5561. A new seed library allows gardeners to “check out” seeds, grow them, and return seeds from their crops. The service opens with an orientation from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15; free. Call or visit nativeseeds.org for more information.

SOUTHWEST COOKING DISCUSSION AND SAMPLES Native Seeds/SEARCH Retail Store. 3061 N. Campbell Ave. 622-5561. Carolyn Niethammer, author of Cooking the Wild Southwest, and Janet Taylor, author of The Healthy Southwest Table, offer samples and share recipes from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16; free.

TUCSON AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY The East Side Night Meeting of the Tucson African Violet Society gathers from 7 to 9 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month, at The Cascades, 201 N. Jessica Ave. The East Side Day Meeting takes place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., the second Wednesday of every month, at The Cascades. The Northwest Day Meeting takes place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., the second Thursday of every month, at The Inn at the Fountains at La Cholla, 2001 W. Rudasill Road.

TUCSON ORGANIC GARDENERS St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church. 3809 E. Third St. 3251001. Tucson Organic Gardeners meet at 7 p.m., the third Tuesday of every month, through April 17. Free

literature, refreshments and a mini-market are available.

Call 670-9158, or visit tucsonorganicgardeners.org for more information.

UPCOMING SPECIAL CLASSES AT TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Class fees include admission to the gardens. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2:30 to 4 p.m.: Basics of Preserving Butterflies; $14, $10 member. Thursday, Jan. 26, 6 to 8 p.m.: Arizona’s Ducks and Geese; $20, $15 member. Saturday, Jan. 28, 10 to 11:30 a.m.: Gardening in Tucson; $20, $15 member. People with a disability may request accommodation. Visit tucsonbotanical.org to register and for more information.

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SHATTERED FAMILIES: THE IMPACT OF DEPORTATION ASU School of Social Work, Tucson Campus. 340 N. Commerce Park Loop. 798-0502. Policy analyst Yali Lincroft of First Focus presents results of research into the impact of dividing families by deportation, at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17; free. Call 884-5507, or visit arc.org/shatteredfamilies for more information.

Martin Luther King Day screening of Do the Right Thing; free. Thursday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m.: Chasing Legends; $9, $7 member.

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REP. DANIEL PATTERSON TOWN HALL Quincie Douglas Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library.

1585 E. 36th St. 594-5335. Arizona Rep. Daniel Patterson invites the public to a town hall to hear from Tucsonans about what matters to them in the 2012 legislative session, at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free.

Call 398-6000 for more information.

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EVENTS THIS WEEK SOUTHERN ARIZONA CELIAC SUPPORT PCC District Office. 4905 E. Broadway Blvd. 206-4500.

Melissa Diane Smith presents “It’s Gluten Free but Is It Healthy?,” a discussion about ways to maintain a gluten-free diet and promote better health, at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free. Conversation, refreshments and a raffle precede the talk. Call 971-9595, or email patriciahirsch56@gmail.com for more information.

TMC SENIOR SERVICES TALKS TMC Senior Services. 1400 N. Wilmot Road. 3241960. Unless otherwise indicated, all classes are free and take place at the TMC Senior Resource Center.

Advance registration is required; call 324-4345 to register. Thursday, Jan. 12, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Dr. Eric P. Anctil, “Healthy Feet: Treatment Options for Common Causes of Foot and Ankle Pain.” Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 9 to 10:30 a.m.: Dr. Thomas Norton, “Deep Brain Stimulation,” a neurological lecture. Wednesday, Jan. 18, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.: Alzheimer’s Disease: Facing Facts, a film and discussion. Thursday, Jan. 19, from 1 to 3 p.m.: “Chronic Disease Management: Respiratory Health,” a lecture on Valley Fever and a free lung function screening.

WRITE TO HEAL UA Cancer Center North Campus. 3838 N. Campbell Ave. 694-2873. A workshop focuses on reflecting positive values and transforming challenging experiences, including teachings by Rabbi Stephanie Aaron, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 12; free. Call 694-0845 for more information.

UPCOMING HPV AND ITS PREVENTION Pima County Tucson Women’s Commission. 240 N. Court Ave. 624-8318. Dr. Francisco Garcia, director of the UA Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, discusses the virus that causes cervical cancer and how it can be avoided, from 7 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19; free. RSVP is requested by Monday, Jan. 16. Call 6251716 to RSVP or for more information.

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OASIS STANDALONE CLASSES Support, referrals and the power of telling grief stories are shared in “Grieving Is Healing” from 1 to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19, at Atria Bell Court Gardens, 6653 E. Carondelet Drive; $9. “Dreams: Hidden Language for Healthy Living” is presented from 1 to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26, at Villa Hermosa, 6330 E. Speedway Blvd; $9. Classes are open to adults 50 and older. Call 322-5607 to register or for more info.

KIDS & FAMILIES EVENTS THIS WEEK ALL TOGETHER THEATRE Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Showtime is 1 p.m., Sunday; $5 to $8. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for reservations and more information. A musical adaptation of The Tortoise and the Hare continues through Jan. 29.

BEYOND: TOGETHER WE THRIVE MURAL PROJECT A walk-up art station displays a mural design commemorating the community’s spirit in the wake of Jan. 8, 2011, shootings. The mural has a “Together We Thrive” theme, and community members can share stories and ideas for the mural from 1 to 4 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16 to commemorate the birthday of Martin Luther King

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Jr.; at Winsett Park, 316 N. Fourth Ave.; free. Students restore an existing mural and integrate new ideas from the community based on the theme “Together We Thrive,” from 3 to 5 p.m., every Tuesday, Jan. 24 through April 17. Visit tucsonartsbrigade.org.

BOULDERING COMPETITION: YOUTH 2 DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP The BLOC Climbing and Fitness. 8975 E. Tanque Verde Road. 882-5924. Youth climbers from throughout the Western states compete to attend a national competition by participating in qualifying rounds from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., and from 3 to 6:40 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; and from 9 to 11 a.m., and 2 to 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15; free spectator. Call for more info.

GREAT PAPER AIRPLANE FLY OFF Pima Air and Space Museum. 6000 E. Valencia Road.

574-0462. Tucson school kids participate in the monthlong, nationwide Great Paper Airplane Project; and the best entries compete to see whose plane can fly farthest at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free for registered competitors and up to four family members; free with paid admission. Complete information about the competition, paper-airplane patterns, videos and advice from engineers are available at greatpaperairplane.org. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admittance 4 p.m.), daily; $15.50, $9 ages 7 to 12, free child younger than 7, $12.75 senior, military, Pima County resident and AAA. Call or visit pimaair.org for more information.

PUPPETS AMONGUS 4th Avenue Yoga. 413 E. Fifth St. 331-1442. The Silken Thread, a story about how silk was discovered by a Chinese empress, is presented at 5 and 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; $7, $5 child, $1 less if you walk or ride the bus. Call 444-5538, or visit puppetsamongus. com for more information.

SALPOINTE 2016 ENTRANCE EXAM Salpointe High School. 1545 E. Copper St. 327-6581.

The Salpointe entrance and placement test is given from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14. Email mgossman@salpointe.org, or visit salpointe.org.

TEEN MUSIC Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Teens invite friends to hang out and listen to

TUCSON GIRLS CHORUS OPEN ENROLLMENT Tucson Girls Chorus Music Center. 4020 E. River Road.

577-6064. Girls grades K-12 are invited to attend a free open house and meet the girls from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14 or Feb. 11; free. Auditions for the chorus take place by appointment throughout January and February; $15, free to those who attend the open house. Call or visit tucsongirlschorus.org for more information.

TUCSON’S RIVER OF WORDS YOUTH POETRY AND TRAVELING EXHIBIT Valencia Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library. 202 W. Valencia Road. 594-5390. This exhibit of art and writing expressing local children’s understanding of watersheds and the natural world continues through Sunday, March 18. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

UAPRESENTS: THE ZOPPÉ FAMILY CIRCUS UA Rincon Vista Sports Complex. 2300 E. 15th St. The Zoppé Family Circus entertains all ages, from Friday through Sunday, Jan. 13 through 15; $27 to $34. Showtimes are 7 p.m., Friday; 1, 4 and 7 p.m., Saturday; and 1 and 4 p.m., Sunday. Call or visit uapresents.org for tickets or more information.

WII FOR TWEENS Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Tweens have a wide choice of Wii games and sports to play from 3:30 to 5 p.m., the second Friday of every month, except holidays; free.

YOUTH TAKE ACTION DAY Peter Howell Elementary School. 401 N. Irving Ave. 232-7200. A Day On, Not a Day Off takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16; free. The event begins with the swearing in of more than 60 AmeriCorps members who have committed to a year of service in Southern Arizona. Opportunities for onsite action include more than 16 service projects for American Red Cross, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Ben’s Bells and others, including card-making for troops overseas, painting a “Together We Thrive” mural, and making banners for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Call 319-3154 for more information.

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CRAZY SCIENCE! Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Children try their hands at bizarre, shocking and messy experiments while learning science concepts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 22; free with admission. Gardens hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily; $8, $4 child age 4 to 12, free younger child or member. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information.

EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL DESERT PLANTS Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Highway 60. Superior.

(520) 689-2811. A tour explores the Curandero Trail at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; and Sunday, Jan. 22; $9, $4.50 ages 5 through 12, free younger child, includes park admission. The trail has steep sections not suitable for wheelchairs or walkers. Visit ag.arizona.edu/bta.

MAGIC TREE HOUSE BOOK CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive.

229-5300. Fans of the Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne meet from 4 to 5 p.m., the third Thursday of every month, to discuss a different title and enjoy activities, crafts and discussion; free. The club is for ages 6 to 10; registration is required.

TOURS OF MISSIONS AROUND TUMACACORI Tumacácori National Historical Park. 1891 E. Frontage Road. Tumacacori. 398-2341. Guided tours to the fragile ruins of the historic mission sites of Guevavi and Calabazas take place at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, through March 27; $20 includes transportation and admission to the Tumacácori mission and national park. Visit nps. gov/tuma, or call (520) 398-2341, ext. 0, for info.

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SCRABBLE AND BANANAGRAMS CLUB Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Bring lunch and play Scrabble or Bananagrams from noon to 1 p.m., every Thursday; free. Call 7914010 for more information.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS Professionals and enthusiasts are sought to fill 10 openings for advisers on the Arizona State Parks Board.

Three openings require experience in botany, ecology, hydrology, zoology, wildlife biology, conservation or preserve-management fields. Others require experience with off-highway vehicle use or representation of nonmotorized trail interests. Applications are due by 5 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20. Visit azstateparks.com, or call (602) 542-7127 for an application and more information.

STORIES IN THE GARDEN Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Kids and their parents listen to traditional and original stories about the desert and its creatures in the Garden for Children at 10 a.m., every Tuesday; $7, $5 senior or active military, $3 student with ID, $2 child ages 5 through 12, free member or child age 5 or younger, includes admission to the park.

THE CREATIVE SPACE Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333.

An interactive space in the lobby provides materials and activities to encourage families to create museuminspired artwork; free with admission. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; $8, $6 senior or veteran, $3 student with ID, free younger than 13 and everyone the first Sunday of every month.

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HAWKS, EAGLES AND ALLIES Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Learn the best sites for watching and identifying the thousands of hawks and eagles who winter in Southern Arizona, from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 12; $20, $15 member. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org to register or for more information.

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DESERT ECOLOGY HIKE Cat Mountain Trailhead, Tucson Mountain Park. 3300 S. Sarasota Blvd. 615-7855. Pima County naturalist Meg Quinn leads a 3-to-4-mile hike on the Star Pass Trail to identify the unique plants, animals, climate and geology of the region, from 9 a.m. to noon, Friday, Jan. 13; free.

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BIRDING: BOYCE THOMPSON ARBORETUM Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Highway 60. Superior.

(520) 689-2811. Rick Wright and Darlene Smyth lead a leisurely bird walk and sit at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 12; $9, $4.50 ages 5 through 12, free younger child, includes park admission. Visit ag.arizona.edu/bta for recent birder checklist reports and more information.

BIRDING: HONEY BEE CANYON PARK Honey Bee Canyon Park. 13880 N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd. Oro Valley. 877-6000. A guided bird walk for ages 12 and older leads to Gambel’s quail, verdins, gnatcatchers and other birds of the Southwest desert, from 8 to 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

BIRDING: ROPER LAKE STATE PARK Roper Lake State Park. 101 E. Roper Lake Road.

Safford. (928) 428-6760. Michael McCarthy guides a walk for amateur and advanced bird-watchers with a focus on waterfowl at 7 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free

MOUNT LEMMON SKYCENTER SKYNIGHTS PROGRAM Mount Lemmon SkyCenter. 9800 Ski Run Road. 6268122. A peek through the largest public viewing telescope in the Southwest is just part of a five-hour tour of the universe from 3 to 8 p.m., nightly; $48 Monday through Thursday, $60 Friday through Sunday, $30 student. Reservations are required. Visit skycenter.arizona. edu for reservations. Search Facebook for “Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter” for daily photo updates about current events.

SABINO CANYON HIKES Sabino Canyon Visitors’ Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. Hikes led by Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists start at 8:30 a.m., every Friday. Hikes range from easy to medium-difficulty and last from two to four hours. Most are free and depart from the visitor center.

Some require an $8 tram ride. Visit scvntucson.org.

SABINO CANYON WALKS Sabino Canyon Visitors’ Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. Volunteer Naturalists lead walks in Lower Sabino Canyon every Monday through Thursday, through Thursday, April 26; free. Parking is $5 per day or $20 per year. Children younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Monday, 2 to 4 p.m.: Secrets of Sabino Revealed. Tuesday, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.: plant and bird walk with photography tips. Wednesday, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.: nature walk with photography tips for insects and rock formations. Thursday, 8:30 to 11 a.m.: Gneiss Walk, a 2.5 hour walk looking at geology. Call or visit scvntucson.org for more information.

TOHONO CHUL GUIDED BIRD AND NATURE WALKS Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Birders at any level of expertise tour the nature trails and gardens of 49-acre Tohono Chul Park and learn to identify some of the 27 resident bird species at 8:30 a.m., every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A one-hour walking tour of the nature trails takes place at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Walks are free with admission; $7, $5 senior and active military, $3 student with ID, $2 child age 5 to 12, free child younger than 5. Visit tohonochulpark.org for more info.

WAKE UP WITH THE BIRDS Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road.

877-6000. Spot wetland birds, hummingbirds, songbirds and raptors on a walk from 8:30 to 10 a.m., every Thursday; free. Binoculars are available. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

SPIRITUALITY EVENTS THIS WEEK BAHA’I FAITH: AN INTRODUCTION Foundation for Inter-Cultural Dialogue. 2841 N. Campbell Ave. 861-8738. Jennifer North Morris discusses the Baha’i faith; and a Q&A follows, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16; free. Refreshments are served. Reservations are requested by Saturday, Jan. 14.

Visit fid-az.org for reservations or more information.

INTRODUCTION TO MASTERPATH Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. A video featuring Sri Gary Olsen is followed by an introductory talk by a longtime student of MasterPath,

from 1:30 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free. Visit masterpath.org for more information.

TIES SPEAKER SERIES Unity of Tucson. 3617 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300.

Speakers discuss their near-death experiences at 6:30 p.m., the second and fourth Thursday every month; $5 suggested donation. Jan. 12: Libby and Paul Carr. Jan. 26: Roberta Grimes. Call 395-2365, or email ties@ spiritual-explorations.com for more information.

TUCSON ASTROLOGERS’ GUILD Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 748-1551. A.T. “Tad” Mann presents “Astrological Reincarnation: The Foundation of Psychological Astrology” at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13; $15, $10 member. He presents a workshop, “Astrological Reincarnation: Clarifying Our Karma,” from 1 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; $25, $15 member. Call 625-5762, or visit tucsonastrologersguild.org to register.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BHAGAVAD GITA STUDY Govinda’s Natural Foods Buffet and Boutique. 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. Shared reading and indepth study of the ancient Indian text takes place from 6:30 to 8 p.m., every Wednesday; free. A free light meal follows. Visit govindasoftucson.com for more info.

BUDDHIST MEDITATION AND PHILOSOPHY Tara Mahayana Buddhist Center. 1701 E. Miles St. 296-8626. Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Lingpur teaches about Buddhist mediation and philosophy at 10 a.m., each Sunday, and at 6:30 p.m., every subsequent Wednesday, at A Rich Experience, 7435 N. Oracle Road, No. 101; and 6:30 p.m., each Friday, at Sunrise Chapel, 8421 E. Wrightstown Road. Call or visit meditationintucson.org for more information.

DESERT RAIN ZEN MEDITATION Little Chapel of All Nations. 1052 N. Highland Ave. 623-1692. Weekly sits aim to bring traditional forms inherited from China and Japan into the contemporary world from 4:30 to 6 p.m., every Saturday; free. Those who haven’t sat with the group are asked to arrive by 4:15 p.m. Visit desertrainzen.org for more information.

LGBT BUDDHIST MEDITATION AND PRACTICE Three Jewels. 314 E. Sixth St. 303-6648. Two 20-minute silent sitting meditations, readings from Buddhist

spiritual texts, and discussion take place from 10 to 11:45 a.m., every Sunday. Bring a pillow or cushion; free-will donation. Call 287-3127 for more information.

MEDITATION AND YOGA BY DONATION Yoga Connection. 3929 E. Pima St. 323-1222. Group meditation takes place from 7 to 8 p.m., every Monday.

Meditation techniques alternate weekly among Mantra, Krya, Yoga Nidra and others. Yoga practice takes place from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., every Tuesday; 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., every Wednesday; and 8 to 8:30 a.m., every Thursday.

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION Tucson Buddhist Meditation Center. 1133 S. Swan Road. 745-4624. A Theravada Buddhist monk guides exploration of mindfulness and peacefulness for all levels at 3 p.m., every Sunday. A silent sitting meditation takes place at 6 p.m., every Sunday. Both are free. Visit tucsonbuddhistcenter.org for more information.

SINGING BIRD SANGHA Zen Desert Sangha. 3226 N. Martin Ave. 319-6260.

Meditation and teachings in the Buddhist tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh take place at 4:45 p.m., every Sunday; free. Call 299-1903 for more information.

STILLNESS MEDITATION GROUP Kiewit Auditorium, UA Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Stillness meditation for patients, families, staff and the community takes place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., every Monday; free. Call 694-4605 or 6944786 for more information.

SPORTS EVENTS THIS WEEK AZ BLISTER KICKBALL: TEAM REGISTRATION DEADLINE Joaquin Murrieta Park. 1400 N. Silverbell Road. 7914752. The deadline for team registration is Friday, Jan. 20. Each team must have 18 players; $70 per player.

Individuals may sign up and be assigned to a team.

Anyone in or out of the league is invited to a pickup game at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26. Visit kickball.com to register and for more information.

SOUTHWESTERN INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Vehicles that require IHRA Chassis Certifications for competition categories can get them at Test N Tune events at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14 and 28, at Southwest International Raceway, 12000 S. Houghton Road; $25. For more information or to make a private appointment, email office@sirace.com. A 2012 season kick-off meeting for all adult-competition category racers takes place at 1 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15, following a noon BBQ lunch, at Merle’s Auto Parts’ training room, 4015 S. Dodge Blvd. RSVP to office@sirace.com. The 2011 Awards Banquet is held at 6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21, at Celebrations, 2823 N. Stone Ave.; $20, $5 discount for racers who attend the Jan. 15 meeting. Call 465-4354, or email office@sirace.com for reservations or more information.

TUCSON ULTIMATE Ochoa Park. 3450 N. Fairview Ave. 791-4873. The winter league starts Wednesday, Jan. 18, and continues every Wednesday, from 7 to 9 p.m. Visit tucsonultimate. com for more information and a schedule for 2012.

UA MEN’S BASKETBALL UA McKale Memorial Center. 1721 E. Enke Drive.

Tickets are $19 to $120; visit arizonawildcats.com for tickets or more information. Thursday, Jan. 12, at 6:30 p.m.: Oregon State. Saturday, Jan. 14, at 1:30 p.m.: Oregon. Thursday, Jan. 26, at 8:30 p.m.: Washington State. Saturday, Jan. 28, at 5 p.m.: Washington.

UA WILDCAT HOCKEY Tucson Convention Center. 260 S. Church Ave. 7914101. Games are at 7:30 p.m.; $5 to $15. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13 and 14: Michigan State University.

Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20 and 21: Davenport University. Visit arizonawildcathockey.org for tickets.

UPCOMING SUN RUN 5K AND 10 K Reid Park. Broadway Boulevard and Alvernon Way. A benefit for the Pima Community College cross country and track and field programs starts at 9 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 22, at Ramada 31; $20, $18 Southern Arizona Roadrunners member. A kids’ dash follows the runs; free. Visit azroadrunners.org to register.

TUCSON DRESSAGE SHOW Pima County Fairgrounds. 11500 S. Houghton Road.

762-3247. The Tucson Dressage Club hosts a show

in Ring 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 21 and 22; free spectator, rider fees are variable. Visit swfair.com for more information.

TUCSON LIGHTNING WOMEN’S RUGBY CLUB Estevan Park. 1000 N. Main Ave. 780-0288. Sunday, Jan. 15, at 11 a.m.: UA Women. Saturday, Jan. 21, at 11 a.m.: San Diego.

TUCSON ROLLER DERBY Bookmans Event Center. 5120 S. Julian Drive. 8811744. Saturday, Jan. 21, in a 5:30 p.m. doubleheader, the Furious Truckstop Waitresses meet the Copper Queens, and Vice Squad meets Bad News Beaters; $10.

Visit brownpapertickets.com for tickets.

UA GYMNASTICS UA McKale Memorial Center. 1721 E. Enke Drive. The UA women’s gymnastics squad meets Oregon State at 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20; $8, $5 senior or child, 15 percent discount to active-duty military with ID. Visit arizonawildcats.com for tickets or more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS POOL TOURNAMENTS Pockets Pool and Pub. 1062 S. Wilmot Road. 5719421. Nine-ball tournaments take place according to handicap at 5 p.m., Sunday, and 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, for 9 and under; and at 7:30 p.m., Monday, for 8 and under. Tournaments for handicaps 9 and under take place at noon, every Saturday: 14.1 straight pool the first Saturday; nine-ball the second and fourth Saturday; 10-ball the third Saturday; and eight-ball the fifth Saturday; $10, optional $5 side pot. Unrated players arrive 30 minutes early to get a rating. Chess and backgammon also available. Call for more information.

TUCSON LIGHTNING RUGBY Vista del Prado Park. 6800 E. Stella Road. 791-5930.

Women rugby players age 18 or older, all shapes and sizes, are sought for the spring rugby season. Practice is from 6 to 8 p.m., every Tuesday and Thursday. Email jcbirchfield@gmail.com, or visit lightningrugby.com VOLLEYBALL Randolph Recreation Center. 200 S. Alvernon Way. 7914870. Play volleyball every Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. $1.50 adult; $1 youth or senior.

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PERFORMING ARTS LTW’s ‘All My Sons’ feels timely; ‘The Last Five Years’ at Winding Road is marred by unlikable characters

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ason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years (produced off-Broadway in 2002) is the first musical that Winding Road Theater Ensemble has attempted. The troupe has started small: The one-act show requires only two cast members. It tells the story of a failed marriage between a novelist, Jamie (Brian Levario), and an aspiring actress, Cathy (Amy Erbe).

The two-hander works well in the limited space of the Cabaret Theater at the Temple of Music and Art. (The play moves to St. Francis in the Foothills on Jan. 20.) Director Terry Erbe also created the set, which is a serviceable painted backdrop of New York City.

Scenes from the marriage take place in several locales; Levario and Erbe are required to suggest where the characters are in terms of space and time using only facial expressions and a few costume changes. They do this admirably. (Amy Erbe also designed the costumes, which are basic contemporary pieces that carry us through the five years that pass during the show.)

The setup is pretty simple—two people sing about their relationship—with one twist: Cathy starts the story of their time together at the end of the marriage, while Jamie begins with their first date. Thus, they tell the tale from different directions, meeting only on their wedding day.

The wedding is also the only moment when the two performers look at each other; the rest of the time, they sing to an imagined other.

While this is a neat visual metaphor for the way two people experience the same relationship differently, it’s difficult to feel invested in a romance that you never really see.

Erbe has arguably the stronger voice, while Levario has more charisma as a performer.

This works well for the characters. Levario’s Jamie is driven by ambition. His early songs, which Levario pumps full of energy, are as much about his excitement over his professional achievements as they are about his wife.

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paranoia of McCarthyism. In the same way, All My Sons—though a contemporary drama when it was written—plays vibrantly in a 2012 America going through the winding down of the Iraq conflict, with all of its unanswered questions and sorrows.

Director Glen Coffman and LTW do not make any overt contemporary references, but they bring All My Sons to life in a capable way that cannot help but leave you in a reflective mood.

David Alexander Johnston and Peg Peterson in Live Theatre Workshop’s All My Sons.

All My Sons Presented by Live Theatre Workshop 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m., Sunday, through Sunday, Feb. 12 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. $18, with discounts Runs two hours and 20 minutes, with one intermission 327-4242; www.livetheatreworkshop.org

The Last Five Years Presented by Winding Road Theater Ensemble 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m., Sunday, through Sunday, Jan. 15 Cabaret Theater Temple of Music and Art 330 S. Scott Ave. CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON

rthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and The Crucible are American classics. Lesser-known is Miller’s first theatrical success, his 1947 drama All My Sons, currently being produced by Live Theatre Workshop.

Watching LTW’s production, one can’t help but think that All My Sons might speak to today’s concerns more urgently than Miller’s better-known works, which is perhaps the reason why the play is having a mini-renaissance.

(It was revived on Broadway in 2008.)

All My Sons explores the relationship between war and commerce, showing the moral ramifications of a business decision taken in wartime. These themes, far from being dated, are painfully resonant in today’s political climate.

The action takes place outside of a family home in suburban Ohio two years after the end of World War II. The set (designed by Richard and Amanda Gremel) depicts a porch decked in bright, cheerful colors. The naturalism is broken only by World War II-era posters pasted on one wall, which serve as a reminder of the recent past.

The family patriarch, Joe, played by David Alexander Johnston, at first seems like a lovable figure. He jokes with a neighborhood kid, Bert (Alexander Hupp). He tries to gently defuse the delusions of his wife, Kate (Peg Peterson), who thinks their eldest son, Larry, an airman who went missing during the war, is still alive. And he mentors his surviving son, Chris (Christopher Johnson), in the family business.

Trouble starts with the arrival of Ann (Marissa Garcia), who was engaged to the missing son. Chris now wants to marry her, but that will, of course, upset Kate’s fragile hope that Larry will return.

This conflict stirs up other suppressed drama. Ann’s father—Joe’s former business partner—is in jail for manufacturing flawed cylinder parts for military airplanes during the war. Though they were in the business together, Joe was exonerated of all wrongdoing. Chris believes in his father’s innocence (“You’re the only one I know who loves his parents,” Ann comments), but others do not. Ann’s brother, George (Steve Wood), turns up to accuse Joe. As the truth starts to come out, the characters vacillate between deceit and denial. The cast does an excellent job with this difficult material: Johnston is particularly noteworthy for his textured performance as Joe, the loving but deeply flawed father.

Miller set The Crucible against the backdrop of the Salem witch trials as a way to portray the

7:30 p.m., Friday; 8 p.m., Saturday; 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 20 through 22 St. Francis in the Foothills 4625 E. River Road. $26, with discounts Runs 90 minutes, with no intermission

Amy Erbe and Brian Levario in the Winding Road Theater Ensemble’s The Last Five Years.

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marriage. Cathy’s career has not taken take off as Jamie’s has; her best number is A Chorus Line-style audition. According to Jamie, Cathy is not supportive of his success. According to Cathy, Jamie is off in “Jamie-land.”

This gets to the heart of the show: It’s essentially a sung-through “he said, she said.”

Watching it is a bit like being trapped at a party where someone you don’t really like wants to talk your ear off about his relation-

ship problems. In short, neither sweet-voiced Erbe nor enthusiastic Levario could get me to care about Jamie or Cathy. Both characters come off as cripplingly self-absorbed.

Ultimately, I found neither Brown’s score nor his characters lively enough to engage me. But in terms of the production aspects, Winding Road has done well with its first musical; it will be interesting to see what the company does next.

DANCE EVENTS THIS WEEK CONTRA DANCING First United Methodist Church. 915 E. Fourth St. 6226481. Live music, callers and an alcohol- and smokefree environment are provided for contra dancing at 7 p.m., the first, third and fourth Saturday each month; $8. An introductory lesson takes place at 6:30 p.m.; dancing begins at 7 p.m. Call 325-1902, or visit tftm. org for more information.

FUR REAL BEAR DANCE Inn Suites Hotel Tucson City Center. 475 N. Granada Ave. 623-2000. Tucsonans join hundreds of guests of La Fiesta de los Osos for a dance party at 10 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, to benefit Wingspan; $10; $5 Fiesta registrants. Email bop@botop.com, or visit fiesta.botop. com for more information.

UPCOMING DESERT VIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Desert View Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. Sunday, Jan. 22, at 5 p.m.: Ballroom Dance Showcase and Dinner; $40. Visit tickets.saddlebrooketwo.com for tickets or more information.

TUCSON AREA SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL Tucson Convention Center. 260 S. Church Ave. 7914101. Hundreds of dancers from throughout the U.S. and Canada attend workshops, square-dance and clog at all levels with top callers and cuers, from Thursday, Jan. 19, through Sunday, Jan. 22; $12 to $42, free spectator. Visit squaredancefestival.com to register.

UAPRESENTS UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Performances are at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21: Forever Tango; $27 to $59. Call or visit uapresents.org for tickets or more information.

FUND FOR CIVILITY: BEN FOLDS, CALEXICO Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

Ben Folds and Calexico each perform a full set; others participating are Mariachi Luz de Luna, Salvador Duran, the Silver Thread Trio, and Mitzi Cowell and Friends featuring Sabra Faulk, at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15; $30 to $70, $75 includes a pre-concert reception.

Proceeds benefit the Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding, established by Ron Barber. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.ticketforce.com for more information.

LAVA MUSIC Abounding Grace Church. 2450 S. Kolb Road. 7473745. Arvel Bird presents “Fiddle-icious” from 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; $20, $15 advance. Email bonnie@lavamusic.org, or visit lavamusic.org for tickets.

RHYTHM AND ROOTS CONCERTS Suite 147 at Plaza Palomino. 2970 N. Swan Road, No. 147. 440-4455. Saturday, Jan. 14, at 7:30 p.m.: Titan Valley Warheads 30th Anniversary Party with special guests; $20, $17 advance. Call (800) 594-8499, or visit rhythmandroots.org for tickets. Call 319-9966.

TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Tucson Music Hall. 210 S. Church Ave. 791-4101.

Friday, Jan. 13, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 15 at 2 p.m., Ilia Ulianitsky is the featured piano soloist in a program including Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring; $25 to $78. Virtuouso trumpeter Doc Severinsen and his band El Ritmo de la Vida perform a Latin-themed show with the TSO at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; $33 to $78. Call 882-8585 or visit tucsonsymphony.org.

UA MUSEUM OF ART UA Museum of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. 621-7567.

A reception takes place from 6 to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13, for Yaqui classical guitarist Gabriel Ayala; a concert follows from 7 to 9 p.m. in Holsclaw Hall, 1017 N. Olive Road. Brazilian guitarist Eduardo Minozzi Costa performs a concert at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15; $5, free member, student, child, faculty and staff with ID. The concerts close the exhibit Good Vibrations: The Guitar as Design, Craft and Function; and also are part of The Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes and Lifescapes, which continues through Sunday, March 11.

Visit artmuseum.arizona.edu for details.

ANNOUNCEMENTS OUT OF TOWN FREE TANGO LESSONS AND DANCE Casa Vicente Restaurante Español. 375 S. Stone Ave. 884-5253. A free class for beginners (no partner necessary) takes place from 7 to 8 p.m., each Wednesday; and tango-dancing continues from 8 to 10 p.m.; free.

Call 245-6158 for information.

T-SQUARES DANCE CLUB Cornerstone Fellowship Social Hall. 2909 N. Geronimo Ave. 622-4626. A modern square-dance club for lesbians, gays and allies meets from 6 to 8:30 p.m., every Tuesday; free. All dancers are welcome. Call 886-0716, or visit azgaydance.org for more information.

MUSIC EVENTS THIS WEEK 17TH STREET GUITAR AND WORLD MUSIC STORE 17th Street Guitar and World Music Store. 810 E. 17th St. 624-8821, ext. 147. Free concerts take place from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday. Jan. 14: Three-part harmonies with Bobby Kimmel, Stefan George and Lavinia White.

Jan. 28: Jamie O’Brien. Call 624-8821, ext. 7147, for more information.

ARIZONA EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. The New Esterházy Quartet performs a program dedicated to Haydn at 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15; $25, $22 senior, $5 student. A talk preceeds the concert at 2:30 p.m. Call 690-1361, or visit azearlymusic.org for tickets or more information.

CASINO DEL SOL EVENT CENTER Casino del Sol. 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 3449435. The B-52’s perform at 9 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15; $26 to $52. Visit the gift shop or casinodelsol.com.

FOX TUCSON THEATRE CONCERTS Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

Friday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m.: Cab Calloway Orchestra, led

by C. Calloway Brooks, with Alice Tan Ridley; $24 to $64. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets.

FREEDOM SONG SING-ALONG Temple Emanu-El. 225 N. Country Club Road. 3274501. All ages are invited to drop in any time from 4 to 6 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16, to sing songs that inspired the American Civil Rights movement; freewill donation.

No songbooks or experience are required. Email its@ theriver.com, or call 623-1688 for more information.

ARIZONA FOLKLORE PRESERVE Arizona Folklore Preserve. 44 Ramsey Canyon Road.

Hereford. 378-6165. Performers of traditional music are featured at 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $15, $6 younger than 17. Jan. 14 and 15: contemporary Western songwriter Jim Jones. Visit arizonafolklore.com for information about the folklore preserve and a schedule of upcoming performances.

DESERT VIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Desert View Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m.: The Blues: A to Z; $35, $25 advance. Visit tickets.saddlebrooketwo.com for tickets.

JAVARITA COFFEE HOUSE Javarita Coffee House (The Good Shepherd United Church of Christ). 17750 S. La Cañada Drive.

Sahuarita. 625-1375. Entertainer, teacher and activist Holly Near performs at 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13; $20.

Visit thegoodshepherducc.org for more information.

RHYTHM AND ROOTS CONCERTS Suite 147 at Plaza Palomino. 2970 N. Swan Road, No. 147. 440-4455. Sunday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.: John McCutcheon, singer-songwriter; $23, $20 advance, $10 student. Call (800) 594-8499, or visit rhythmandroots. org for tickets. Call 319-9966 for more information.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS BLUEGRASS MUSIC JAM SESSIONS The Desert Bluegrass Association hosts free public jam sessions monthly. The first Sunday, 3 to 5 p.m.: Udall Recreation Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road, 2961231. The first Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m.: Rincon Market, 2315 E. Sixth St., 296-1231. The third Sunday, 3 to 5 p.m., Music and Arts Center, 8320 N. Thornydale Road, No. 150-170, 579-2299. The third Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m.: Pinnacle Peak Restaurant, 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, 296-0911. The fourth Sunday, 4 to 6 p.m.: Thirsty’s Neighborhood Grill, 2422 N. Pantano Road, 885-6585. The fourth Wednesday, from 4 to 6 p.m.: 17th Street Market, 840 E. 17th St., 792-2588, pickers only. Call the phone number for each venue for imfo.

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OPENING THIS WEEK ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875.

Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, a comedy thriller in which four cast members play more than 150 characters, opens Saturday, Jan. 14, and continues through Saturday, Feb. 4. Performance times vary; $31 to $56 plus fees, $10 student with ID. Call or visit arizonatheatre.org for tickets or more information.

INVISIBLE THEATRE Berger Performing Arts Center. 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. 770-3762. John Amos, known as Kunta Kinte in the mini-series Roots and James Evans in Good Times, performs his one-man-show Halley’s Comet at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan 14, and 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15; $42.

A post-show reception for Amos takes place at 10:30 p.m., Saturday. Call or visit invisibletheatre.com.

MYTHBUSTERS: BEHIND THE MYTHS UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Mythbusters’ Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman present onstage experiments, audience participation, videos and behind-the-scenes stories about the popular series at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; $44 to $64.

Visit magicspace.net for tickets or more information.

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ODYSSEY STORYTELLING Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242.

Six storytellers share tales from their lives on the theme “The First Time” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 12; $7.

Anyone can ask to tell their story; the six are chosen in advance. Call 730-4112, or visit storyartsgroup.org to sign up or for more information.

THE GASLIGHT THEATRE The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. Magician and comedian Justin Willman, host of the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, performs at 3 and 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16; $18, $12 child age 2 to 16, $16 senior, student or military. Visit thegaslighttheatre. com for reservations or more information.

UPCOMING ARIZONA CENTENNIAL BARBERSHOP CONCERT TCC Music Hall. 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4101.

Traditional and contemporary songs of Arizona are performed in four-part harmony by four award-winning barbershop groups and a group formed just for the occasion, the Men’s Centennial Chorus, at 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19; $20. Call 977-1587, or visit tucsonbarbershopharmony.org for tickets.

ARIZONA FOLKLORE PRESERVE Arizona Folklore Preserve. 44 Ramsey Canyon Road.

Hereford. 378-6165. Performers of traditional music are featured at 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $15, $6 younger than 17. Jan. 21 and 22: Belinda Gail. Visit arizonafolklore.com for information about the folklore preserve and a schedule of upcoming performances.

GASLIGHT THEATRE FAMILY CONCERTS The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. Concerts are at 7 p.m., Monday; $12 to $22.

Jan. 23: Heartbreak Hotel, Robert Shaw’s Elvis tribute.

Visit thegaslighttheatre.com for tickets and more info.

MICHAEL LICH COMBO: NOCTRANE Western National Parks Association. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. A concert combining the influences of jazz, bluegrass and roots music takes place at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21; $18, $15 member. Call or visit wnpa.org for reservations.

CONTINUING BEOWULF ALLEY’S OLD TIME RADIO THEATRE Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 8820555. A reading of radio scripts from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s takes place at 7 p.m., the first and third Tuesday of every month; $10, $5 ages 4 through 12.

Call or visit beowulfalley.org for more information.

THE GASLIGHT THEATRE The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. Two Amigos, the comic adventures of circus performers Reynaldo and Paco, continues through Sunday, March 25. Showtimes are 7 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; 6 and 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 and 7 p.m., Sunday; $17.95, $7.95 child age 12 and younger, $15.95 student, military and senior. Visit thegaslighttheatre.com for reservations or more info.

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Arthur Miller’s All My Sons continues through Sunday, Feb. 12. Show times are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, $16 student, senior or military. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org.

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month, at Revolutionary Grounds Coffee House, 616 N. Fourth Ave.; and the third Friday of every month, at Rock N Java, 7555 Twin Peaks Road, Marana. Call 8612986, or visit unscrewedcomedy.com for info.

RED BARN THEATER Red Barn Theater. 948 N. Main Ave. 622-6973. The musical comedy How to Talk to a Minnesotan continues through Sunday, Jan. 29. Show times are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $16, $10 Friday, $13 senior, student or military. Call or visit theredbarntheater.com for more information.

THE ROGUE THEATRE The Rogue Theatre. 300 E. University Blvd. 5512053. With just three actors and three musicians, Shipwrecked: An Entertainment tells the tale of a castaway returning to British society after being marooned among Aborigines. The play continues through Sunday, Jan. 22. Show times are 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $30, $15 younger than 18 or student with ID. Visit theroguetheatre.org for tickets and more information.

WINDING ROAD THEATER ENSEMBLE Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. The Last Five Years continues through Sunday, Jan. 22; $26, $23 senior, theater artist and student and military with ID. From Friday through Sunday, Jan. 20 through 22, performances are at St. Francis in the Foothills, 4625 E. River Road. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday. Call 401-3626, or visit windingroadtheater.org.

LAST CHANCE COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442. The Comedy Genius of Mark Twain II, comprising vignettes from the author’s essays, closes Sunday, Jan. 15.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $12. Call or visit thecomedyplayhouse. com for tickets or more information.

UPCOMING ARIZONA ONSTAGE PRODUCTIONS Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. The Marvelous Wonderettes, a familyfriendly story of a 1958 senior prom, opens with a preview at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19, and continues through Sunday, Feb. 5. $15 to $32. Call 882-6574, or visit brownpapertickets.com for tickets or more info.

CARNIVAL OF ILLUSION Doubletree Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. 881-4200.

Award-winning illusionists Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed present Carnival of Illusion: An Evening of Intimate Magical Wonders at 6 and 8:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20; 6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21; and 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27 and 28; $29 adult, $24 senior and ages 8 to 16. Tickets include a 2-for-1 dinner special.

Audience limited to 35. Call 615-5299, or visit carnivalofillusion.com for tickets and more information.

COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $12, $10 senior and student unless otherwise noted. The Mystery Genius of G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown launches a new series of plays adapted from the work of mystery writers, Friday, Jan. 20, through Sunday, Jan. 29. Call or visit thecomedyplayhouse.com for tickets or more info.

JEANNE ROBERTSON Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

Humorist Jeanne Robertson shares her experience as a 6-foot-2 Miss Congeniality of the Miss America Pageant, and tells how to develop a sense of humor, at 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20; $32.50. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre. org for tickets and more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR PERFORMERS Theater, dance, performance art, clowning, sketch comedy and all other performance presentations are sought for the Tucson Fringe Theater Festival, Feb. 23 through 26. Deadline for submissions is Sunday, Jan. 15. Visit tucsonfringe.org, or email tucsonfringe@gmail.com.

MAGICAL MYSTERY DINNER THEATER El Parador. 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-2744. Murder at the Vampire’s Wedding, a 2 1/2-hour, interactive comedy whodunit that includes a three-course dinner, takes place most Fridays and Saturdays; $39. Doors open at 7 p.m. Call for reservations or more information.

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PERFORMING ARTS David Morden and the Rogue Theatre delight with ‘Shipwrecked! An Entertainment’

Truth Through Story

BY SHERILYN FORRESTER, sforrester@tucsonweekly.com nweekly.com heater is a wonderful, remarkable scam.

“Scam” may seem like a strong word, but think about it: We pay good money to open our minds and hearts to apparently benign strangers who assume identities to tell a story that we know is not factually true—but we also know the story has the potential to deliver more truth than we ever recognize in the events of our real lives.

Sometimes, as in most scams, we get much more than we signed on for, often in ways not so pleasurable.

Good theaters promise to engage us, to entertain us, to give our heads a bit of a spin.

And the Rogue Theatre delivers big-time in Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself). It’s a tale told with charmingly transparent theatricality, which makes this whole theater scam/convention thing even more intriguing. Not only do we give ourselves over to a total fiction; we also delight in observing the tricks of the trade—the bells and whistles (quite literally, in this case) that help create the experience.

Shipwrecked is a fantastical tale told in a fantastical fashion. We are introduced to Louis (David Morden), a likable chap who savors the wild adventures that have been the substance of his life, and insists with great glee and generosity that he share these adventures with us.

Donald Margulies’ play has the feel and appeal of a children’s theater piece: It’s exuberant, energetic and full of invention, with silly pieces of this and that which suggest costumes and multiple roles assumed by a handful of actors.

Louis’ overly protective mother reads her sickly child adventure stories in which his imagination takes him beyond the confines of his frail body and the walls that separate him from the world outside. When he feels the kiss of the sun on his cheeks for the first time, he knows he is destined to experience the world in ways that only those who allow themselves to welcome it with wide-open enthusiasm can.

He meets a ship’s captain and becomes part of the crew sailing to the Coral Sea to harvest pearls, a magically successful enterprise which comes apart at the seams as the ship, the Wonderworld, becomes victim to the unruly seas. Louis finds himself on a deserted island.

His only companion is Bruno, the lost captain’s mutt who has pulled Louis to safety and becomes his steadfast friend and confidante.

Louis’ ever-adventurous trek through his years

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Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) Presented by the Rogue Theatre 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; 2 p.m., Sunday, through Sunday, Jan. 22 300 E. University Blvd.

Runs one hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission $30 general; $15 students and children 551-2053; www.theroguetheatre.org

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Matt Walley, Patty Gallagher, David Morden and Joseph McGrath in Shipwrecked! An Entertainment. involves rescuing an Aboriginal family from a drifting raft; a happy sojourn with the natives, including raising a family and becoming something of a deity; and a desire to return to his native England and his mother.

Thanks to some imagination on our part, and the skilled inventions of a few talented Rogue players, we experience it all.

Director Cynthia Meier and her ensemble take a simple set—really, just a platform—and magically move us smack-dab inside Louis’ story. Sound effects are a critical part of the tale-telling, as is the music that Dawn C. Sellers, the musical director, has chosen and performs.

Morden as Louis is a delightful storyteller— a bit inflated, perhaps, but captivating and sympathetic. Morden gives himself over to Louis as fully as Louis invests himself in his own story. He executes a hugely demanding role with skill and heart.

But the story really couldn’t be told without the supporting players. Angela Dawnielle Horchem and Matt Walley contribute solidly.

But it’s Patty Gallagher and Joseph McGrath who are asked to give, and give some more, to effectively endear us to every character they are required to portray. With a sound, a look and a few choice words, Louis’ story unfolds capably in their hands. Finding a small trait that will suggest an entire character, and then

delivering it convincingly and with good humor, is not an easy job. Gallagher’s physical skills lend a wonderful dimension to her work, and McGrath’s understated approach to his portrayal of Bruno the dog is an absolute delight.

If you are familiar with the Rogue and its brand of theater, you might be wondering: an adventure story suitable for children? What’s up with that? Where’s the heft, the weight, the gravitas that is so much a part of the Rogue’s identity? Oh, sure, the Rogue is capable of great humor and a comic touch, but a simply envisioned adventure story?

Yes, Rogue fans, this boisterous adventure story does take a turn. It wouldn’t be fair to detail the twisting path here; it is more than just a tease or a gratuitous surprise, although it might be argued that it suffers from a lack of plausibility.

It does, however, make us think about the nature of storytelling, even theatrical storytelling, and the nature of truth itself. In the first line of The White Album, writer Joan Didion states, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” How our stories help us make sense of our lives—and how they help our fellow travelers make sense of their own—can sometimes have questionable, perhaps even dangerous, consequences. Should we let facts constitute reality? Or can we discover more truth in the stories we tell ourselves, individually and collectively, than in facts, which, in an attempt to help define reality, often actually limit it?

Theater is a delightful scam—OK, convention—in which we collectively agree that truth trumps facts. Outside of the theater, we somehow collectively agree on what is real, in the presence of facts or not. Can the same be true for the individual? Are facts too often the enemy of truth? Good question. And it runs between the lines of the Rogue’s inventive and entertaining Shipwrecked!

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OPENING THIS WEEK FRAMING YOUR ARTWORK Citron Paint and Interiors. 7041 E. Tanque Verde Road.

886-5800. Diane Struse teaches beginning-to-experienced art collectors the strategies, trends and techniques for framing art, from 10 to 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free. RSVP is requested by 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 12.

THE FRONT ROOM GALLERY The Front Room Gallery. 105 W. Fifth St. (406) 6249792. Paula Wittner: 9 Paintings, an exhibit of vignettes and portraits both humorous and serious, opens Saturday, Jan. 14, and continues through Saturday, Feb. 11. Hours are by appointment; free. Visit frontroom105. wordpress.com for more information.

MESCH, CLARK AND ROTHSCHILD Mesch, Clark and Rothschild. 259 N. Meyer Ave. 624-8886. Taking in the Views: Places on Two Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bucket Lists, featuring paintings by Maurice J. Sevigny and Chuck Albanese, opens with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17, and continues through Thursday, May 31. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call or visit mcrazlaw.com for more information.

PAINTING PLANTS WITH MANABU SAITO Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Manabu Saito demonstrates techniques for painting plants from 9 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 18, and Feb. 8 and 22; free with admission. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily; $8, $4 child age 4 to 12, free younger child or member. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information.

RAICES TALLER 222 GALLERY Raices Taller 222 Gallery. 218 E. Sixth St. 881-5335.

An exhibit of paintings, sculpture and multimedia work interpreting artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; personal values opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, and continues through Tuesday, Feb. 28. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., every Friday and Saturday, or by appointment; free. Call or visit raicestaller222.webs.com for more information

CONTINUING AGUA CALIENTE PARK RANCH HOUSE GALLERY Agua Caliente Park Ranch House Gallery. 12325 E. Roger Road. 749-3718. Cool Water, an exhibit of watercolors by Kathy Robbins and Mary Schantz, continues through Wednesday, Feb. 1. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

CONRAD WILDE GALLERY Conrad Wilde Gallery. 439 N. Sixth Ave., Suite 171.

622-8997. High Contrast, a multimedia exhibition in black and white, continues through Saturday, Jan. 28.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Visit conradwildegallery.com for more information.

CONTRERAS GALLERY Contreras Gallery. 110 E. Sixth St. 398-6557.

Indigenous Intentions, an exhibit of David Morenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acrylic paintings with contemporary abstract and traditional Yaqui themes, continues through Saturday, Jan. 28. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free.

DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY Davis Dominguez Gallery. 154 E. Sixth St. 629-9759.

An exhibit of abstract paintings by Joanne Kerrihard, narrative paintings by Jean Stern and abstract sculpture

by David Mazza continues through Saturday, Jan. 28.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. Call or visit davisdominguez.com for more information.

DIOVANTI DESIGNS GALLERY Diovanti Designs Gallery. 174 E. Toole Ave. 305-7957.

RaĂ­ces Profundas/The Depth of Our Roots, a collection of work by Yovannah Diovanti, is displayed for sale through Saturday, Feb. 25. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free.

ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Kate Breakey: Slowlight continues through Saturday, Jan. 21.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment; free. Visit ethertongallery. com for more information.

FLORENCE QUATER GALLERY Southwest University of Visual Artsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Florence Quater Gallery. 2538 N. Country Club Road. 325-0123. An exhibit of senior thesis works by BFA students in photography and studio art continues through Friday, Jan. 20.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free.

HEALING IN TUCSON UA Medical Center South Campus. 2800 E. Ajo Way. 874-2000. Healing in Tucson: The Healing Response to the Violence of January 8, 2011 continues through Sunday, Feb. 26, in the Behavioral Health Pavilion Gallery. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 1:30 to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free.

KIRK-BEAR CANYON LIBRARY Kirk-Bear Canyon Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road.

594-5275. Birds With Attitude, a solo exhibit of acrylic and watercolor paintings by Ruth Canada, continues through Tuesday, Jan. 31. An artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reception takes place from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 22. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free.

MADARAS GALLERY Madaras Gallery. 3001 E. Skyline Road, Suite 101.

615-3001. Diana Madarasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; favorite paintings from the past 15 years of calendars are displayed for sale, and a raffle offers a complete set of her 15 years of calendars, through Tuesday, Jan. 31. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday. Visit madaras.com for more information.

MARK SUBLETTE MEDICINE MAN GALLERY Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery. 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-7798. An exhibit of paintings by Dean Mitchell continues through Wednesday, Feb. 15. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit medicinemangallery.com for more information.

PHILABAUM GLASS STUDIO AND GALLERY Philabaum Glass Gallery and Studio. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Studio Hotshots continues through Saturday, Jan. 28. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free.

QUANTUM ART GALLERY Quantum Art Gallery. 505 W. Miracle Mile, No. 2. 9077644. A Taste of Things to Come, an exhibit of work by Matthias and Emily Stern DĂźwel, Micheline Johnoff and Citizen Zane, continues through Wednesday, Feb. 29.

Hours are 2:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday; free.

SOUTHERN ARIZONA ARTS GUILD Sheraton Hotel and Suites. 5151 E. Grant Road. 3236262. An art show juried by SAAG members continues through Monday, April 30. The exhibit is always open; free. Visit southernazartsguild.org for more information.

SOUTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR GUILD Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Gallery. 5605 E. River Road, Suite 131. Creme de la Creme, an exhibit of watercolors by members whose work has been accepted into at least five juried shows, continues through Sunday, Jan. 22. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; free.

TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Wordplay: Artful Words, an exhibition that explores the relationship of art to language, continues through Sunday, Jan. 22; free with admission. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $7, $5 senior or active military, $3 student with ID, $2 age 5 to 12, free younger child.

Call or visit tohonochulpark.org for information.

TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Tucson International Airport Gallery. 7250 S. Tucson Blvd. Tom Kieferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Journey West, an exhbit of blackand-white photographs taken between Phoenix and Ajo, continues through Thursday, May 31, in the TIA Center Gallery, overlooking the commercial aircraft ramp located on the second level between the ticket counters; free. Visit tucsoninternationalairport.com for more information.

TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Tucson Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000, ext. 106. Synagogues of Mexico: Photographs by Moy Volkovich continues through Thursday, Feb. 2. Except for Jewish holidays, gallery hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday; 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday; and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday; free. Visit tucsonjcc.org for a schedule of holidays.

TUCSON PIMA ARTS COUNCIL Tucson Pima Arts Council. 100 N. Stone Ave., No. 303.

624-0595. An exhibition of mixed-media paintings by Barbara Brandel and Lorrie Parsell continues through Wednesday, March 28, in the lobby. Regular hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free.

TUCSON TAMALE COMPANY Tucson Tamale Company. 2545 E. Broadway Blvd.

305-4760. Guideposts and Anchors, an exhibit of mixed-media works with Asian and Middle Eastern influences, continues through Saturday, March 3. An artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reception takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13.

Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday; free.

UA POETRY CENTER ART EXHIBIT UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765.

Portraits of Poets, a limited-edition series of Gwyneth Scallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand-pulled linoleum prints of famous poetsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; portraits, continues through Saturday, Jan. 28. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; free.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. A Wave of Dreams, an exhibit of watercolors by Bernardita Reitz, continues through Sunday, Feb. 5.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and noon to 1 p.m., Sunday; free.

LAST CHANCE DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun. 6300 N. Swan Road.

299-9191. Musical Compositions of Ted DeGrazia, an exhibition of paintings, drawings and musical scores Ted DeGrazia composed for his 1930s big-band orchestra, closes Monday, Jan. 16. Ted DeGrazia Depicts the Life of Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino: 20 Oil Paintings is on

permanent display. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; free. Call or visit degrazia.org for more information.

OBSIDIAN GALLERY Obsidian Gallery. 410 N. Toole Ave. 577-3598. Figures and Frames closes Saturday, Jan. 14. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday; free.

PORTER HALL GALLERY Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Leading Inward, an exhibit of paintings for sale by Mary Rosas, closes Tuesday, Jan. 17. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; $8, $4 child age 4 to 12, free younger child or member. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information.

OUT OF TOWN BISBEE CENTRAL SCHOOL PROJECT Bisbee Central School Project. 43 Howell Ave. Bisbee.

(520) 432-5347. Forward Ever, Backward Never, an exhibit of James H. Barkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photos of the 1965 Selma march for civil rights, opens with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, and continues through Sunday, Jan. 29. A gallery talk with James Barker takes place at 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Sunday; free.

GLOBAL ARTS GALLERY Global Arts Gallery. 315 McKeown Ave. Patagonia.

(520) 394-0077. Barbara Brandel: Sacred Threads, an exhibit of paintings inspired by textiles from around the world, continues through Monday, Jan. 30. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; free.

HUBBELL RUG SHOW AND SALE Western National Parks Association Bookstore. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. An exhibit and sale of Navajo rugs from the historic Hubbell Trading Post takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free admission. Live demonstrations are ongoing. Talks describing styles, selection and care take place at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Call or visit wnpa.org for more information.

SPIRIT GALLERY Spirit Gallery. 516 Tombstone Canyon Road. Bisbee.

(520) 249-7856. Rock Paper Fence, an exhibit of recent work by Laurie McKenna, closes Sunday, Jan. 15. Hours are noon to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and

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UA BIOSPHERE 2 GALLERY Biosphere 2 Center. 32540 S. Biosphere 2 Road.

Oracle. 838-6200. Earth and Mars: Stephen Strom, a collection of diptychs that juxtapose abstract desert landscape images with photos of Mars from the NASA archives, continues through Friday, March 30; free with admission. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; $10 to $20. Visit b2science.org for more information.

UPCOMING PORTER HALL GALLERY Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Tracy Ledbetter: Bugs and Blooms opens Thursday, Jan. 19, and continues through Tuesday, Feb. 28. An artist reception takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20. Gallery admission is free with paid admission to the gardens. Regular hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., every day; $8, $4 child age 4 to 12, free younger child or member. Call or visit tucsonbotanical. org for more information.

TEMPLE GALLERY Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Jeff Smith: Drivescapes, a travelogue of work by the Tucson photographer, opens with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20, and continues through Tuesday, Feb. 21. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; and before Arizona Theatre Company performances on Saturday and Sunday; free.

Call 622-2823, or e-mail info@ethertongallery.com.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO ARTISTS Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Arizona artists older than 18 may submit work in any two-dimensional media for consideration in Red: A Juried Invitational, to be exhibited from Saturday, April 7, through Friday, June 1, 2012.

The exhibit accompanies the Arizona Theatre Company’s production of Red, a 2010 Tony Award-winning play about Mark Rothko. Submission deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Visit ethertongallery.com for submission guidelines.

MUSEUMS EVENTS THIS WEEK CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road.

621-7968. Ansel Adams: The View From Here, featuring 40 photographs of the Yosemite wilderness taken in the 1910s and ’20s, continues through Sunday, Feb. 5. The center’s founding director Harold Jones presents “Every Picture Tells a Story,” at 5:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20, on the birth date of influential 19th century photographer Hippolyte Bayard; free. Regular hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free. Visit creativephotography.org.

MOCA MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Legislate Crazy, an exhibit of work by MOCA artist-in-residence Armando Miguelez, continues through Sunday, March 25. Camp Bosworth’s Plata o Plomo, which interprets the Marfa artist’s perceptions of gangster culture in the Americas, also continues through Sunday, March 25. Hours are noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; $8, free member, child younger than 17, veteran, active military and public-safety officers, and everyone the first Sunday of each month. Call or visit moca-tucson.org.

RODEO PARADE MUSEUM Tucson Rodeo Parade Museum. 4823 S. Sixth Ave. 294-3636. A large collection of coaches, carriages, wagons and other vehicles, as well artifacts from Tucson’s aviation history, are exhibited from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, through Saturday, April 7; $10, $8 senior, $2 child, 50 percent off for military personnel and their family with military ID. Call or visit tucsonrodeoparade.org for more info.

TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333.

Who Shot Rock ’n’ Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present, closes Sunday, Jan. 15. Visit tucsonrocks. org for more information. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday; and noon to 6 p.m., Sunday; $8, $6 senior or veteran, $3 student with ID, free younger than 13 and everyone the first Sunday every month.

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Lifescapes continues through Sunday, March 11. This exhibit is the centerpiece of many events, symposia and exhibits around the topic. The closing event features tours, contests and discussion at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 8; free. Visit artmuseum.arizona.edu for details of related activities. Paseo de Humanidad, a 13-piece installation of life-size migrant figures and Mayan and Aztec codices, is displayed through Sunday, March 11, as a backdrop for The Border Project and related events and symposia. The Samuel H. Kress Collection and the altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo are on display until further notice. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and noon to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $5, free member, student, child, faculty and staff with ID. Call or visit artmuseum.arizona.edu.

UA SCIENCE: FLANDRAU UA Science: Flandrau. 1601 E. University Blvd. 6217827. Biters, Hiders, Sinkers and Stingers, an exhibit about poisonous animals and the good they do, opens Friday, Jan. 13, and continues through Thursday, May 31. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday; 6 to 9 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday; $7.50, $5 age 4 to 15, free younger child, $2 Arizona college student with ID, $2 discount to CatCard holders. Visit flandrau.org.

OUT OF TOWN TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE HISTORIC PARK Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac.

398-2252. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free with admission to the park; $4, $2 youth age 7 to 13, free child. Thursday, Jan. 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Frontier Printing Press Demonstrations. Friday, Jan. 20, from noon to 3 p.m.: Spanish Colonial living history volunteers dressed in period clothing guide tours in character. Friday, Jan. 20 and 27: a walking tour of Old Town Tubac. Encounters: A Native American Ethnic Costume Exhibit, a glimpse into the lives of the Yaqui, Seri, Tohono O’odham and Yuma people via costumes from the Castañeda Museum of Ethnic Costume of Tucson, continues through Sunday, Feb. 26. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ACADIA RANCH MUSEUM AND ORACLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Acadia Ranch Museum. 825 Mount Lemmon Road.

Oracle. 896-9609. The Oracle Historical Society preserves artifacts and properties to educate and to encourage appreciation of the unique cultural-historical heritage of the community of Oracle and surrounding areas. Collections include the Huggett Family collection of ranching artifacts, a documents archive and many books on local history. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., each Saturday, with extended hours for special exhibits; free, donations welcome.

THE AMERIND FOUNDATION The Amerind Foundation. 2100 N. Amerind Road, Exit 318 off Interstate 10. Dragoon. (520) 586-3666. A museum of Native American archaeology, art, history and culture. Potters of Mata Ortiz: Inspired by the Past ... Creating Traditions for the Future and A Pottery Competition continue indefinitely. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; $8, $7 senior, $5 age 12 to 18 and college student, free younger child. Visit amerind.org for more information.

ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY DOWNTOWN MUSEUM Arizona Historical Society Downtown Museum. 140 N. Stone Ave. 770-1473. Exhibits depict early Tucson businesses and homes. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; $3, $2 senior or age 12 to 18; free age 11 and younger. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety. org for more information.

ARIZONA HISTORY MUSEUM Arizona History Museum. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774.

The museum focuses on Southern Arizona history from the Spanish colonial through the territorial eras.

The exhibit Geronimo: Revered and Reviled (The Man Behind the Legend) continues until further notice.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $5, free younger than 18, member, active-duty military and their families, UA and PCC staff or student with ID, researchers and scholars with appointments, visitors to the library or the store, and everyone on days of public programs. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety.org.

ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road.

883-2702. A world-renowned botanical garden, zoo and natural-history museum that features a vast collection of native plants and wildlife. Walk into the lush hummingbird and mixed-species aviaries, or learn about the statuesque saguaro and other desert denizens via daily tours and bird walks. Activities for kids include a simulated fossil dig. Open every day, but hours vary by month; free child younger than 6; $13, $4.25 ages 6 to

12 from September to May; $9.50, $2.25 age 6 to 12 from June to August. Visit desertmuseum.org.

FORT LOWELL MUSEUM Fort Lowell Museum. 2900 N. Craycroft Road. 8853832. The museum features exhibits about military life on the Arizona frontier. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday; $3, $2 senior or child 12 to 18, free younger child, member and everyone the first Saturday of every month. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety. org for more information.

GADSDEN-PACIFIC DIVISION TOY TRAIN OPERATING MUSEUM Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum.

3975 N. Miller Ave. 888-2222. This family-oriented museum features toy trains of all sizes and shapes running on 16 different tracks, with whistles blowing, bells ringing, steam engines smoking and more. Hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., the second and fourth Sunday of the month; free. Closed in July and August. Open the first three Saturdays in December. Visit gpdtoytrainmuseum.com for more information.

INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE MUSEUM International Wildlife Museum. 4800 W. Gates Pass Road. 629-0100. The museum highlights more than 400 species of insects, mammals and birds from around the globe. Dioramas depict wild animals in their natural settings. Videos, interactive computers and hands-on exhibits promote wildlife appreciation and conservation.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $8, $3 ages 4 to 12, free younger child or member, $6 senior, student or military. Visit thewildlifemuseum.org.

THE JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM The Jewish History Museum. 564 S. Stone Ave. 6709073. The museum is housed in the oldest Jewish house of worship in Arizona and features the history of Jewish pioneers in exhibits, artifacts, research, genealogy and story-telling. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday; and noon to 3 p.m., Friday; $5, free age 17 and younger. Visit jewishhistorymuseum.org for more information.

KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY Located atop the 6,875-foot summit of Kitt Peak, the observatory offers nightly viewing and an advanced overnight program that lets visitors stay on site, use advanced equipment and “explore some of North America’s most spectacular night skies.” (Stargazing by reservation only.) Open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily.

Guided tours are at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; a single tour is $5.75, $3 age 7 to 12, free younger child, June through October; $7.75, $4 age 7 to 12, free younger child, November through May. Special rates for three tours are available. Night tours feature four hours of guided observing time and a box dinner; $48, $44 student, military or senior. Call 3188726, or visit noao.edu/kpno for more information.

LITERATURE EVENTS THIS WEEK BOOKBIKE VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. People who like books and bikes learn about a program to make books available to the public via a three-wheeled, nonmotorized bookmobile, from 10 to 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free. Call 594-5295, ext. 3, or email karen.greene@pima.gov for more information.

ED KOVACS: STORM DAMAGE Clues Unlimited. 3146 E. Fort Lowell Road. 326-8533.

Ed Kovacs signs and discusses his new mystery, at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17; free.

EDGE 40: A READING SERIES OF EMERGING AND YOUNGER WRITERS Casa Libre en la Solana. 228 N. Fourth Ave. 325-9145.

Amina Gautier, Alison McCabe and Rodney Philips read from their work at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 18; $5 suggested donation. Call or visit casalibre.org for info.

OTHER VOICES READING SERIES Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Kim Nelson and Shelly Taylor read from their work at 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13; free. Refreshments and an open mic follow. Arrive 15 minutes early to sign up to read.

ROXANNA GREEN: AS GOOD AS SHE IMAGINED Costco Wholesale. 6255 E. Grant Road. 886-6375.

Roxanna Green, mother of Christina-Taylor Green, signs her book about Jan. 8’s, youngest victim, from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free.

UA POETRY CENTER UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Readings and lectures are at 7 p.m.; free. Tuesday, Jan. 17: David

Rivard, “What’s at Risk, Heroes?,” a lecture about the influence of the New York School. Thursday, Jan. 19: David Rivard alumni reading. Call or visit poetry.arizona. edu for more information.

WINTER PIMA WRITERS’ WORKSHOP Pima Community College West Campus. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6600. Nine writers, including awardwinning Tucson Weekly arts editor Margaret Regan, talk about writing and publishing fiction, nonfiction, plays, screenplays and stories for children, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; $75. Call 206-6084, or visit pima.edu to register or for more information.

OUT OF TOWN PAT KROHN: GUILTY NO MORE Joyner-Green Valley Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library.

601 N. La Cañada Drive. Green Valley. 594-5295. Pat Krohn discusses her book about overcoming a life of destructive behavior, at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17; free.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTEMPORARY FICTION BOOK CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Current literary fiction is the topic from 10 a.m. to noon, on the second Thursday of every month; free.

Call or visit orovalleyaz.gov for more information.

OMNIVOROUS READERS Sahuarita Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library. 725 W. Via Rancho Sahuarita. Sahuarita. 594-5490. Maurynne Maxwell leads discussions of a mix of contemporary fiction and nonfiction from 10 a.m. to noon, the second Saturday of every month; free.

LECTURES EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive.

229-5300. The library introduces its new Heritage Collection, a special collection of local and regional history and cultural resource titles; and author and historian Jim Turner discusses 100 years of Arizona statehood, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 12; free.

Visit orovalleylib.com for more information.

ART LECTURE SERIES Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Docents from the UA Museum of Art discuss art topics from 2 to 3 p.m., every Wednesday; free.

BUTTERFLY BASICS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Elizabeth Willott, curator of Butterfly Magic, presents an introduction of butterfly biology from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., the third Tuesday of every month; $12, $7 member, includes admission to Butterfly Magic after the gardens’ 4:30 closing time. Visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information.

DOES DEEP HISTORY MATTER? Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road.

877-6000. John Ware, director of the Amerind Foundation, explores the topic of ancient Southern Arizona history, from 1 to 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15; free.

Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for reservations or more info.

HOW TO BUILD YOUR NONFICTION BOOK Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Kebba Buckley Button of the Arizona Authors Association presents “Concept to Cover: How to Build Your Nonfiction Book,” a talk for people who want to write articles, manuals, memoirs or history books, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free.

MEDICAL ETHICS/TOUGH CHOICES Casas Adobes Congregational Church. 6801 N. Oracle Road. 297-1181. Hospital chaplain Bill Killian presents “Medical Ethics/Tough Choices” in Near Hall at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 15; free.

POLITICAL DISCOURSE, CIVILITY AND HARM UA James E. Rogers College of Law. 1201 E. Speedway Blvd. 621-1413. Guest scholars from across the U.S. explore the role of incivility in political discourse, and what harm it might cause, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14; free. Reservations are required. Call 225-1879, or email eic@arizonalawreview.org to register.

SIERRA CLUB PUBLIC PROGRAM Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona. 924 N. Alvernon Way. 881-3300. Gayle Hartmann, president of Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, describes important negative impacts of the proposed Rosemont Mine, at 7 p.m.,

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BOOKS Shannon Cainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smart stories explore intriguing relationshipsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as well as their successes and failures

Modern Restlessness

BY CHRISTINE WALD-HOPKINS, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com here is a boy and there is a girl. Jane sees the girl on Tuesdays and Fridays and she sees the boy on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The other three days she sleeps by herself â&#x20AC;Ś .â&#x20AC;?

Relationship happiness, as sought by the characters in Shannon Cainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut collection of taut short stories, seems to rest on a delicate balance: The one who can stand in the middle of the emotional seesaw and keep both ends up might attain it. On the other hand, with that degree of fragile triangulation, you know somebodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backside will land hard.

Tucsonan Cainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nine stories center on relationsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with lovers, between mothers and daughters, between spouses with children as intermediaries, and even with abnormally heterosexual animals. A good deal of the lovers/ spouses interaction is conducted sexually, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a contemporary, matter-of-fact transaction: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not passionate or squirm-inducing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mechanism to relate and self-identify, and through Cainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immaculate prose, it becomes a way to observe social behavior.

She sometimes upends the norm to make that observation. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Steam Room,â&#x20AC;? a mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stultifying life of smiling, shopping, fundraising and husband-supporting comes to an abrupt halt when sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caught by high school swimmers pleasuring herself at the Y. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cultivation,â&#x20AC;? a loving but careless mother of three takes the family on a cross-country road trip to cash in her marijuana harvest.

In addition to the reality of personal compromise for politics in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Steam Room,â&#x20AC;?

Cain raises issues of â&#x20AC;&#x153;moral hypocrisies and false standards of decency and what girls are taught to believe.â&#x20AC;? But through the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family and the pot-farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughters, she also raises the issue of what parents ignore in relation to their children.

A couple of the stories are make-you-smile, just-on-the-edge credible. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Nigerian Princes,â&#x20AC;? in order to keep a girlfriend, an office nerd hatches a scheme to reverse-harass Nigerian prince scammers. The girlfriend proves creative in the enterprise. (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meet me at Lufthansa luggage carousel number five in Oslo, she emails. â&#x20AC;Ś Leave any tribal accoutrements [masks and spears and whatnot] in your village.â&#x20AC;?) The scheme keeps the excitement up, but because the guy stupidly persuaded the girlfriend to use her office computer, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting her canned.

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The Necessity of Certain Behaviors

2. Yes Is Better Than No

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The kid in â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Love Bobâ&#x20AC;? (thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be Barker), who saves hamsters by â&#x20AC;&#x153;rebirthingâ&#x20AC;? them into pet storesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cages, is an interesting addition to this just-credible category, but the take-thecake oddity piece is â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Queer Zoo.â&#x20AC;? There, central-character Sam, a would-be playwright who cleans cages in a sanctuary for homosexual animals, notices that a female bonobo named Bixby doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t engage with other females. Ninety-eight percent of all bonobos are bisexual, so Bixby is clearly an aberration.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s money and fame to be had in subjecting her to scientific experimentation, but it also raises ethical questions. Does Sam have the backbone to put aside his weed, finish his play, and risk being outed as straight by stepping up to save Bixby?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite fun, actually.

The opening and closing stories are probably Cainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most serious, though they have their whimsy as well. The central character in each is to some degree psychologically and relationally stuck. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Is How It Starts,â&#x20AC;? the equilibrium between a professional dog-walker and her two lovers begins to shift when she lets â&#x20AC;&#x153;the boyâ&#x20AC;? have the night usually reserved for â&#x20AC;&#x153;the girl.â&#x20AC;? A creature of habit, she lives in her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rent-controlled apartment, eating off their china and using their old appliances. When she begins to show a preference for one lover over the other, her world begins to tip out of control.

The final storyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the collectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title storyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; comments on culture and ritual. Fed up with her urban life, Lisa goes to a foreign country on an ecotourism trek. She gets separated from the others, and ends up in a mountain village populated by beautiful young people.

They welcome her, and she soon settles, finding first a female, and then a male, lover.

Whereas the world tips and crashes in â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Is How It Starts,â&#x20AC;? the culture in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Necessity of Certain Behaviorsâ&#x20AC;? adjusts.

Shannon Cainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s characters reflect a contemporary restlessness, a vague dissatisfaction with their roles in the world and a lack of clarity as to how to change them. The storiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; smart and well-writtenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offer simple fixes. Recognizing identity, accepting responsibility and mediating toward some sort of balance, however, provide their characters with some coping tools.

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4. Cyclepedia: A Century of Iconic Bicycle Design Michael Embacher, Chronicle ($35)

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8. A Border Runs Through It: Journeys in Regional History and Folklore Jim GriďŹ&#x192;th, Rio Nuevo ($17.95)

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WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION BOOKSTORE Western National Parks Association Bookstore. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at noon and 2 p.m.: J. Edward de Steiguer presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wild Horses of the West.â&#x20AC;? Thursday, Jan. 19, at noon and 2 p.m.: Jack Lasseter presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;The History and Development of Our American Legal System.â&#x20AC;?

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CINEMA An impeccable cast creates characters you won’t soon forget in Roman Polanski’s ‘Carnage’

Parents With Problems

TOP TEN Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending Jan. 8, 2012

BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com our frequently great performers are put in a room together, and not surprisingly, the results are worth watching in Carnage, the latest from director Roman Polanski.

Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz all deliver good work in this somewhat predictable but ultimately enjoyable adaptation of the Yasmina Reza play, God of Carnage (which Arizona Theatre Company produced locally just a couple of months ago).

Foster and Reilly play Penelope and Michael Longstreet, parents of a young boy who takes a stick to the face in a scuffle with a classmate. Winslet and Waltz play Nancy and Alan Cowan, the parents of the kid who did the swinging. The four parents come together in the Brooklyn apartment of the Longstreets to have a civil discussion about the event that caused some serious damage to the Longstreet son’s face.

Of course, the mild-mannered discussion over Penelope’s cobbler unravels in a maelstrom of cell-phone interruptions, hamsterabandonment stories, alcohol consumption and generally childish human dysfunction.

Each performer’s character has its quirks— and the performers sink their teeth into them.

Foster’s Penelope is a control freak with a fake smile and an unhealthy attachment to her art books. The books become a big issue when Winslet’s uptight and nervous Nancy projectile-vomits all over them. Waltz’s Alan is a rude lawyer who can’t disconnect his face from his phone, while Reilly’s Michael comes off as a polite, even-tempered gentleman—until he flips his lid when the Cowans push him too far.

The couples try to part ways—many times— but humorously find themselves re-entering the apartment for coffee, scotch and further verbal arguments. It’s clear that the couples need each other on this day to vent about life’s frustrations and their troublemaking kids.

As the tension mounts, and more alcohol is imbibed, the characters slowly reveal their true selves. They are basically a bunch of unstable jerks, the opposite of the appearances they first put forth. The control freak is insecure; the rude lawyer is a bit of a baby; the amicable, welcoming husband hates people and is prone to tantrums; and the quietly nervous woman can verbally throw down with the rest of them.

She can also vomit like a champion frat boy after a night of funneling PBR. The screenplay is about as obvious as obvious can be. (Reza and Polanski collaborated on the adaptation.) When things take a turn

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1. Contagion Warner Bros.

2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 20th Century Fox

3. Midnight in Paris Sony

4. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Sony

5. The Hangover Part II Warner Bros.

6. Margin Call Roadside

7. Colombiana Sony

8. Warrior Lionsgate Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet in Carnage.

9. Apollo 18

for the worse, that’s really the only turn they can take. (Is it a big surprise when Alan’s cell phone winds up drowning in the flower vase? Nope!)

There’s no sense in making a film about four people coming together, talking about their kids, and being congenial the whole time.

Of the four, Reilly fares the best. He’s an ace at playing drama in a very funny way. His reaction to his son being in a gang, and the way he depicts his character’s aversion to rodents, are priceless. One could put forth the argument that Reilly, who also co-starred in the 2011 comedies Cedar Rapids and Terri (and the excellent drama We Need to Talk About Kevin), is one of the five or so most-valuable actors in Hollywood. He brings an edge and originality to every project he’s involved in.

Waltz, while still playing a jerk here, gets a chance to be a little less sinister. Winslet can do no wrong, and she has a good time playing in Polanski’s sandbox. Foster seems a little overbearing at times, but even with the overdone moments, her performance can be classified as good, at least.

It isn’t a big surprise that Polanski would choose to direct a film set in one interior locale, with few exterior shots. The man has proved that he can handle claustrophobic settings before (The Pianist, Rosemary’s Baby), and, let’s face it, his ongoing legal troubles probably lend to a need for simple, uncomplicated productions with minimal locations.

Carnage is about being trapped in an uncomfortable, but inexplicably craved, social situation,

Carnage

Weinstein

Rated R

10. The Guard

Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly

Sony

Directed by Roman Polanski Sony Pictures Classics, 79 minutes Opens Friday, Jan. 13, at Century El Con 20 (800-326-3264, ext. 902).

and Polanski has no problem making the viewer feel trapped. I, for one, liked the experience just fine, but I can understand the argument that Carnage is a bit tedious. I’d disagree, but I’d hear the argument.

Polanski bookends the film with a couple of exterior park scenes, presumably moments that were not included in the play. Those scenes have no dialogue, but they are a nice contribution to the story.

As nutty as the couples get in Carnage, I could see them getting together after their first apocalyptic meeting and becoming lifelong buddies. There’s something very real and needy about their interaction—something the actors and actresses bring across assuredly.

While I don’t think there’s a Carnage II: A Longstreet and Cowan Thanksgiving in the future, this acting quartet has created the sort of characters who make lasting impressions.

They, with help from Polanski, will have you thinking about their destinies long after Alan’s phone rings that final time.

Tien You Chui in Contagion.

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The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Thu 11; Fri 10:25; Sat 11; Sun-Tue 10:25 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:05, 9:50; Fri 1:15, 4, 6:55, 9:35; Sat 1:35, 4:20, 6:55, 9:35; SunWed 1:15, 4, 6:55, 9:35 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu 11:10, 12:20, 1:30, 2:40, 3:45, 5, 7:20, 9:40; Fri-

Wed 10:05, 12:25, 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Beauty and the Beast (G) Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:30, 6:15 Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) Fri-Wed 10, 11:10, 12:20, 2:40, 3:50, 5, 7:20, 8:40, 9:40 Contraband (R) Fri-Wed 10:20, 11:40, 1, 2:20, 3:40, 5:05, 6:20, 7:45, 9, 10:25 The Darkest Hour (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15; Fri-Wed 7:50, 10:15 The Devil Inside (R) Thu 11, 12:10, 1:20, 2:30, 3:40, 4:50, 5:55, 7:15, 8:20, 9:35, 10:35; FriWed 10:40, 11:50, 1:05, 2:10, 3:20, 4:30, 5:40, 6:50, 8, 9:10, 10:20 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu 12:15, 3:55, 6:20, 7:25, 9:55; Fri-Wed 11:30, 3, 6:30, 9:55 The Iron Lady (PG-13) Fri-Wed 11:20, 2, 4:40, 7:25, 10:05 Joyful Noise (PG-13) FriWed 10:30, 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50 Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu 11:05, 12:40, 2:15, 3:50, 5:25, 6:15, 7:10, 8:30, 9:20, 10:15; FriWed 10:10, 1:10, 2:35, 4:10, 7:10, 8:35, 10:10 The Muppets (PG) Thu 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:30; FriWed 11, 1:45, 4:35 My Week With Marilyn (R) ends Thu 11:25, 2:05, 4:55, 7:30, 10 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) Thu 11:05, 1:55, 4:40, 7:45, 10:35; Fri-Wed 10:35, 1:35, 4:25, 7:35, 10:30 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Thu 11:35, 1:05, 2:35, 4:05, 5:35, 7:10, 8:40, 10:10; Fri-Wed 10:15, 11:35, 1:15, 4:15, 5:35, 7:15, 10:15 The Sitter (R) ends Thu 10:05 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) Thu 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:30; Fri-Wed 10, 12:55, 3:55, 7:05, 10 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PG-13) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7, 9:55; Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:20, 7:30, 10:30 War Horse (PG-13) Thu 11:20, 1, 2:45, 4:20, 6, 7:40, 9:25; Fri-Wed 12, 3:15, 6:45, 10 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Thu 11:40, 1:15, 2:50, 4:15, 7:20, 10:20; FriWed 10:05, 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:20

Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace 12155 N. Oracle Road.

800-326-3264, ext. 899.

The Adventures of Tintin (PG) ends Thu 10:45 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) ends Thu 1:35, 4:20, 7, 9:40 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) ends Thu 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, 9:35 Beauty and the Beast (G) Fri-Wed 11:25

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:20, 6:55, 9:20 Contraband (R) Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10 The Descendants (R) Thu 10:55, 1:45, 4:40, 7:25, 10:05; Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:45, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 The Devil Inside (R) Thu 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10; Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 9:55 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu-Wed 11:45, 3:20, 6:50, 10:15 The Iron Lady (PG-13) Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:35, 4:15, 7, 9:35 Joyful Noise (PG-13) FriWed 10:30, 1:20, 4:05, 7:05, 9:50 Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu 10:50, 12:40, 3:40, 5:30, 7:05, 10:10; FriWed 12:40, 3:40, 6:55, 10:05 My Week With Marilyn (R) ends Thu 11:40, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Thu 1:30, 2:10, 4:30, 7:30, 8:45, 10:25; Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) Thu 1:10, 4:15, 7:10, 10:15; Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:15 War Horse (PG-13) Thu 12:25, 3:45, 7, 10:20; Fri-Wed 12:25, 3:45, 7:10, 10:20 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Thu 10:30, 1:25, 4:25, 7:35, 10:30; Fri-Wed 10:25, 1:25, 4:25, 7:35, 10:30

Crossroads 6 Grand Cinemas 4811 E. Grant Road.

327-7067. *Reel Arts 6 film *Blackthorn (R) Thu 2:20, Fri-Wed 12:55, 7:15 *Circumstance (R) Thu 12, 7, 9:20; Fri-Wed 5 Courageous (PG-13) ends Thu 10:45, 1:25, 7:10 Drive (R) ends Thu 9:40 Happy Feet Two (PG) Thu 12:10, 2:30, 5, 7:20; FriWed 12, 2:20, 4:40 The Help (PG-13) Thu 4:10; Fri-Wed 4:15 The Ides of March (R) Thu 1:35, 8:50; Fri-Wed 11:10, 4:20 Immortals (R) Fri-Wed 2, 7:10, 9:50 Jack and Jill (PG) Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:10, 7:20, 9:35 Margin Call (R) Thu 9:55; Fri-Wed 9:30 Melancholia (R) Fri-Wed 1:25, 6:40, 9:40 Moneyball (PG-13) Thu 10:50, 3:50, 6:45, 9:35; Fri-Wed 4, 6:50, 9:45 Mozart’s Sister (Not Rated) Thu 11:30, 4:05; Fri-Wed 11:25, 4:30 My Afternoons with Margueritte (Not Rated) Thu 2:10, 6:50; Fri-Wed 11, 3:05 *Puncture (R) ends Thu 4:40 Puss in Boots (PG) Thu 10:55, 1, 3:05, 5:10; FriWed 11:40, 1:50 Tower Heist (PG-13) Thu 7:25, 9:50; Fri-Wed 7, 9:25

Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

Bicycle Dreams (Not Rated) Wed 7

Gallagher Theater UA Student Union, 1303 E. University Blvd.

626-0370.

50/50 (R) Thu 10; Fri-Sat 7, 10

Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz.

806-4275.

The Adventures of Tintin (PG) ends Thu 1:45 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Thu 11, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50; Fri-Mon 9:40, 12:30, 3:15, 6:05; TueWed 12:30, 3:15, 6:05 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu 11:05, 11:50, 1:30, 2:30, 4, 5, 6:40, 9:10; Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45; MonWed 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30 Beauty and the Beast (G) Fri-Wed 12:10, 3:50 Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) Fri-Sun 9:50, 11:10, 1:30, 2:30, 4:50, 6:10, 7:10, 8:30, 9:30, 10:50; Mon 9:50, 11:10, 1:30, 2:30, 4:50, 6:10, 7:10, 8:30, 9:20; Tue-Wed 11:10, 1:30, 2:30, 4:50, 6:10, 7:10, 8:30, 9:20 Contraband (R) Fri-Sun 10, 11, 12:50, 1:50, 3:40, 4:40, 6:30, 7:30, 9:20, 10:20; Mon 10, 11, 12:50, 1:50, 3:40, 4:40, 6:30, 7:30, 9:15, 10:15; Tue-Wed 11, 12:50, 1:50, 3:40, 4:40, 6:30, 7:30, 9:15, 10:15 The Darkest Hour (PG-13) Thu 3:20; Fri-Wed 2:20 The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) Thu 12:40, 5:45, 8:10, 10:25; Fri-Wed 9 The Descendants (R) Thu 11:15, 2, 4:50, 7:45, 10:30; Fri-Sun 10:50, 2, 5, 7:45, 10:35; Mon 10:50, 2, 5, 7:45, 10:30; Tue-Wed 11:05, 2, 5, 7:45, 10:30 The Devil Inside (R) Thu 11:20, 12:20, 1:50, 2:50, 4:20, 5:20, 6:50, 7:50, 9:20, 10:20; Fri-Mon 10:20, 11:40, 12:40, 2:10, 3:10, 4:30, 5:30, 6:50, 7:50, 9:10, 10:10; Tue-Wed 11:40, 12:40, 2:10, 3:10, 4:30, 5:30, 6:50, 7:50, 9:10, 10:10 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu 11:30, 3:05, 6:45, 10:10; FriSun 11:15, 2:45, 6:15, 10:15; Mon-Wed 11:15, 2:45, 6:15, 9:55 Joyful Noise (PG-13) Fri-Sun 10:10, 1, 4, 7, 10; Mon 10:10, 1, 4, 7, 9:50; Tue-Wed 1, 4, 7, 9:50 Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu 12, 1, 3:10, 4:10, 6:20, 7:20, 9:30; Fri-Sun 9:55, 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30; Mon 9:55, 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:25; TueWed 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:25

The Muppets (PG) ends Thu 12:50 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:15, 9:05; Fri 5:10, 8, 10:45; Sat-Sun 11:30, 5:10, 8, 10:45; Mon-Wed 11:30, 5:10, 8, 10:40 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Thu 12:10, 1:10, 3:15, 4:15, 6:30, 7:30, 9:40; Fri-Sun 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 9:50; Mon-Wed 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 The Sitter (R) Thu 8, 10:05; Fri-Sun 10:05, 1:05, 3:20, 5:50, 8:10, 10:25; Mon 10:05, 1:05, 3:20, 5:50, 8:10, 10:20; Tue-Wed 1:05, 3:20, 5:50, 8:10, 10:20 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PG-13) Thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25; Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:20, 4:20, 7:40, 10:40; Mon 10:30, 1:20, 4:20, 7:40, 10:35; TueWed 1:20, 4:20, 7:40, 10:35 War Horse (PG-13) Thu 11:10, 2:40, 3:40, 6:10, 7:10, 9:45; Fri-Wed 11:20, 2:50, 6:20, 9:40 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Thu 11:45, 12:45, 3, 3:50, 6:05, 7, 9, 10; FriSun 9:45, 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 10:05; Mon 9:45, 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 10; Tue-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 10

The Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.

795-7777.

Call 795-0844 to check handicap accessibility Black Shampoo (R) Mon 8 The Conquest (Not Rated) Fri 11:30, 7; Sat-Sun 11:30, 4:30; Mon 11:30, 5:30; Tue-Wed 11:30, 4:30 Do the Right Thing (R) Mon 5 Dragonslayer (Not Rated) Fri-Wed 10 Melancholia (R) Thu 10 My Reincarnation (Not Rated) Thu 2:45 National Theatre Live: Collaborators (Not Rated) Sun 12; Tue 7 The Round Up (Not Rated) Thu 7 Serenity (PG-13) FriSat 10 The Skin I Live In (R) Fri-Sat 2:15, 7:30; Sun 7:30, 10; Mon-Wed 2:15, 7:30, 10 The Way (PG-13) Thu 12, 10; Fri-Sat 11:30, 4:45; Sun 4:45; Mon 11:30; Tue-Wed 11:30, 4:45 The Women on the 6th Floor (Not Rated) Thu 2:45, 7:30; Fri 2, 4:30; Sat-Sun 2, 7; Mon-Tue 2; Wed 2, 7 Young Goethe in Love (Not Rated) Thu 12:30, 5:15

Oracle View 4690 N. Oracle Road.

292-2430.

Courageous (PG-13) FriWed 11:20, 2:10, 7:10 Dolphin Tale (PG) Thu 11:45, 4:50; Fri-Wed 11:10 Drive (R) Thu 12, 2:20, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30; Fri-Wed 4:55, 9:55

Footloose (PG-13) Thu 4:25, 9:50; Fri-Wed 11:50, 4:50 The Ides of March (R) Thu 11:50, 2:10, 7, 9:20; Fri-Wed 11:40 Immortals (R) Fri-Wed 2, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 In Time (PG-13) Thu-Wed 7:25, 9:45 Midnight in Paris (PG-13) Thu 2:30; Fri-Wed 2:25 Puss in Boots (PG) ThuWed 11, 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:35 Real Steel (PG-13) Thu 11:15, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10; Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:10, 7, 9:40 Tower Heist (PG-13) Thu 11:35, 2, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10; Fri-Wed 11:30, 1:50, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10

The Screening Room 127 E. Congress St. 882-0204.

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The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Thu 1:50; Fri-Wed 11, 1:35, 6:20, 8:45 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) ends Thu 11:25, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu 11:50, 2:05, 4:10, 6:20, 8:30; Fri-Wed 10:55, 12:55, 2:55, 4:55, 6:55, 9 Arthur Christmas (PG) ends Thu 11, 1:20 Beauty and the Beast (G) Fri-Wed 2:50 Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) Fri-Wed 10:40, 12:45, 5, 7:05, 9:10 Contraband (R) Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 The Darkest Hour (PG13) Thu 3:50, 5:55, 8, 10:05; Fri-Wed 2:30, 7:35, 9:40 The Devil Inside (R) Thu 11:30, 1:35, 3:40, 5:45, 7:50, 9:55; Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:25, 3:30, 5:45, 7:55, 10 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu 12, 3:15, 6:30, 9:45; Fri-Wed 11:40, 3, 6:30, 9:45 Joyful Noise (PG-13) FriWed 11:30, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu 10:50, 12:30, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9, 10:10; FriWed 10:50, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) ends Thu 11:40, 7:10 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Thu 11:15, 2, 3:25, 4:45, 6:10, 7:30, 10:15; FriWed 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PG-13) Thu 2:10, 4:40, 9:40; Fri-Wed 11:50, 4:50 War Horse (PG-13) ThuWed 12, 3:10, 6:15, 9:20 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Thu-Wed 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:50 Young Adult (R) Thu 10:55, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 10; Fri-Wed 4

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these activities, rather than to his kid or even putting a real roof over his own head. The guy is extremely unlikable and not particularly interesting.

He is shown eventually losing his sponsor, selling his stuff and leaving California for what will ultimately be a failed journey. When he comes home, he gets a job at a bowling alley and finally starts spending more time with his kid; however, by this point, you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care about this admitted â&#x20AC;&#x153;scumbag.â&#x20AC;? Allen

FILM CLIPS Reviews by Jacquie Allen, Colin Boyd and Bob Grimm.

NEWLY REVIEWED: THE CONQUEST

Denis Podalydès is a lot of fun as French President Nicolas Sarkozy in this political comedy that owes plenty to the likes of Primary Colors. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surprising to see a not-altogether-flattering portrayal of a sitting president in a major country, and yet here it is, telling the story of how Sarkozy and his wife, CĂŠcilia (Florence Pernel), were having severe marital problems during his campaigns. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually a big part of the film, which feels a little trivial and mundane at times. Still, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool to watch former President Jacques Chirac (Bernard Le Coq) spewing profanities about Sarkozy, aka â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Energizer Bunny.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fun peek into the French political system, even if it is mostly a soap opera. Grimm THE DEVIL INSIDE

The latest faux-documentary film is 100 percent pure shit. This one depicts a young, uninteresting woman (Fernanda Andrade) making a documentary about her mother, a woman convicted of triple-homicide during a supposed exorcism. This means we get to listen to actresses try to out-profane Linda Blair in The Exorcist. The film, which appears to have been made for something like $20, clocks in at a mere 87 minutes. However, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 87 minutes that feel like 10 hours. When I saw it, you could hear the dissatisfaction in the audience. I share in their collective disdain. Hey, 2012 already has a contender for worst movie of the year. Congratulations, assholes!

Grimm DRAGONSLAYER

Dragonslayer is a repellent and poorly conceived documentary focusing on Josh â&#x20AC;&#x153;Skreechâ&#x20AC;? Sandoval, a career skateboarder and new father. The film, which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature at last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SXSW, shows Sandoval selfishly perpetuating his own childhood, rather than being involved in the life of his child. He smokes, gets high and drinks, and what little money he does get from his occupation goes straight to

Meryl Streep is my pick for 2011â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best actress for her incredible, uncanny work as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in director Phyllida Lloydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s engaging biopic. Streep disappears into the role. Yes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in part due to excellent makeup work, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mostly due to Streepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beautifully nuanced performance. She plays Thatcher at many ages, including Thatcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent declining yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and Streep is spot-on. Her accent is natural, and her physicality is perfection; this is, quite simply, a performance that can be stacked up against any other.

Yes, the film glosses over a lot of the political aspects that made Thatcher controversial (although it does spend some decent time on the Falklands War). It focuses mainly on Thatcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship with her husband (played in later years by Jim Broadbent), and her psychological and emotional difficulties in her elder years. This film is all about Streep and an actress showing the world how this sort of thing is done. Grimm JOYFUL NOISE

Queen Latifah has one nice dramatic moment, and Dolly Parton blows the doors off of one gospel song in Joyful Noise, but movies arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like SportsCenterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just watch for the highlights. Almost everything else about this faith-based movie is awkward. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uncomfortable enough watching Dolly Partonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stretched face cover the entire screen without a parade of lame jokes about her characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trips under the knife. There also seems to be a lot of premarital-sex talk for a movie of this ilk, and during the sneak preview, the biggest laugh came when a man died after the unholy act. The music is tepid when it should be the driving force, and on the one occasion when Dolly lets loose, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pushed to the background for the unnecessary reunion of minor characters. Joyful? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debatable. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly noise. Boyd

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Despite 3-D that actually detracts from the film, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Beauty and the Beastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is worth a trip to the theater

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BY COLIN BOYD, cboyd@tucsonweekly.com eauty and the Beast is so good, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still worth watching in amazingly lifeless 3-D. Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic retelling of the classic tale first arrived in theaters 20 years ago. It was, at the time, notable for using some computer animation. Disney had previously employed CGI widely in the less-memorable Rescuers Down Under, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an Olympic broadjump from the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experiment here to its faith in full-scale digital animation; Pixarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first full-length film was only a few years away.

Still, Beast is remembered as one of Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last great â&#x20AC;&#x153;traditionalâ&#x20AC;? animated films, along with The Lion King, which was re-released last year. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also remembered for being the first animated film nominated for Best Picture, a case that is even stronger a generation later. Seriously: If the Academy could make room for The Prince of Tides that year, Beauty and the Beast seems like an absolute lock in retrospect.

The most-marvelous thing about revisiting this film is recognizing how dramatically the landscape has changed since. Cartoons werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taken seriously in the 1980s and early 1990s, and few of them were making mountains of money. Disney, in fact, was nearly out of the animation business by the mid-1980s after a series of failures (as chronicled in the passable documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty). Beauty and the Beast was the third movie in a remarkable turnaround for animation in general, and Disney in particular, although if it had been made even a couple of years later, it may not have been the film it is.

For one thing, the songs help Beauty and the Beast operate as a musical. Instead of schmaltzy pop songs, the likes of which litter post-comeback movies like Tarzan, The Emperorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Groove and even The Lion King, the music is jaunty, and the lyrics clever and sharp. The signature ballad, though it achieved chart success, still serves the film first instead of standing apart as a radiofriendly single. In that respect, this really is the last film of an era for Disney.

Give the opening number a whirl, or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty and the Beast,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gastonâ&#x20AC;? or the showstopping â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be Our Guest.â&#x20AC;? Yes, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pure Broadway, but they also give the film important signposts that help the action flow more easily and with more emphasis.

The story itself, and the performances by an unsung cast, particularly Robby Benson as the Beast, are untouchable. In combination with those songs, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a truly special recipe.

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Belle and the Beast in Beauty and the Beast.

Beauty and the Beast 3D Rated G Featuring the voices of Paige Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara, Robby Benson and Richard White Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise Walt Disney, 84 minutes Opens Friday, Jan. 13, at AMC Loews Foothills 15 (888-262-4386), Century El Con 20 (800-3263264, ext. 902), Century Park Place 20 (800-3263264, ext. 903), Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace (800-326-3264, ext. 899), Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 (806-4275) and Tower Theaters at Arizona Pavilions (579-0500).

The contemporary digital spectacles may be thrilling in other ways, but this one is still tough to top. Though The Lion King and The Little Mermaid both have ardent fans, neither is as complete of a film as Beauty and the Beast. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crowning pre-Pixar glory.

Some might question why a film that is still predominantly hand-drawn animation would need 3-D. Well, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a business move: Box-office numbers are traditionally weak in January, and hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a movie that audiences already love â&#x20AC;Ś only now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more expensive to see it. Cha-ching.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no pixie dust that Disney could sprinkle on Beauty and the Beast to make it look better than it did; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve redrawn anything here. In fact, many of the backgrounds, especially those that feature animated characters and not just scenery, probably look worse now thanks to 3-D. A standard rerelease may not have drawn attention to those details, but the final verdict has to be that this is just not a good use of 3-D technology.

But none of that diminishes the fact that Beauty and the Beast was, is and always will be a fantastic motion picture.

N O W S H O W I N G AT H O M E The Guard (Blu-ray) SONY MOVIE B+ SPECIAL FEATURES B+ BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 7.75 (OUT OF 10)

Writerdirector John Michael McDonagh, brother of the brilliant director and screenwriter Martin McDonagh (In Bruges), makes a nice directorial debut with this Irish comedy starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.

Gleeson plays Sgt. Gerry Boyle, a brazenly honest, unapologetic Irish cop who joins forces with an FBI agent (Cheadle) to go after drugsmugglers. Gleeson is terrific, delivering his best work since that awesome In Bruges performance in 2008. Let’s just say he works well with these McDonagh brothers.

Gleeson and Cheadle make a good team. The biggest laughs in this film consist of Cheadle’s straight-faced reactions to some of the appalling things coming out of Gleeson’s mouth. Liam Cunningham and Mark Strong do nicely as the bad guys, while Fionnula Flanagan has a couple of poignant and funny scenes as Gerry’s dying mother.

I must give a big shout-out to our very own Calexico for the totally surprising, unpredictable, Western-tinged soundtrack. It almost felt like I was watching a spaghetti Western at times.

Like his brother, John Michael McDonagh has a way with words. I suspect The Guard is just the start to a promising directorial career.

He’s got a knack for strangely funny moments, like when Gleeson touched a corpse’s toes and smelled the fingers for no apparent reason. I know that doesn’t sound too funny, but I assure you it is.

SPECIAL FEATURES: An audio commentary with McDonagh, Gleeson and Cheadle is worth your time, as is a short film by McDonagh, deleted scenes, outtakes and making-of featurettes. Sony did a good job of putting this disc together.

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (Blu-ray) SONY MOVIE CSPECIAL FEATURES D+ BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 4 (OUT OF 10)

I thought it was a great idea to remake Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. The original TV movie, starring Kim Darby as a woman terrorized by little furry demons living under her house, is one scary flick.

Knowing that Guillermo del Toro was producing gave me further hope that this would be a good flick—but they made a huge mistake right off the bat, changing the protagonist from a grown woman to a little girl.

What made the original so freaky was a grown woman trying to get her adult counterparts to believe her regarding the little blue monsters trying to kidnap her and drag her under the house. Having a little girl being the one terrorized just feels routine.

It doesn’t help that Bailee Madison delivers an unimpressive performance as Sally, the haunted girl. She’s a bit annoying, and that starts the film off in a bad place. The CGI monsters are actually kind of cool, and managed to spook me a couple of times.

Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes show up as Sally’s dad and his girlfriend. Again, this would’ve been more interesting if it were Katie Holmes being haunted by the little goblins, and not some kid. Bad decisions make for a bad movie.

Del Toro was a big fan of the original, and it’s sad to see one of his pet projects turn sour. It took a long time for this one to be released. I was hoping it was because they were putting some extra work into the effects. As it turns out, the film was probably delayed because it kind of sucks.

SPECIAL FEATURES: This one is light on the extras.

There’s only some makingof featurettes and a gallery.

It’s missing a del Toro com-

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mentary, which would make watching the film a little more interesting. Unlike The Guard Blu-ray discussed above, Sony did a piss-poor job of putting this one together.

Shark Night (Blu-ray) 20TH CENTURY FOX MOVIE F SPECIAL FEATURES DBLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 0.75 (OUT OF 10)

Since I’m a big Jaws fan, I’m always on the lookout for another good shark movie.

This isn’t it.

Oh, sure, it has the makings of a fun flick: A bunch of college kids go to a lake mysteriously filled with killer sharks, and they are going to get eaten. But this isn’t even bad enough to be fun; it’s just a big bore, full of lousy special effects and bad acting.

When you are making something called Shark Night, wouldn’t it make sense to shoot for an R rating? Some good gore could’ve made this something to have fun with (like the balls-out Piranha 3D). I was thinking there was perhaps going to be an “unrated” cut of this film with some extra gore thrown in, but no dice.

This showed in theaters in 3-D … bad 3-D. It did nothing to enhance the experience. The studio probably figured that out, and there doesn’t seem to be an actual 3-D Blu-ray release of the film in the works.

If you are looking for trash that will at least make you laugh, rent Roger Corman’s Sharktopus. That one was horrible, but in an endearing sort of way.

SPECIAL FEATURES: A bunch of worthless featurettes.

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Steven Spielberg, also responsible for War Horse, put together this moderately entertaining CGIanimated movie based on the comic-book series by Hergé. The series is big in Europe, but folks in the United States generally don’t care about the intrepid journalist Tintin and his dog, Snowy. After watching this, I can sort of understand the Western disenchantment. The visuals pop, but the character of Tintin himself (voiced by Jamie Bell) is far from engaging. The same can be said for Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis), who is sort of annoying. The duo goes on a search for some treasure in a race against a mean British guy (voiced amusingly by Daniel Craig). The adventure never really soars to great heights, and the film winds up being one of Spielberg’s less-interesting films. This is OK … but maybe Spielberg should just make one movie at a time. Grimm THE ARTIST

It is hard to discuss The Artist without acknowledging how special it is, and it will likely ride a wave of that kind of affection straight to the podium to accept the Best Picture Oscar. A black-and-white silent movie from out of nowhere, this is not the sort of film Hollywood bets on—which is why Hollywood loses so much money on remakes of Conan the Barbarian. A very simple story set at the pivot point when silent movies gave way to talkies, The Artist shows two careers at the crossroads. As George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) fades away, Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) becomes America’s first sweetheart of the sound era. This is a beautiful film start to finish, one of the very few movies from 2011 you’ll remember just as fondly in, say, 2013. Boyd MY REINCARNATION

You don’t get to choose your parents, the old saying goes, and apparently, you don’t get to choose your past lives, either. Yeshi is the son of exiled Tibetan Buddhist master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, but Tibetan elders believe Yeshi is actually the reincarnation of his father’s uncle, who died 10 years before Yeshi was born. Yeshi was raised in the West, so how can he live up to the traditions and his own calling? My Reincarnation covers a lot of ground— the production took 20 years of director Jennifer Fox’s life—but that doesn’t make the movie any better. In essence, it just gives her more note cards pinned to the bulletin board. And that’s really the problem with this movie: How much do you boil all of that stuff down? Is it an interesting story? Sure.

But not that interesting. Boyd TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

I remember the stunts in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, probably because there aren’t any. As espionage flicks go, this one is really low-key. It gets that somber streak from its protagonist, semi-retired MI6 officer George Smiley (Gary Oldman), who is investigating a Soviet plot to infiltrate British intelligence. The “action,” such as it is, comes from watching Oldman’s mind work out all the details, and then watching the other agents under his magnifying glass start to squirm. Oldman is utterly fantastic here, never forcing so much as a syllable or a raised eyebrow. The rest of the cast—uniformly good but reduced to small speaking parts in comparison to Oldman—are almost at his mercy. Which is kind of the point. Bonus points for making a Julio Iglesias cover of Bobby Darin’s “Beyond the Sea” work far better than it probably does on its own. Boyd THE WAY

What a strange year for the family Estevez. Although Charlie Sheen dominated the headlines with his talk of “winning” and tiger’s blood (and his appropriate termination from Two and a Half Men), older-brother Emilio Estevez offers up the best work of his career, behind the camera (and a little onscreen) with The Way. Directing the brothers’ more-esteemed father, Martin Sheen, Estevez delivers a moving, inspirational surprise. The title refers to the famed trek of self-revelation that Camino de Santiago and its 500mile walk has offered over the centuries, which Sheen does to honor the memory of his son. Most movies covering this ground would schmaltz it up, but Estevez plays it as straight as possible. It’s a story. About people. Who want to accomplish something. And the biggest accomplishment here is reserved for Emilio Estevez. Boyd THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR

Beautiful Spanish maid Maria (Natalia Verbeke) unwittingly turns the lives of a rich family inside out when she begins to work for them in 1960s Paris in this adorable little flick from French filmmaker Philippe Le Guay. When Maria’s boss, repressed husband-and-father Jean-Louis (Fabrice Luchini), takes

a liking to her, he befriends the other maids living in the building in order to learn more about her and her culture. This opens him up to a world he has largely ignored throughout his life, and he finds a new sense of peace among these women. While the film is standard stuff, the charisma and charm of all the actors involved—especially the women playing the servants—makes it feel like something more than just an ordinary romantic comedy. Allen YOUNG ADULT

There’s a lot to like about Charlize Theron in Young Adult, even if there’s no reason at all to like the woman she portrays. Mavis Gary (Theron) writes sappy teen books for a living, and with her living, Mavis drinks until she passes out most nights. She never moved past her high school boyfriend, and now that he’s married with a new baby, Mavis decides to get him back. A real biting comedy from Juno writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman, Young Adult gives Theron a chance to use her comedic skills more than she really ever has, and she gets a great helping hand from Patton Oswalt as the high school geek who’s still a geek. The conflict that’s ultimately resolved is a little weak, but this is still a funny, occasionally pungent movie. Boyd YOUNG GOETHE IN LOVE

This tells the story of poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and how an early love affair inspired his work. Alexander Fehling is quite enjoyable as Goethe, a sloppy law student who falls in love with a local singer (Miriam Stein). What he doesn’t know is that she is promised to his supervisor (Moritz Bleibtreu) in an arranged marriage. There’s nothing in this movie that is unique, but director Philipp Stölzl keeps things moving along at a pleasantenough pace, and it’s worth seeing for the performances Fehling and Stein. It’s a nice diversion for those who like their romances with style and brains.

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Got Citrus?

If you’ve got citrus trees that produce more fruit than you know what to do with, the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona can help. The organization has a fruit-gleaning program that sends workers into the community to pick up unwanted fruit so it can be distributed to needy families. Food Bank officials say there is a greater need for the fruit now thanks to the hard economic times.

Contact the Food Bank at 882-3288, or visit www.communityfoodbank.org to schedule a pickup or get more information.

BY JIMMY BOEGLE, jboegle@tucsonweekly.com f the good folks at Rice House China Thai would ease up on the use of sweeteners and brighten up the décor a bit, they might be on to something.

Rice House opened on Congress Street in late 2010 to almost no fanfare whatsoever— even though the place introduced proper Thai and Chinese food to the ever-expanding downtown-Tucson restaurant world. I’d actually forgotten about the place, until I happened to walk by it several weeks back.

Even though Rice House’s one-year anniversary has come and gone, it’s almost impossible to find any useful information about the restaurant online. Outside of several generally unhelpful reviews on sites like Yelp, and a listing on the Downtown Tucson Partnership website, Rice House has no online presence (at least that I could find). It’s 2012. How can the place not have at least a Facebook page?

Therefore, I had no idea what to expect when I walked into Rice House for the first time. Here’s what to expect when you walk in: food made with fresh ingredients that ranges from mediocre to downright fantastic, served in an atmosphere that is dim and slightly industrial. (More lights and some sort of quiet music would help.)

Don’t be fooled by the large menu board and the counter with steam tables, which make the place look like a locally owned version of Panda Express: Rice House offers a full menu of both Chinese and Thai fare. The lunch specials (all of which are also offered during dinner for a couple of bucks more) are nice deals: A Thai dish plus white rice, an egg roll and either hot-and-sour or egg-drop soup will set you back $5.99 (or $7.99 during dinner and all day Saturday). The Chinese lunch specials range from a downright-cheap $4.49 to $5.99 ($6.49 to $7.99 for dinner and all day Saturday), depending on whether you desire one entrée or two, and whether you want plain ol’ white rice, lo mein or fried rice. A small number of basic sushi-themed lunch specials are also on the menu ($6.99 to $8.99).

During our lunch visit, Garrett and I stuck to the Thai lunch specials. Garrett ordered the pad Thai with shrimp ($1 extra), along with hot-and-sour soup, while I picked the tom yum soup with chicken, along with the egg-drop soup. Garrett got the short end of the figurative stick: My soups were both lovely—the egg drop was silky and eggy, and the tom yum was one of the best versions of the soup I’ve ever had, thanks to the presence 46 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

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Shrimp pad tai at Rice House China Thai. of fresh ingredients, just enough lemongrass and some citrus that perked up all of the other flavors. However, Garrett’s hot-and-sour was way, way too sweet; there was a nice, hearty soup in there somewhere, but it was obscured by sweeteners. Meanwhile, his pad Thai was bland. There was no depth to the dish, outside of the six shrimp.

Turns out that the overly sweet hot-and-sour soup foreshadowed our dinner visit, which happened on a recent Friday with friends John and Beth. When we arrived, we had the L-shaped room to ourselves (although several other parties arrived later). While customers order at the counter during lunch, Rice House offers table service at dinner.

It was tough to choose among so many entrées; Rice House offers all of the Thai and Chinese standards one would expect, along with some special dishes, too. As starters, we ordered the shrimp spring rolls ($5) and the Thai beef salad ($7). For entrées, Garrett picked the Penang curry with beef ($9.99), while Beth got the pad prig king ($8.99), a “dry deep red curry,” with chicken. I finally settled on the sesame chicken from the Chinese side of the menu ($8.99); John joined me on the Chinese side by ordering the pork fried rice ($6.50).

We also ordered several soups. I decided to get a cup of hot-and-sour to see if the oversweetened cup that Garrett had during our lunch was a fluke; nope, it was not a fluke.

Garrett’s cup of tom kah gai ($5) was not as inappropriately sweet as the hot-and-sour, and was pretty good overall, but it would have been better with just a touch more depth, and a touch less sweetness.

Then came the entrées—and the sweet train

Rice House China Thai 54 W. Congress St. 622-9557 Open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Pluses: Delicious tom yum and dry red curry; great lunch deals Minuses: Dim décor; sickly sweet sesame chicken

kept rolling along. Garrett’s curry was creamy and had a lot of wonderful flavors, but it would have been better with a touch less sweetness.

Then there was my sesame chicken: Yes, sesame chicken is supposed to be a bit sweet, but this version almost could have been classified as a dessert. The flavor was cloying, which was unfortunate, because the chicken was moist and had a welcome crispiness on the outside. I tried to use the small group of broccoli sprigs (more broccoli would have been most welcome) and the accompanying fried rice to cut the sweetness, to no avail.

On the other side of the table, thankfully, John and Beth were enjoying their dishes.

John’s fried rice was tasty and packed with an ample amount of pork; meanwhile, Beth’s pad prig king was downright fantastic. It had a subtle heat, along with a lot of flavorful chicken and perfectly prepared green beans. It may have edged out the tom yum soup as the best thing I tried on my two visits.

Thus, I am torn on Rice House: Some dishes can send one veering toward a diabetic coma.

However, when the food’s good, it’s really good—and I’ll be back to get some of that tom yum soup and pad prig king with chicken, to go.

Coming Soon: Koi Sushi Bar A new sushi place called Koi Sushi Bar is opening in what used to be a Golden Corral restaurant at 715 E. Wetmore Road. Our attempts to contact the owners have been unsuccessful thus far, but we’ll get back to you when we learn more.

New Italian Legendary Italian-food guy Joe Scordato wrote the menu and the recipes for the newish eatery Gusto Osteria of Tucson at 7153 E. Tanque Verde Road. The portions are huge, and a number of famous Scordato favorites, such as stuffed mushrooms and braciole, are among a large selection ranging from seafood to homemade farfalle Bolognese. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday through Sunday; 722-9487; gustotucson.com.

New: Azian A new Asian restaurant called Azian has opened in the old Sushi Garden spot at 15 N. Alvernon Way. The restaurant specializes in Korean and Japanese food, with some dishes taking cues from both styles of cuisine. It’s operated by the same people who run Fusion Wasabi at 250 S. Craycroft Road. Azian also offers all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue and killer lunch specials.

Healthful Eating The Pima County Health Department is kicking off a new program aimed at helping Tucson residents eat more healthfully. The Smart Choices for Healthy Dining program works with eateries to offer healthful meal options. Janos, Kingfisher, Eclectic Café, V Fine Thai Dining, Magpies Pizza and Dakota Café and Catering are among the participating restaurants. See what the program has to offer at a free event featuring samples from the participating eateries from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 22, at the Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave. Restaurants interested in participating in the program can call 9076725 for more information.

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CAFES AND BISTROS 47 SCOTT C 47 N. Scott Ave. 624-4747. Open MondayWednesday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Thursday and Friday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday 5 p.m.-midnight. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Offering a variety of comfort food with a bistro twistâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;think macaroni and cheese, grilled-cheese sandwiches, burgers and moreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and an affordable, diverse wine list, 47 Scott is a great place for a casual dinner before a show. The ingredients are fresh, and the food is expertly prepared. However, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going for lunch, be sure you have a little extra time. (10-14-10) $-$$

CAFĂ&#x2030; Ă&#x20AC; LA Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ART C 150 N. Main Ave. 628-8533. Open Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. DIS, MC, V. This lunch venue located in the historic Stevens House adjacent to the Tucson Museum of Art is a small culinary masterpiece. With a limited menu, the focus is on quality and taste, both of which are outstanding. Ordering from the counter gives patrons ample time to ogle the mouthwatering desserts, which are best selected with the rest of your lunch; with patrons lining up outside, the case might be empty by the time you make it through the line a second time. The patio and French garden chic add extra appeal. (4-20-00) $

RESTAURANT LOCATION C Central North to River Road, east to Alvernon Way, west to

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BREW PUBS NOBLE HOPS GASTROPUB NW 1335 W. Lambert Lane. 797-4677. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-midnight. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Noble Hops Gastropub is bringing beer to Oro Valley with class. A plethora of gourmet entrĂŠes, presented without pretention, will entice your palate, and the selection of more than 100 beers will keep you coming back to try something new. The view from the patio is spectacular, and the chic, modern dĂŠcor makes Noble Hops a perfect place for a cozy romantic evening, or a fun spot to meet up with friends. (9-1-11) $$-$$$ THUNDER CANYON BREWERY NW 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 797-2652. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Bistro/CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Spacious, gracious and blessed with a seemingly endless supply of bona fide brew wonders, Thunder Canyon is the perfect antidote to a trip to the mall. The food

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CAFĂ&#x2030; PASSĂ&#x2030; C 415 N. Fourth Ave. 624-4411. Open MondayWednesday 7 a.m.-10 p.m.; Thursday and Friday 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. DIS, MC, V. CafĂŠ Passe is a quirky coffee house, sandwich shop and neighborhood hangout in the heart of Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quirkiest area. Offering sandwiches, panini, salads, baked goods, coffees, teas, smoothies and other refreshments in a relaxed atmosphere, this is a go-to place for a break while shopping on Fourth Avenue. (10-1-09) $-$$ CAFĂ&#x2030; ZOPĂ&#x2030; C 344 N. Fourth Ave. 623-3700. Open TuesdayThursday and Sunday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. MC, V. Crepes, crepes, crepes â&#x20AC;Ś this petite place is all about crepes. Yes, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find scones, panini, muffins and a quiche or two, but you must order one or more of the crepes. They come in varieties including sweet (lots of fruit, chocolate, applesauce and such), Swedish (wonderful preserves including cloudberry) and savory (curried shrimp, ham, brie, spinach, feta, chicken, salmon and all kinds of combinations). Nonalcoholic drinks range from chai teas to Italian sodas to espresso. Our fave: the iced Nutella mocha. (6-18-09) $ THE CEREAL BOXX C 943 E. University Blvd., Suite 101. 622-2699.

Open Monday-Wednesday 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday 7 a.m.-5 p.m. and 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Friday 7 a.m.-4 p.m. and 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, MC, V. This Main Gate Square cafĂŠ offers a plethora of cereals and toppings that diners can combine to their heartsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; content.

Oatmeal, low-fat yogurt parfaits, granola, coffees and sugary treats are also on the menu. (9-13-07) $

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THE B LINE C 621 N. Fourth Ave. 882-7575. Open MondaySaturday 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.

Diner/Beer and Wine. DIS, MC, V. A retro approach to urban food. The menu focuses on breakfast and lunch burritos, salads, pastas, soups, baked desserts and breakfast pastries. The affordable fare includes good salads, vegetarian soups, fresh burritos and pies like old family favorites. (12-19-02) $

TYPE OF SERVICE Counter Quick or fast-food service, usually includes take-out.

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LA COCINA RESTAURANT, CANTINA AND COFFEE BAR C 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351. Open Monday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. With creative fare thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually good for you, a little history and some unique, nifty shopping, La Cocina offers a most wonderful experience. Vegans, vegetarians and those with gluten issues have a full array of goodies. The world is the inspiration here: Corn cakes with maple syrup, sweet potato and corn enchiladas, edamame hummus and pad Thai are just a few of the choices. The courtyard is lovely; the cantina is funky and fun. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brunch on weekends. (2-10-11) $-$$ CRYING ONION CAFĂ&#x2030; NW 3684 W. Orange Grove Road. 531-1330. Open Tuesday-Sunday 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m. CafĂŠ/No Alcohol. MC, V, Cash and checks. Big breakfast portions and friendly

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service are two reasons why this northwest-side eatery draws such big crowds. The baked goods from scratch are another reason. Try a scrambler or the cinnamon roll French toast for a real treat. You won’t walk away hungry, and your wallet won’t be depleted. (12-8-05) $

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THE CUP CAFÉ C Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. 798-1618. Open Sunday-Thursday 7 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-midnight. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Variety offered in an energetic environment. The Cup makes for one of the best reasons to eat downtown.

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able dishes like the piquillo rellenos or the escabeche de pescado, be sure to bring a few friends along. The breakfast and lunch offerings are nice, too. (7-14-11) $$-$$$ JOEL’S BISTRO C 806 E. University Blvd. 529-7277. Open daily 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday 5-8 p.m. Summer hours: open daily 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday 5-8 p.m.

Bistro/BYO. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Quiches, hot sandwiches, salads and a handful of regular entrées are all worth eating at Joel’s Bistro, but the star of the show is the crepes. It’s a beautiful thing to dine on sweet, succulent fruit crepes on a gorgeous day in the university area. (3-31-05) $-$$

E 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-7188. Open

Monday 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, MC, V. Fresh salads, hot grills and taste-pleasing combinations make this casual setting a continuing favorite. $$-$$$ DELECTABLES RESTAURANT AND CATERING C 533 N. Fourth Ave. 884-9289. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. The bohemian atmosphere of Fourth Avenue is enhanced by the lasting presence of one of the most consistently delicious eateries in town. Delectables specializes in simple dishes elegantly prepared and is perfect for either fine dining or after-game snacks. Desserts are extraordinary, and the people-watching along the avenue can’t be beat. (1-20-00) $$ THE ECLECTIC CAFÉ E 7053 E. Tanque Verde Road. 885-2842. Open

Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Café/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V, Checks. A longstanding local café, the Eclectic excels at serving legendary breakfasts that feature fresh ingredients in robust portions. While service can be harried during peak hours, breakfast is worth the wait.

Lunch and dinner are available, and while the menu dedicates itself to fresh ingredients, some of the other offerings aren’t as consistently solid as breakfast. Don’t miss the habit-forming chilaquiles, worth getting up and waiting in line for. (8-30-01) $

SEVEN CUPS C 2516 E. Sixth St. 881-4072. Open Monday-Saturday

10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Café/ No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Tucson is lucky to have Seven Cups, a traditional Chinese teahouse that serves a variety of some of the best teas you’ll find anywhere.

Order a pot of tea and a Japanese pastry, take in the calm elegance and forget that the outside world exists for an hour or two. (9-2-04) $-$$ SOMETHING SWEET DESSERT LOUNGE E 5319 E. Speedway Blvd. 881-7735. Open Monday

and Tuesday 5 p.m.-midnight; Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 11 a.m.-midnight; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Café/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Featuring dozens of desserts, late-night hours for the allages crowd, free wireless Internet and a book-exchange program, Something Sweet is carving out a new niche in Tucson. The colossal carrot cake is a wonder to behold.

(1-22-04) $ SON’S BAKERY CAFÉ E 5683 E. Speedway Blvd. 885-0806. Open Monday

and Tuesday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Wednesday-Saturday 7 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol.

MC, V. Son’s is an absolute gem, featuring amazing sandwiches and salads, and wonderful homemade desserts and pastries. Son, the proprietor, makes all the breads and baked goods himself, and he is a master.

With the prices low and the service so welcoming and enthusiastic, Son’s is a delight in almost every way.

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midnight. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, MC, V. This is as close as you can get to Berkeley without leaving Tucson.

The inexpensive, healthy food with fresh vegetables. The diverse crowd. The casual, occasionally cranky counter service. The art on the walls. The straws in the Viagralabeled container. It’s all there. (5-15-03) $

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He changes the menu every month, which means two things: The menu is seasonally driven, and you can’t get too attached to any one item—but whatever the month may be, everyone will find something to enjoy. Many of the items can be prepared gluten-free. The wine book is one of the best in town, and service seldom falters.

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TOOLEY’S COFFEE SHOP C 299 S. Park Ave. No Phone. Open daily 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. Cash only. Simple, honest food makes this café worthy of repeat visits. Breakfast is big, but the lunches are also quite satisfying. Coffee and teas are plentiful, and the vibe is kicked-back and cool. The décor is especially charming, with a patio that is ideal for alfresco dining. Be warned: Hours seem to change on a whim. It’s that laid-back. (3-26-09) $

FROGS ORGANIC BAKERY NW 7109 N. Oracle Road. 229-2124. Open TuesdayFriday 7 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Owned by French bakers, Frogs prepares food with no chemicals, preservatives, artificial colors or trans fats. Ingredients are fresh, organic and from area farms.

Menu offerings include moderately priced soup, sandwiches, salads, quiche and breakfast items. But you must visit to sample the terrific pastries. Choose from delectable fruit tarts, macarons, sticky buns, muffins and more. Don’t miss the almond croissants and the dessert of the day. (1-5-12) $-$$

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The addition of green chiles makes the “Lonely Hearts Club” tastier than a run-of-the-mill club sandwich. (1127-08) $-$$

DON’S BAYOU CAJUN COOKIN’ NE 8991 E. Tanque Verde Road. 749-4410. Open Tuesday-Thursday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Counter/BYO. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Craving some crawdads? Just gotta have a piece of pecan pie? We recommend heading over to Don’s. This teeny joint offers some of the Old Pueblo’s best Cajun cooking. This is truly down-home food, served simply, but with a lot of heart. (6-10-10) $$

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Saturday 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Bistro/ Full Bar. DIS, MC, V. This gastropub is a wonderful addition to the university area; in fact, it’s a plus for the entire city. Artisan cheeses and meats are a big part of the menu. The Sonoran hot dog becomes the Sonoran bratwurst, locally made and topped with guindilla relish.

Other entrées include delicious pasta and a wonderful tilapia. Desserts are top-notch, which is no surprise, since they’re made by the folks at The B Line. (8-1111) $$

Tuesday-Thursday 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-10 p.m.; and Sunday and Monday 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Jasper, now in its third iteration, is a chic hangout spot for cocktails and tapas with a Peruvian twist. With delicious and share-

CHINESE BA-DAR CHINESE RESTAURANT E 7321 E. Broadway Blvd. 296-8888. Open MondayThursday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11

a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. The range of flavors is not especially broad or intense, but with that caveat, the mix of Mandarin, Szechuan and Cantonese cuisine can be quite satisfying, with a particular variety of fish and seafood dishes. (10-30-08) $-$$ C. I. CHUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MONGOLIAN BARBECUE E 4540 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-4798. Open daily 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Diner/Beer and Sake. MC, V. Also at 7039 E. Tanque Verde Road (886-8619). C.I. Chuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s does Mongolian barbecue right. While the do-it-(mostly)yourself experience can be a bit confusing for first-time diners, this is a place to go for a relatively fast, affordable, uncomplicated and tasty bit of Asian food. (8-1204) $-$$ CHINA BOY

one thing, is excellent, and the greens are also terrific if you let the staff guide your choice. (4-2-09) $-$$ DRAGON VILLAGE RESTAURANT NW 12152 N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd., No. 180. 2290388. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday noon-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. While not matching the level of Bay Area Chinese restaurants, the crowded Dragon Village is perfectly fine by Tucson standards, with remarkable walnut shrimp and a good way with broccoli. (4-10-08) $ GOLDEN PHOENIX C 2854 E. 22nd St. 327-8008. Open daily 11 a.m.9:30 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. MC, V. The food here is consistently as good as what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d find in San Francisco or Hong Kong. Austere atmosphere, but when the kitchen is on, this place is it. $-$$

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Open Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. CafĂŠ/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. At this tiny midtown spot, the flavors are fresh and bright; the prices are reasonable; the portions are huge; and they pack up everything in those charming little white boxes.

The family dinners offer a nice assortment of choices, and the lunch specials do, too. The Mongolian beef pops with flavor, and the orange chicken is a great version of this standby. The crystal shrimp could be addictingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the restaurant delivers, too! (10-20-11) $-$$ CHINA PHOENIX

GREAT WALL CHINA S 2445 S. Craycroft Road. 514-8888. Open daily 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Great Wall Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original owner, Mr. An, is back, and so is this Davis-Monthan-area favorite. The service is quick and friendly; the dĂŠcor is clean and welcoming. And the food? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consistently tasty, although the vegetarian offerings could use a boost. The pan-fried noodles are worth checking out, as is the not-too-sweet sesame chicken. Great Wall deserves to be part of the conversation when discussing Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top Chinese restaurants.

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Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. MC, V. If you have a taste for dim sum on the weekend, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in for a cultural treat. The procuring of dumplings from pushcarts is a noisy business, but if you are hard up for dim sum, it will get you by. Dim sum is served on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (10-17-02) $-$$ DRAGON VIEW W 400 N. Bonita Ave. 623-9855. Open MondayThursday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4-8:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday noon-3 p.m. and 4-9:30 p.m.; Sunday noon3 p.m. and 4-8:30 p.m. Bistro/Beer and Wine. MC, V. Since original owner Harry Gee regained control of this secluded westside restaurant (itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on a street that winds along the west side of the Santa Cruz between St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Road and Congress Street), the fare is once again some of the best Chinese food in town. The duck, for

GUILIN CHINESE RESTAURANT C 3250 E. Speedway Blvd. 320-7768. Open Sunday 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Hold on to your hats! With this venue, Tucson can boast itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home to honest-to-goodness Chinese food, full of the bright tastes and textures for which the cuisine is renowned everywhere but here in the Old Pueblo. Tons of vegetarian options and daily lunch specials make Guilin a must-stop. $-$$ HARVEST MOON NW 12125 N. Oracle Road, Suite D5. 825-5351. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday noon-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, MC, V. Folks in Oro Valley can rejoice in the fact that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got one of the best Chinese restaurants in the area right in their backyard. Wonderful starters include the crab puffs, foil-

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Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Buffet/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This place takes the standard Chinese-food buffet formula and kicks it up a notch, offering a small but decent sushi selection, about three dozen dishes, and even eight varieties of scoop-it-yourself ice cream.

However, Panda Buffet really shines when it breaks out the seafood buffet (for Friday and Saturday dinner, and allday Sunday). Offerings include huge snails, oysters on the half-shell, several crab and shrimp creations, clams, crawfish and all sorts of other stuff. Not all of the dishes succeed, but enough of them do. (1-20-11) $-$$ PANDA HOUSE STIR-FRY NW 3725 W. Ina Road. 744-6200. Open MondaySaturday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. Counter/ Diner/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Featuring buildyour-own stir fry and all-you-can-eat lunch Monday through Friday for less than $8. $-$$

IKEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE AND TEA C 3400 E. Speedway Blvd. 323-7205. Open daily 6

a.m.-midnight. CafĂŠ/No Alcohol. MC, V. Also at 100 N. Stone Ave. (792-1800). Ikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s does it right, with fresh ingredients in their salads and sandwiches, good coffee and a modern but mellow atmosphere. Try dessert, too; you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be disappointed. (7-10-03) $ LE BUZZ CAFFE AND NEWS E 9121 E. Tanque Verde Road, Suite 125. 749-3903.

Open daily 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine.

AMEX, MC, V, Checks. A pretty, warm, friendly neighborhood hangout with full espresso-bar offerings and a good bakery. Excellent service and a great locationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the northeast corner of Tanque Verde Road and Catalina Highwayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;make Le Buzz a local favorite. (9-12-02) $ SPARKROOT C 245 E. Congress St. 272-8949. Open Monday-Friday

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and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Sparkroot is the only coffeehouse in the state that serves marvelous Blue Bottle Coffee. The granola is a great way to start your day, and the dark-chocolate plate is a great way to finish it. In between, there are pressed-cheese sandwiches, salads and other bites that satisfy. All of this is offered in a space with a chic, big-city feel. (12-29-11) $

DELI BISON WITCHES BAR AND DELI C 326 N. Fourth Ave. 740-1541. Open daily 11 a.m.midnight (bar open until 2 a.m.). CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This college hangout earns its popularity with fresh sandwiches, tasty bread-bowl soups and enormous trays of nachos. A nice selection of beers and other alcohol add to the placeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appeal. (3-10-05) $ FIFTH STREET DELI AND MARKET E 5071 E. Fifth St. 325-3354. Open Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday and Sunday 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Counter/No Alcohol. DIS, MC, V. This is exactly what a neighborhood market/deli should be: small, cozy and nothing fancy, with friendly service. The food is pretty good, too; the noodle kugel is a real winner, and the brisket is better than homemade. Corned beef comes in extra-lean and regular varieties, and the soups are popular. Whether you stop to get a meal to-go or dine in, this deli should be on your list of regular dining spots.

(12-25-08) $-$$ SHLOMO AND VITOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NEW YORK DELICATESSEN NW 2870 E. Skyline Drive. 529-3354. Open Sunday-

Thursday 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 8 a.m.-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Where do you go in the Sonoran Desert for smoked whitefish or matzo brei? Head on over to Shlomo and Vitoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, which is more of a restaurant than a true deli; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a full dinner menu in addition to an assortment of deli offerings.

Desserts are made in-house. The portions are huge, and the patio offers views you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get in the Big Apple.

There are Italian faves as well, but stick to the Jewish side of the menu. (6-19-08) $-$$ TONYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ITALIAN DELI E 6219 E. 22nd St. 747-0070. Open Monday-Saturday

9 a.m.-8 p.m. CafĂŠ/Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. With the feel of New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Little Italy, Tonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is the place to go for cozy, welcoming food and warm hospitality. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the generous sandwiches, the pasta or the pizza that keeps you coming back, everyone in the family is sure to find something to please their individual tastes. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeding a crowd at home, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to pick up one of Tonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s buckets of spaghetti. $

EASTERN EUROPEAN AMBER RESTAURANT AND GALLERY NE 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road. 296-9759. Open Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday

11 a.m.-1 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Amber offers just what this town needs: good, hardy Eastern European food in a thoroughly modern setting. Potato pancakes, kielbasa, goulash, schnitzel and other oldworld dishes are made from scratch and served with a smile. While the prices are a tad high, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be taking home a doggie bag or two to enjoy the next day. (8-2009) $$$-$$$$

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AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also located at 994 E. University Blvd. (206-0246). Both locations of this locally owned Tucson restaurant serve up great Greek food, fast, with a smile. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss one of Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tastiest gyros, but also consider trying one of the lesser-known specialties.

Inexpensive and delicious. (11-5-09) $-$$

CAFĂ&#x2030; DESTA C 758 S. Stone Ave. 370-7000. Open daily 11 a.m.-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/BYO. MC, V. CafĂŠ Desta is more than just a place to grab some grubâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shared dining experience. With more-than-generous portion sizes and flavorful traditional Ethiopian dishes, the cafĂŠ is livening up the south-of-downtown scene, filling a small void in an area lacking restaurants. (5-12-11) $$

FRONIMOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GREEK CAFĂ&#x2030; C 3242 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-8321. Open daily 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This unpretentious but attractive family-owned spot provides quick service of the Greek basics, plus burgers and gyros. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very good Greek food at equally good prices. (2-28-08) $-$$

ZEMAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S C 2731 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-9928. Open TuesdaySunday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 4:30-9:30 p.m. CafĂŠ/ BYO. MC, V, Checks. For a quick transport to North Africa, try Zemamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and savor the complex and spicy regional fare. Served with the traditional bread called injera, the food at Zemamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is a delightful excuse to eat with your hands, get sloppy and have good fun. (11-0200) $-$$

FRENCH GHINIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FRENCH CAFFĂ&#x2030; C 1803 E. Prince Road. 326-9095. Open TuesdaySaturday 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuesday 5-7 p.m. for tapas; Sunday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. Ghiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is a small marvel of culinary perfection. From the eggs cooked with broiled tomatoes, garlic and fresh thyme to the heavenly pasta creations, Ghiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knows how to take an assortment of singularly fresh ingredients and create something truly special. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt that the tiny restaurant shares space with La Baguette, one of the most popular bakeries in town.

Pick up a fresh baguette and some croissants while youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re there. $ LE RENDEZ-VOUS C 3844 E. Fort Lowell Road. 323-7373. Open TuesdayFriday 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5:30-11 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 5:30-11 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. The deft touch of chef Jean-Claude Berger makes for a sumptuous lunch or dinner of simple dishes, like cabrilla in capers and lemon, done splendidly. $$-$$$

GREEK ATHENS ON FOURTH AVENUE C 500 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6886. Open MondaySaturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. To sup with the gods, one needs to stroll no farther than up Fourth Avenue to Athens on

ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GREEK TO ME NW 15920 N. Oracle Road. 825-4199. Open MondaySaturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Bistro/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. From luscious appetizers like the rich taramosalata, to savory entrĂŠes like the pastitsio and the lamb shank, and concluding with a heavenly honey cake or lovely baklava for dessert, the food at this Greek joint sings. These are the same people who run the wonderful Athens on Fourth Avenue, so you know the foodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to impress. The atmosphere is casual, and the service is sincere and friendly. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re lucky, George, the chef and owner, will come out to share a glass of wine or a little insight on how he prepared your dinner. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth the drive to Catalina. (11-17-11) $$-$$$

No Alcohol. DC, DIS, MC, V. Curry Leaf offers affordable lunch specials, as well as delicious dinner entrĂŠes. The food is fresh; the service is friendly; and the portion sizes are generous for the price. Be sure not to miss out on the soft, buttery garlic naan. (9-15-11) $$ GANDHI C 150 W. Fort Lowell Road. 292-1738. Open daily 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Gandhi offers an expansive menu including a dozen curry dishes, a plethora of tandoori dishes, breads, biryanis (jambalaya-like stews) and other entrĂŠes. Vegetarians, take note: There are more than two dozen dishes offered that are sans-meat. And the buffet may be the best lunch deal in town. As one diner put it, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like â&#x20AC;&#x153;a roller coaster in your mouth.â&#x20AC;? (8-28-03) $-$$ INDIA OVEN C 2727 N. Campbell Ave. 326-8635. Open daily 11

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AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This cozy little Campbell Avenue restaurant has long been a Tucson favorite for its large (more than 100-plus items) menu. The lunch buffet features a surprisingly good selection of tasty items, and the samosas are consistently fantastic. (4-27-06) $-$$ NEW DELHI PALACE E 6751 E. Broadway Blvd. 296-8585. Open daily

11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. New Delhi Palace is a great eastside spot for a quick, inexpensive and tasty Indian lunch buffetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as long as youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not looking for super-spicy fare. Dinner is served fast and with a smile, and the menu offers an extensive selection of authentic and tasty Indian appetizers, entrĂŠes and desserts, as well as a great international beer selection. (11-4-10) $$-$$$

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The dĂŠcor reminds one of Applebeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, and the serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; while fastâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;may suffer from an occasional lapse or two.

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Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Subtle, delicate preparations in mod, minimalist surroundings. Portions are pricier than at other local Indian restaurants, but large. If you want to taste the heat, you need to ask for it. (9-18-08) $$-$$$

OPA! C 2990 N. Campbell Ave., No. 130. 327-2841. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This Greek restaurant on the Campbell Avenue restaurant row offers a full slate of traditional Greek favorites in a hearty, homey atmosphere. Try the souvlaki or perhaps a spanakopita platter or the gyros wrap. Greek beer and wine are available. Raise your glasses and say OPA! (2-14-08) $$-$$$

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Ben Folds headlines a concert for the Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding

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Titan Valley Warheads

Ultimate Together Thing

BY ERIC SWEDLUND, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com en Folds cleared his schedule, dropped all other projects and dedicated this month to focusing on writing songs for what will be the first Ben Folds Five record in 13 years.

Then the call came from Ron Barber’s Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding, requesting a benefit performance. Without hesitating, Folds put the long-awaited reunion album on hold for a bit.

“I’m writing a record, and I want to be completely present for it. But this is special,” Folds says. “When something that horrible happens, anybody with any soul certainly wants to see something positive out of it. You can’t twist it into a positive thing, but you certainly can dig in and find out how you can help other people with it.”

Barber, the district director for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was shot twice on Jan. 8, 2011, and continues to recover. His first go at a benefit concert for the fund he dreamed up while still in a hospital bed brought Jackson Browne, Alice Cooper, David Crosby, Graham Nash and a host of other performers to the Tucson Convention Center in March.

“When we put together the fund, we deliberately included music and other performance arts as part of our mission,” says Barber, a regular concertgoer and avid music fan. “It’s fair to say that music and other kinds of entertainment really do bring people together. For us, my family and the fund, it’s an essential part of what we’re about.”

Barber chose Folds—after a suggestion from Browne’s manager—as an artist who appeals to a different generation. Barber envisions the Civility concerts as an ongoing series of smaller performances, perhaps two or three a year.

He’d like to spotlight several singer-songwriters next.

“There’s abundant evidence that music has a healing power and a unifying power,” Barber says.

Folds is of the same mind.

“Anthropologists, scientists, priests—the whole lot of them would agree. It is the ultimate together thing,” he says. “There’s a harmony about the whole thing that does seem to be very disarming. I don’t really know why, but it seems to be a basic human function. People seem to, for whatever reason, generally forget differences. There’s a ritual about it. Time can kind of stand still—and it’s a real responsibility for a musician, especially right now when politics are so extremely mindlessly volatile. Music disarms that.”

Known for his physical brand of piano rock and frequently humorous lyrics, Folds carved

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out a niche quite unusual in the alternativerock world with the self-titled debut album, Ben Folds Five, in 1995.

The piano “was a help and a hindrance, too. I see other bands that have taken the piano since we opened that door at that moment. They understand how to do it and drive it home, and I’m not sure we ever got the memo on that one, but we did it the way we knew how,” Folds says.

“It was just natural, because that’s what I did as a kid. But (piano) was so far out of style by the time I was of age that I just took it as good luck.”

After three well-regarded albums, Ben Folds Five broke up, and Folds himself went on to release three full-length solo albums and several EPs. But the next dozen years also saw him perform, record and produce in a wide variety of collaborative projects, joining with Joe Jackson, William Shatner, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Amanda Palmer, Sara Bareilles, novelist Nick Hornby, college a cappella groups and symphony orchestras across the United States and Australia.

“It’s certainly entertaining, and it must be teaching me something. I like to see the way people work,” Folds says. “It’s always affirming, because even the masters don’t know much; they don’t know how they do it exactly. So often, their process can appear as if it’s fucking hackery, just like they’re swinging in the dark.

What separates the mice from the men is that some of the hacks can put it together and find a voice and come through that process.”

Collaboration and longevity have given Folds a close view of the music industry’s rapid changes. An artist comfortable going against the grain, Folds appreciates a more-direct connection with his audience that technology affords.

“The balance has changed as far as what is expected of an artist, commercially and remaining creative in the middle of all of that,” he says. “There was the distraction for about 30 years that musicians could well become millionaires, and many did in a time period that’s really just a blip on the map. It’s not going to happen again for a while. Now the distraction is the fact that we can’t become millionaires, and I think a healthy thing is coming of it.

“Musicians are now coming up understanding and believing they will not likely get rich doing what they do, so it becomes more about what they can offer. That’s always been the musician on the street busking, and the musicians in the churches. You should get back enough to live, and that’s what musicians are heading toward now.”

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Concert for Civility, Respect and Understanding Featuring Ben Folds with Calexico, Mariachi Luz de Luna, Salvador Duran, the Silver Thread Trio, and Mitzi Cowell and friends, featuring Sabra Faulk 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15 Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St. $30 to $75 547-3040; foxtucsontheatre.org

Folds, 45, spent much of the last year combing through his own archives to compile the career-spanning The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective. The project grew to three distinct formats aimed to please die-hard fans and newbies alike: an 18-song single disc release; a three-disc version with 43 additional live songs, rarities and outtakes; and a vault-clearing 56-track digital collection of rarities.

“It was a shitload of tapes. It was kind of weird to hear hours and hours, days and weeks of shit you don’t remember doing—and I wasn’t even on drugs. I just did so much,” Folds says. “It’s also interesting to hear my development as a person versus my development as an artist. I could hear the person speaking between the songs on the tape, and I’d think he’s a child, and then I’d hear the songs and hear somebody who knew a lot more than the person who was speaking.”

Now Folds is going back to the band that first broke him big, with Darren Jessee on drums and Robert Sledge on bass. The trio recorded three new songs for The Best Imitation of Myself and will start new recording sessions late this month.

As local music traditions go—the Tucson Weekly’s Club Crawl™, The Great Cover-Up, our Tucson Area Music Awards (TAMMIES), etc.—The Wooden Ball stands above them all in at least one category: longevity.

The first one was held sometime in the late ’80s (possibly 1987, but no one seems to remember for sure), organized by then-River Roses front man Chris Holiman as a way to bring together what was at that time a fractured local music scene. In 1994, Holiman—who went on to front 35 Summers and the Downtown Saints, and who is now a solo artist—revived the event with a redefined focus: to showcase a thriving music scene by stripping away the Marshall stacks and seeing what the songs sounded like underneath.

In other words, bands were asked to perform mostly acoustically.

Do the math, and you’ll find that this is the 19th annual Wooden Ball—and the 20th overall.

(I seem to remember that the event took a year or two off during that period, but I’m going with Holiman’s memory here over mine.) Over the years, the ball has been held at both Plush and Club Congress, and in 2006, it was expanded to a two-night format. This year marks the second one in which both venues host it on consecutive nights.

The Wooden Balls over the years have provided some goose-bump-inducing moments—when you’ve got that many great acts playing back-toback in short, 20 minute sets, they tend to try to outshine each other—and that’s largely a testament to both the caliber of musical talent in this burg and Holiman’s curatorial skills. (He always seems to strike a nice balance between tried-andtrue veterans and up-and-comers, though this year’s event seems to have a roots-ier vibe than most.) Many people have told me over the years that they were introduced to, and won over by, Tucson’s music scene via the Wooden Balls, and I imagine this year’s event will provide the same opportunity to local-music newbies.

As an added incentive to attend, for the first time, the Wooden Ball is doubling as a benefit for Primavera, which, according to its mission statement, “provides pathways out of poverty through safe, affordable housing, workforce development and neighborhood revitalization.”

And so, without further hesitation, here is the lineup for this year’s Wooden Ball: Night One at Club Congress on Friday, Jan. 13: Chris Holiman (8 p.m.), Hank Topless (8:30 p.m.), Ricky Gelb (9 p.m.), A House, A Home (9:30 p.m.), … music video? (10 p.m.), Amy Rude (10:30 p.m.), Seashell Radio (11 p.m.), Tracy Shedd (11:30 p.m.), Saint Maybe (midnight) and Joe Pena (12:30 a.m.).

Night Two at Plush on Saturday, Jan. 14: The Jits (8 p.m.), Kaia Chesney (8:30 p.m.), Chris Holiman (9 p.m.), Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl (9:30 p.m.), Lunar Light Collectors (10

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p.m.), Silverbell (10:30 p.m.), The Modeens (11 p.m.), Silver Thread Trio (11:30 p.m.), Al Perry (midnight) and Leila Lopez (12:30 a.m.).

Music begins at 8 p.m. each night. Admission to Night One is $7; admission to Night Two is $5. If you have questions about the Friday portion, head to hotelcongress.com/club, or call 622-8848; if you need more info about the Saturday segment, go to plushtucson.com, or call 798-1298.

BLUEGRASS TITANS Around for even longer than the Wooden Ball, Titan Valley Warheads celebrate their 30th anniversary with a performance this week.

The band, which specializes in bluegrass, Western swing and old-time country music, has racked up some impressive honors over those years, including winning the title of Best Bluegrass Band at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (no small feat).

Players have come and gone in the last 30 years, and for this special performance, the Warheads will welcome several former members to the stage to perform.

Titan Valley Warheads’ 30th Anniversary Party takes place at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, at Suite 147 in Plaza Palomino, 2970 N. Swan Road. Advance tickets are available for $17 at Antigone Books, Bookmans and Dark Star Leather; online at rhythmandroots.org; or by phone at (800) 594-8499. They’ll be $20 at the door. For more information, head to the aforementioned website, or call 319-9966.

AN EP, A RELEASE PARTY On the other end of the spectrum, relative new kids on the block A House, A Home release their debut studio EP, Stories of the Frontier, this week. The quintet—Kyle Seyler, Justin Tornberg, Bryan Fraunfelter, Steven Tracy and front man Tyler Akin—recorded the seven-song EP at Glow in the Dark Studios in Atlanta, and it was mastered in Tucson by Fernando Rivas at OG7 Studios.

I’ll be honest: I wasn’t familiar with A House, A Home’s music until recently. Like, very recently: The band got me a copy of the EP just hours before my deadline. That said, on first listen, I hear a band that knows exactly what it is: The seven songs here would fit in perfectly on AAA radio or as the soundtrack to a scene on Grey’s Anatomy.

“Different Shades of Black and White” opens the disc with an uplifting, wordless chorus à la Arcade Fire before settling into something a little less bombastic. “Blue” is a lovely little pop song propelled by staccato piano chords and graced with a pretty, melismatic chorus. (The song’s title is rendered in five syllables.) “Recovery” adds memorable synth to the mix in the beginning of the song and on the chorus, the first hint of an electronic element that runs throughout several songs that follow. “The Good Looking” is a brief, wistful ballad (its opening lines are “All the good-

looking girls / go out to the city / to meet with good-looking boys / who make them feel pretty”) with keyboards and electronic drums providing its minimal backing.

A House, A Home celebrates the release of Stories of the Frontier with a CD-release party at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Kaia Chesney and Steff Koeppen and the Articles open the show at 8 p.m. Admission is $5. For more info, check out hotelcongress.com/club, or call 622-8848.

1. Stefan George and Tom Walbank My Old Friend the Blues (self-released)

2. Rainer The Best of Rainer: 17 Miracles (Glitterhouse)

3. Rainer The Westwood Sessions (OW OM)

4. Silver Thread Trio Silver Thread Trio (Old Bisbee)

SHORT TAKES Fronted by enigmatic Arizona resident Maynard James Keenan, Tool represents pretty much its own genre. The band borrows from prog rock in song length and structure, but its music is much darker and heavier than any other proggy band I can think of. The group rarely tours these days, so its show here this week is a rather unexpected treat.

Tool performs at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the Tucson Convention Center Arena, 260 S. Church Ave. Tickets are available for $47 and $57 via Ticketmaster (before their obscene fees are tacked on, that is—add about $11 to the price of each ticket). For more information, call the TCC box office at 791-4101.

Albuquerque’s Le Chat Lunatique is a quirky acoustic quartet that plays what it calls “filthy, mangy jazz”—it uses the gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli as a base to explore any number of genres. Based on their recent covers EP, Under the Covers Vol. 1, which includes renditions of tunes like “Minnie the Moocher” and “House of the Rising Sun” (not to mention a take on Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up”), I imagine these guys are a real hoot live.

Le Chat Lunatique performs at Plush, 340 E. Sixth St., on Friday, Jan. 13. The Bennu opens at 9:45 p.m. Admission is $5. For further details, check out plushtucson.com, or call 798-1298.

ON THE BANDWAGON The B-52’s at Casino del Sol’s Event Center on Sunday, Jan. 15; the Cab Calloway Orchestra at the Fox Tucson Theatre on Friday, Jan. 13; Professor Gall at Plush on Tuesday, Jan. 17; the House for Hunger Tour featuring Avicii at the Fourth Avenue Block Party (behind The Hut) on Sunday, Jan. 15; Scorned Embrace CD-release party at The Rock on Saturday, Jan. 14; Arvel Bird at Abounding Grace Sanctuary on Saturday, Jan. 14; Gabriel Ayala at UA’s Holsclaw Hall on Friday, Jan. 13; The Cab, The Summer Set, He Is We and others at The Rock on Sunday, Jan. 15; Chuck Wagon and the Wheels and Rock Salt at Boondocks Lounge on Saturday, Jan. 14; The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute at the Rialto Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 14; Greyhound Soul at Che’s Lounge on Saturday, Jan. 14; Crosscut Saw at the original Nimbus Brewing Company on Friday, Jan. 13; Eduardo Minozzi Costa at the UA Museum of Art’s Retablo Gallery on Sunday, Jan. 15.

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8. Greg Morton When Pigs Fly (self-released)

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AMADO TERRITORY STEAKHOUSE 3001 E. Frontage Road. Amado.

398-2651.

ARCHES BUILDING 35 E. Toole Ave. 884-0874.

ARIZONA INN 2200 E. Elm St. 325-1541.

ARMITAGE WINE LOUNGE AND CAFÉ 2905 E. Skyline Drive, No. 168. 682-9740.

THE AULD DUBLINER 800 E. University Blvd. 206-0323.

AZUL RESTAURANT LOUNGE Westin La Paloma, 3800 E. Sunrise Drive. 742-6000.

THE BAMBOO CLUB 5870 E. Broadway Blvd., No. 524.

514-9665.

THE BASHFUL BANDIT 3686 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-8996.

BEAU BRUMMEL CLUB 1148 N. Main Ave. 622-9673.

BEDROXX 4385 W. Ina Road.

744-7655.

BENTLEY’S HOUSE OF COFFEE AND TEA 1730 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-0338.

BEST WESTERN ROYAL SUN INN AND SUITES 1015 N. Stone Ave. 622-8871.

BLUEFIN SEAFOOD BISTRO 7053 N. Oracle Road.

531-8500.

BOJANGLES SALOON 5244 S. Nogales Highway. 889-6161.

BOONDOCKS LOUNGE 3306 N. First Ave. 690-0991.

THE BRANDING IRON RUTHRAUFF 2660 W. Ruthrauff Road. 888-9452.

BRATS 5975 W. Western Way Circle. 578-0341.

BRODIE’S TAVERN 2449 N. Stone Ave. 622-0447.

BUFFALO WILD WINGS 68 N. Harrison Road. 296-8409.

CACTUS MOON 5470 E. Broadway Blvd. 748-0049.

CAFÉ PASSÉ 415 N. Fourth Ave. 624-4411.

CAFE TREMOLO 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd., No. 152.

742-2999.

THE CANYON’S CROWN RESTAURANT AND PUB 6958 E. Tanque Verde Road.

885-8277.

CASA VICENTE RESTAURANTE ESPAÑOL 375 S. Stone Ave. 884-5253.

CASCADE LOUNGE Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive. 615-5495.

CHICAGO BAR 5954 E. Speedway Blvd. 748-8169.

CLUB CONGRESS 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848.

LA COCINA RESTAURANT, CANTINA AND COFFEE BAR 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351.

COW PALACE 28802 S. Nogales Highway. Amado.

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COW PONY BAR AND GRILL 6510 E. Tanque Verde Road.

721-2781.

CUSHING STREET RESTAURANT AND BAR 198 W. Cushing St. 622-7984.

DELECTABLES RESTAURANT AND CATERING 533 N. Fourth Ave. 884-9289.

THE DEPOT SPORTS BAR 3501 E. Fort Lowell Road.

795-8110.

DESERT DIAMOND CASINO MONSOON NIGHTCLUB 7350 S. Nogales Highway. 294-7777.

DESERT DIAMOND CASINO SPORTS BAR Interstate 19 and Pima Mine Road. 393-2700.

DIABLOS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL 2545 S. Craycroft Road.

514-9202.

DOWNTOWN KITCHEN + COCKTAILS 135 S. Sixth Ave. 623-7700.

DRIFTWOOD RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE 2001 S. Craycroft Road. 790-4317.

DV8 5851 E. Speedway Blvd.

885-3030.

ECLIPSE AT COLLEGE PLACE 1601 N. Oracle Road.

209-2121.

EDDIES COCKTAILS 8510 E. Broadway Blvd. 290-8750.

EL CHARRO CAFÉ SAHUARITA 15920 S. Rancho Sahuarita.

Sahuarita. 325-1922.

EL CHARRO CAFÉ ON BROADWAY 6310 E. Broadway Blvd. 745-1922.

EL MEZÓN DEL COBRE 2960 N. First Ave. 791-0977.

EL PARADOR 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-2744.

ELBOW ROOM 1145 W. Prince Road. 690-1011.

FAMOUS SAM’S BROADWAY 1830 E. Broadway Blvd.

884-0119.

FAMOUS SAM’S E. GOLF LINKS 7129 E. Golf Links Road.

296-1245.

FAMOUS SAM’S SILVERBELL 2320 N. Silverbell Road.

884-7267.

FAMOUS SAM’S VALENCIA 3010 W. Valencia Road.

883-8888.

FAMOUS SAM’S W. RUTHRAUFF 2480 W. Ruthrauff Road. 292-0492.

FAMOUS SAM’S IRVINGTON 2048 E. Irvington Road.

889-6007.

FAMOUS SAM’S ORACLE 8058 N. Oracle Road. 531-9464.

FAMOUS SAM’S PIMA 3933 E. Pima St. 323-1880.

FIRE + SPICE Sheraton Hotel and Suites, 5151 E. Grant Road.

323-6262.

FLYING V BAR AND GRILL Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive.

299-2020.

FOX AND HOUND SMOKEHOUSE AND TAVERN Foothills Mall, 7625 N. La Cholla Blvd. 575-1980.

FOX TUCSON THEATRE 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

FROG AND FIRKIN 874 E. University Blvd. 623-7507.

LA FUENTE 1749 N. Oracle Road. 623-8659.

FUKU SUSHI 940 E. University Blvd. 798-3858.

GENTLE BEN’S BREWING COMPANY 865 E. University Blvd. 624-4177.

GILLIGAN’S PUB 1308 W. Glenn St. 623-3999.

GLASS ONION CAFE 1990 W. River Road, Suite 100.

293-6050.

GOLD Westward Look Resort, 245 E. Ina Road. 917-2930, ext. 474.

GOLDEN PIN LANES 1010 W. Miracle Mile. 888-4272.

THE GRILL AT QUAIL CREEK 1490 Quail Range Loop. Green Valley. 393-5806.

GUADALAJARA GRILL EAST 750 N. Kolb Road. 296-1122.

GUADALAJARA GRILL WEST 1220 E. Prince Road.

323-1022.

HACIENDA DEL SOL 5601 N. Hacienda del Sol Road.

299-1501.

HANGOVER’S BAR AND GRILL 1310 S. Alvernon Way. 326-2310.

HIDEOUT BAR AND GRILL 1110 S. Sherwood Village Drive.

THE HIDEOUT 3000 S. Mission Road. 791-0515.

HILDA’S SPORTS BAR 1120 Circulo Mercado. Rio Rico. (520) 281-9440.

THE HUT 305 N. Fourth Ave. 623-3200.

IBT’S 616 N. Fourth Ave. 882-3053.

IGUANA CAFE 210 E. Congress St. 882-5140.

JASPER NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT AND BAR 6370 N. Campbell Ave., No. 160.

577-0326.

JAVELINA CANTINA 445 S. Alvernon Way. 881-4200, ext.

5373.

JEFF’S PUB 112 S. Camino Seco Road. 886-1001.

KINGFISHER BAR AND GRILL 2564 E. Grant Road. 323-7739.

KON TIKI 4625 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-7193.

LAFFS COMEDY CAFFÉ 2900 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-8669.

LAS CAZUELITAS 1365 W. Grant Road. 206-0405.

LEVEL BAR LOUNGE 4280 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 37.

615-3835.

LI’L ABNER’S STEAKHOUSE 8500 N. Silverbell Road.

744-2800.

LINDY’S AT REDLINE SPORTS GRILL 445 W. Wetmore Road.

888-8084.

LOOKOUT BAR AND GRILLE AT WESTWARD LOOK RESORT 245 E. Ina Road. 297-1151.

THE LOOP TASTE OF CHICAGO 10180 N. Oracle Road.

878-0222.

LOVIN’ SPOONFULS VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 2990 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 120. 325-7766.

LUNA BELLA ITALIAN CUISINE AND CATERING 2990 N. Swan Road, No. 145.

325-3895.

M&L AIRPORT INN BAR AND GRILL 2303 E. Valencia Road.

294-1612.

MALIBU YOGURT AND ICE CREAM 825 E. University Blvd.

903-2340.

MARGARITA BAY 7415 E. 22nd St. 290-8977.

MAVERICK 6622 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-0430.

MAYNARDS MARKET AND KITCHEN 400 N. Toole Ave. 545-0577.

MCMAHON’S PRIME STEAKHOUSE 2959 N. Swan Road. 327-7463.

MIDTOWN BAR AND GRILL 4915 E. Speedway Blvd.

327-2011.

MINT COCKTAILS 3540 E. Grant Road. 881-9169.

MOONEY’S PUB 1110 S. Sherwood Village Drive.

885-6443.

MR. AN’S TEPPAN STEAK AND SUSHI 6091 N. Oracle Road.

797-0888.

MR. HEAD’S ART GALLERY AND BAR 513 N. Fourth Ave. 792-2710.

MUSIC BOX 6951 E. 22nd St. 747-1421.

NEVADA SMITH’S 1175 W. Miracle Mile. 622-9064.

NIMBUS BREWING COMPANY TAPROOM 3850 E. 44th St. 745-9175.

NORTH 2995 E. Skyline Drive.

299-1600.

O’MALLEY’S 247 N. Fourth Ave. 623-8600.

OLD FATHER INN 4080 W. Ina Road. Marana. 744-1200.

OLD PUEBLO GRILLE 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000.

OLD TUBAC INN RESTAURANT AND SALOON 7 Plaza Road.

Tubac. (520) 398-3161.

ON A ROLL 63 E. Congress St. 622-7655.

THE ONYX ROOM 106 W. Drachman St. 620-6699.

ORACLE INN 305 E. American Ave. Oracle. 896-3333.

O’SHAUGHNESSY’S 2200 N. Camino Principal. 296-7464.

PARADISO BAR AND LOUNGE Casino Del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 344-9435.

LA PARRILLA SUIZA 2720 N. Oracle Road. 624-4300.

PEARSON’S PUB 1120 S. Wilmot Road. 747-2181.

PLUSH 340 E. Sixth St. 798-1298.

PUTNEY’S 6090 N. Oracle Road. 575-1767.

QUAIL CREEK COUNTRY CLUB 2055 E. Quail Crossing Blvd. Green Valley. 393-5834.

RPM NIGHTCLUB 445 W. Wetmore Road. 869-6098.

RA SUSHI BAR RESTAURANT 2905 E. Skyline Drive.

615-3970.

RAGING SAGE COFFEE ROASTERS 2458 N. Campbell Ave. 320-5203.

LE RENDEZ-VOUS 3844 E. Fort Lowell Road. 323-7373.

RIALTO THEATRE 318 E. Congress St. 740-1000.

RIC’S CAFE/RESTAURANT 5605 E. River Road. 577-7272.

RIVER’S EDGE LOUNGE 4635 N. Flowing Wells Road.

887-9027.

RJ’S REPLAYS SPORTS PUB AND GRUB 5769 E. Speedway Blvd. 495-5136.

THE ROCK 136 N. Park Ave. 629-9211.

ROYAL SUN INN AND SUITES 1015 N. Stone Ave. 622-8871.

RUNWAY BAR AND GRILL 2101 S. Alvernon Way. 790-6788.

RUSTY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT AND SPORTS GRILLE 2075 W. Grant Road.

623-3363.

SALTY DAWG II 6121 E. Broadway Blvd., No. 106.

790-3294.

SAM HUGHES PLACE CHAMPIONSHIP DINING 446 N. Campbell Ave. 747-5223.

SAPPHIRE LOUNGE 61 E. Congress St. 624-9100.

SHARKS 256 E. Congress St. 791-9869.

SHERATON HOTEL AND SUITES 5151 E. Grant Road.

323-6262.

SHOOTERS STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON 3115 E. Prince Road.

322-0779.

SHOT IN THE DARK CAFÉ 121 E. Broadway Blvd. 882-5544.

SINBAD’S FINE MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE 810 E. University Ave. 623-4010.

SKY BAR 536 N. Fourth Ave. 622-4300.

THE SKYBOX RESTAURANT AND SPORTS BAR 5605 E. River Road. 529-7180.

SOLAR CULTURE 31 E. Toole Ave. 884-0874.

STADIUM GRILL 3682 W. Orange Grove Road. Marana.

877-8100.

STOCKMEN’S LOUNGE 1368 W. Roger Road. 887-2529.

SUITE 147 AT PLAZA PALOMINO 2970 N. Swan Road, No. 147. 440-4455.

SULLIVAN’S STEAK HOUSE 1785 E. River Road. 299-4275.

SURLY WENCH PUB 424 N. Fourth Ave. 882-0009.

TANQUE VERDE RANCH 14301 E. Speedway Blvd.

296-6275.

TERRY AND ZEKE’S 4603 E. Speedway Blvd. 325-3555.

UNICORN SPORTS LOUNGE 8060 E. 22nd St., No. 118.

722-6900.

V FINE THAI 9 E. Congress St. 882-8143.

VAIL STEAK HOUSE CAFE AND DINER 13005 E. Benson Highway. Vail. 762-8777.

VERONA ITALIAN RESTAURANT 120 S. Houghton Road. 722-2722.

VOYAGER RV RESORT 8701 S. Kolb Road. 574-5000.

WHISKEY TANGO 140 S. Kolb Road. 344-8843.

WILD BILL’S STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON 5910 N. Oracle Road. none.

WILDCAT HOUSE 1801 N. Stone Ave. 622-1302.

WINGS-PIZZA-N-THINGS 8838 E. Broadway Blvd. 722-9663.

WOODEN NICKEL 1908 S. Country Club Road. 323-8830.

WOODY’S 3710 N. Oracle Road.

292-6702.

ZEN ROCK 121 E. Congress St. 624-9100.

THU JAN 12 LIVE MUSIC Arches Building HuDost Arizona Inn Bob Linesch The Auld Dubliner Live local music Beer Belly’s Pub Open jam Boondocks Lounge Carnivaleros The Branding Iron Ruthrauff Ivan Denis Cactus Moon Los Gallegos and Robert Moreno Café Passé Jeff Grubic and Naim Amor Casa Vicente Restaurante Español Live classical guitar Cascade Lounge Doug Martin Chicago Bar Neon Prophet La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar Stefan George Eddies Cocktails Cass Preston and His Band Fire + Spice Live jazz with Prime Examples La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live mariachi music Las Cazuelitas Live music Maverick Flipside McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Susan Artemis O’Malley’s Live music On a Roll Live music The Onyx Room Larry Loud and George Howard O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Paradiso Bar and Lounge 80’s Ladies Plush Leila Lopez RPM Nightclub 80’s and Gentlemen Sheraton Hotel and Suites Prime Example Sky Bar Black Jackalope Ensemble, Mean Beans, Havarti Orchestra Solar Culture The Young Sullivan’s Steak House Live music Wild Bill’s Steakhouse and Saloon Wild Oats

KARAOKE/OPEN MIC The Bamboo Club Karaoke with DJ Tony G Bedroxx Karaoke with DJ Chubbz Bojangles Saloon Buffalo Wild Wings Tucson’s Most Wanted Entertainment with KJ Sean The Depot Sports Bar El Charro Café Sahuarita Famous Sam’s Silverbell Amazing Star karaoke Famous Sam’s Valencia Gilligan’s Pub Glass Onion Cafe Open mic Golden Pin Lanes Karaoke and music videos with DJ Adonis Hilda’s Sports Bar M&L Airport Inn Bar and Grill Margarita Bay Mooney’s Pub Open mic Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar Cutthroat Karaoke Music Box Karaoke with AJ River’s Edge Lounge Karaoke with KJ David Royal Sun Inn and Suites Y Not Karaoke Stadium Grill Karaoke, dance music and music videos with DJ Tigger Voyager RV Resort Karaoke with the Tucson Twosome

DANCE/DJ Azul Restaurant Lounge DJ spins music Diablos Sports Bar and Grill XLevel DJs Eclipse at College Place DJ spins music Gentle Ben’s Brewing Company DJ spins music The Hideout Fiesta DJs The Hut DJ Grapla IBT’s DJ spins music Javelina Cantina DJ M. M&L Airport Inn Bar and Grill DJ Caliente Sam Hughes Place Championship Dining DJ spins music Sapphire Lounge Salsa night Sharks DJ Aspen Surly Wench Pub Clean Cut with DJ Natalia Unicorn Sports Lounge Y Not Entertainment Zen Rock DJ Kidd Kutz

COMEDY Laffs Comedy Caffé Open mic

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FRI JAN 13 LIVE MUSIC Amado Territory Steakhouse Becky Reyes featuring Scott Muhleman Arizona Inn Dennis Reed The Bamboo Club Live music The Bashful Bandit Live music Bluefin Seafood Bistro George Howard Duo Bojangles Saloon Live music Boondocks Lounge Neon Prophet The Branding Iron Ruthrauff Ivan Denis Cactus Moon Robert Moreno Cafe Tremolo William Tell and Patrick Caulley The Canyon’s Crown Restaurant and Pub Live music Cascade Lounge Doug Martin Chicago Bar The AmoSphere Club Congress The Wooden Ball: Chris Holiman, Hank Topless, Ricky Gelb, ... music video?, Amy Rude, Seashell Radio, Tracy Shedd, St. Maybe, Joe Pena, A House, A Home La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar Greg Morton Delectables Restaurant and Catering Live music Eclipse at College Place Live music Eddies Cocktails Dust Devils El Mezón del Cobre Mariachi Azteca El Parador Descarga, Salsarengue, Tito y Su Nuevo Son Famous Sam’s E. Golf Links Shell Shock Fox Tucson Theatre Cab Calloway Orchestra, Alice Tan Ridley La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente Glass Onion Cafe Live music The Grill at Quail Creek Paul McGuffin Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live Latin music The Hideout Grupo la Madrid Jasper Neighborhood Restaurant and Bar Rossy Las Cazuelitas Mariachis Li’l Abner’s Steakhouse Arizona Dance Hands Lindy’s at Redline Sports Grill Giant Blue Lookout Bar and Grille at Westward Look Resort The Bishop/Nelly Duo Lovin’ Spoonfuls Vegetarian Restaurant Desert Deuce Luna Bella Italian Cuisine and Catering Eleanor Winston Maverick Flipside McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky Mint Cocktails Live music Mooney’s Pub Roadrunner Gunner Mr. An’s Teppan Steak and Sushi Los Cubanos Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar Collin Shook Trio Old Father Inn Live music Oracle Inn Greg Spivey Band O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Paradiso Bar and Lounge The Cougars La Parrilla Suiza Mariachi music Plush The El Camino Royales, La Chat Lunatique, The Bennu Ric’s Cafe/Restaurant Live music River’s Edge Lounge Wild Ride RJ’s Replays Sports Pub and Grub Derailed The Rock Katastro, Sinizen, Tom Sellers, Something Like Seduction and others Shot in the Dark Café Mark Bockel The Skybox Restaurant and Sports Bar 80’s and

Gentlemen Stadium Grill Live music Sullivan’s Steak House Live music Surly Wench Pub Gaza Strip V Fine Thai The Quartet Whiskey Tango Vintage Sugar Wild Bill’s Steakhouse and Saloon Beau Renfro and Clear Country Woody’s Susan Artemis

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DANCE/DJ The Auld Dubliner DJ spins music Azul Restaurant Lounge Ladies and Lyrics Night: DJ spins music Bedroxx DJ spins music Casa Vicente Restaurante Español Flamenco guitar and dance show Desert Diamond Casino Sports Bar Fright night party Diablos Sports Bar and Grill XLevel DJs DV8 Planet Q Live with Chris P. and JoJo El Charro Café Sahuarita DJ spins music El Charro Café on Broadway DJ spins R&B El Parador Salsa dance lessons with Jeannie Tucker Famous Sam’s Valencia DJ spins music Fuku Sushi DJ spins music Hangover’s Bar and Grill DJ spins music IBT’s DJ spins music Javelina Cantina DJ M. Level Bar Lounge DJ Rivera Lindy’s at Redline Sports Grill DJ spins music Maynards Market and Kitchen DJ spins music Music Box ’80s and more NoRTH DJ spins music O’Malley’s DJ Dibs The Onyx Room DJ Mista T Sam Hughes Place Championship Dining DJ spins music Sapphire Lounge Flashback Fridays with DJ Sid the Kid Sinbad’s Fine Mediterranean Cuisine DJ spins music Sky Bar Hot Era party Unicorn Sports Lounge Y Not Entertainment Wildcat House Top 40 dance mix Wooden Nickel DJ spins music Woody’s Tori Steele’s Cover Girl Revue Zen Rock DJ Kidd Kutz

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SAT JAN 14 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Dennis Reed The Bashful Bandit Live music Bluefin Seafood Bistro Roscoe’s Art of Swing Bojangles Saloon Live music Boondocks Lounge Chuck Wagon and the Wheels, Rock Salt Café Passé Elephant Head Trio Cascade Lounge George Howard Chicago Bar Neon Prophet Club Congress Hieroglyphics La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar Determined Luddites

Cow Pony Bar and Grill DJ spins music Cushing Street Restaurant and Bar Live jazz Delectables Restaurant and Catering Stefan George Desert Diamond Casino Monsoon Nightclub Lucky Break Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails Anna Anderson Driftwood Restaurant and Lounge Live music Eclipse at College Place Live music Eddies Cocktails Classic rock ’n’ roll El Charro Café Sahuarita Live salsa band El Mezón del Cobre Mariachi Azteca El Parador Descarga, Salsarengue, Tito y Su Nuevo Son Famous Sam’s E. Golf Links Live music Flying V Bar and Grill Domingo DeGrazia Fox Tucson Theatre Tucson Jazz Institute’s Ellington Band La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente Gold Live music Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live Latin music Hacienda del Sol Gabriel Ayala and Will Clipman The Hideout Los Bandidos The Hut Sinphonics and the Black Moods Iguana Cafe The Benjamins

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What was the first concert you ever saw?

Sha Na Na, with my parents. But for all you know, it (could have been) Black Flag in the UA Cellar in 1984. A bunch of us skipped class near Tucson High to see a free show during the My War tour. Henry Rollins flashed us his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? side and his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;? side. Quite the memory.

What are you listening to these days?

Current bands like The Dirtbombs, Thee Oh Sees, St. Vincent, and The Real Tuesday Weld; and, always, older bands like Bowie, Iggy, and the Stones. Everyone should check out Slim Cessnaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auto Club.

What was the first album you owned?

I want to say it was Gary Numan, Pleasure Principle. But, really, earlier, my aunt got me into music through Billy Joel. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t listen to it now, but it instilled a personal connection to music. So, Turnstiles. I said it.

What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone seem to love, but you just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get?

A lot of people with great taste love Pavement, Radiohead and The Flaming Lips, but for me, nothing catches. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re missing an instrument, a channel or some discord. ... Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too easy.

What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live?

David Bowie.

Musically speaking, what is your favorite guilty pleasure?

Falco.

What song would you like to have played at your funeral? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rhymes and Reasonsâ&#x20AC;? by John Denver.

Because the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers.

What band or artist changed your life, and how?

Devo. They used music as satire to communicate an overall social critique. They articulated ideas about commercialism and being human that inspired me as a teenager. Beyond that, they directly and humorously called out their own role as artists and makers of products.

Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time?

Whichever Bowie album Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard last, so Young Americans. No, Scary Monsters! Young Amerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Station to Station. Yes.

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SHAUN HARRIS AND FULL RELEASE, BIG MERIDOX, WHSK MR. HEAD’S Saturday, Jan. 7 Live, Big Meridox is the “beast” he calls himself in rhyme, tense and confrontational as he roams the crowd and delivers lines with urgency and, at times, an edgy growl. Joined

by DJ Bonus on turntables and a MacBook, Meridox performed 12 songs, produced by Gunky Knuckles.

Sweating and swaggering like a boxer, Meridox gives a physical performance, stalking around the crowd to get in people’s faces.

On a performance and video shoot for his new “Whiskey Breath” single, Meridox hopped onto tables to bring the crowd in closer around him, holding court as he un-spooled lines above their heads.

Meridox doesn’t shy away from bravado in his lyrics, but his songs take any number of surprising turns. He spits references from the limitless well of a trivia ace—a cultural mashup of subject matter that he stitches together on the fly.

Poetic but harsh, Big Ox raps smart, but not sensitive: “Too evil to go emo,” he raps on “Brutus.” Knowledge is his game, but the perspective tends to come from the Hobbes school of “nasty, brutish and short.”

Open barely a year, Mr. Head’s, the art bar adjacent to a glass-blowing studio/shop, has become perhaps Tucson’s top spot for hip hop, with an ever-changing spray-painted mural covering one wall of the spacious patio.

The TAMMIES reigning hip-hop champion Shaun Harris and his band, Full Release, closed the show. The four-piece band—bass, drums, guitar and trombone—combined with DJ Bonus on a blend of soul, funk and spacey psychedelic rock. A fluid performer, Harris rhymes fast and furious when called for, and he can sing the hooks too.

Harris can write songs loaded with geek humor—one is about Ewoks—but he’s best on the honest, personal stuff. Rapping about the shitty economy, his diabetes struggle and his little brother being sentenced to 25 years in prison, Harris is full of the same sort of honest desperation that brought hip hop into its own as an art form.

Opening was the duo WHSK, with heady, stream-of-consciousness rhymes, some offbeat flourishes—one backing track was made by beat-boxing into a didgeridoo—and a finisheach-others-sentences freestyle.

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To secure a suitably heavysounding band name, all you apparently need do is affix the adjective “black” beside a noun—Sabbath, Flag, (Veil) Brides.

This time we have Black Pyramid, a Massachusetts power trio that doesn’t initially seem inspired by the Luxor, the black, pyramid-shaped Las Vegas hotel—though the band has things in common.

Like the Strip icon, Black Pyramid possess an ancient, evil aura, and once you get up close, feel tomblike, cursed and crushingly surreal.

However, Black Pyramid are, according to their own description, “galloping war metal,” and the mixing by Justin Pizzoferrato (Witch) and mastering by Matt Washburn (Mastodon) should give you an indication about what Black Pyramid seek to achieve—ripping your ears apart with massive riff after massive riff.

It doesn’t get any more vicious than “Mercy’s Bane,” a call to arms and assurance of no quarter. “Moloch, burn them down / raise their temples to the ground,” sings guitarist Darryl Shepard. The fact that these songs contain vocal melodies may discourage some extreme metalheads, but Shepard’s gritty delivery will win them over.

II presumably draws inspiration from Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles graphic novels, but the real muse feels like Robert E. Howard’s Kull the Conqueror. I love High on Fire, so I hate saying this: Black Pyramid stand as the new stoner-doom paradigm.

An instant, eardrum-incinerating classic.

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Imagine yourself a casual European music fan listening to this 18-song sampler of music by acts from the Sonoran Desert. Tucson actually sounds pretty damn credible as a musical hotbed on this compilation CD, released by the same German label behind recent recordings by locals Marianne Dissard, Naïm Amor and Andrew Collberg, each of whom is included here.

The breadth and depth of Tucson’s musical talent is shown in a combination of previously released material and fresh stuff found nowhere else. Calexico, featuring guest singer Françoiz Breut, turn in an excellent, smoky reading of “Keeper of the Flame,” a song made popular by Nina Simone. The much-loved Al Perry nugget “Dreaming” is a gorgeous slice of Bakersfieldstyle honky-tonk, enlivened by tremolo-laden guitar and mariachi horns. And Giant Sand repeats “Recovery Mission” (first heard on the compilation Luz de Vida, a benefit for the victims of the Jan. 8 shootings); it’s priceless and worth multiple listens.

A few younger acts pop up as well, including Otherly Love (haunting, lo-fi neo-Americana) and lone Phoenician Courtney Marie Andrews (twangy torch pop). Players from some groups sit in with others—Salvador Duran sings on cuts by Brian Lopez and Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta, while Lopez appears on a Dissard track. Gabriel Sullivan contributes two tracks—one from his solo album, and another recorded with his Balkan-gypsy-cumbia big band, Taraf de Tucson, featuring guest vocals by another local legend, hard-boiled singer-songwriter Billy Sedlmayr.

All this, plus Silver Thread Trio, Amy Rude, J. Daniel Twelker, Bread and Circus, and Golden Boots, too. Represent!

Gene Armstrong

North London’s Bombay Bicycle Club is like that kid in class who makes it all too easy to pick on him. Rarely do American bands get away with the sort of precious, earnest and affected evocation found on BBC’s third studio album, A Different Kind of Fix. The young quartet also is a little too smitten by early 1990s indie Britpop—not for nothing did it hire producer Ben H. Allen, who also helmed Washed Out’s lauded Within and Without—which places it smack in the Venn diagram overlap of the current shoegaze and dream-pop resurgences. You can add the once-trendy fixations with harmonizing and Anglo folkpop to the list of sonic appropriations as well.

Despite the tendency to tear BBC apart for these clichéd transgressions, you easily befriend it. For A Different Kind compels an immediate repeat listen after the first, and increasingly sticks with each one after that. You may not relate to its second-adolescence twee or head-in-theclouds effervescence, but you’ll succumb to its immersive atmospherics and assured (though hardly assertive) grooves. It’s also impeccably crafted and layered with melody upon melody. The verses are often as seductive as the choruses, such as opening track “How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep,” kicked off with a folky acoustic arpeggio.

Elsewhere, guitars effortlessly interlock (see “Lights Out, Words Gone”); Jack Steadman’s vocal melodies syncopate with instead of overpower Jamie MacColl’s lead guitar (especially on “Your Eyes”); and seemingly everyone piles on the rhythm (the jaunty, impossibly gleeful “Shuffle”). These feats make Bombay Bicycle Club hard to judge and easy to love.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Sanskrit word tapasya is translated as “heat,” but in the yogic tradition, it means “essential energy.” It refers to the practice of managing your life force so that it can be directed to the highest possible purposes, thereby furthering your evolution as a spiritual being. Do you have any techniques for accomplishing that—either through yoga or any other techniques? This would be a good year to redouble your commitment to that work. In the coming months, the world will just keep increasing its output of trivial, energy-wasting temptations. You’ll need to be pretty fierce if you want to continue the work of transforming yourself into the Aries you were born to be: focused, direct, energetic and full of initiative.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Live out of your imagination, not your history,” says Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. While that’s always true, it will be especially crucial for you to remember in 2012.

This is the year you can transcend stale traditions, Taurus—a time when you can escape your outworn habits, reprogram your conditioned responses and dissolve old karma. You will be getting unparalleled opportunities to render the past irrelevant.

And the key to unlocking all the magic will be your freewheeling yet highly disciplined imagination. Call on it often to show you the way toward the future.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Comedian Steven Wright says his nephew has HDADD, or high-definition attention-deficit disorder. “He can barely pay attention, but when he does, it’s unbelievably clear.”

I’m predicting something like that for you in the coming week, Gemini. You will encounter more things that are dull than are interesting, but those few that fascinate you will awaken an intense focus that allows you to see into the heart of reality.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): As I contemplate the most-desirable fate you could create for yourself, I’m reminded of a lyric from one of my songs: “We are searching for the answers / so we can destroy them and dream up better questions.” Here’s what I’m implying by that, Cancerian: This is not the right time for you to push for comprehensive formulas and definitive solutions. Rather, it’s a favorable moment

to draw up the incisive inquiries that will frame your quest for comprehensive formulas and definitive solutions. That quest is due to begin in two weeks. For now, raise your curiosity levels; intensify your receptivity; and make yourself highly magnetic to core truths.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “A writer—and, I believe, generally all persons—must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource,” said author Jorge Luis Borges.

“All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.” I agree that this advice isn’t just for writers, but for everyone. And it so happens that you are now in an astrological phase when adopting such an approach would bring you abundant wisdom and provide maximum healing. So get started, Leo: Wander through your memories, reinterpreting the difficult experiences as rich raw material that you can use to beautify your soul and intensify your lust for life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Poetry is the kind of thing you have to see from the corner of your eye,” said poet William Stafford. “If you look straight at it, you can’t see it, but if you look a little to one side, it is there.” As I contemplate your life in the immediate future, Virgo, I’m convinced that his definition of poetry will be useful for you to apply to just about everything. In fact, I think it’s an apt description of all the important phenomena you’ll need to know about. Better start practicing your sideways vision.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1878, Thomas Edison perfected the phonograph, a machine that could record sounds and play them back. There had been some primitive prototypes before, but his version was a major improvement. And what were the first sounds to be immortalized on Edison’s phonograph? The rush of the wind in the trees? A dramatic reading of the Song of Songs? The cries of a newborn infant? Nope. Edison recited the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” When you make your own breakthrough in communication sometime soon, Scorpio, I hope you deliver a more profound and succulent message.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I suspect you may soon find yourself in a situation similar to the one that 19th-century American President Abraham Lincoln was in when he said the following: “If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. But if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.”

In other words, Sagittarius, you may not be picky about what you want, but whatever it is, you’ll prefer it to be authentic, pure and distinctly itself. Adulterations

and hodgepodges won’t satisfy you, and they won’t be useful. Hold out for the Real Thing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Last summer, before the football season started, sportswriter Eric Branch wrote about a rookie running back that San Francisco 49er fans were becoming increasingly excited about. The newbie had made some big plays in exhibition games. Would he continue performing at a high level when the regular season began? Were the growing expectations justified? After a careful analysis, Branch concluded that the signs were promising, but not yet definitive: “It’s OK to go mildly berserk,” he informed the fans. That’s the same message I’m delivering to you right now, Capricorn. The early stages of your new possibility are encouraging. It’s OK to go mildly berserk, but it’s not yet time to go totally bonkers.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In summer, the pickleweed plant thrives in the saltwater marshes around San Francisco Bay. In many places, bright-orange patches of the dodder plant intermingle with the pickle

weed’s sprightly jade green, creating festive displays that suggest nature is having a party. But there’s a secret buried in this scene. The dodder’s webby filaments are actually parasites that suck nutrients from the pickleweed. In accordance with the astrological omens, Aquarius, I’ll ask you if a situation like that exists in your own life. Is there a pretty picture that hides an imbalance in the give-and-take of energy?

It’s not necessarily a bad thing—after all, the pickleweed grows abundantly even with its freeloader hanging all over it—but it’s important to be conscious of what’s going on.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “That in a person which cannot be domesticated is not his evil, but his goodness,” said the writer Antonio Porchia. I invite you to keep that challenging thought close to your heart in the coming days, Pisces.

In my astrological opinion, it is an excellent moment to tune in to your wildest goodness—to describe it to yourself, to cherish it as the great treasure it is, to foster it and celebrate it and express it like a spring river overflowing its banks.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A Swedish man named Richard Handl decided to conduct a scientific experiment in his kitchen.

Would it be possible to split atoms using a homemade apparatus? He wanted to see if he could generate atomic reactions with the radioactive elements radium, americium and uranium. But before he got too far into the process, the police intervened and ended his risky fairy tale. I bring this to your attention, Libra, as an example of how not to proceed in the coming weeks.

It will be a good time for you to experiment around the house—refining your relationship with your roommates, moving the furniture around, and in general rearranging the domestic chemistry—but please avoid trying stuff as crazy as Handl’s.

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BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO, themexican@askamexican.net exican.net Dear Mexican: How come Mexicans don’t perform in the Winter Olympics? What—no talent?

Or are Mexicans afraid of snow? I’m thinking both. Also, Mexicans don’t do too well in the Summer Olympics, either—they even suck in soccer. There is plenty of snow in Mexico, so don’t use that excuse.

Dumber, Stupider, Pendejo-er Dear Gabacho: Lies, all lies. Mexico did participate in the 2010 Winter Olympics, in the form of some fresa Alpine skier named Hubertus von Hohenlohe, who got worldwide attention because—chingao!—he was a Mexican in the Winter Olympics.

Sure, Mexico is no Norway, but it does have snow. Still, take a look at a map of the world, and find the countries sharing Mexico’s latitude. You’ll see few, if any, of them participate in the Winter Olympics, let alone win medals.

As for the summer Olympics, Mexico had as many medalists in 2008—three—as India, and as many gold medals (two) as Argentina and Cuba, two Latin American countries that spend muchos pesos on their Olympic programs. Why the relative subpar showings? The answer is in this joke: Why doesn’t Mexico have an Olympic team? Because all the people who could run, jump and swim are already in the United States.

I’m a white American woman. My ex-boyfriend (who I have a son by) refuses to acknowledge any of his Mexican heritage. He was born in Los Angeles; his mother is in Texas; his father is in Ohio; and his grandparents are in Mexico. His parents both speak Spanish, but mostly choose to use English; meanwhile, I know more Spanish (which isn’t very much) than my ex! He acts as if Mexicans are stupid and not worthy of being any part of him.

My son is blessed with a tan year-round, darkbrown eyes and dark, coarse hair, yet I’m the one who sees the beauty in this, not his father. He has said proudly that he wishes he would have a child with light hair and blue eyes. How could he be so self-hating, when he made such a beautiful child?

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REAL Mexican-Loving Gabacha Dear Gabacha: Self-hate has always played a role in the Mexican psyche (read the works of Nobel laureate Octavio Paz for classical insight)—but that doesn’t mean your hijo needs to fall into that vicious cycle. I am not sure of your arrangement with your pendejo of an ex (Dual custody? Visitation rights? Itinerant?), but the important thing for you to do is inculcate your son with Mexican culture.

Sing him the songs of Cri-Cri, the Mexican version of Doctor Seuss. Have him watch Dora the Explorer, and that other show with her Diego sidekick. Indulge him with Sesame Street, which has been loving Mexican culture ever since Linda Ronstadt sang ranchera classics with a Muppet mariachi—as iconic a culturalvalidation moment for my generation of Mexicans as the Supremes singing at the Copacabana. Graduate him into age-appropriate material (modern-day Mexican music, sexycomedias, Sabado Gigante) when applicable.

And tell your ex to man up—just because he’s a self-hating Mexican, and just because he got shit from his generation of playground racists, that doesn’t mean he has to ruin it for his morenito. It’s the 21st Reconquista century, for chrissakes, not the era of the castas.

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BY DAN SAVAGE, mail@savagelove.net I am writing to thank you. I remember reading your definition of “santorum”—“the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex”—when it first appeared. I remember thinking it was a cute way to make fun of a dickhead politician. I never thought it would go this far. But after Iowa, Rick Santorum is in the spotlight again. And so is that frothy mixture. And that’s fucking awesome.

Jeff In Wisconsin Don’t thank me, JIW. Thank Rick Santorum for making his bigotry crystal-clear in a 2003 interview with The Associated Press. Santorum equated consensual gay sex with child rape and dog-fucking; he stated that birth control should be illegal; he argued that states should be able to arrest, prosecute and imprison people—gay and straight—for private, consensual sex acts.

Thank the Savage Love reader who, after reading that interview, urged me to invite my readers to submit new definitions for Santorum’s last name. And thank the Savage Love readers who—in their wisdom—selected “the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex” from a crowded field of equally repulsive candidates.

I did my part: I counted the ballots; I created a website (www.spreadingsantorum.com) that eight years later remains the No. 1 return when you google “Santorum.” But, again, if it weren’t for my creative, kinky and hilarious readers, JIW, an otherwise distressing news cycle—a ranting, raving, washed-up religious bigot tied for first place in the Iowa caucuses?!?—would not have been leavened by such unintentionally hilarious headlines as “Santorum Surges From Behind,” “Santorum Runs Hard” and “Romney Squeezes Out Santorum.”

Dan Savage is one sick, pathetic excuse for a human being. Truly a sad piece of sh*t. Especially trying to “insert himself”—pun intended—into the GOP presidential race.

Savage Isn’t Completely Kind We redefined “santorum” back in 2003, SICK, long before Santorum was running for president. So it would be more accurate to say that the GOP presidential race has inserted itself into me, not the other way around. And, gosh, I hope there isn’t any santorum on the GOP presidential race when it pulls out of me—that would be so embarrassing!

Also embarrassing: Elise Foley’s gushing profile of Elizabeth Santorum, Rick’s adult daughter, that appeared on the Huffington Post before the Iowa caucuses.

“It is tough (being) a young surrogate for a candidate/father clinging to an older worldview,” Foley writes. “Her father’s stance on same-sex marriage and gay rights, in particular, has caused some friction from non-supporters. ‘It’s a policy thing,’ (Elizabeth Santorum) said of gay marriage. … Opposed to same-sex marriage herself, Elizabeth said she has gay friends who support her father’s candidacy based on his economic and family platforms.”

Yeah, it’s tough out there for a ’phobe—and it’s getting tougher all the time. Rick Santorum was nearly booed off a stage in New Hampshire last week after he insisted that legalizing gay marriage would lead to the legalization of polygamous marriage. (The same argument was made against legalizing interracial marriage—and here we are, 44 years after the Supreme Court declared laws against interracial marriage to be unconstitutional, and Tiger Woods can marry only one busted Olive Garden hostess at a time.)

You know what else is tough? Gay widowers losing their homes after the deaths of their spouses, because they don’t qualify for the same Social Security benefits as all other married couples. Also tough: Seeing your wife deported because the federal government doesn’t recognize your marriage.

But, hey, Elizabeth Santorum isn’t a bigot—she can’t be! She has gay friends! And her gay friends support her dad!

Who are these gay people who support Rick Santorum despite his having equated consensual gay sex to child rape and dog-fucking? Who are these gay people who support Rick Santorum despite his opposition to gay marriage and any other legal framework— civil unions, domestic partnerships—that might pro-

vide legal protections for same-sex couples? Who are these gay people who support Rick Santorum despite his promises to write anti-gay bigotry into the U.S. Constitution, forcibly divorce all legally married samesex couples in the United States, reinstate “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and ban adoptions by same-sex couples?

Who are these faggots?

To Ms. Foley and all of the other political reporters out there: When someone like Elizabeth Santorum tells you that she has gay friends, and that her gay friends support her dad based on his “family platforms”—gay people shouldn’t be allowed to have families—your subject is making an astonishing claim.

Your immediate response should be a demand for the names and phone numbers of these gay friends.

Offer to quote these gay friends anonymously, to protect their privacy/stupidity, but tell the homophobe that you will need to verify the existence of her gay friends because you’re a journalist, not a stenographer.

You’ll either catch the homophobe in a very revealing lie—what does it tell us about this moment in the struggle for LBGT equality that even bigots like Rick and Elizabeth Santorum perceive a political risk in being perceived as homophobic?—or land a fascinating interview with a crazy-ass faggot.

I’ve been a loyal reader for half my life. Today, a friend and I got into a debate about you. My friend says your campaign to redefine “santorum” flies in the face of your anti-bullying “It Gets Better” campaign. Would you please address this issue?

Google Problems First, GP, the campaign is over: Santorum has been redefined.

Second, taking the piss out of a middle-age bigot who has repeatedly and viciously attacked a tiny minority for personal and political gain—a man surrounded by people who support him personally, politically and financially—is not the moral equivalent of beating the shit out of a vulnerable and isolated 13-year-old queer kid in rural Texas who is a member of the tiny minority that this powerful bigot has repeatedly and viciously attacked.

Third, circling back to Elizabeth Santorum’s blowjob on HuffPo: “(Elizabeth) is aware of her father’s socalled ‘Google problem,’ part of a campaign by columnist Dan Savage. … ‘That just makes me sad. It’s disappointing that people can be that mean,’ she said.”

I’m sorry for giving you a sad, Elizabeth. You know what gave me a sad? Reading about Janice Langbehn and Lisa Pond. The women, together 18 years, were vacationing in Florida in 2007 with three of their four children when Pond suffered an aneurysm. Langbehn and the children were barred from Pond’s room when they arrived at the hospital. A social worker informed Langbehn—who was distraught—that she wouldn’t be able to see her wife, because they were in an “anti-gay city and state.”

Lisa Pond was not a “policy thing,” Elizabeth. She was a human being. And her wife and children were prevented from saying goodbye to her, because people who agree with you and your father—people who doubtless felt empowered to act on their bigotry, thanks to high-profile bigots like you and your father—persecuted them as Pond lay dying.

By being so mean as to oppose legal protections for gay and lesbian families, Elizabeth, you and your father are trying to make sure that other families headed by same-sex couples will suffer as Langbehn, Pond and their children were made to suffer.

It is disappointing how mean some people can be, Elizabeth. It really is.

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BY CHUCK SHEPHERD Send your Weird News to Chuck Shepherd, PO Box 18737, Tampa, Fla., 33679 weirdnews@earthlink.net or go to www.newsoftheweird.com

Intelligent Design If the male nursery web spider were a human, he would be sternly denounced as a vulgar cad. Researcher Maria Jose Albo of Denmark’s Aarhus University told LiveScience in November that the spiders typically obtain sex by making valuable “gifts” to females (usually high-nutrition insects wrapped in silk), but if lacking resources, a male cleverly packages a fake gift (usually a piece of flower) also in silk, but confoundingly wound so as to distract her as she unwraps it—and he then mounts her before she discovers the hoax. Albo also found that the male is not above playing dead to coax the female into relaxing her guard as she approaches the “carcass”—only to be jumped from behind for sex.

The Continuing Crisis • Theodore Zimmick and two relatives filed a lawsuit in November against the St. Stanislaus cemetery in Pittsburgh for the unprofessional burial of Theodore’s mother, Agnes, in 2009.

Agnes had purchased an 11-by-8-foot plot in 1945, but when she finally passed away, the graveyard had become so crowded that, according to the lawsuit, workers were forced to dig such a small hole that they had to jump up and down on the casket and whack it with poles to fit it into the space.

• Managers of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., decided recently to relocate the statue of Abraham Lincoln that since 1895 had occupied a seldom-visited site and whose advocates over the years had insisted be given more prominence. It turned out that the most-viable option was to swap locations with a conspicuous 1906 statue of Dr. Alexander Skene. Lincoln is certainly universally revered, but Dr. Skene has advocates, too, and some (according to a December Wall Street Journal report) are resisting the relocation, because Dr. Skene (unlike Lincoln) was a Brooklynite, and Dr. Skene (unlike Lincoln) had a body part named after him (“Skene’s glands,” thought to be “vital” in understanding the “G spot”).

• The two hosts of the Dutch TV show Guinea Pigs apparently followed through on their plans in December to eat pieces of each other (fried in sunflower oil) in order to describe the taste. Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno underwent surgery to have small chunks removed for cooking, with Zeno perhaps faring worse (a piece of Storm’s “bottom”) compared to Storm (who got part of Zeno’s abdomen).

• A December New England Journal of Medicine report described a woman “losing” her breast implant during a Pilates movement called the Valsalva (which involves breath-holding while “bearing down”). The woman said she felt no pain or shortness of breath but suddenly noticed that her implant was gone. Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore discovered that, because of the woman’s recent heart surgery, 70 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

the muscles between the ribs had loosened, and the implant had merely passed through a rib opening. (They returned it to its proper place.)

Convoluted Plans • A balaclava-wearing man “kidnapped” Julian Buchwald and his girlfriend in 2008 in Australia’s Alpine National Park as they were picnicking. The man separated the couple, tore their clothes off and buried them, but Buchwald escaped and rescued the girlfriend, and they wandered around naked for days before being rescued. The balaclava-clad man, it turns out, was Buchwald, whose plan was to convince the woman by his heroism that she should marry him (and more immediately, to have sex, even though they had both pledged to remain virgins until marriage). Buchwald was convicted in Victoria County Court and sentenced in December to more than seven years in prison.

• Laurie Martinez, 36, was charged in December with filing a false police report in Sacramento, Calif., alleging that she was raped, beaten bloody and robbed in her home. It turns out that she had become frustrated trying to get her husband to move them to a better neighborhood, and that faking a rape was supposed to finally persuade him. Instead, he filed for divorce. Martinez is employed by the state as a psychologist.

• After 12 almost intolerable months, Ms. Seemona Sumasar finally received justice in November from a New York City jury, which convicted Jerry Ramrattan of orchestrating a complex and ingenious scheme to convince police that Sumasar was a serial armed robber. Ramrattan, a private detective and CSI fan, had used his knowledge of police evidence-gathering to pin various open cases on Sumasar as revenge for her having dumped him (and to negate her claim that Ramrattan had raped her in retaliation). Ramrattan was so creative in linking evidence to Sumasar that her bail had been set at $1 million, causing her to spend seven months in jail. (Said one juror, “If I had seen this on TV, my reaction would be, ‘How could this really happen?’”)

People With Issues Prominent Birmingham, Ala., politician Bill Johnson describes his wife as “the most beautiful woman in the world,” but he revealed in December that, while on temporary duty recently as an earthquake relief specialist in New Zealand, he had clandestinely donated sperm to nine women (and that three were already pregnant). Becoming a biological father is “a need that I have,” he told a New Zealand Herald reporter, and his wife had been unable to accommodate him. Asked if his wife knew of the nine women, Johnson said, “She does now.” Indeed, Alabama newspapers quickly picked up the story, and Mrs. Johnson told the Mobile Press-Register that there is “healing to do.”

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65 Rattle holder

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