Staff Reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
March 5, 1998

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Thursday, March 5

In honor of Multicultural Week (March 2-6), UAB's Eye on Diversity Committee is hosting the Foreign Films Cycle at the Gallagher Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tonight: "Prisoner of the Mountains," a captivating Russian film. Tomorrow: "Delicatessen," a very appetizing French flick. Both films are free. Phone 621-0760 for more information.

Friday, March 6

Photo courtesy of Arista Records Arizona Daily Wildcat Sister 7.

Sister 7, the new band from Austin, Texas, that claims to have a "mystical connection" with its audience, is performing tonight, along with The Luminarios. The Studdrifters headline the show at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress. Only $4 gets you in, if you're over 21 or can fool them into thinking you are. Phone 620-1607.

Kim Wilson, founding member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds has put together a blues revue, including Blacktop's Rusty Zinn, former Canned Heat member Larry Taylor, and former Hollywood Fats alumni Richard Ennis and Fred Kaplan. The place to be is the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door. Phone 740-0126.

In The Late Great Ladies of Blues and Jazz, New York artist Sandra Reaves will perform the tunes of female jazz artists who have died, including Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters and Billie Holiday. Think of it as a musical seance. Be at the Berger Center for Performing Arts, 1200 W. Speedway, tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m., or Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 or $22.50. Phone 882-9721.

Former UA students Jeremy Patfield and Lee Gardner make up two-thirds of The Aaron Bonsall Trio, a three-piece avant-garde jazz group performing tonight. The program of free-form music will take place among the kinetic sculpture and eclectic environs that is The Matt Bevel Institute, 546 N. Stone Ave. Showtime is 8 p.m. and tickets are $5 at the door. Phone 620-0087 for more information on a sense-stimulating evening not to be missed.

Saturday, March 7

Multicultural Week is technically over, but you can continue to be diverse by attending the Italian Club's showing of "Cinema Paradiso" at the Gallagher Theatre, 7:30 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. tonight. Admission is $2.50. Phone 621-0760.

Sponsored by PRIMAVERA: A Celebration of Women in the Arts, award-winning folk-singer Cosy Sheridan will play acoustic guitar and sing at the Tucson Center for Performing Arts tonight. The feminist folk singer/songwriter has been dubbed as a cross between Dr. Ruth, Deeprak Chopra, and Mary-Chapin Carpenter. You will laugh, you will cry, you will enjoy it more than "Cats." 408 S. Sixth Ave. Advance tickets are $10, $9 for students. Phone 327-4809.

The exhibit My Pet 2 opens at the Central Arts Collective. Come even if you missed part one. This "serio/comic/emotional/conceptual" exploration of the meaning of domesticated animals as companions will enable you to become one with Fido. Central Arts Collective, 188 E. Broadway at Fifth Avenue. The opening reception is tonight, from 7-10. The exhibition runs through March 28. Phone 623-5883.

Artist Patrick Dunne will be the Artist-in-Residence at the new Storefront Studio at the corner of Pennington and Stone streets beginning in March. This program is designed to give the public a closer look at masterpieces in process. The studio will be open daily to provide you with a chance to observe, absorb or just kill some time. There will be an open house this evening as part of Downtown Saturday Night. Phone 624-9977.

They're big, they're bad and they're here in town. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (remember them in "Swingers"?) will be at the Rialto Theatre with Hipster Daddy-O and the Hand Grenades. If you get there by 8 p.m., you can take advantage of free swing lessons. It's all at 318 E. Congress. Advance tickets, $10, are available at Hears, Yikes and Guitars, Etc., and the box office. Tickets are $12 at the door. Phone 795-1420.

Sunday, March 8

You don't have to jam alone anymore because the Monthly Gathering of String-Players, hosted by Tucson Adult Amateur String Players Association, takes place today at the Calvery Lutheran Church, 5601 E. Broadway at 1:30 p.m. Phone 886-7754.

If your Mexico spring break plans fell through, simulate the tropical experience by attending the Cultural Showcase of Tucson Concert and New Talent Show presentation of 15 gifted artists, including the Iranias Polynesian Review and the Cool Breeze Band at the Flamingo Travel Lodge, 1300 N. Stone Ave. Admission ranges from $5 to $15. Phone 888-8816.

Wednesday, March 11

Finally an excuse to wear your kilt! Dick Gaughan, one of Scotland's premier singers, will be at the Berger Center for Performing Arts, 1200 W. Speedway, with his guitar tonight (sorry, no bagpipes). His thought-provoking songs are politically themed and echo his feelings about oppression in the UK. Advance tickets are $10, $12 at the door. Phone 327-4809.

Never Again?

Airport Closed: Fans of live local music and scores of recently orphaned local bands are mourning the closing of the late, great Airport Lounge and Plaza Pub, a beautifully dark, cheap and loud downtown venue. Seems the owners simply stopped paying the bills, resulting in the appearance of a big padlock on Pub doors Friday. Sources say Pub owners have 60 days to make payments or find new investors, though the chances of either happening are slim. During its short life, the subterranean Airport enjoyed an almost cultish popularity, due to its variety of live acts - the small, crowd-level stage was host to the best and most eclectic acts from Tucson and beyond. Anyone who ever went to the Lounge is sure to feel a loss in its closing, especially those local bands who'll simply have to make do with the depressing dearth of live venues. We raise a can of $1 Schlitz - an Airport specialty - to all those involved while it lasted.