Wednesday October 24, 2001

Movies

"Donnie Darko" (Warner Bros.)

"Bones" (New Line)

"K-Pax" (Universal)

"13 Ghosts" (Warner Bros.)

"On The Line" (Mirimax)

"Life as a House" (New Line)

Video

"Swordfish" (Warner Bros.)

"The Animal" (TriStar)

"Shrek" (Dreamworks)

Music

Ashby Power Ballads (Caroline)

The Avalanches Since I Left You (Sire)

Benzino The Benzino Project (Motown)

Chris Botti Night Sessions (Columbia)

Broadway Project Compassion (ESL)

Eagle Eye Cherry Present Future (MCA)

Slaid Cleaves Holiday Sampler (Rounder)

Destiny's Child 8 Days of Christmas (Columbia)

Joe Diffie In Another World (Monument)

Deryl Dodd Pearl Snaps (Lucky Dog)

Dope Life (Epic)

Flaw Through My Eyes (Universal)

Flickerstick Welcoming Home the Astronauts (Epic)

Himsa Death Is Infinite (Revelation)

Enrique Iglesias Escape (Interscope)

Kittie" Oracle (Artemis)

Lenny Kravitz Lenny (Virgin)

Masta Ace Disposable Arts (Interscope)

The Meteors Psycho Down (Cleopatra)

Mykill Myers The Second Coming (Ill Boogie)

New End Original Thriller (Jade Tree)

Onesidezero Is This Room Getting Smaller? (Maverick)

Porterhouse Thumbs Up Little Buddy (Lauan)

Collin Raye Can't Back Down (Epic)

Jeffrey Steele Tip Your Hat (Monument)

Supertramp It Was the Best of Times (Beyond Music)

June Tabor Rosa Mundi (Green Linnet)

Tomahawk Tomahawk (Ipecac)

Events & Concerts

Part of the German film series presented by the University of Arizona Department of German Studies, the movie "Fear of Heights," plays for free Thursday night at 7:30 in the Modern Languages auditorium. The Austrian film is love story set in war-torn France.

Get out your picnic blanket because Groovin' on the Grass is showcasing the bluegrass musical group Hammersmith Band on the main Mall stage Thursday at noon.

Heartfelt and hysterically funny singer and songwriter Cheryl Wheeler performs Friday at 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, located on 4831 E. 22 nd St. Tickets are $14 in advance and available at Hear's Music and Antigone Books; $16 at the door. A portion of the proceeds from the concert will go to the New York Firefighters' 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund. For more information, call 327-4809.

Metal artist Thomas Mann's show, "New and Nostalgic Works," has an opening reception Saturday, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Obsidian Gallery, located at St. Philip's Plaza, 4340 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 90. Mann will lecture about his work Friday at the Tucson Museum of Art Lecture Hall. Also on exhibit is "The Oxidation Burial Project - The Unburial."

Been dying to see Al Franken? Come to the Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona's 60th Anniversary Dinner featuring comedian Al Franken. The fundraiser is Saturday at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. Tickets cost $175. Call 795-0300 for more information.

The music/dance festival "Lluvia Flamenca" occurs Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday only, at the Proscenium Theatre at Pima Community College. Tickets are $22 for students and $18 for seniors and are available at Hear's Music and Antigone Books. Call 206-6988 for more information.

Three cheers for airplanes and kites! The Arizona State Museum opens the new exhibit "In Flight," a collection of aerial photographs of the Southwest landscape, Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Included in the event is the opportunity to meet Adreil Heisey and his ultralite airplane, and learn about kite flying and building with the Arizona Free Flyers. The event takes place at the ASM, just east of the UA main gate at Park Avenue and University Boulevard.