Tucson and Campus Calendar


Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday, March 25, 2004

TODAY

  • Art lecture ÷ UA Museum of Art. Art history professor Julie Ann Plax will discuss the work of Emile Jean Horace Verent. 2 p.m. 621-7567

  • Lecture ÷ Woods Memorial Library, 3455 N. First Ave. "Eudora Welty's Poetics: An encounter with ĪSir Rabbit.'" Brigit Pegeen Kelly will discuss the interconnection of poetry and fiction writing. Part of the Visiting Poets and Writer Reading Series. 626-3765

  • "Advertising Rules! (Viktor Vogel: Commercial Man)"÷ Modern Languages auditorium. Department of German Studies Film Series will screen this film. 7:30 p.m.

  • "An Evening of Gershwin" ÷ Music building, Crowder Hall. Performance by the UA Wind Ensemble, featuring soloists Faye Robinson and Eugene Perry. 621-1163

  • "Prince Valient or ĪSurely You Joust'" ÷ Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. Play's opening night. $14.95 general/ $12.95 students and seniors. 886-9428

  • The Natural History ÷ Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Brooklyn-based band will perform with The Coachwhips. $1. 9 p.m. 622-8848

  • "Hamlet" ÷ Marroney Theatre. Presented by the Arizona Repertory Theatre. $22 general/$20 seniors and UA employees/$15 students. 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday. 621-1162

    TOMORROW

  • "Por Si No Te Vuelvo a Ver (In Case I Never See You Again)" ÷ Integrated Learning Center, Room 120. The International Arts Society Film Series. 7:30 p.m. 621-3527

  • UApresents "Sun Rings: The NASA Project" ÷ Centennial Hall. Performance by The Kronos Quartet, pairing strings with sounds of deep space. 8 p.m. $18 ÷ $40. 621-3341

  • "The Barrio and Beyond: Tucson Early Neighborhoods" ÷ Stone Avenue Temple, 564 S. Stone Ave. Historian R. Brooks Jeffrey presents an illustrated lecture on historical Tucson and the architecture of the barrio. 7 p.m. $10. 885-1481

  • "Spinning into Butter" ÷ Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Ave. 7:30 p.m. $16 ÷ $22. 882-9721

  • "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" ÷ Red Barn Theatre, 948 N. Main Ave. $10 general/$8 seniors and students. 622-6973

  • Now It's Overhead ÷ Solar Culture, 31 E. Toole Ave. With Statistics and Vivian's Keeper. 9 p.m. $7. 884-0874

  • Music Extravaganza! ÷ Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Free reception for artist Michele Noach's exhibition "The Javelina Sugar Tongs" will be held in the hotel lobby from 7 p.m. ÷ 9 p.m. The Peccary Ensemble with Howe Gelb and The Zsa Zsas will perform in the club from 9 p.m. ÷ 1 a.m. $8. 622-8848

  • "Stripper Shoes" ÷ Reader's Oasis, 3400 E. Speedway Blvd. Tucson author Cheryl Bartlett will discuss her book and her stint as an exotic dancer. 7 p.m. 319-7887

  • Filmmaker's Mixer ÷ Maloney's, 213 N. Fourth Ave. Association of Independent Filmmakers will hold this event for aspiring filmmakers and actors. Bring business cards and headshots. Those under 21 must have a parent with them. 5:30 p.m. $1 donation is requested. 325-9175

  • Battle of the Improv ÷ Wilde Playhouse, 135 E. Congress St. Improv groups perform and audience picks the winner. Regularly features Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed and the UA's Comedy Corner, New Kevin and Charles Darwin Experience.10 p.m. $5. 770-1000

    SATURDAY

  • Cemetery Tour ÷ Holy Hope Cemetery, 3555 N. Oracle Road. Visit graves and hear the stories of famous Tucsonans. 10 a.m. ÷ Noon. $15. 881-1638

  • Rod Stewart ÷ Glendale Arena, 9400 W. Maryland Ave., Glendale. Rod the Mod is back in Arizona, and ready to rock you ÷ and your parents. 8 p.m. $44.80 ÷ $92.80. (623) 772-3200

  • Comic Ninjas ÷ Wilde Playhouse, 135 E. Congress St. Members of improv troupe Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed will perform a combination of sketch and improvisational comedy. $1. 10 p.m. 770-1000

  • Warsaw Poland Brothers ÷ Plush, 340 E. Sixth St. $5. 798-1298

  • Mic Fight 7 ÷ Skrappys, 201 E. Broadway Blvd. The All City Open, DJ Deko, 18 Emcee Battle. 7 p.m. $5. 358-4287

    SUNDAY

  • The Ramey Duo ÷ Music building, Holsclaw Hall. Maxine Ramey, clarinet, and Richard Ramey, bassoon, will perform. 2:30 p.m. 621-2998

  • Symphonic Choir Concert ÷ Music building, Crowder Hall. $8 general/$6 seniors and UA employees/$4 students. 3 p.m. 621-1162

  • "Science and Our Relation to the Cosmos." ÷ Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium. Scientist, writer and painter William K. Hartman will compare science and art as tools for understanding the universe. 8 p.m. 481-7661

  • Slightly Stoopid ÷ City Limits, 6350 E. Tanque Verde Road. Doors open at 7 p.m. $15. 733-6262

  • Perfect Circle ÷ Dodge Theatre, 400 W. Washington St, Phoenix. With The Mars Volta. $27. 7:30 p.m. 321-1000

    MONDAY

  • Art talk ÷ 140 N. Main Ave. "Nicolai Fechin in Taos." Tucson Museum of Art auditorium, Education building. 624-2333

  • "Apartheid Did Not Die" ÷ Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering building, Room S202. Film exposing post-apartheid state in South Africa. Contact Africana Studies, 621-5665

  • Yellowcard ÷ Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. With Something Corporate, Sugarcult and Steriogram. 7 p.m. $17.50 in advance. 798-3333

    TUESDAY

  • Lecture ÷ Center for English as a Second Language, Room 102. UCLA professor John Papadopoulos will give his lecture "Shameless Potters and Ravagers of Kilns: Athenian Pots and Topography." 4 p.m. 696-9297

  • Suicide Machines ÷ Skrappys, 201 E. Broadway Blvd. With Against All Authority, The Code and Line of Fire. 7 p.m. $5. 358-4287

    WEDNESDAY

  • "Navajo Code Talkers: The Epic Story" ÷ CŽsar E. Ch‡vez building, Room 100. Part of the Math Movies film and lecture series. 4 p.m. 621-6874

  • Visiting Poets and Writer Reading Series ÷ Modern Languages auditorium. Reading by poet Tedi Lopez Mills. 8 p.m. 626-3756

  • Fannypack ÷ Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. With XOXOXO and George Squier Orchestra. Girls, check your "cameltoes" at the door and check out New York band Fannypack. 8 p.m. $10. 622-8848

  • Pinback ÷ Plush, 340 E. Sixth St. With Reuben's Accomplice. 9:30 p.m. $9. 798-1298

  • Prince ÷ Glendale Arena, 9400 W. Maryland Ave., Glendale. Now that Prince became a Jehovah's Witness, he doesn't want to perform all his old hits anymore. Check out the last time he may ever perform "Diamonds and Pearls," during the tour where he'll retire all your Prince favorites. 7:30 p.m. $44 ÷ $74. (623) 772-3200

  • "Mental Hygiene" ÷ Reader's Oasis, 3400 E. Speedway Blvd. Hygiene films from the '50s, '60s and '70s with a live performance from poet Margaret Levin. 8 p.m. 319-7887

  • Open Mic ÷ Bookman's, 1930 E. Grant Road. Poets, musicians, comedians welcome. Sign up at 6:30, starts at 7 p.m. 325-5767