Thursday
FREE lecture - "Surrealism's Tradition in Literature, Film and Art." Center for Creative Photography, 621-7968. 5:30 p.m.
FREE concert - UA student and classical guitarist Patrick Joyce will perform. UA Art Museum, 621-7567. 12:30 p.m.
Q and Not U - D.C. indie punk band will perform with El Guapo. $8. 31 E. Toole Ave., 884-0874
"Dreaming in Cuban" - Adaptation of novel about Cuban women during the revolution. $20. Invisible Theater, 1400 N. First Ave. 882-9721 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Scooter Rally - Check out mods and Vespas! With The Upsteadys, Putnam Hall, Warsaw and The Johns. $5. Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. 9 p.m.
Milton Marathon - 12-hour marathon reading of Milton's "Paradise Lost." 8 a.m. 621-5424. UA Main Library, Special Collections
FREE jazz concert - Vocal jazz group Everyman Jack and Jill will perform. UofA Bookstore, 621-8475
FREE film - International Arts Film Series presents "Como Agua Para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate)." Manuel T. Pacheco Integrated Learning Center Room 120, 621-3527. 7:30 p.m.
Theater preview - "Carousel" The Arizona Repertory Theatre produces this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. $20. Marroney Theatre, 621-1162. 7:30 p.m.
"Rhythms of the Huasteca" - Percussionist Evaristo Aguilar will perform with dancer Dalila Paulin. $11 general/$9 employees and seniors/$5 students. Crowder Music Building, 626-6320. 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
UA Press Loteria Event - Benefit for Tucson Area Literacy Coalition. Play Loteria and eat appetizers! $3.50. El Charro, 311 N. Court Ave., 621-3920. 4 p.m.
FREE - Tucson Children's Museum will have free admission in honor of Día de los Muertos and their Day of the Dead Exhibit. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 792-9985
Monolog Cabin - Comedy crammed into 10-minute monologues. $5 in advance. Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., 622-8848.
Tucson Record Show - Records, CDs and more. A portion of sales will go to KXCI radio station. $3. F.O.E. Eagles No. 180. 1530 N. Stone Ave. 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
FREE Cadillac Show - Be all Snoop Dogg and check out Caddys from 1930 to today. Don Mackey Cadillac, 815 E. Auto Mall Drive, 886-8916. 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Sunday
Drive-Thru Records Sounds of Change Tour - A poppy-punk extravaganza featuring Steel Train, Hellogoodbye, Socratic and An Angle. Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., 622-8848. 7 p.m.
FREE UA School of Music and Dance presents "Collegium Muscium" and will feature music from the Italian and English Renaissance. 621-3341. 2:30 p.m.
Monday
"Scrooge, A Gaslight Musical" or "Older but Miser" - Musical based off of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." $15. 95 general, $13.95 seniors and students, $6.95 for children 6 and under. Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 886-9428.
FREE Weekly Writing Workshop - "The Documented Essay: Incorporating Quotations and Paraphrases." Modern Languages 410, 621-5849. 5 p.m.
FREE Battle of the Bands - Round One of competition on the UA Mall. Kristen Maryn, 621-5779. 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Tuesday
Wolf Parade - Canadian rockers who rock. Solar Culture, 31 E. Toole Ave., 884-0879. 9 p.m.
Video Game Tournament - Wilbur's Underground, Student Union Memorial Center, 621-1450. 1 p.m.
Africana Studies Fall Film Series - "Lean on Me." César E. Chávez building Room 400, 621-5665. 5 p.m.
"Bang on a Can Allstars" - Centennial Hall. With special guest composer Phillip Glass. $10-$29. Centennial Hall. 621-3341
Wednesday
"The Great Coverup" - Opening night of three-day series featuring local bands performing their favorite covers. Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. 7 p.m.
Open Mic - Bookman's, 1930 E. Grant Road. 325-5767. 6:30 sign-up, starts at 7 p.m. 325-5461
FREE poetry reading - Poet Patricia Smith will read from her collected works. Modern Languages Auditorium. 8 p.m. 626-3765