This Week...

Wednesday, June 24

Give the gift of life - Student Health is sponsoring a Red Cross Blood Drive this morning on the Mall near the cactus garden from 9 to 11:30. Free juice and cookies will be provided for the faint of heart.

"Shall We Dance?", a gorgeous film about ballroom dancing in China, is available for your viewing pleasure at Gallagher Theatre. Show times are 7:30 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. Cost is $2.50 - the show runs through Friday.

Thursday, June 25

Ahh, culture in Tucson... "La PÚeacute;richole," an opera by Jacques Offenbach, is being performed tonight as part of Summerfest '98, the UA's summer-long series of lectures, music and art of all kinds. This is a comedy and will be performed in English, so no excuses this time about having to read subtitles. Grab your specs and head on down to Crowder Hall in the Fine Arts Complex until Sunday. The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10 general, $8 UA faculty and staff, and $5 UA students and senior citizens.

Friday, June 26

Slap on those sombreros as part of the Festival de Orgullo, Nydia Rojas, the fantastic mariachi singer from Mexico, will perform this evening at a benefit concert for the Arizona International Student Association Scholarship Fund. The festivities will be at Centennial Hall at 7 p.m. Tickets range $11 to $26. Call the Centennial Hall Box Office at 621-3341 for details.

Saturday, June 27

Mat Bevel strikes again - this time with a film series. "Professor Hall's Silent Movies" presents "Son of the Sheik" and a television pilot from 1950 featuring elements of what is now called "rap" music. Grab your $4 seat at 8 p.m. at the Mat Bevel Institute, 530 N. Stone Ave.

Sunday, June 28

Come shake your booty at Club Congress's Havana. Afro-latin-cuban grooves start after 9 p.m. No cover.

Monday, June 29

Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe, our Tucson representative, gives a free talk on "The Future of NAFTA" today at the Arizona Health Sciences Center DuVal Auditorium. Call 626-8200 for info.

Tuesday, June 30

More free stuff to do! From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, the Arizona Historical Society will open a new exhibit featuring several hundred historical postcards that showcase the U.S.-Mexican border. "Border Fury: Picture Postcards as Historical Evidence," a talk given by Paul Vanderwood, professor emeritus of history at SDSU, will follow at 7 p.m. The exhibit will be on display through July 31. Questions? Comments? Call the Mexican American Studies and Research Center.