Catalyst's Calendar Extraordinare

May

Black Moon Graffiti are reuniting May 7 in a special show at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress. Shoebomb will be opening. Call 622-8848 for more information.

Get in touch with your inner soul singer at the Desert Blues Concert and Workshop May 8. John Jackson, Del Rey and other performing artists will hold a workshop from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the School of Music. For $50 you receive a chance to play with these musicians, a free T-shirt, coffee mug, hat pin and a reserved seat to the concert. The concert starts at 7 p.m. in Centennial Hall. General tickets are $15; students, faculty, staff and seniors can go for only $12. Call the box office at 621-3341 for more information.

Breakers Waterpark in Marana is no longer only for swimming. It will be taken over by Goldfinger, Voodoo Glowskulls and the Phunk Junkeez May 8 for Music and Sun 101. Tickets are $19 in advance, $25 day of show, and that includes a full day waterpark pass. The show is all ages. It all begins at 11 a.m., so bring sunscreen. Call the Dillard's Box Office at 1-800-638-4253.

Cat Power, on Matador records, will be mewing and scratching at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress, May 8. The show is acoustic, so you can leave your earplugs at home. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $5. Call 622-8848 for more information.

Indie rockers House of Large Sizes will make a stop at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress, May 14. They're touring to collect material for an upcoming live album, so bring your best scream and $4 to the door for the 21-and-over show. Panic Over Trainwreck and Ultrathin will be opening. Call 622-8848 for more information.

KXCI, Tucson's community radio station, brings Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band to the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress, May 14. Tucson's own Black Leather Zydeco will open, and don't eat before you go, because Louisiana dinners will be available for purchase. Choose from seafood and chicken gumbo, red beans and rice, fried okra and rice pudding. Work off all that food with free dance lessons at 7:30 p.m.. Doors open at 7, and tickets are $25, $20. Call 623-1000 for more information.

If Zydeco isn't quite your style, maybe Collin Raye and Jadi Norris are. See them both May 14 at the New West/Gotham, 4385 W. Ina Road. Call 744-7744 for tickets prices and showtimes.

Love! Valor! Compassion! was a movie, and it's also a play. See it May 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 or 23 at the Tucson Center for the Performing Arts, on 6th Avenue and 14th Street. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday nights at 7, and Sundays at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10, with discounts for students and seniors. Call 790-2515 for more information.

The Regional Dance America/Pacific Festival 1999 kicks off with Dance in the Desert May 15 at 8 p.m. in the Tucson Convention Center Music Hall. Tickets are $12; call 791-4226 to charge by phone. For more festival information, call the Tucson Regional Ballet at 886-1222.

Smashmouth is slang for kissing. Even if you don't spend your summer making out, you can see Smashmouth at the Rialto Theatre May 16. Tickets are $13 through Dillards. Call 1-800-638-4253 for info.

Guitar legend Link Wray makes his mark May 20 at Club Congress. Solos and power chords will be abound. Tickets are $10, and doors open at 8 p.m. Call 622-8848 for more information.

The haggis will be a flowin' and the kilts will be a twirlin' when the Pipes and Drums of the Seven Pipers Scottish Society come to Crowder Hall May 20 at 7:30 p.m. This new mix of electronically enchanted bagpipe music, Celtic dance and magical video combines to create "Pipe Dreams," a collaborative effort of many UA artists. Tickets are available in advance from Hear's Music for $8, and $5 for students. At the door tickets are $10, $8 for students. Call the Seven Pipers Scottish Society at 798-6980 laddy.

Starting May 20 and continuing through August 12, the paintings of Laurie Surah will be shown at the Arizona Gallery in Memorial Student Union daily from 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

The works of Rosanna Solonia and Patrizia Rodomonti will be exhibited at the Lionel Rombach Gallery May 20-August 12. The hours are Monday-Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. A special reception will be held May 20 from 5 p.m.-7 p.m.

Remember the Poster Children? Sure you do. In case you don't, jar your memory May 22 at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress. The show starts early, at 7 p.m., and tickets are $5. Call 622-8848 for more information.

The percussional stylings of Thomas Martin will be featured at the School of Music and Dance Concert, Tues., May 25. Feet start tapping and fingers snapping at 7:30 p.m. over at Crowder Hall. A well dialed call to 621-1162 will keep you in tune.

Galactic blend acid jazz and funk into an innovative sound spectacular. See them in action May 26 at the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 day of show, and are available at Guitars Etc., Hear's Music, Zips on University and Draco Audio. Call the concert hotline at 299-4733 for more information.

James Chinneck will give a lecture on his new works in Room 312 of the Art Building at 6 p.m. May 27.

An exhibit entitled "American/English" will be displayed at Gross Gallery May 28-August 5. The collection can be seen Monday-Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. The arts department will hold a reception at the gallery May 28 from 5 p.m.-7 p.m.

Major in hate with the Hate Dept. at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress, May 28. Dislocated Styles, from Phoenix, and Plus will be opening. Tickets are $5. Look at some other Congress listing for the phone number.

May 28 will be the last time you can catch the Oddvarks Improv Comedy Troupe's month-long blitz on downtown Tucson. The 28th, they will be at the Plaza Pub; May 7 at The Third Stone, 500 N. 4th Ave.; and May 15 at Double Zero, 121 E. Congress. Call 388-9092 for further information.

Fun Lovin' Criminals play with Danerman at the Rialto Theater, 318 E. Congress, May 29. Tickets are available for $10 at CD Depot, Zip's and the Congress Street Store. Call the Rialto at 740-0126 for more information.

June

Beautifully crafted Spanish Colonial and Mexican trunks and chests used in early settlements will be featured at the "Arte del Cofre" exhibit at the Arizona Historical Society, 949 E. Second St., June 1, from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. This unique exhibit continues through a series showing 17th through 19th century Hispanic treasures from the AHS's collections. Call 628-5774 for more information

Reveille (pronounced "REV-uh-lee"), Tucson's Gay Men's Chorus, presents "ExtrABBAganza" June 5 in the Proscenium Theatre at Pima Community College's West Campus. Yes, that's right, there's an ABBA in that title. The chorus will be performing all your favorite ABBA tunes and probably some more, so grab $10 and go. Call 617-3100 for more information.

Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys fame will be tellin' it like it is June 18 at the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress. Make a note of this schedule change. Tickets are $9; call the Rialto at 740-0126 for more information.

Phoenix and Elsewhere

Thunder Mountain Music Fest - May 8, Libby Army Airfield, Fort Huachuca

John Mellencamp - May 7, Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion

Modern English - May 11, Cajun House

Art Garfunkel - May 12, Celebrity Theatre

Tom Jones - May 14, Celebrity Theatre

Offspring, Mighty Mighty Bosstones - May 15, Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion

Vanilla Ice - May 19, Boston's

Blue Meanies - May 19, Nile Theatre

Dogstar - May 19, The Cajun house

Mix Master Mike - May 28, Nile Theatre

Fun Lovin' Criminals - May 29, Green Room

Seal - May 29, Mesa Amphitheatre

Gypsy Kings - June 2, Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion

Hole - June 2, Mesa Amphitheatre

Pat Benetar - June 13, Celebrity Theatre

Cher, Cyndi Lauper - June 16, America West Arena

Rammstein - June 22, Club Rio Pavilion

Bob Dylan, Paul Simon - June 27, Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion

Dave Matthews Band - July 6, Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion

Woodstock ¾99, with a whole bunch of cool people - July 23-25, Griffiss Park, Rome, NY

N'Sync, Jordan Knight, Five - August