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Events spotlight event 2nd Annual Tucson Thunder Thursday, May 1 Saturday, May 3 Downtown Tucson, www.DowntownTucson.com Time: Varies. Admission: Free. Experience genre-spanning music, exhibits, food, film, motorcycles, and more. Entertainment for the whole community. Live Music on 5th Avenue from Congress to Broadway, with motorcycle related vendors, live blues, food and drinks. Vendors open at 10am, music starts at noon. Welcoming the Arizona State H.O.G. Rally to Downtown Tucson. Saturday, May 3 9am. Bike Show at La Placita Village with Ice Cream Social. Admission: Free 10am: The First Annual Mayor Bob’s Ride to Old Tucson. Ride, lunch, souvenirs, pass to Old Tucson Studios. Admission: Single: $25, Two-up: $40. 5:00pm – 1:00am: Live Classic Rock on Congress Street 12noon – 10pm: Tucson Folk Festival at Old Town Artisans, City Hall, the Old Pima County Courthouse, the Tucson Museum of Art and the New Artists stage in El Presidio Park. CODAC Derby Day 2008 Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St., 202-1746, www. FoxTucsonTheatre.org Time: 2pm. Admission: $100. Live Broadcast of the Kentucky Derby. Proceeds benefit CODAC’s Children and Adolescent Services. Festivities Include hors d’oeuvres, beverages, ladies hat parade and competition for the most creative and beautiful Derby Day Hats, raffle for gifts and prizes and other Derby entertainment! Thursday, May 8 Jim Hightower Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave., 326-3716. Time: 7pm. Admission: $20 in advance, $25 at the door. America’s #1 populist Jim Hightower will discuss and sign his latest book, “Swim Against the Current -- Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow.” Proceeds benefit the Pima County Democratic Party. Saturday, May 3 – Sunday, May 4 Folk Festival Downtown Tucson, 792-6481, www.TKMA.org. Time: Noon. Admission: Free. The Tucson Kitchen Musicians’ Association presents the family-friendly Tucson Folk Festival, one of the largest free festivals in the United States. Over 100 local, regional and national acts will perform continuously; featuring folk, blues, Celtic, bluegrass, folk-rock, world, gospel, and Cajun rhythms. Five different stages are all within easy walking distance from the corner of Alameda and Church. Sunday, May 4 Brad Lancaster: Rainwater Harvesting For Drylands, Volume 2 Thursday, May 1 7:30pm: Cinema La Placita, 110 S. Church Ave., Duck Soup (1933) and Wild Hogs starring John Travolta (2007). Admission: $3 donation suggested. 11am – 9pm: Tucson Folk Festival at Old Town Artisans, City Hall, the Old Pima County Courthouse, the Tucson Museum of Art and the New Artists stage in El Presidio Park. On-street Parking is reserved for Motorcyclesalong some segments of Congress St. and Broadway Blvd. on Friday andSaturday. All makes of bikes welcome, not just Harleys. Parking free forMotorcycles where indicated Antigone Books, 411 N. 4th Ave., 792-3715, www. AntigoneBooks.com. Time: 7pm. Admission: Free. Building on the information presented in Volume 1, Lancaster will discuss how to select, place and construct chosen waterharvesting earthworks with detailed how-to information on a diverse array of earthworks. Friday, May 2 10am: Arizona Historical Society Museum Downtown, 140 N. Stone Ave., a special motorcycle exhibit “Harley Davidson Goes to War -- the 42WLA Liberator,” a special exhibit for the 2nd annual HOG Rally, displays a restored Harley Davidson 42WLA made for the U.S. military in WWII, on loan from local architect Mike Margolis. Admission: Free. Noon-midnight: Live Music – on the 5th Avenue Blues Stage, with a Classic Rock stage on Congress near 6th Avenue. A fenced area allows people to move freely with their beverages and enjoy music, eat, and visit motorcycle-related vendors. With 23 musical acts on two stages over two nights, see page 5. Admission: Free. 4:30pm: Motorcycle Parade throughout Downtown (on Stone, Congress, Broadway). Friday, May 9 Other Voices Women’s Reading Series The Jewish Heritage Center “Vintage Values” Sale 526 S. Stone Ave., 670-9073. Time: 9am-4pm Saturday; 9am-1pm Sunday. Admission: Free. Antique and other treasures sale, with a variety of antique collectables and furniture as well as other assorted treasures. All proceeds go to the operation of the Jewish Heritage Center Museum. Antigone Books, 411 N. 4th Ave., 326-1233, www. AntigoneBooks.com Time: 7pm. Admission: Free. Featured readers are Kaitlin Meadows and Cheron Joy Mayhall. Open mic follows. Saturday, May 10 9 Queens Chess Fest 2008 Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., 622-8848, www.HotelCongress.com. Time: 2pm. Admission: Free. Tucsonans can join Mayor Bob Walkup, Beth Walkup and two-time American Women’s Chess Champion Jennifer Shahade for a range of chess-related activities for the entire family. Sunday, May 4 Baby Club Congress - Cinco de Mayo edition Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., 622-8848, www.HotelCongress.com. Time: 2pm. Admission: $10 singles/$15 couple. Kids under 10 free. Nightlife during the day for Tucson families with disco dancing, snack shack, fashion show, kiddie karaoke, Battle of the Baby Bands, college fund raffle. Borderlands Theater Annual Fundraiser Thursday, May 1 First Thursday Art Event Sculpture Resource Center, 640 N. Stone Ave., 403-9131, www.SculptureResourceCenter.com. Time: 6:30pm. Admission: $5. Fine art, fun, performance food and friends. Tucson Young Professionals First Fridays Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., 2488460, www.TYPFirstFridays.com. Time: 9pm. Admission: Members: $10; NonMembers: $20. Spring in Paris: The Art of Fashion, will showcase designs from Tucson’s chicest boutiques, alongside beautiful flowers and decor inspired by the City of Lights. Guests will enjoy fabulous hors d’oeuvres from Cafe A la C’Art and upbeat music and dancing. A cash bar, cigar patio and complimentary valet parking are also available. 2008 Lumies Tucson Pima Arts & Business Awards Friday, May 2 First Friday Family Night Tucson Children’s Museum, 200 S. 6th Ave., 7929985, www.TucsonChildrensMuseum.org. Time: 5pm to 8pm. Admission: $1. Enjoy a visit to the Museum with your family. Three Authors on Midlife Transitions Saturday, May 3 Rodders Days 4th Avenue, 624-5004, www.FourthAvenue.org Time: 8am. Admission: Free. Rodder’s Day will bring 250+ hot rods to the Avenue. Come and see these gorgeous rods that are stunning examples of Detroit’s finest. Antigone Books, 411 N. 4th Ave., 792-3715, www. AntigoneBooks.com. Time: 7pm. Admission: Free. Meet Sheila Key and Peggy Spencer, MD, authors of “50 Ways to Leave Your 40s” and Ellen McMahon, contributor to “The Oldest We’ve Ever Been.” Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St ., 527-3040, www.TucsonPimaArtsCouncil.org. Time: 6pm. Admission: $35 ($45 day of the event). A celebration in honor of luminaries in the community – artists, volunteers, individuals, businesses and arts organizations – nominated for their outstanding contributions to the arts. Featuring performances by past winners including Arts for All, Thom Lewis Dance, Opening Minds Through the Arts, Tucson Jazz Society, and more. The Drawing Studio, 33 S. 6th Ave., 882-7406, www. BorderlandsTheater.org. Time: 6pm. Admission: $75 per individual or $750 per sponsored table of 10. A celebration of those individuals who have helped to bring Borderlands Theater to life over the past 22 years. Dinner with No Host Bar, Arts Awards presentations, performance by Gertie & the T.O. Boyz, dancing to the Tohono O’odham Waila Band known for their distinctive “chicken scratch” music and sounds of the Pastorela. 28 downtown tucsonan.may.08 http://FoxTucsonTheatre.org http://www.DowntownTucson.com http://www.AntigoneBooks.com http://www.TKMA.org http://www.AntigoneBooks.com http://AntigoneBooks.com http://www.HotelCongress.com http://www.HotelCongress.com http://BorderlandsTheater.org http://www.TYPFirstFridays.com http://www.SculptureResourceCenter.com http://www.TucsonPimaArtsCouncil.org http://www.TucsonChildrensMuseum.org http://www.FourthAvenue.org http://AntigoneBooks.com

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