Downtown Tucsonan - May 2008 - (Page 29)

Events Best of Stories That Soar! Stevie Eller Dance Theatre 1737 E. University Blvd., 891-6841, www. StoriesThatSoar.org. Time: 2pm & 7pm. Admission: $5 children age 12 and under, $8 Adults. Stories that Soar! weaves together some of the most innovative pieces written by kindergarten through sixth grade authors from ten local Tucson schools. The STS! professional acting troupe selects about twenty-five stories for artistic interpretation and performs them. Ongoing Wednesdays Downtown Farmer’s Market Jacome (Main Library) Plaza, 101 N. Stone Ave., 326-7810. Time: 8am. Admission: Free. Fresh local produce and products. Film The Loft at Cinema La Placita Outdoor Film Series 110 S. Church Ave., 326-5282, www. CinemaLaPlacita.com. Time: Thursdays, 7:30pm. Admission: Suggested donation: $3. Fox Theatre 17 W. Congress St., 624-1515, www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org. Friday, May 2: Thursday, May 1: Thursdays Santa Cruz River Farmer’s Market Saturday, May 10 – Sunday, May 11 Open Studio Tour Various locations around Downtown and elsewhere, www.TucsonOpenStudios.com. Time: Noon to 5pm. Admission: Free. The spring tour focuses on downtown artists with the chance to see them while they create. A preview exhibit of registrants’ work will be at the new Arts Incubator Gallery, 108 E. Congress St. (next to the GRILL), with a kickoff reception May 8, 6pm to 8pm. Double feature with: Duck Soup (1933) Starring the Marx Brothers, 7:30pm. Wild Hogs (2007) Starring Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy, at 9pm. Time: 7:30pm. Admission: Regular (film only) $15, Student/Senior/Military $10, Regular (film plus discussion/Q&A with Producers) $25. GasHole a new documentary, narrated by Peter Gallagher, about the history of oil and the future of alternative fuels. Santa Cruz River Park, North Riverside and West Ontario. Time: 3pm-6pm until November 15. Admission: Free. Locally grown fruits and vegetables, plants, flowers, canned goods, honey, baked goods, eggs, gourds, herbal remedies, and more. Thursday, May 8: Saturday, May 3: Bringing Up Baby (1938) Starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Time: 10am. Admission: Call. Black Beauty (1994) Starring Sean Bean and Alan Cumming. Fridays Downtown Farmer’s Market El Presidio Park, southwest corner of Church & Alameda, 326-7810. Time: 8am. Admission: Free. Fresh local produce and products. Farmers’ Market at the University of Arizona West end of the UA mall, 621-4550. Time: 10am – 2pm. Admission: Free. Fresh local produce and products. Tuesday, May 13 Public Tour Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St., 547-3040, www. FoxTucsonTheatre.org Time: noon. Admission: Suggested donation $2 per person. Public Tour of the Fox Theatre. Come tour the beautifully restored historic Fox Tucson Theatre. Thursdays Food for Thought Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., www.Library.Pima.gov. Time: Noon. Admission: Free. May 1: Tucson Symphony Orchestra preview. May 8: Tohono O’Odham Nation with Melvin Ortega. May 15: Saving the Last Great Places on Earth. May 22: Change Your Life Fit to a T. May 29: Change Your Life Volunteer. Saturday, May 17 Water for People Benefit Concert Thursday, May 15: Old Town Artisans, 201 N. Court Ave., 623-6024, www.WaterForPeople.org, www.OldTownArtisans. com. Time: 7pm. Admission: $12 general, $6 students. A concert by Roth d’Lux and others. There will be a $5 buffet and full bar. Omega Man (1971) Starring Charleton Heston. Thursday, May 22: The Odd Couple (1968) Starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Friday, May 16: Sunday, May 18 Benefit concert for Imago Dei Middle School Time: 7:30pm. Admission: Free. I Dream in Widescreen. Students graduating from the UA School of Media Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts program will screen their senior thesis films. Joel D. Valdez (Main)Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., 791-4010, www.Library.Pima.Gov. 330 S. Scott Ave., 882-4008, www. ImagoDeiSchool.org. Time: 2pm. Admission: $25, $50, $75. A multimedia event featuring local violinist Michael Fan; chamber music by Brahms and Mahler, along with a theatrical reading of “Peter and the Wolf” illustrated with oil paintings by local artists. Thursday, May 8 Sunday, May 25 The Phoenix Lands on Mars Flandrau Science Center, 1601 E. University Blvd. 621-STAR, www.Mars.Arizona.edu. Time: 3pm. Admission: Free. A celebration of the landing of the NASA/University of Arizona Phoenix Mars Lander, live from “mission control” at the University of Arizona. After the landing, NASA turns over mission control to the U of A. Time: Noon. Admission: Free. Tohono O’Odham Nation. Join filmmaker Melvin Ortega for a film presentation of Tohono O’odham Nation and Native American events, profiles and interviews. Thursday, May 29: Elmer Gantry (1960) Starring Burt Lancaster. may.08. downtown tucsonan 29 http://www.StoriesThatSoar.org http://www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org http://www.StoriesThatSoar.org http://www.CinemaLaPlacita.com http://www.CinemaLaPlacita.com http://www.TucsonOpenStudios.com http://www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org http://www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org http://www.Library.Pima.gov http://www.waterforpeople.org http://www.oldtownartisans.com http://www.oldtownartisans.com http://www.ImagoDeiSchool.org http://www.Library.Pima.Gov http://www.ImagoDeiSchool.org http://www.Mars.Arizona.edu

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