Downtown Tucsonan - November 2008 - (Page 27)

EVENTS Spotlight Event Events: Saturday, Nov 1 to Sunday, Nov 9, Downtown Tucson. www.AllSoulsProcession.org Saturday, November 1 Community Altar & Dia de los muertos Celebration Saturday, November 1 Bring Out Your Dead Casa Libre en la Solana, 228 N. 4th Ave., 325-9145, www.CasaLibre.org. Time: 7pm-11pm. Admission: $15. A fundraiser in celebration of Día de los Muertos includes a live-performance poetry menu, musical entertainment by the Fourkiller Flats and Emilie Marchand, catered finger foods, blood red wine, and more. The charitable event makes Thanksgiving and Christmas better holidays for some of Tucson’s children and families. All Souls Procession First Fridays “The Art of Architecture” who want to participate in their own Procession’s finale spectacle. Angels on stilts lead the children on a procession around a downtown public square to the finale stage area, where artists present a live performance-spectacle. Spoken Word Soul Poetry Jácome (Main Library) Plaza, 101 N. Stone Ave. Time: 7:30pm-10pm. Admission: Free. Local poets share poetry, their own and some of the classics, related to death, loss, and celebrating our passed loved ones. Saturday, November 1Sunday, November 2 RinCon 08 Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave., 326-9686, www.RinconGames.com. Time: Sat. 9am - 11pm, Sun. 9am - 6pm. Admission: $35. The Southern Arizona Gamers Association (SAGA), a Tucson based non-profit company dedicated to building the hobby gaming community, hosts a weekend of costumes and family board games. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., 2488460, www.TYPFirstFridays.com. Time: 9pm-1am. Admission: $20. Providing an upscale environment for Tucson locals of all ages to socialize and promote local artists and businesses in the heart of our city. Friday, November 7Saturday, November 8 University of Arizona Icecats Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave., 791-4101, www.UAIceCats.com. Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $6.75 - $9.75. UA Icecats vs. DePaul. Puck drops at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, November 9 All Souls Procession & Grand Flaming Finale Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., 624-2333, www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org. Time: 5pm. Admission: Free. A familyoriented celebration of the ancient Mexican custom of honoring ancestors and loved ones who have passed away. Traditional Mexican light displays, handcrafted decorations, music, and food. Join in the parade around the courtyard and over to El Presidio Park with the Big Head Puppets. Marvel at the elaborated altars built by the students of St. Ambrose School and the Museum School for the Visual Arts and by members of the Instituto Cultural Mexicano. Bring flowers, photos or other small mementos to add to the Community Altar. Learn about the cycle of life and death, from a different point of view. Friday, November 7Sunday, November 9 21st Annual Tucson-Nogales Scooter Rally 4th Avenue and University to Franklin Street Docks: Franklin & Stone Ave. Time: 6pm. Admission: Free. Open to public participation, the human-powered procession of costumed community members and elaborate wheeled art installations celebrates the lives of deceased loved ones. Regional artists line the finale area with art installations, and the Ancestors Project projects a continuous stream of community-submitted images on the sides of buildings. Come to the Finale and watch the installations, dancers, musicians, and experience the Burning of the Urn. See page 24 for the parade route and map. Nahui Ollin - Aztec Dancers from Mexico Old Town Artisans, 201 N. Court Ave., 624-7708, www.OldTownArtisans.com. Time: Noon, 2pm, 4pm. Admission: Free. Aztec dancers performing ceremonial rituals. Spanish guitarist between Aztec performances. Sonoran vendors selling pastries, tamales, and tortillas. Sunday, November 2 Picture This! Art for Families: Desertscapes Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., 591-6945, www.TucsonScooterRally.com. Time: Registration starts at 6pm Friday. Registration Fee: $25. One of the oldest scooter rallies in the U.S. Friday night festivities at Congress, Saturday ride to camping site in the Coronado National Forest. Sunday breakfast. Saturday, November 8 1st Annual Southern Arizona Transportation Museum Holiday Fundraiser Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, 414 N. Toole Ave, 623-2223, www.TucsonHistoricDepot. org. Time: 1pm-4pm. Admission: $15. Featuring Catherine’s Plus Size fashions. Raffle prizes, food, beverages will be available at the event. Saturday, November 8 Procession of Little Angles Jácome (Main Library) Plaza, 101 N. Stone Ave. Time: 3pm-7pm. Admissison: Free. A parade designed entirely for kids, held the day before the All Souls Procession. Children participate in art activities such as wing making, face painting, sugar skull decorating, storytelling, and theatre. Finale workshops are offered for children All Souls After Party/ Fundraiser with Molehill Orkestrah Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., www. HotelCongress.com. Time: 9pm. Admission: $5 suggested donation. Molehill’s 10th Anniversary show also includes The Mission Creeps and Calle Debauche. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., 6242333, www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org. Time: 1pm. Admission: Free. Learn about the life of Western artist Maynard Dixon through his paintings and drawings of Arizona. Set the mood of the beautiful Southwest through light, color and space in your own painting. Experience hands-on art making as a family at Picture This! Art for Families a free, first Sunday program for kids 6-12 years and their adult companions. Sunday, November 2 Sunday, November 9 The Invisible City: A Public Arts Laboratory (Open Labs) Desert Harvesters Mesquite Milling Fiesta and Pancake Breakfast Film Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St, 624-1515, www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org. Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $8 adults, $6 students, seniors, children, and military. Saturday, November 1: Beetlejuice. Friday, November 7: Dances With Wolves. Friday, November 21: The American West: On the Road with Michael Blake. A special screening with live music; tickets are $20-$45. Downtown Tucson, 882-6092, www.korepress.org/ InvisibleCity.htm. Times: Varies. Admission: $5 to participate, $2 to watch. Women dancers, writers, and musicians at work and at play in unusual spaces, continuing a 5-week, site-specific arts laboratory, exploring urban space through improvisational dance, text, and music. Open labs: Sunday, November 2 & 9, 2pm-6pm; Friday, November 7, 5pm-7pm. Final results November 14-16. Dunbar/Spring Community Garden, NW corner of University Blvd. and 11th Ave., 622-0525 ext 249, www.DesertHarvesters.org. Time: Mesquite milling, 8am to 2pm; Mesquite pancake breakfast, 9am to noon. Admission: $1/pancake; fee for milling mesquite pods. An organic mesquite pancake breakfast includes live music until noon; recipe books, baked goods, and native medicinals for sale and raffle; native/local food demonstrations and other goodies. Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market Mesquite Milling Friday, November 7 Firefighters Chili Cook-Off El Presidio Park, 160 W. Alameda St., www. TucsonFirefighters.com. Time: 10am-10pm. Admission: Free. $1/chili cup. More than 1000 galloons of chili, plus lots of other food. All the proceeds from chili sales go to the Adopt-A-Family program. Santa Cruz River Park, NE Corner of Speedway and Riverview, 622-0525 ext 249, www. DesertHarvesters.org. Time: 3pm-6pm. Admission: Free. Enjoy samples and food demos using mesquite and other desert foods while you shop for locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs and plants. november.08. downtown tucsonan 27 http://www.CasaLibre.org http://www.TYPFirstFridays.com http://www.AllSoulsProcession.org http://www.RinconGames.com http://www.UAIceCats.com http://www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org http://www.TucsonScooterRally.com http://www.OldTownArtisans.com http://www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org http://www.TucsonHistoricDepot.org http://www.TucsonHistoricDepot.org http://www.HotelCongress.com http://www.HotelCongress.com http://www.DesertHarvesters.org http://www.korepress.org/invisiblecity.htm http://www.korepress.org/invisiblecity.htm http://www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org http://www.DesertHarvesters.org http://www.DesertHarvesters.org http://www.TucsonFirefighters.com http://www.TucsonFirefighters.com

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