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Low d ow n 1 4 t h A n n u a l B I C A S A r t A u c t i o n , S u n d a y, N o v e m b e r 2 3 , 6 - 9 p m , a t 2 9 9 S . P a r k Av e n u e . FOX THEATRE RESTRUCTURING The Fox Theatre Foundation Board is looking for a new executive director. Again. Herb Stratford served in that capacity for nine years before departing to be replaced by Jim Williams who spent just six months (May to September) on the job before leaving ostensibly as part of a restructuring of the nonprofit organization. Additional changes also include staff reduction, job-sharing, and outsourcing. Prior to stepping down, Williams predicted the theater, reopened in late 2005 after extensive renovation, would finish the calendar year with surplus funds. Tentative 2009 programming includes three concert series, films, concert and private party rentals, and increased community events. November 7th event at El Presidio Park that runs till 10pm and serves a thousand gallons of chili. All proceeds go to the Tucson Firefighters Adopt-a-Family program of clothing and food boxes for needy families at Thanksgiving and Christmas. “Last year we gave out 1,300 food boxes. We expect the need will be greater this year,” Bowlin says. bike parking area near the Food Court at Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street. Suggestion: Arrive early as the event usually attracts up to 350,000 attendees. LET IT FLOW Barrio Brewing Company tap products will soon expand beyond the barrio and into neighborhood pubs across Arizona. Already operating a microbrewery and brew pub at 800 E. 16th Street (and Gentle Ben’s Brewing Company at 865 E. University Boulevard), owners Dennis and Tawna Arnold are teaming with Christopher and Kimberly Clements of Golden Eagle Distributors, Inc., to distribute four distinctive brews across Arizona. Golden Eagle plans to add Tucson Blonde, Red Cat Amber, Taylor Jayne’s Raspberry Ale, and Copperhead Pale Ale to delivery trucks supplying liquid refreshment throughout the state since 1974. MORE 11/7 ACTIVITY Tucson Young Professionals presents First Fridays --The Art of Architecture “for a sophisticated evening in an atmosphere of art and music” from 9pm-1am on November 7th at the Tucson Museum of Art, 140 North Main Avenue. Designed to “enrich the lives of individuals through exposure to arts and culture,” the event includes admission to all galleries, complementary valet service, hors d’oeuvres and dancing. Tickets are $20 (TMA members $10) and “refined attire” is requested for the 21-and-over crowd. COURTHOUSE CAMERAS “Better eyes in more places” says one Pima County Superior Court Judge discussing the installation of new security cameras inside and outside downtown courtrooms. There are now approximately 150 electronic eyes monitored throughout the day by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. Cost of the courthouse cameras installed in the 80-year-old facility was $317,000. DAY(S) OF THE DEAD The annual Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration of the cycle of life and death will continue through November 15th at Tolteca Tlacuilo in the Old Town Artisans complex, 186 N. Meyer Avenue. The altar presentation, called an ofrenda, is the focal point in the traditional welcome of souls of loved ones. On November 1 and 2, Nahui Ollin Aztec dancers will present a free dance performance in the Old Town Artisans Courtyard telling different Day of the Dead stories by using various dance steps and traditional regalia. Performances will be held at noon, 2pm, and 4pm each day. GEAR STRIPPERS BICAS (Bicycle Inter-Community Action & Salvage), 44 W. 6th Street, is requesting donations “of any and all artforms depicting the bicycle or cycling in any form.” Once artists respond to the call, donations will be silently auctioned at the 2008 BICAS Art Auction, November 23, 6-9pm, at 229 S. Park Ave. “Our goal is to bring in five figure funding for the non-profit group,” says Daniela Diamante, Education Coordinator and sometime PR lady. “The monies go into general operating funds “so we can continue to do what we do” like conducting school programs and classes for both youth and adults. Bicycle art utilizing old unusable bike parts has previously been made into things like inner tube wallets, bike tire belts, jewelry, mobiles, and sculpture. “We’ve had some pretty abstract stuff in the past,” says Diamante, “like a 10-foot-tall bicycle agave, stained glass works that incorporate bike parts in the glass, and a pirate ship made out of bike parts.” A SOLAR POWER FIRST Brooklyn Pizza Company, on historic 4th Avenue since 1996, has become Tucson’s first restaurant to invest in solar power, generating some of its own electricity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and annual water use by installing photovoltaic systems. “We hope going solar will help invigorate the alternative energy movement,” says owner Anthony Vaccaro. “It’s the logical, natural, intelligent, and responsible thing to do.” “This is a good example for others that going solar is good business, good for the planet, and good for all of us,” says Bruce Plenk, City of Tucson Solar Energy Coordinator. PADRE KINO ARRIVES (again) Bookmark November 15 for the First International LA ENTRADA DE KINO Festival to be held on the west bank of the Santa Cruz River at Congress Street. The 9am gathering will celebrate the historic arrival of Father Eusebio Francisco Kino to Tucson and will feature traditional music and dance with members of the O’odham and Pasqua Yaqui tribes as well as a cabalgata, a procession of horsemen. Following the Entrada, presentations in both English and Spanish will be made at the Sentinel Building on Bonita Street. SOME LIKE IT HOT This is the 13th year for the Tucson Firefighters Chili Cookoff where tastes range from mild to flaming hot. “We always have paramedics standing by just in case we made it too hot,” says Jerry Bowlin, event chairman. Although serving doesn’t start until 10am, “We get people lined up at 8am waiting for things to get going,” Bowlin says of the TWO-WHEEL TRAVEL Cyclists planning to peddle to the Fourth Avenue Winter Street Fair (December 12-14) will again have free bike valet service provided by the Fourth Avenue Merchants Association, another example of FAMA’s support of “green” transportation. BICAS, Ordinary Bikes, and City of Tucson Bike to Work volunteers will monitor a secured and gated november.08. downtown tucsonan 5

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