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DecemberFest continued Sunday, December 21 Special Toyastorus Event -Holiday Play Day With Santa Monday, December 1 World AIDS Day 20th Anniversary ot he r d ec em b er Friday, December 5 Bear Down Fridays “Fight, Hunger, Fight” Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., 622-8848, www.HotelCongress.com Time: 2pm. Admission: Free. The hotel hosts bands, speakers, art, dancers, theatre and more! Entertainment includes Key Ingredients of African Soul, Odaiko Sonora, Folklorico Dance, The Human Project, Cabaret Boheme, Boys R Us and music from Tom Walbank, Marianne Dissard, Garboski and others. A live student graffiti art demonstration using scrap/recycled materials takes place outdoors, while art from Dinnerware Artspace and local artists affected by AIDS will be displayed. Main Gate Square, 814 E. University Blvd., 22-8613, www.MainGateSquare.com Time: 4pm. Admission: Free. UA student groups and Tucson’s charitable organizations compete for a $500 prize for their organization or club by donating the most food and dollars to “Fight Hunger Fight,” benefitting the community Food Bank. In addition to live music, the Pep Rally will feature the Pride of Arizona Marching Band, a skit by Wilbur and Wilma, UA’ s cheerleaders, pom squad, twirlers and flags. entertain and raise funds for the grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of the rich natural heritage of native species and habitats in the Sky Island region of the southwestern US. Tucson Children’s Museum, 200 S. 6th Ave., www.TucsonChildrensMuseum.org Time: 1pm. Admission: Children (2-18) $5, Adults $7, Seniors $5. Check out holiday products that make great gifts, enjoy activities, and meet Santa. Sunday, December 7 KXCI concert: Al Perry, Kevin Daly’s Chicken and Waffles, Shrimp Chaperone, Big Galoot Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus Holiday Concert UA Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd., www.BoysChorus.org Time: 3pm & 7pm. Admission: $15-$18. A distinguished holiday tradition with the chorus performing Christmas carols, sacred songs and Hanukkah selections, accompanied by an orchestral ensemble. Readers’ Theatre Other Voices Women’s Reading Series Sunday, December 28 Festival Of Friendship: Hannukkah Beowulf Alley, 11 S. 6th Ave., 622-4460, www.BeowulfAlley.org Time: 7:15pm. Admission: Pay what you can. A reading of David Dudley’s “Fallen Soldier.” Tucson Children’s Museum, 200 S. 6th Ave., www.TucsonChildrensMuseum.org Time: 1pm. Admission: Children (2-18) $5, Adults $7, Seniors $5. Storytelling, folk dance performances, dreidel games, and other fun activities! Tuesday, December 2 Journey to the Center for Creative Photography Antigone Books, 411 N. 4th Ave., 792-3715, www.AntigoneBooks.com Time: 7pm. Admission: Free. Judith Barrington is a poet and memoirist who has published three collections of poetry, a prizewinning memoir, and a text on writing literary memoirs which is used all across the United States, Australia and in Europe. El Casino Ballroom, 437 E. 26th St., 623-1000 x13, www.KXCI.org Time: 3pm. Admission: Free/donations to KXCI. A free concert to thank KXCI listeners/ members and to help commemorate the station’s 25th Anniversary events. Food will be for sale from Stolen Recipe Barbeque. Beer, wine and other beverages will be for sale from El Casino Ballroom. Tuesday, December 9 Public Tour Fox Theatre, 17 W Congress St, 547-3040, www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org Time: noon. Admission: $2 donation. Tour the beautifully restored historic Fox Theatre. Baile en el Cascanueces Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd., 298-7738, www.ditsaz.org/nutcracker.html Time: 2pm. Admission: $10, adults; $5 children. Dancing in the Streets Arizona performs The Nutcracker ballet, music by Tchaikovsky. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., 624-2333,www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org Time: 2pm. Admission: Free. Visit the Center for Creative Photography to view photographs of Maynard Dixon by Ansel Adams and the University of Arizona Library Special Collections to read letters written between Maynard Dixon and Lorenzo Hubbell. First Fridays Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., 248-8460, www.TYPFirstFridays.com Time: 8pm-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 the city. Wednesday, December 10 Grantseeking for Non-Profits Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., 791-4010, www.library.pima.gov/grants Time: 5:15pm. Admission: Free. Learn about the grants databases, Foundation Directory Online and Arizona Guide to Grants. Friday, December 5-Saturday, December 6 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. Weber State University. Puck drops at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 4 Local Genius Awardee/ MOCA Lit: Sherwin Bitsui Downtown’s Decemberfest Silent Auction Wednesday, December 31 First Night Tucson Downtown Tucson, 547-3338, www.DowntownTucson.com Time: 4pm-12:30am. Admission: $12 adults, $6 children (6-12). A New Year’s Eve celebration of arts, culture & community! The family-friendly and alcohol-free festival brings together Tucsonans of all ages in a welcoming and safe atmosphere to enjoy multicultural music, dance, comedy, magic, children’s activities and more. Enjoy fireworks at midnight! Full program on page 18. MOCA on the Plaza, 149 N. Stone Ave., 624-5019, www.MOCA-Tucson.org Time: 6pm. Admission: Free for MOCA members, $5 non-members. “The Silence that Speaks: Poetry as Transformation” by Sherwin Bitsui. Bitsui presents a literary program on the transformative nature of writing as both a personal and socially communal practice. Saturday, December 6 The 17th Street Market’s 17th Anniversary Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., 623-9922. Time: 4pm-8pm. Admission: Free. Auction items include donations from Downtown businesses in a silent auction fundraiser for the Downtown Merchants and Retailers Council Decemberfest. Thursday, December 11 Food For Thought Lecture Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., 791-4010, www.library.pima.gov Time: noon. Admission: Free. “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” presented by Allen Dart. Dart discusses southwestern petroglyphs and pictographs, and illustrates how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American perspectives. An Evening with Activist & Author Tom Hayden Circus Congress Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., 622-8848, www.HotelCongress.com Time: 8pm-2am. Admission: $18 advance, $20 door, $60 VIP. Featuring Flam Chen’s “Death-Defying Midnight Aerial Extravaganza,” musical entertainment under the Big Top, carnival curiosities, freakish monstrosities, high-flying acrobats, and a champagne toast. First Christian Church, 740 E. Speedway Blvd., 623-1000 x13 , www.KXCI.org, www.TomHayden.com Time: 7pm. Admission: $5-$10 donation. Tom Hayden speaks about his career in activism and politics as a benefit for KXCI and as part of the station’s 25th Anniversary events. After a half century of activism, politics and writing, Hayden is still a leading voice for ending the war in Iraq, erasing sweatshops, saving the environment, and reforming politics through greater citizen participation. 17th Street Farmer’s Market, 840 E. 17th St., 792-2588, www.TreasuresHidden.com Time: 9am-6pm. Admission: Free. Celebrating 17 years of serving Tucson with food tasting and cooking demonstrations. Free calendars given away with a purchase of $25 or more to the first 500 customers. Gregory Sale Artist Talk MOCA on the Plaza, 149 N. Stone Ave., 624-5019, www.MOCA-Tucson.org Time: 4pm. Admission: Free to MOCA members, $5 non-members. Gregory Sale’s “Love Bites” project takes on love, loss and language by toying with the fluid parameters of public and private, prose and poem. Within a community context, “Love Bites” connects participants through chance encounters and linguistic associations by dispersing a sea of poetry into the audience. Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey - Slide Show & Talk Sky Island Alliance Benefit The Hut, 305 N. 4th Ave., 623-3200, www.MySpace.com/thehuttucson. Time: 6pm. Admission: Donation. Planet Jam, Determined Luddites, Dusty Buskers, and Shrimp Chaperone come together to Old Town Artisans, 201 N. Court Ave., 623-1000 x13, www.KXCI.org Time: 7pm. Admission: $5. (Proceeds benefit KXCI.) With contagious enthusiasm, Petey regales his radio listeners with poems, stories and songs about flora, fauna, family and the glory of living in southern Arizona. Petey ‘s live presentations are as engagingly exuberant as his on-air vivacity. 28 downtown tucsonan.december.08 http://www.HotelCongress.com http://www.MainGateSquare.com http://www.TucsonChildrensMuseum.org http://www.KXCI.org http://www.BoysChorus.org http://www.AntigoneBooks.com http://www.BeowulfAlley.org http://www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org http://www.TucsonChildrensMuseum.org http://www.TYPFirstFridays.com http://www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org http://www.library.pima.gov/grants http://www.ditsaz.org/nutcracker.html http://www.UAIcecats.com http://www.MOCA-Tucson.org http://www.DowntownTucson.com http://www.library.pima.gov http://www.TreasuresHidden.com http://www.KXCI.org http://www.TomHayden.com http://www.HotelCongress.com http://www.MOCA-Tucson.org http://www.KXCI.org http://www.MySpace.com/thehuttucson

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