Downtown Tucsonan - January 2009 - (Page 22) Spotlight events Event Saturday, January 3 Girls Bike Out Saturday, January 10 Living Healthy with Arthrisit Artists with Arthritis Friday, January 16-Sunday, January 18 31st Annual Quilt Show, Quilt Fiesta! Dillinger Days 75th Anniversary of the Dillinger Gang’s Tucson Capture Time Market, 444 E. University Blvd., 622-0761, www.MySpace.com/girlsbikeout. Time: 6pm. Admission: Free. Women gather to bond and go for a leisurely ride in style. Fancy is the dress code, so wear lipstick, a dress, heels, however you define style. Sunday, January 4 Picture This! Art for Families: Adventures in China University Medical Center, DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., 626-5040, mcornett@u.arizona. edu ,www.arthritis.arizona.edu. Time: 10am. Admission: $10 includes light lunch. One Day Conference with keynote speaker from UCLA addressing “Artists with Arthritis: The Challenges and the Progress of New Therapies.” Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., 624-2333, www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org. Time: 1pm. Admission: Free. Experience hands-on art making as a family, for kids 6-12 years and their adult companions. Join art instructors and celebrate creativity through interpreting artworks with gallery games, art projects, and engaging tours. Living History at the Presidio Friday, January 23 Saturday, January 24 Tuesday, January 6 Archaeology Café Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Ave., 882-6946, www.cdarc.org. Time: 6pm. Admission: Free. Mark Elson discusses “The Human Impacts of the Eruption of Sunset Crater in Ancient Arizona.” Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Garrison, Corner Church Avenue and Washington Street, 884-4214, www.TucsonPresidioTrust.org. Time: 9am-3pm. Admission: Free. A chance to watch Spanish Colonial period soldiers practicing drilling and demonstrating a variety of military activities, along with other special Territorial period demonstrations. See the website for more information. Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave., 547-5463, www.TucsonQuiltersGuild.com. Times: Friday-Saturday, 9am to 5pm; Sunday, 10am-4pm. Admission: $7 or $15 for a 3-day pass. More than 300 quilts and other quilted items will be featured. The three-day event features demonstrations, vendors, the 2009 Raffle Quilt and a special Kids Row. Tucson International Coin & Stamp Show Tuesday, January 13 Public Tour Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St., 547-3040, www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org. Time: Noon. Suggested donation: $2/person. Come tour the beautifully restored historic Fox Tucson Theatre. Hotel Congress & Various Downtown Locales, 622-8848, www.HotelCongress.com. Friday, January 23 Dillinger Days Benfit Gala for Concerns of Police Survivors Copper Hall @ Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., 622-8848. Time: 9pm. Admission: Call. The 75th Anniversary of the gang’s Tucson captures kicks off with a 1930s-casino themed benefit gala, featuring Kings of Pleasure. Proceeds will be donated to Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), a 25-year-old organization comprised of family and co-worker survivors of police officers killed in the line of duty. Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave., 241-4434, www.TucsonConventionCenter.org. Times: Friday, Saturday 10am-6pm; Sunday 10am-3pm. Admission: Canned food or cash donations accepted at the door. Amateurs, professionals, beginners, and lifelong numismatists can visit local and nation dealers, all interested in buying, selling, and trading coins, stamps, postcards, tokens, currency, gold, silver, and other collectibles. The show will also have free appraisals, door prizes, educational exhibits, kid’s activities and security. Thursday, January 8 Food For Thought - Arizona for Newcomers Science Café - Water Issues and Water Harvesting in Southern Arizona 37th Annual Tucson Indian Arts & Crafts Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave., 326-9686, www.TucsonConventionCenter.org. Times: Friday, 11am-6pm; Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 10am-6pm. Admission: Call. Over 80 artists and dealers from throughout the United States, selling the finest in antique and Contemporary American Indian Art. Collections Of Northwest carvings, beadwork, Zuni needlepoint jewelry, the ancient art of Kachina carving, jewelry, red coral necklaces, basket weaving, Aztec dancers, demonstrations of traditional native American art, Indian food and more. Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., 791-4010, www.library.pima.gov. Time: Noon. Admission: Free. Find out what makes Arizona unique and what it is that gives it a different flavor from neighboring New Mexico, California, Utah, and Sonora. Presented by Gregory McNamee. Cushing Street Bar & Restaurant, 198 W. Cushing St., 621-STAR, www.GotUAScienceCenter.org. Time: 6pm. Admission: Free. Dr. James Riley, Associate Professor, Soil, Water & Environmental Science, Senior Research Scientist, Environmental Research Lab at the University of Arizona presents the talk. Friday, January 9 Wednesday, January 14 Art Talk: Great American Photography: Dorothea Lange Saturday, January 24 Dillinger Days Street Festival Time: 9am-5pm. Admission: Free. Downtown is transformed into the 1930s with activities at Hotel Congress, the Historic Train Depot, Fox Theatre and the Arizona Historical Society’s Downtown Museum. Festivities include: music by Dusky Buskers, the Matt Mitchell Trio and DJ Carl Hanni; carnival games; vintage cars; downtown walking tours and tours of the Hotel Congress; a craft market; lectures, and screenings of the 1936 film “The Gay Desperado.” Highlighting the event are re-enactments of Dillinger and his gang, in two acts (at 11am and 1pm) with a combination of the acts performed at 4:30pm. Other Voices Women’s Reading Series Antigone Books, 411 N. 4th Ave., 326-1233, www.AntigoneBooks.com. Time: 7pm. Admission: Free. Featured readers: Naomi Benaron and Maureen Owens. Open microphone after featured readers. Friday, January 9Saturday, January 10 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. St. Louis University. Puck drops at 7:30 p.m. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., 624-2333, www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org. Time: 1:30pm. Admission: Free for members; non-members, $8; seniors $6. Katie Samson, Manager of Youth and Family Programs, discusses the work of photographer and photojournalist Dorothea Lange (1895 – 1965). Saturday, January 17 Chinese New Year’s Celebration Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., 594-5500, www.library.pima.gov/calendar. Time: 2pm. Admission: Free. Presenters from the Chinese Cultural Center perform the Lion Dance. Learn how the Chinese zodiac came into being and make a dragon puppet to take home. Chinese tea and cookies will be served. Thursday, January 15 Grantseeking for Non-Profits Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., 791-4010, www.library.pima.gov/grants. Time: 9:15am. Admission: Free. Learn how to research grants opportunities for nonprofits. Learn about the Grants databases, Foundation Directory Online and Arizona Guide to Grants. Video Postcard to Obama Party Friday, January 9-Sunday, January 11 Arizona Home Show Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave., 791-4101, www.UAIcecats.com. Times: Friday, Noon-7pm; Saturday, 10am-7pm; Sunday, 10am-5pm. Admission: $7, seniors are 2 for 1. 500 displays, featuring everything for the home, including improvement, decorating, and design. “How To” demonstrations and seminars by leading experts in landscaping, remodeling, finance, and construction. Free gourmet food. Friday, January 16-Saturday, January 17 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. Michigan State University. Puck drops at 7:30pm. Pan Left Studio, 631 S. 6th Ave., 792-9171, www.PanLeft.org. Time: 7pm. Admission: Free. A unique opportunity to celebrate the upcoming presidential inauguration by sending Barack Obama a personal “video postcard,” where attendees can create their own message for Obama and his incoming administration. 22 downtown tucsonan.january.09 http://www.MySpace.com/girlsbikeout http://www.arthritis.arizona.edu http://www.TucsonQuiltersGuild.com http://www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org http://www.TucsonPresidioTrust.org http://www.TucsonConventionCenter.org http://www.cdarc.org http://www.HotelCongress.com http://www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org http://www.TucsonConventionCenter.org http://www.GotUAScienceCenter.org http://www.library.pima.gov http://www.AntigoneBooks.com http://www.TucsonMuseumofArt.org http://www.library.pima.gov/calendar http://www.UAIcecats.com http://www.library.pima.gov/grants http://www.PanLeft.org http://www.UAIcecats.com http://www.UAIcecats.com
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