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MURAL MAGIC: Womankraft and the Tucson Arts District Partnership celebrate the completion of Storytelling In Tiles, a community mural project employing the talents of adults and children, professional artists and rank-but-enthusiastic amateurs alike. Kick off an evening Art Walk adventure by joining them for a dedication at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at 254 E. Congress St., in the Arizona Alley. Call 629-9976 for information on the dedication. Call 624-9977 for information on Art Walk events.

VIDEO LATINA: The free VideoTENSIONS series continues at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13, with a showcase of visiting artist works: Los Angeles-based media artist Gina Lamb, who has worked with youth in various artist-in-residence programs for the last eight years; and Marisela Gomez and Alma Lopez, two of Lamb's star pupils. Together they examine "The Missing Latina" image on television and discuss the impact of media literacy on young people.

VideoTENSIONS continues Thursdays through July 18 in the Modern Languages Building auditorium. All screenings are free. Call 621-7352 for information.

SWEET REWARD: Join the Coalición de Derechos Humanos/ Arizona Border Rights Coalition for a sweet celebration inaugurating another year of civil and human rights work with an evening of "mood music and scrumptious desserts" starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 14, at their new offices at 631 S. Sixth Ave. A $5 donation is your passport to paradise: all dessert, all-you-can eat, all night. Proceeds will assist the October 12 Somos Parte march in Washington, D.C. Call 770-1373 for information.

WIG SIGNING: Along with the usual Downtown Saturday Night menagerie on June 15, we implore you to stop in at Mr. Lulu's, 110 E. Congress St., a brand new apparel and gallery shop that pretty much defies description. The infamous Chick Cashman unveils an exclusive new line of wigs and beauty products he calls "The Morning After Collection." A wig signing follows from 9 to 11 p.m. Call 388-5615 for information.

MAKING HISTORY: Cap off this Juneteenth weekend with a discussion of Changing Woman, a history of women of color in the United States, with particular emphasis on African American, Native American and Mexican American communities. Author/historian Karen Anderson offers a sobering portrait of the accomplishments and failures of the feminist movement with respect to women of color, and insights into the complex ways in which the discrimination continues. Discussion begins at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 6, at Antigone Books, 411 N. Fourth Ave. Refreshments will follow. Call 792-3715 for information. TW

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