Tucson Weekly: Events (March 22

SPECIAL EVENTS
Events This Week
BARTER FAIR AND BENEFIT. Union of Art and Healing. 199 E. Toole Ave. Discover a wealth of local goods and services available for trade or purchase March 24 from noon to 4 p.m. Call Tucson Traders at 388-8844 for more information. Admission is free.
BIKE FEST 2001. Biking and walking are excellent forms of exercise and transportation, and the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Pima County Department of Environmental Quality's Clean Air Program encourages everyone to ride March 24 through April 8. Take advantage of the city's nearly 500 miles of bikeways. Twenty-six Bike Fest events celebrate bicycling and walking as transportation, including a bike and trike parade, kids' rides, valet bike parking at the Fourth Avenue Street Fair, historic neighborhood tours, rail and bikeway rides, a bike swap meet and more. All events are free with the exception of the BMX dirt jumping qualifiers and finals. Meet at the historic train depot on Toole Avenue March 24 at 8:30 a.m. for the bikes and trikes parade. Join fellow cyclists, skaters and scooters in a short parade in the downtown area. Prizes will be awarded for the largest school group, most funky bicycle, best-decorated bike and more. All participants must wear a helmet. Call 791-4372 for more details.
BIKE TO WORK DAY. Spare the air and ride your bike to work March 28. Enter the Tucson Business Bike Challenge by registering online at www.ci.tucson.az.us/transpor/planning or call 791-4372. Awards are given to businesses with the most innovative employee incentives for this event.
BLACK HISTORY FILM SERIES. UA Martin Luther King building. 1322 E. First St., Room 100. A screening of King of the Bingo Game, a chilling metaphor for the disenfranchisement of the African American community after Emancipation promised freedom and before the civil rights movement called that promise to task, takes place March 27 at 5 p.m. Admission is free.
BRIGID O'HANDRAHAN. Randolph Performing Arts building, photo lecture room. 200 S. Alvernon Way. 791-4063. Designer/craftsperson O'Handrahan presents A Survey of Surface Design and Texture March 23 at 7 p.m. O'Handrahan shares her passion for the techniques of photo etching, texturizing and surfacing jewelry.
CARLA'S SONG. UA Modern Languages auditorium. 621-1836. The International Arts Society presents a screening of this Ken Loach film, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. What begins as a tender, comic romance becomes a lesson in the realities of political oppression. Admission is free.
GARDEN ART EXHIBIT. Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686. The garden art silent auction, which takes place through April 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., features more than 50 local artists who specialize in metal, clay, stone or tile. Individual pieces are displayed throughout the gardens and are on silent auction for two weeks. All proceeds benefit the gardens. Admission ranges in price from $1 to $4.
GREY DOG TRADING COMPANY GALLERY. Plaza Palomino at the southeast corner of Swan Road and Fort Lowell. Kachina doll carvers Dennis Twa, Ross George and Robert Albert present and discuss their work March 23 from 3 to 6 p.m. and March 24 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition, Kent McManis, author of A Guide to Hopi Katsina Dolls, signs copies of his book, which features the work of all three artists. For more information call 881-6888.
FOURTH AVENUE STREET FAIR. North Fourth Avenue between East University Boulevard and East Ninth Street. The Fourth Avenue Merchants Association presents its spring street fair March 23-25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition to the work of hundreds of craftspeople, enjoy music by the Cobras, Top Dead Center, Latino Solido, Hector on Stilts, FourKiller Flats, LeeAnne Savage and others at the two main stages. The Blue Prairie Dogs, Stella Rampage, Tucson High School Performing Arts and Music Clubs, Al Foul and the Shakes and Folklorico de Roskruge, among others, take to the Winsett Outdoor Performance Center at various times throughout the weekend. Call 624-5004 for more information.
HEALING ARTS CONFERENCE. University Medical Center. DuVal auditorium. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Healing Arts: Medicine, Ethics, Humanities features the healing arts of music, ethics, poetry, nutrition and empathy. The conference, which takes place April 7 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., is open to the public, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, health care professionals and scholars of literature and music. Tickets range in price from $25 to $65, with advance purchase discounts. Call 626-7832 or (800) 777-7552 for more information. Pre-registration is required by March 30. Refreshments and lunch are provided.
MOVIE PREMIERE. Ha:San High School. 1333 E. Tenth St. PickAxe, a 95-minute film that documents the dramatic defense of the Warner Creek Forest, from the blockading of roads to mass arrests and a hunger strike through an explosive final scene in the county jail, is presented by producer/director/activist Tim Ream March 23 at 7 p.m. Admission is $5. All proceeds benefit the Earth First! Journal. Call 620-6900 for more information.
STATE MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE. Arizona State Museum. UA campus. 626-8381. The anthropology museum's annual open house includes guided exhibit tours, open storerooms and research labs and chatty curators. In addition, parents and children can experience culturally based educational activities throughout the day March 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. These include a community quilt, bead stringing and sewing, Mexican mask designing, milagro making and paper flower design. There is food, fun and entertainment for the whole family. Admission is free.
TUCSON TRIATHLON/HISTORIC TUCSON. The Tucson Triathlon includes a pool swim, bike ride and run March 25 from 6:30 to 11 a.m. around the UA area. For more information go to www.tucsonracing.com. Meanwhile, the Pathway of Historic Tucson walking tour explores the El Presidio Historic District. Discover the different cultural layers from the early Hohokam to the Spanish and more March 25. Meet in the courtyard of the Old Pima County Courthouse at 10 a.m. For more information call 791-4372. Both events are free.
WAGGIN' TRAIN/SPRING FLING. Foothills Mall. 740 N. La Cholla Blvd. 742-7191. The Humane Society brings its Waggin' Train to the mall's southeast parking lot March 24 from noon to 5 p.m. for pet adoptions and more. In addition, the UA Spring Fling giveaway takes place in the Ross Courtyard March 24 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and March 25 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
WOMEN AND GERMAN CINEMA. UA Modern Languages auditorium. 621-1836. All-Around Reduced Personality is a wry but serious commentary on the life of a single mother named Edda who straddles multiple worlds--work, womanhood, motherhood, capitalism and socialism. The film, which screens March 29 at 7:30 p.m., is in German with English subtitles. Admission is free.
Out of Town
HIS GIRL FRIDAY. Trowbridge Hall. 695 E. American Ave., Oracle. 896-9860. The Oracle Film Lovers' Club presents this classic, unrelentingly hilarious and sophisticated war-between-the-sexes film March 24 at 7:30 p.m. There is an optional donation of $3.75 at the door.
NATIVE AMERICAN ART EXHIBITION. Tubac Center of the Arts. 9 Plaza Road, Tubac. (520) 398-2371. Art of the Mesas--Traditional and Contemporary Hopi Art features Hopi quilts, kachinas, jewelry, baskets, pottery and textiles. The exhibit opens March 24 and continues through April 22. In addition, Terry Gasdia, a Hopi singer, drummer and kachina carver, shares his talents March 24 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Beverages and traditional Hopi sweets are served. Admission is free and all are welcome. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free.
Upcoming
GOLD STAR GALA. Arizona State Museum. UA campus. 626-5440. Live entertainment, auction, fine food. April 1, 5 p.m.
HISTORIC HOME TOUR. Trinity Presbyterian Church. 400 E. University Blvd. A showcase of early 1900s historic homes. April 1, noon to 5 p.m.
THE KING STAG. Centennial Hall. University of Arizona. 621-3341. Sponsored by UApresents. April 6, 8 p.m.
ERIC BOGOSIAN. Centennial Hall. University of Arizona. 621-3341. Sponsored by UApresents. April 20, 8 p.m.