SPECIAL EVENTS Events This Week ARTBUZZ VIDEOS. UA Museum of Art. Speedway Boulevard and Olive Avenue. 621-7567. Videos from South Africa are screened free on Thursday, September 12 at 12:15 p.m. in conjunction with the current exhibit, Liberated Voices: Contemporary South African Art. Call 621-1877 for details. BOOK SALE. Arizona State Museum. University Boulevard and Park Avenue. 621-6302. Art, architecture, music, anthropology, cooking, Native culture, poetry and fiction are featured on Friday, September 13 and Saturday, September 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Member preview on Friday from 8 to 10 a.m. Call 626-5886 for details. CHILI HEADS COOK OFF. Old Tucson Studios. 201 S. Kinney Raod. 908-4806. The annual event features master chili makers from the area on Saturday, September 14 beginning at 11 a.m. At noon, the Titan Valley Warheads play bluegrass. Entry is $3 and benefits the International Myeloma Foundation. For details, call 883-0100,ext. 269. FASHION COLLECTION AND TREND RELEASE PARTY. Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress. (R)evolution features dance and performance art while sporting hair and fashion trends for the upcoming season on Saturday, September 14 at 8 p.m. Conceived by Dada Art and Hair Studio proprietor and artistic director Addam Moreno. Benefits Wingspan Youth programs. Admission costs $5 at the door. Call 623-0459 for information. FRAY DAY. Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress. Storytelling event to commemorate 9/11 takes place on Saturday, September 14 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. and features performance, open mic, interactive art, music and more. $3 donation. Call 977-1207 for details. INTERNATIONAL ARTS SOCIETY FILMS. UA Modern Languages Auditorium. Eat Drink Man Woman is the 1994 comedy directed by Ang Lee about a Taipei master chef and his three unmarried daughters. Free screening begins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, September 13. Call 621-1836 for details. IT'S MAGIC. Gaslight Theater. Featuring John Shryock and Mari Lynn from Las Vegas and a version of their performance at Ceasar's Magical Empire. Show starts at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 16. Doors open at 6 p.m.. Tickets cost $10. Call 790-4060. LOOKING BACK: 9/11 ACROSS AMERICA. Arizona State Museum. University Boulevard and Park Avenue. 621-6302. Immediate reactions of average Americans to the 9/11 events were collected on tape and made into an acoustic, documentary exhibition that opens on Wednesday, September 11 and continues through September 18. Opening the show is a blessing by Tohono O?odham Daniel Preston and dancing of the Hoop, Eagle and Women?s Fancy Shawl dances by the Manuel Intertribal Dance Group. Call 626-2973 with questions. MAGIC AND ILLUSIONS. Pizza Hut. 2942 N. Campbell Ave. Every Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m., Roland Sarlot presents close-up magic where the customers' hands become the stage. Call 615-2655 for details. NIGERIAN INDEPENDENCE FUNDRAISER. Windmill Inn at St. Philip's Plaza. 4250 N. Campbell Avenue. Celebrate the 42nd anniversary of independence with dancing to African salsa, soukous, juju, highlife and American dance music on Saturday, September 14 beginning at 8:30 p.m. Tickets for the scholarship fundraiser cost $10. Call 884-7494 with questions. RED HATTERS. Savoy Opera House. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. First birthday celebration of the Rosie Hattitude Chapter of the Red Hat Society (whose name is taken from a poem by Jenny Joseph which begins, "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple with a red hat which doesn't go and which doesn't suit me.") takes place on Saturday, September 14. Luncheon, fashion show, arts and crafts and more will be featured. Tickets cost $30. Call for reservations at 742-6756. TELEVISION PILOT FESTIVAL. The Screening Room. 127 E. Congress St. 622-2262. TV pilots that never made it to the networks are screened from Australia, England and the US featuring documentaries, travel shows and sitcoms on Friday, September 13 through Sunday, September 15 at 7 p.m. Tickets per night cost $5 or $30/$40 for a Festival Pass. Call 622-2262 for details. Out of Town FUN FEST. R. L. "Tiny" Anderson Park. Fort Huachuca. On Friday, September 13 at 4 p.m., the carnival begins with the 36th Army Band providing music. DJ Mad Dog Mike spins rock and roll at 6 p.m. and Train Wreck performs more rock at 8:30 p.m. On Saturday, September 14, the Mutt March is at 7 a.m. Latin music is the theme of the day with Berto and the Amigos and Primo. On Sunday, September 15 the music is country-style beginning at 1 p.m. and the Cowboy Poet, Jon Messenger reads at 1 p.m. Pardners performs at 3:30 p.m. For more details, call 533-1287. Upcoming CORONA DE MARANA BIKE TOUR. Marana Town Park. Lon Adams and Barnett Rd. Marana. The 2002 Multiple Sclerosis Tour is a one-day cycling event for cyclists of all ability levels and ages and takes place on Saturday, September 28 starting at 7 a.m. Rides are 10K to 100K. Sign up by September 6 and the fee is $15; after, it's $25. Call 747-7472 for details. HOUSEBUILDING TRIP TO NOGALES. Habitat for Humanity. Help a poor family build a home by volunteering your time and labor on the third Saturday of the month. Group leaves from Nogales, AZ at 8:30 a.m. and continues to Nogales, Mexico. No experience is necessary. Conditions are primitive. Call Scott for details at 762-1910. PRIMAVERA COOKS. Local restaurants invite apprentice chefs to cook for a day and diners to enjoy their meals to raise money for Primavera Foundation's homeless programs. Participating eateries include Kingfisher Bar and Grill (September 22), Gini's French Cafe (September 27) and Jonathan's Tucson Cork (September 29). Chefs pay $150 and diners pay $100. For details, call 882-5383. RAISE A RACQUET FOR KIDS. Tucson Racquet and Fitness Club. 4001 N. Country Club. Pre-register by September 15 to raise money for pediatric cancer research. The family-oriented tennis event takes place on Friday and Saturday, September 20 and 21 and features men's and women's doubles, a Pro-Am Calcutta, a tennis clinic for cancer patients, a target-hitting contest, a dunk tank and dinner. Entry fee for the Calcutta and dinner is $100; doubles play and dinner costs $50; dinner costs $25. Call 626-7051 for details. Announcements ADOPT-A-THONS. Bookman's on Ina. 3733 W. Ina Rd. 579-0303. Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., F.A.I.R. offers homeless animals for adoption and answers questions about their care.