SPECIAL EVENTS Events This Week AIDSWALK 2002. Rillito Raceway Park. River Road and First Ave. Walker registration begins at 7 a.m. on Sunday, October 20 and is followed by an 8 a.m. interfaith service, opening ceremonies at 9 a.m. and closing ceremonies and awards and music from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 791-WALK (9255) to participate. ALL ABOUT OLIVE OIL. Café Terra Cotta. 3500 E. Sunrise Drive. 577-8100. Olive oil guru Franco Lombardi hosts reception, three-course dinner with wine and olive oil tasting on Sunday, October 20 at 5:30 p.m. $85 per person. Women diners receive sterling silver olive branch pin. Call for reservations. ARIZONA HARVEST DINNER. Janos J Bar. 3770 E. Sunrise Drive at Westin La Paloma Resort. 615-6100. Benefit to celebrate 20 years of conservation at Native Seeds/SEARCH features six-course dinner using native ingredients. Dinner costs $150 per person. Seating is limited. Call for reservations. CASA CAR SHOW. Kino Veterans Memorial Sports Complex. 2500 E. Ajo Way. On Saturday, October 19, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the 23rd Annual Casa Car Show offers 800 speciality car displays, live entertainment, the International Food Festival, children's activities and car raffle. Car owners wishing to display their vehicles must register by October 4. Call 624-5600 ext. 671 to register; only $5 per vehicle. CINEMA LA PLACITA OCTOBER SCREENINGS. La Placita Village. Broadway Boulevard and Church Street. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane is the 1962 thriller and screens on Thursday, October 17. The 1931 classic, Frankenstein, screens on Thursday, October 24. Screenings start at 7:30 p.m. $3 is the suggested donation. HEART-SHRINE TOUR. The Maitreya Project is a collection of Buddhist relics from around the world. Various events take place during the Tucson tour: Saturday, October 19, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Living Community Center (330 E. Seventh Ave.) features Za Choeje Rinpoche teaching and offering blessings; Sunday, October 20, 2 p.m., The Pavilion (call for address), features Tara Dhatu offering sacred dance; Monday, October 21 features prayers and water blessings at the Santa Cruz River, Farmacy Garden, Rio Nuevo; Tuesday, October 22, 1 to 9 p.m., Historic YWCA (738 N. Fifth Ave.), Lama Jinpa leads aspiration prayer at 7 p.m. Free but donations accepted. Call 795-2740 for details. HOLIDAY PORTRAITS, MOCA-STYLE. Hazmat Gallery. 191 E. Toole Ave. 624-5019. A one-day snapshot benefit for the Museum of Contemporary Art features the best of Tucson?s photographers donating their services, along with Spirit Salon for pre-shoot make-up. Cost for museum members is $75 and $100 for non-members. Non-member fee includes an annual individual membership to MOCA. 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. INTERNATIONAL ARTS SOCIETY FILMS. UA Modern Languages Auditorium. Woman of the Dunes is the 1964 Japanese classic directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara about an entomologist on vacation who gets roped into the lair of a mysterious woman. Free screening begins at 7:30 on Friday, October 18. Call 621-1836 for details. ITALIAFEST. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church. 8650 N. Shannon Rd. Food, rides, games and fun for the family plus Tony and the Sicilian Band on October 18-20: Friday, 5 to 11 p.m., Saturday, noon to 11 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 8 p.m. Call 795-6993 for details. NIGHTFALL 2002. Old Tucson Studios. 201 S. Kinney Raod. 908-4806. With a new cast of characters, sets, shows, haunted adventures and a Discovery Institute for children of all ages, shows run through October 31: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays, 6 to 10 p.m. (and special shows on Monday and Tuesday, October 28-29); Fridays and Saturdays, 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. Treat Trail, a safe trick or treat area for children 12 and under is open 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays through October 31. Tickets available at all Frys, Papa Johns and online at www.nightfallaz.com. PUMPKIN FESTIVAL. Buckelew Farm. 17000 W. Ajo Way. 822-2277. Fourteenth annual festival and corn maze features pumpkins at $.20/lb, an 11-acre corn maze to navigate and arts and crafts, petting zoo, pony rides and food booths on Saturday and Sunday through October 26. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and flashlight nights are 5 to 10 p.m. Corn Maze admission costs $7 adults, $5 kids 6 to 12, free for kids under 5. Visit www.bucklewfarm.com for details. SKY ISLANDS CONFERENCE. Radisson Hotel. Broadway and Granada. Sky Islands 2002: Restoring Connections features presentations by Sky Islands Wildlands Network member groups, private citizens, scientists, government agencies and land protection organizations. Presentations are followed by film and concert at La Placita Village. For a complete agenda, see skyislandalliance.org or call 884-0875. SPAGHETTI WESTERN ITALIAN WINE. Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort. Italian and Southwestern food, bocce ball, horseshoes, horseback riding and dancing augment wine tasting from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, October 20. Cost is $55 per person. Call for reservations at 529-3500. SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES. St. Francis in the Foothills Church. 4625 E River Road. Documentary screening of Lost Boys of Suddan takes place along with a potluck dinner and post-film discussion with several Suddanese immigrants on Sunday, October 20 at 5 p.m. Call 299-9063 for details. THE MYSTICAL PATH: FINDING INTIMACY WITH GOD. University Park Marriott. Euclid and University. Conference featrures Matthew Fox, Michael Green, Andrew Harvey, Pir Zia Inayat Khan, Kirtana, Lisa Otey, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Brother Wayne Teasdale on October 18-20. For more information and tickets call 322-7689 or contact www.theinnerconnection.org. WALK FOR PEACE ON THE BORDER. A reflective walk in support of border peace and a more humane and sensible border policy takes place on Saturday, October 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Meet at the Veteran's Memorial in Douglas, AZ, at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of Pan American and G Avenue. It's followed by a celebration of dance and music in the 10th Street Park. Sponsored by Healing Our Borders and Citizens For Border Solutions. Upcoming FORBIDDEN BROADWAY FUNDRAISER. Sheraton El Conquistador. 10000 N. Oracle Road. 544-5000. Off-Broadway comedy group hosts the Jewish Family and Children's Service 61st anniversary dinner on Saturday, November 2 at 6:45 p.m. featuring a silent and live auction and dinner. Tickets cost $175 each and can be purcheased at JFCS, 795-0300. GERMAN STUDIES FILM SERIES. UA Modern Languages Auditorium. Legend of Rita is a 1999 political thriller by Volker Schlondorff set in the final years of the Cold War and recounts the struggles of a young member of a West German terrorist group looslely based on the real Baader-Meinhof gang. It screens at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 24. Free. TUCSON HERITAGE BUS TOUR. Arizona Historical Society. 949 E. Second St. 628-5775. Sites include "A" Mountain, the Convento site, Downtown Tucson, Barrio Viejo, "Snob Hollow," the Presidio, Rio Nuevo and more. Bus leaves from the AHS Museum on the first Saturday of each month through December 7. Tours last from 9 a.m. to noon. Tickets cost $20 adults, $10 children. Call for required reservations at 628-5774. WALKING TOURS. Tour buildings and sites within the walls of the original Presidio. Meet at the corner of Main and Washington on Friday, October 11 at 9 a.m. Refreshments follow at 11 a.m. On Monday, October 14, explore Hispanic cultural and architectural traditions for a twilight tour of Barrio Historico. Meet at La Pilita, 420 S. Main Ave., at 4:30 p.m. Optional no-host margaritas/dinner follows at 6:15 p.m. On Thursday, October 24, look at the lives of Tucson's prominent citizens who lived in El Presidio from 1890 to 1920. Meet at 9 a.m. at the corner of Main and Franklin; refreshments follow at 11 a.m. Tours cost $13 to $15. Call KruseArizona Tours at 881-1638 for reservations. 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.