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BEADS 'N' STUFF. As a kid, Avra Motherwell says she experienced "the wonder and excitement of the ancient bead trade." As an adult, she undertook a "magical journey" to foreign lands, searching for bead makers and the rarest of little round beauties. Motherwell has since turned that fascination into a spiritually joyous gravy train, as her Whole Bead Show travels the nation, and this week arrives in Tucson. She calls the show "a journey in one place, where you will find silver from Bali, beveled glass from Indonesia, crystal from Austria, mosaics from Italy, powder glass from West Africa and seed beads from Japan." More than 50 vendors will be on hand, and a handful of classes will be offered each day. Show runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Tuesday, February 4, at the Windmill Inn, 4250 N. Campbell Ave. Admission is $5. For information, call (707) 963-2554.
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Performance is at 8 p.m. at the PCC Center for the Arts, 2202 West Anklam Road. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $9 for students and kids, and are available at Dillard's or by calling (800) 638-4253. TOT FROLIC. The acclaimed Childsplay theatre troupe brings another kid-fest to town via puppets in Dennis Foon's The Short Tree and the Bird That Could Not Sing, called a "deceptively simple story about friendship through the seasons." A trio of Childsplay actors will create a score of little characters in this story about a tree, a bird and a pair of lonely souls who find happiness. Wedged in between are educational tidbits about environmentalism, the change of seasons and the integral importance of old-fashioned tree-hugging. (See related article in the Review section for details.) Performances are 7:30 tonight, and 2 and 4:30 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday at the Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater, 330 S. Scott Ave. Tickets are $12.25 for adults, $9.25 for children and seniors, and available at the door or by calling (800) 583-7831. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Schubert would be a mere 200 years old if he were still around. In other words, he could still manage a Republican presidential campaign, or perhaps knock the less-than-sprightly Strom Thurmond from his cob-webbed Senate seat. Fortunately, the timeless musical genius knew when to call it quits, though his stunning creations live on. The UA School of Music and Dance pays tribute to two centuries of that legacy tonight with Schubertiade, a long-awaited birthday celebration. Schubert's works will be performed by the Lorenzo Trio, Chunghwa Hur, Paula Fan and Grayson Hirst, among others. Hirst will also intersperse comments about the composer's writings and life. Free performance is at 7:30 p.m. in the UA Holsclaw Recital Hall, at the south end of the pedestrian underpass near Speedway, east of Park Avenue. Call 621-2998 for details.
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The show will feature dance music by Bach, waltzes by Strauss and Tchaikovsky, and a play-along piece. And kids won't only be in the audience--a handful of grade-schoolers will also be showing their musical prowess on-stage. Highlighting it all will be a musical adaptation of Tucsonan Susan Lowell's latest children's book, Little Red Cowboy Hat. "It should be great," says Symphony spokesman Hal Levin. "Everyone's looking forward to it. These shows are always well-received, and we're expecting a big turn-out." Free performances are 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. in the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. For information, call 792-9155. UPTOWN HOE-DOWN. They brought bluegrass to the masses via groundbreaking early recordings. Now Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys bring their homegrown American sound to Tucson in a special show hosted by KXCI. Stanley grew up in the Virginia hills, where his ma taught him the way around a five-string banjo, while brother Carter became pretty handy with a guitar. Following World War II, the brothers formed their band and made history with a sound pioneered by the late Bill Monroe. They went on to popularize bluegrass, becoming favorites on the college circuit. Following Carter Stanley's death in 1966, Ralph carried on, eventually earning a barrel full of awards, including four Grammys. He played at two presidential inaugurations, and was bestowed with the title "The Natural King of Bluegrass" by The Washington Post. Tonight, Stanley's legendary band will also be joined by Tucson's own Out of the Blue, who've gained a darned loyal following in their own right. Show is 8 p.m. in the Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway. Advance tickets are $13, $11 for KXCI, Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association, Tucson Friends of Traditional Music, Desert Bluegrass and Arizona Bluegrass Association members, and $3 more at the door. They're available at the Folk Shop, Mars-Hall Music Center, Loco Records, KXCI, or by calling 623-1000. BLOWHARDS. You may know it by that odd airplane wing jutting from the earth on South Sixth Avenue, or the nearby "Ugly But Honest" used car hawkers. What you may not know is that Tom Philabaum's busy art glass gallery has made an international name for itself by drawing outstanding glass-crafters from across the globe. Now they bring luminaries Bandhu Scott Dunham and Gordon Smith to town for a series of free lectures and demonstrations of flame-working techniques in conjunction with Southwest Invitational X: Regions of the Flame. Prescott-based Dunham authored the definitive flame-working text Contemporary Lampworking, and his borosilicate glass pieces are sculptural in nature, while Smith, hailing from bustling Cornville, Arizona, is renowned for his stunning paperweights containing anatomically correct figures. Both will offer demonstrations and lectures. Philabaum says most folks would recognize flame-worked glass from the beakers and test tubes in chemistry class. "But now there's this whole new breed of flameworkers around the world who are doing really cool, inventive, out-there stuff. They're really pushing the envelope of the medium." Free demonstrations run from 1 to 4 p.m., and lectures from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., at Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass, 711 S. Sixth Ave. For information, call 884-7404.
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DEEP THROATS. Their name means "layers of light," and they hail from the tiny land of Tuva, high in the hills west of Mongolia. Now the remarkable Throat Singers of Tuva, or Huun-Huur Tu, bring their otherworldly sound to the Old Pueblo for one performance. The singing style, called khoomei, stretches back centuries in the high-altitude land, and is handed down from father to son. Huun-Huur Tu round-out their style with a variety of indigenous instruments and stunning visuals, in a show The Chicago Tribune describes as "deeply spiritual music...rooted in the sound of nature." (See this week's music feature for more information.) Performance is at 8 p.m. in the Temple of Music and Art Holsclaw Theatre, 330 S. Scott Ave. Tickets are $16 and $18, with a $1 discount for students with ID, available in advance at Hear's Music, Dillard's, the Temple box office, UA Centennial Hall, or by calling 622-2823. Huun-Huur Tu will also give a throat-singing workshop from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the Tucson Center for Performing Arts, 408 S. Sixth Ave. Admission is $10. For information, call 327-4809. SCALPEL PLEASE. Striking at the heart of political correctness, suburban alienation and racism is Kenneth Shorr's stock in trade. Now the UA photography professor--who sees his employer as an "educational/entertainment facility"--takes aim at those snooty gated communities in Surgically Induced Childhood, now on display at the UA Joseph Gross Gallery. With the work, Shorr says he's interested in "merging the language of advertising with the volatile issues of race and gender." Laced with sarcastic slogans ranging from "Whatever Happened to Product Loyalty" to "Diversity Through Forced Penetration," the pieces satirize what the artist sees as a collusion of government, greedy ad-men and education, in a style reminiscent of the '50s advertising that glorified the mostly mythical "American way of life." Exhibit runs through February 20 at the UA Joseph Gross Gallery, southeast corner of Speedway and Park Avenue. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. For details, call 621-1877.
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PERESTROIKA AND PIROUETTES. There may be trouble at home, but that doesn't stop Russia's strong cultural tradition from marching on. Or dancing on in this case, when the 50-member Moscow Festival Ballet arrives in Tucson to perform Giselle. Created in 1989, and now directed by Bolshoi veteran Sergei Radchinko, the company nurtures classical ballet, and features premier dancers from the Bolshoi and Kirov companies. They've received rave reviews in two European tours, and now celebrate their first pilgrimage to American shores and the Sonoran Desert. Performance is 8 p.m. in the TCC Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. Tickets range from $28 to $36, with discounts for children, students and seniors, and are available at Dillard's or by calling 791-4836.
COUNTY CANVAS. Proving that folks beyond Tucson city limits have more on their minds than annexation, the Tucson-Pima Arts Council draws on its creative pondering in The Rural Arts Traveling Exhibition. A total of 51 artists from such far-flung burgs as Ajo, Sells, Green Valley and Cortaro are represented in the exhibit, along with Oro Valley visionaries like Alfred Christensen, Tony Quesada and Margaret Stromer. The 64 works range from sculpture and photography to weaving, painting and basket weaving. The Arts Council's Maryjane Dorofachuk says the show provides rural artists a chance to show their work. "It goes to eight different towns in total, and the work is for sale," she says. "All the money goes to the artists, and it's a good chance to buy some nice pieces. We've already sold 10 of them--in Ajo of all places!" Exhibit runs through March 3, with an artists' reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, February 9, at the Oro Valley Town Council Chambers, 11000 N. La Cañada Drive. Regular viewing hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 624-0595 for information.
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The circa-1936 house was decorated beyond its original glory by a team of some 20 local members of the Arizona South Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers. Exterior specialists meanwhile spiffed up the pool and surrounding acreage, all for visitors' pleasure, and for an eventual giveaway. That's right: For a mere $125 you can enter the Estate of the Art raffle, gaining you a chance to win the dream house. Proceeds benefit the museum. Daily demonstrations, displays and accessories will also be available. Tours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, through March 14, at the Designer Showhouse, 3233 E. Via Palos Verdes. Tickets are $10, available at the door, with children under age 12 not admitted. Lunch is served from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. daily, and high tea is served from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Call 624-2333 for details.
GET A CLUE. Whodunit queen Laurie King will sign copies of her new book, A Letter of Mary. The mystery features the indomitable team of Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes as they come across a manuscript apparently penned by none other than that ancient temptress, Mary Magdalene. But is it real, or just some prankster's idea of an unholy text? You're going to have to part with a few bucks to find out. Either way, A Letter of Mary is the latest installment in King's impressive series that includes The Beekeeper's Apprentice and A Monstrous Regiment of Women. Signing runs from 4 to 6 p.m. at Clues Unlimited, 16 Broadway Village, at the corner of Broadway and Country Club Road. Call 326-8533 for details. BOUND FOR SALE. For months on end those dedicated Friends of the Tucson-Pima Library have quietly been gathering books of every type and stamping them with unbelievably low prices, just for your discerning perusal. Now the time has come to put them on the block, offering local folks the chance to score their favorite tomes at rock-bottom prices. We're talking scads of bound offerings for little more--and often much less--than a buck apiece. All proceeds help fund library programs not covered in the regular budget, such as the Children's Summer Reading Program, which involves nearly 30,000 area kids. Sale runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today through Saturday, February 8, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, February 9, in the northeast corner of El Con Mall. For information, call 299-8418.
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And some eccentric dishes, like "Hoppin' John," actually had delicate flavorings and a delightful bouquet, at least according to historian John Lown. Tonight, Lown gets down to the gristle with a lecture titled Mountain Men Vittles. He'll discuss the ruggedly unique culinary style as part of the Arizona Historical Society's Mucho Gusto: History of Southwestern Food series, running Wednesday nights through March 19. Tonight's lecture runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Historical Society, 949 E. Second St. Admission is $5, or $30 for the entire seven-lecture series. Call 628-5774 for information.
LOVE AND LARCENY. His company has a great racket--installing security equipment in homes to guard against all burglars, except for themselves. But it's a little more than new employee Tommy has bargained for, and his ongoing pursuit for honesty and love spell nothing but disaster in Keith Reddin's Life During Wartime, presented by the PCC Drama Department. Director Annette Hillman calls it a "test of faith in fellow humans and in making our way through a violent and hostile world." Show times are 8 tonight through February 8, and February 13 through 15, with a 3 o'clock matinee Sunday, February 9, in the PCC Center for the Arts Black Box Theater, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Tickets are $7, $4 for students, available at the PCC West Campus cashier's office or at the door. For information, call 884-6975. City Week includes events selected by Calendar Editor Mari Wadsworth. Event information is accurate as of press time. The Weekly recommends calling event organizers to check for last-minute changes in location, time, price, etc.
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