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Bleachers will be provided for visitors to watch demonstrations of toka, an ancient soccer-like game, and native dancers. There will also be "Kid's Corner," with hands-on demonstrations of pump drills, the Geents game, mano and metates. Traditional foods such as tepary beans and squash, along with more modern variations like Indian tacos, will be available as well; and a slide program will focus on the O'odham people who've called the Organ Pipe area home for the past 12,000 years. Monument Superintendent Bill Wellman says the whole shebang is becoming so successful that "in order to provide enough space for demonstrators and visitors, the activities have been moved from the Visitor's Center to the park's group campground." Free event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument group campground, located 35 miles south of Ajo just off Highway 85. Drive time is approximately two and a half hours. For information, call (520) 387-6849. LITTLE MATTER OF LIFE: Charly Wood's poetry comes from a wealth of life "lived at the center of experience and viewed from the edge." His work transforms the quiet, everyday moments into pivotal insights, but his topics are hardly mundane: "Dying does not allow a decision, it's a matter of fear," begins A Matter of Life and Living. "Being alive is merely an option for the lucky. Wanting to live takes courage." Tonight, Wood reads from his work as part of the ongoing Make a Date With a Poet series. Free event is 7 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at The Book Mark, 5001 E. Speedway. Call 881-5180. ON THE BLOCK: The Junior League of Tucson helps raise some cash--and save you plenty--with their 40th-anniversary rummage sale. Items on the block range from baby clothes and accessories to toys, furniture, household items, clothes and office stuff. Proceeds help Leaguers support programs benefiting kids and families around town, including the Ronald McDonald House, the Brewster Center, the Parent Center and Parents Anonymous. Event runs from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 21, in the Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave. Admission is free. Call 321-0750 for details. TEX-MEX PARTY: Chicanos Por La Causa presents the 11th-annual Viva Tucson! Tex-Mex Jam at Kennedy Park. Called the largest Tejano music festival this side of the Lone Star State, the event will feature Tejano powerhouse David Lee Garza on Saturday, and superstar Shelly Lares on Sunday, along with plenty of homegrown talent, chow and beverages.
Jam runs from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 21 and
22, in the Kennedy Park Fiesta Area, 3700 S. La Cholla Blvd. Admission
is free. For details, call 882-0018.
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NATIVE TURF: Organ Pipe National Monument will host the
eighth-annual O'odham Day, celebrating the cultural traditions
of the Tohono O'odham Nation. This open-air festival in the lovely
Sonora Desert south of Tucson will include exhibits and demonstrations
on traditional dryland farming, native plant use, basketry, pottery,
storytelling, and the O'odham language.
