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TWO-WHEELED TRIUMPH. The simple beautys Bike Fest '99 rolls
into high gear.
The event continues in spirit, if not officially, with the Community Bike Ride on Friday, March 26. This rolling social soiree happens the last Friday of each month, meeting at 4 p.m. in the parking lot of Time Market, 444 E. University Boulevard. The March ride will be an especially vibrant gala, celebrating yet another refreshing break from the stinky automobile. For information, call 884-7476.
Alternative locomotion continues on Sunday, March 28, when fans are encouraged to bike to a Colorado Rockies game at Hi Corbett Field in Reid Park. The first 50 riders get in for free, and valet bike parking is provided. Game time is 1:05 p.m. Finally, professional cycling instructors offer safety tips and strategies for surviving Tucson's increasingly congested streets at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 3, at Hi Corbett Field, Country Club Road entrance south of Broadway. For information on these events, call 791-4372. PARKED MARCH: Friends of Saguaro National Park team with the National Parks and Conservation Association for another March for Parks hike on Saturday, March 27. There will be three hikes of various lengths to choose from in the Tucson Mountains, starting at 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. By obtaining sponsors, hikers can help raise money for construction of the Crescent Trail connecting Kinney Road and Golden Gate Road. Call 749-2449 for details. FUTURE HOPE: Ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin has spent the last 15 years knee-deep in Amazon plants, seeking cures for Alzheimer's, AIDS and cancer. Now ranking among the world's top researchers in his field, he's currently executive director of the Ethnobiology and Conservation Team in Washington, D.C. And he still found time to pen his bestseller, Tales of the Shaman's Apprentice. He'll recount his travels throughout Latin America, including study stints with Amazonian medicine men, in a free lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, in the St. Gregory College Preparatory School, 3231 N Craycroft Road. Call 327-6395 for details. PEN TAKES PAPER: Learn your way around the literary big leagues when the UA Extended University presents A Professional Writers Forum. Authors Gregory McNamee, Kathryn Lance and John Vornholt dish up the pointers and pitfalls of getting your work into print.
The free forum begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, in Borders
Books and Music, 4235 N. Oracle Road. For details, call 626-2235.
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A biking cornucopia goes on the block Saturday, March 27, at
the Greater Arizona Bicycling Association's Bike Swap and Fest.
This is the biggest swap of its kind in the state, with thousands
of enthusiasts gathering to buy, sell and trade everything from
brake handles to saddlebags. The swap runs from 8 a.m. to noon
in the PCC West Campus parking lot, 2202 W. Anklam Road.
