Cheap Thrills DANCING ON AIR: After many successful annums on the air, that lovable little radio station KXCI-FM is once again thanking its many friends and supporters with another New Year's Dance Party. This Old Pueblo tradition has grown to legendary proportions, and this year's affair promises to be no different.

Of course, there will be a full musical roster including bluegrass by Degrees Plato, Irish tunes by the New Potatoes, and ragin' cajun with Black Leather Zydeco.

Then comes the accouterments: everything from steaming bowls of gumbo to top-notch microbrews created by the Nimbus Brewing Company.

Event begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, January 3, at the Nimbus Brewing Company, 3850 E. 44th St. Tickets are $10, $8 for KXCI members, and available at the door. For information, call 323-6516.

INDOOR ART: In his new exhibit, Into the House, Dean Hamerly uses metaphors and domesticity--along with paints and fabricated sculpture--to explore familial relationships. His imagery ranges from the pleasing, such as Afghanistani prayer rugs, to downright disturbing items like butcher knives. It's his use of the unexpected that packs a punch as he recreates the pedestrian objects of the household in familiar yet intriguing works.

Exhibit runs through Sunday, January 4, in the Shane House Gallery, 218 S. Fourth Ave. Hours are by appointment, and during Downtown Saturday Night. Call 623-2577 for information.

CATCH THE PAST: A whole host of rich history beckons you on the cheap in museums throughout town.

Now showing at the Arizona Historical Society Museum, 949 E. Second St., is Angels of Restoration: San Xavier, featuring photos of the famous mission over time, and of its current, beautiful restoration. Also at the AHS is Step Right Up: Patent Medicines in America. This exhibit focuses primarily on the role of patent medicines from 1870 to 1906, with peeks at the trend toward self-medication to cure ailments real or imagined, along with a good share of frontier quackery.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.

Currently on display at the Fort Lowell Museum, 2900 E. Craycroft Road, is We Served at Fort Lowell, a composite look at the soldiers and families who manned this lonely outpost in the early 19th century. Also showing is The View From the Barracks, documenting the daily lives of enlisted men in garrisons throughout the Southwest.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is free. Call 885-3832 for information.

Finally, the Arizona State Museum, located on the UA campus on University Boulevard east of Park Avenue, features The Hohokam: Ancient Farmers of the Desert, a display detailing irrigation systems, jewelry and ceramic used by these early people. Also on display is Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest, which explores the origins, history and lives today of American Indians in Arizona and northwest Mexico.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is free. Call 621-6302 for details. TW


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