Tucson Botanical Gardens
Tucson, AZ - The Tucson Botanical Gardens will hold its annual Pointless Plant Sale, Friday, September 24, noon - 6 p.m. and Saturday, September 25, from 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Experience a new kind of desert plant sale that features a huge variety of native desert plants that grow without spines or thorns. Pointless plants don't poke, prick or puncture people. Different growers from the area will showcase and sell finger-friendly cacti, succulents, landscape plants and other non-threatening vegetation. Pointless pottery and refreshments will also be on sale. Admission to the plant sale is free.
Desert vegetation is expected to be spiny, thorny and vicious. Water is scarce, so every drop should be defended by spikes - or so the common wisdom goes. But many desert-growing or arid-adapted plants exist without spines. You may overlook them as their spiny cohorts are tapping you on the shoulder (or the ankle).
Some spineless plants specialize in being overlooked. Living stones and Living rock cacti are defenseless plants with skins resembling the rocks in their habitat. Individual species are often adapted to specific rock types. Other plants, such as Baby's toes, certain cacti, and many haworthias, do not look much like rocks but in the wild grow buried in the soil with just their tops showing in the sunlight. A few spineless plants live sheltered lives on sheer cliffs or high ledges out of reach of most predators. Such is the home of the smooth-leaved Octopus agave and Squid agave, both from steep cliffs in parts of Mexico. Some spineless plants are outright mutations. Be they natural mutations or the result of selective cultivation, they are not characteristic of the typical species. The remarkable Totem pole cactus is an example of a natural mutation which grows in the wild in Baja California.
JERRY SEINFELD RETURNS TO THE TUCSON MUSIC HALL
OCTOBER 8 AT 7PM
Due to popular demand, America's premier comedian is hitting the road in a return to his
first love-stand-up comedy. Recently hailed as "the master stand-up comic of his
generation" and "the best comedian of our time" in a Washington Post article by Tom Shales,
Seinfeld has an uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to
audiences everywhere. Seinfeld now sets his sights on performing his material across the
country in 2010. His tour will visit the Tucson Music Hall on Friday, October 8 at 7pm.
Tickets will go on sale to the public Friday, August 27 at 10am and will be available
online at www.broadwayintucson.com, by phone 24/7 with Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000, or
in person at the Tucson Convention Center Ticket Office during regular business hours
(Monday-Friday, 10:30am-5:30pm). Tickets range from $48-$78.
For more information on JERRY SEINFELD in Tucson, visit www.broadwayintucson.com.
Performance schedule and adult ticket prices for JERRY SEINFELD:
Friday, October 8 at 7:00 pm $78 $63 $48
All prices include sales tax and facility fees.
ABOUT US
Broadway in Tucson is part of the nationally recognized Nederlander Producing Company of
America. Over the course of five seasons, Broadway in Tucson has partnered with the Tucson
Convention Center to bring more than 425,000 people downtown to attend Broadway's best
shows, special events and concerts. For more information on Broadway in Tucson, please
visit http://www.broadwayintucson.com/about.htm
The Nederlander Producing Company of America is an entertainment dynasty. Now in its third
generation of leadership, it has developed and maintained a reputation for being one of the
finest purveyors of legitimate theater in the world. In addition to the operation in
Tucson, Nederlander owns and operates theaters around the world as well as produces, co-
produces, invests in and books new musicals, revivals and touring companies.
Join us for the next MTCVB First Tuesday Partner Luncheon!
Featuring In September: Jackie Ludwig, MTCVB's Director of Tourism, shares her department's
efforts to reach these influential audiences in two markets: North America and Europe. Communicating the beauty, culture and visitor amenities of our region to this unique market requires specialized print and web-based collateral, product placement opportunities and familiarization tours. Come learn how your business can benefit by partnering with MTCVB's Tourism Sales Department.
Sponsored By: The Amerind Foundation
Date/Time/Place: Tuesday, September 7, 2010
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.
Arizona Inn (Tucson Room)
2200 E. Elm St.
Cost: $25 MTCVB Partners/$30 Others
RSVP/PAY By: Friday, September 3, 2010 on the Partner Event Info & RSVP Page.
You will receive an immediate e-mail confirmation when you RSVP online
You may also call me (770-2131) with your CC#.
TUCSON PRIDE ANNOUNCES ENTERTAINMENT LINE-UP FOR PRIDE ON PARADE AND PRIDE IN THE DESERT 2010
Tucson Pride Inc in association with Bud Light, Comcast & Woodys presents Pride on Parade October 8th on 4th Avenue and Pride in the Desert October 9th at Reid Park. Pride on Parade and Pride in the Desert is Southern Arizona‘s largest gathering of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender community and is now celebrating its 33rd year.
Pride on Parade will kick off the festivities with a parade on 4th Avenue. The parade will begin at 6:00pm on Friday October 8th near the corner of 4th avenue and 2nd street. The parade will proceed south and will end at Winsett stage between 7th and 8th street. Leila Lopez, Jennifer Corday, Tom Goss, Amber Norgaard, and Courtney Robbins will perform.
This year's main stage headliners will be Grammy nominated and platinum selling artist Sophie B Hawkins, best known for having the longest running hit single on the Billboard Chart "As I Lay Me Down" and the pop hit "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover."
Other Main Stage entertainers include Eric Himan, Billy Dortch, Jennifer Corday, Joshua Klipp, Namoli Brennet, Coyote Joe, 8 Inch Betsy, Courtney Robbins, TMI, and many more.
Coffee House Stage entertainers include
Boys R Us, Joshua Klipp, Aiden James,
Amber Norgaard, Leila Lopez, Curt Beall, Achy Birds, and Courtney Robbins.
For more info on Pride Events and Performers see www.tucsonpride.org
Mardi Gras Mask Contest!
Create Your Mask and Wear to Turnabout Show on Sept 5th
Get into the spirit of the Mardi Gras Celebration by creating your very own Mardi Gras Mask and wearing it to this year's Turnabout for TIHAN benefit show. A $50 gift certificate is the grand prize for the best Mardi Gras mask, and we'll also offer 2nd and 3rd place prizes as well.
There's no entry fee - all you have to do is purchase a ticket to the show and register for the contest at the raffle table by 7pm on the night of the show. A panel of three judges will select three finalists, based on these categories: PRESENTATION (beauty/creativity), WORKMANSHIP (design/detail), and THEME (represents Mardi Gras). Then the Turnabout audience will decide the grand prize winner for best Mardi Gras mask.
"Turnabout for TIHAN" is an annual show put on by Tucson's GLBT clubs and their bar staff, who request donations from their friends and customers in order to do a "turn-about" from male to female (or vice versa) and put on a fabulous show to benefit the work of TIHAN, the Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (www.tihan.org)
The show takes place on Sunday, September 5 at the Doubletree Hotel at Reid Park (445 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Arizona). The doors open at 5:00pm, and the show starts at 6:00pm. Advance tickets are only $10.00 per person, or $100 for a table of 10. Tickets at the door will cost $15.00 each (if available). The evening also features a raffle with some great prizes.
Late-breaking news: if you make an online donation of $10 or more in support of Turnabout (www.firstgiving.com/scott4turnabout), you will receive a gift certificate to Metropolis Salon in the same amount of your donation (maximum gift certificate is $50)!
Join us for Turnabout, featuring emcees Janee Starr and Tempest DuJour, along with your favorite bar staff in drag from your favorite participating bars:
Tickets are on sale now through the TIHAN office (credit card orders can be taken - 299-6647), or at participating bars. For more information about the event, or to volunteer, contact Scott Blades at 299-6647 or scott@tihan.org
Beowulf Alley Opens Their 2010-2011 Season with
Shining City by Conor McPherson
(Tucson, AZ) Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue, begins the new season with the Tony Award-nominated, Arizona Premiere of Shining City by Conor McPherson. Shining City has been described as a "modern day ghost story about human contact."
Set in a therapist's office in Dublin, the play grapples with faith, guilt and redemption, underscoring the failures of language to communicate the truth. A middle-aged man, John, who has recently seen the ghost of his deceased wife seeks professional help from a priest-turned-therapist, Ian. The travails of the guilt-ridden John offer more than professional fodder for Ian and the routine visits become a gripping struggle to survive.
I was blown away...Conor McPherson's ... play is haunting, inspired and glorious. - NY Times Review
One of Ireland's most prominent contemporary playwrights, Conor McPherson has won overwhelming acclaim for his insightful, meditative plays, which focus with a quiet, unblinking eye on the big themes: the crisis of modern masculinity, spirituality, frailty, solitude and - of course - death. In a review of his twice Tony award-nominated 2004 play Shining City, the Daily Telegraph called McPherson, the finest dramatist of his generation.
Awards for his theatre work include the Laurence Olivier Award, Evening Standard Award, Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, George Devine Award, Meyer-Whitworth Award and the Stewart Parker Award.
Susan Arnold, Director, works in theatre and film as an actor, director, writer and producer. Her directorial credits include Last of the Boys, Dinner with Friends, and Stones in His Pockets with Beowulf Alley, where she contributes to the Artistic Development Committee. Susan served as Artistic Director for the Attic Theatre in Detroit, MI and is the recipient of several theatre excellence awards for acting and directing. She has appeared on stage in a number of productions including most recently Big 8 in Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage Beowulf Alley Theatre, Cleopatra in Immortal Longings and Claire in the production of The Maids, both at The Rogue Theatre. She is a member of Screen Actors' Guild and Actors' Equity Association and currently serves as Artistic Director for C.A.S.T. Clean and Sober Theatre in Tucson. The cast of Shining City includes Lucas Gonzales, David Greenwood, Laura Lippman and Jared Stokes.
Reservations are encouraged. We recommend this play for 13 years and older.
Run Time: 90 minutes with no intermission
Performances Days, Dates:
Friday, September 10 (Preview);
Saturday, September 11 (Opening Night with reception to follow); This is also Downtown 2nd Saturdays so arrive and park early for a little fun before and after curtain.
Sunday, September 12 (post-show discussion, Dialogues with...);
Thursdays through Sundays, September 16-September 26.
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