AUGUST 2003
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PerformanceArizona Theatre Company 40 East 14th Street, 622-2823, www.arizonatheatre.org. The 2003-2004 season opens on Friday, September 12, with “Over The Moon.” Directed by David Ira Goldstein, this production makes its world premier here. Tickets are on sale now for this comedy smash hit. Next up is “Talley’s Folly,” October 18-November 8, then the fabulous “It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues” premiers on November 29-December 20. Season series tickets are also available now. Biblio spotlights, “Other Voices Women’s Reading Series” on Friday, August 8, starting at 7:00 p.m. The featured readers are Rachel Srubas and Jessie Zander. An open microphone will follow the reading. Women poets, writers, and singer-songwriters welcome at the open mic. Biblio is located at 222 E. Congress St. For more information call 624-8222. Irene’s Dinner Theatre hosts live dinner theatre productions starting at 8:00 pm Thursday through Saturday. “Heatlands” is the featured show for August. For more information call 206-9385. Irene’s is located at 254 E. Congress St. Dinner is served from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm and is $20.00. If you just want to see the play, the admission is $9.00 at the door. Mat Bevel’s Surrealistic Pop Science Theater “Bevelvision…Coming to a Monitor Near You” on Friday, August 1, through Sunday, August 3, at the Mat Bevel Institute, 530 N. Stone Ave. 622-0192. www.matbevel.com. Audience members are invited to participate in Mat Bevel’s latest Surrealistic Pop Science Theater performance in preparation of the long-anticipated taping of Bevelvision. Taping of the video pilot is slated for mid-August. Surrealistic Pop Science Theater features the kinetic sculptures, poetry, performance, lighting and music of artist Ned Schaper, a.k.a. Mat Bevel. The work reflects the values of the Mat Bevel philosophy by using “found objects” to raise awareness of conservation, creativity, resourcefulness and art as a reflection of the surrounding culture. Tickets will be on sale at the door for $8.00.
Summer courtyard music series presented by Rhythm & Roots showcases the music of Steel Ribbon on Saturday, August 9, beginning at 8:00 pm. The performance is a Tribute to Carlos Santana, featuring a percussion-fueled ten piece band. Saturday, August 23, at 8:00 pm, join Tony Furtado and The American Gypsies with Greg Morton Trio. A charismatic blend of folk, blues and jazz, Tony Furtado reveals his creative talent for pushing the boundaries of multi-instrumentalist roots music. Between his nationally awarded banjo playing and electric slide guitar, Furtado’s high-energy shows have earned him a following at music festivals coast to coast. Tucson’s Greg Morton Trio opens the show with traditional bluegrass and original Newgrass tunes. Save the date for Friday, September 12, at 8:00 pm for CALEXICO with Mariachi Luz de Luna Simmering Southwest Soundscapes. Calexico mixes country, a European sensibility and simmering mariachi into a soundtrack for the American southwest. Started in 1996 after Canadian Joey Burns and Long Island native John Convertino met while in the band Giant Sand, Calexico collected members from Germany, Arizona, and Tennessee. Calexico tours Europe and the United States this summer in support of their fourth release, Feast of Wire. The courtyard concert series is held at the Tucson Museum of Art, located at 140 North Main Ave. Concert tickets include free admission into the museum from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. Light fare available from Café’ a’la C’arte, located in the Museum’s courtyard. For more information on the series, call 297-9133. FilmCinema La Placita Thursday nights at 7:30 pm at La Placita Village. Enjoy a classic movie under the stars. Restaurants in the plaza are open for your dining pleasure. La Placita Village is located at 110 South Church Ave. just south of Broadway Blvd. There is no admission charge, but $3.00 contributions are encouraged. August’s film schedule is sponsored by the Tucson Citizen. Good Citizenby Jacob Frye Any film student can recite that Citizen Kane is the most important film of all time. And as we all know it’s impossible to conclusively judge the relative importance of various cinematic achievements, “Kane” does tend to do everything right. Far from being the work of an auteur, its writer-director-star Orson Welles collaborated with master cinematographer Gregg Toland to produced one of the most sumptuous, eye-popping spectacles ever committed to celluloid. Every camera movement, lighting and staging trick in the book gets pulled out here. The editing is innovative and the performances are all spot-on. Still, it would be easy to assume it’s a dusty relic that may have set the standard in 1941, but serves little purpose for modern-day entertainment junkies. Of course, that assumption would be incorrect. Few films have ever equaled its perfection on so many levels. Citizen Kane is a passionate, bold film that’s as relevant and marvelous today as it was 60 years ago. I dare you to go see it and prove me wrong. The story of Charles Foster Kane is a profound journey of a youthful idealist who became an aging capitalist. This is a sometimes joyous, sometimes heartbreaking experience. The narrative skips between various moments from Kane’s incredible life. These scenes are framed by a reporter who’s trying to solve the mystery of Kane’s cryptical last word: the infamous “Rosebud”. But while the secret of “Rosebud” sheds light on the meaning of Kane’s life and serves as a loose narrative structure, the film is much more than a mystery. It contains an abundance of classic lines, shots, scenes, and characters which seem to leap from the screen with life and vitality. It’s also, believe it or not, a fantastic special-effects film. Above all else, Citizen Kane is a highly entertaining film, miraculously filled with substance that nourishes the mind and soul. In yet another summer of sequels loaded with empty calories, shallow characters, increasingly dull explosions and stale techno music, Citizen Kane is probably the most engaging thing out there. And that is precisely what makes it so remarkable. The showing is on August 28, so mark it on your calendar. As with all Cinema La Placita screenings, it’s completely free. That’s almost as good as getting a refund for having to witness Keanu flying and Arnie utter “She’ll be back!” |
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