Thursday, May 24, 2018 / by Jenny Sulik
This Weekend In Tucson 5/25-5/27
Friday
Marana Macro Machines: See How Public Works works! 9:00AM - 1:00PM
Get up close and personal with the very machines that work to make our community great! This FREE event features departments and divisions from the Town including Streets, Traffic, Facilities, Fleet, Pavement Preservation, Engineering, Police, Water, Animal Services, and Parks and Recreation/This is a great opportunity for Marana residents to interact with Town employees and receive an educational experience for both children and the young at heart/Northwest Fire District is partnering with the Town of Marana and will be providing hot dogs and hamburgers/Farm at Heritage River Park 12375 N. Heritage Park Dr. 382-1900
Spiny, Shady, and COOL! (Walk-100 yards) 10:15AM - 10:45AM
Come for a short walk and discover the great variety of cacti that inhabit this unique and fascinating desert/Saguaro National Park (West) 2700 N. Kinney Rd. 733-5158 (Park Entrance fee applies $15 per vehicle/weekly pass-both districts of the park)
Friday Planetarium Shows 4:00PM
$16/$12, Under 3 free/Tucson Sky & Beyond 4PM/Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity 5PM/Touring the Solar System 6PM/Undiscovered Worlds 7PM/Tucson Sky & Beyond 8PM/Laser Light Music Show 9PM/UA Science Flandrau Planetarium 1601 E University Blvd. 621-STAR
2 for 1 Admission Night 4:00PM - 8:00PM
$5 for all Southern AZ Residents age 7 & up/Arizona History Museum 949 E. 2nd St. 628-5774 (Free Parking: AZ Historical Society garage at the NE corner of E. 2nd St. & N. Euclid Ave)
Free Movies in the Park-CoCo 6:00PM
Communications Cox invites area residents to bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy a free movie on a 40-foot tall screen under the stars/Food vendors, live music, jumping castles, and arts and crafts exhibits will be set up for guests to enjoy/Unique activities will be highlighted and will rotate at each movie, including community demonstrations, special guest appearances and fun activities for children (Movie starts at Dusk approx. 7:45PM) Reid Park-Demeester Performing Arts Pavilion (SAACA 797-3959)
Cult Classics: Blade Runner: The Final Cut (R) 10:00PM
$6/$5 (1982/2007) Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its 1982 debut, the classic sci-fi/noir thriller Blade Runner returned in 2007 in a definitive Final Cut that gave director Ridely Scott full artistic control, allowing him to perfect this stunning masterpiece even further by including extended scenes and never-before-seen special effects culled from restored archive materials/The Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-0844
Cirque Italia, The Italian Water Circus 7:30PM
$10-$40/Performers from all over the world have been brought together under the enchanted spiral of the white and blue big top/The merging of their astonishing skills with the poetic element of water has led to the creation of a truly unforgettable experience-Cirque Italia has managed to create a beautifully unique theatrical production by combining the gracefulness of the human body with the calming fluidity of water, along with bursts of power and excitement as well/Park Place Mall 5870 E Broadway Blvd. (East of Dillard’s parking lot) 941-704-8572
Saturday
Wyatt Earp Days 10:00AM - 4:00PM
An event in honor of one of Tombstone’s most famous lawmen, Wyatt Earp/Activities include gunfights, (chili cook-off Sunday) hangings, and an 1880’s fashion show, "Action Packed" Street Entertainment and a Wyatt look-alike contest/So pards break out your western duds and enjoy the "Old Wild West" in the "Town Too Tough To Die" Historic Allen St-Tombstone, AZ (Visitors Center 457-3929) www.tombstonechamber.com/event/wyatt-earp-days
Memorial Weekend Car & Bike Show 9:00AM - 2:00PM
Help us Salute our Fallen this Memorial Day Weekend/All vehicles are welcome: Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Hot Rods & More! Live Music, Free Food starting at 11AM While supplies last, Free Raffles throughout the day, trophies handed out at 1PM/Harley-Davidson of Tucson 7355 N. I-10 E. Frontage Rd. (Entry Fee Free-Free shirt for first 200 registrants Ruth 751-3399)
Picture Rocks Community Farmers Market 9:00AM - 10:00AM
Find locally grown and harvested produce, hot foods such as tamales, tacos, and burritos and spicy BBQ, fresh-baked breads, Moringa products, desert succulent plants and trees, skin care products, artwork, woodcraft, LIVE music to get your feet moving and so much more! 6780 N Sandario Rd. (SE corner of Picture Rocks Rd & Sandario)
Southern Arizona’s Largest Taco Festival 10:00AM - 8:00PM
$5 Pre-Sale/$10 at the door/Food, Games, Shopping, Live Music, Dancing, Drinking and more/Tucson Expo Center 3750 E Irvington Rd. 318-5513
Terry Fator at the Diamond Center 8:00PM - 11:00PM
$35 & up/Vegas Entertainer, Celebrity Impressionist, Singer, Comedian and Ventriloquist/Desert Diamond Casino 1100 W Pima Mine Rd. 800-585-3737
Rodents of an Unusual Size 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Join the Tucson Petting Zoo and learn about rodents of an unusual size/Have some hands on time with a capybara, the world’s largest rodent, and a Patagonian cavy, the 3rd largest rodent/Kirk-Bear Canyon Library 8959 E Tanque Verde Rd. 594-5275
Cirque Italia, The Italian Water Circus 1:30PM
3 Times: 1:30PM, 4:30PM & 7:30PM $10-$40/Performers from all over the world have been brought together under the enchanted spiral of the white and blue big top/The merging of their astonishing skills with the poetic element of water has led to the creation of a truly unforgettable experience-Cirque Italia has managed to create a beautifully unique theatrical production by combining the gracefulness of the human body with the calming fluidity of water, along with bursts of power and excitement as well/Park Place Mall 5870 E Broadway Blvd. (East of Dillard’s parking lot) 941-704-8572
Antique, Vintage, & Collectable Book Fair 10:00AM - 9:00PM
Free/Benefitting Tell Me A Good Story educational nonprofit/Foothills Mall (north of movie theaters) 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 322-0832
Saturday Planetarium Shows 12:00PM - 10:00PM
$16/$12, Under 3 free/Perfect Little Planet at Noon/Touring the Solar System 1PM/Undiscovered Worlds 2PM/Tucson Sky & Beyond 3PM/We Are Stars 4PM/Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity 5PM/Touring the Solar System 6PM/Undiscovered Worlds 7PM/Tucson Sky & Beyond 8PM/Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon 9PM/UA Science Flandrau Planetarium 1601 E University Blvd. 621-STAR
Sunday
Sunday Family Fun Day at OVAC 10:00AM - 2:00PM
$5 for Family up to six members/Held every Sunday all summer long! Oro Valley Aquatic Center 23 W Calle Concordia 209-2472
Old Tucson's Mescal Movie Set Tours 9:00AM
3 Times: 9AM, 11AM & 1PM/$10 per person, No Appointment Necessary, just arrive at Mescal 15 Minutes prior to tour time/Please note that there are no restrooms at Mescal-Bring Hat and Water/1538 N Mescal Rd-Benson (From Tucson take I-10 East, Exit at 297 for J-Six Ranch Rd. toward Mescal Rd. turn left onto J-Six Ranch Rd.)
Wyatt Earp Days 10:00AM - 4:00PM
An event in honor of one of Tombstone’s most famous lawmen, Wyatt Earp/Activities include gunfights, (chili cook-off Sunday) hangings, and an 1880’s fashion show, "Action Packed" Street Entertainment and a Wyatt look-alike contest/So pards break out your western duds and enjoy the "Old Wild West" in the "Town Too Tough To Die" Historic Allen St-Tombstone, AZ (Visitors Center 457-3929) www.tombstonechamber.com/event/wyatt-earp-days
Open House at The Train Museum 12:30PM - 4:30PM
Free Admission! Experience the fun of taking a trip on our ride on train-Tour our caboose! Check out our outside layout that seems to grow out of the ground/Enter our building and see 8 operating layouts of different sizes/Great fun for family and friends/Donations are greatly appreciated/The Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum 3975 N Miller Ave 888-2222
Cirque Italia, The Italian Water Circus 1:30PM
3 Times: 1:30PM, 4:30PM & 7:30PM $10-$40/Performers from all over the world have been brought together under the enchanted spiral of the white and blue big top/The merging of their astonishing skills with the poetic element of water has led to the creation of a truly unforgettable experience-Cirque Italia has managed to create a beautifully unique theatrical production by combining the gracefulness of the human body with the calming fluidity of water, along with bursts of power and excitement as well/Park Place Mall 5870 E Broadway Blvd. (East of Dillard’s parking lot) 941-704-8572