Thursday, January 18, 2018 / by Tami Sauerman
This Weekend in Tucson 1/19-1/21
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
TUCSON ATTRACTIONS
SIGHTS/MUSEUMS: GOLF:
Kitt Peak Observatory Loews Ventana Canyon
Colossal Cave La Paloma Country Club
Kartchner Caverns Rancho Mañana Golf Club
Old Tucson Studios SHOPPING:
Pima Air & Space Museum Park Place Mall
Arizona Historical Society Foothills Mall
Mission San Xavier del Bac Tucson Premium Outlets
Tucson Children's Museum La Encantada Shopping Center
FRIDAY EVENTS
FARMERS’ MARKET
Fridays | 10am-2pm | Banner UMC | Free
Bringing the freshest produce and other local food products to the faculty, staff, patients, students, and public. With over 20 vendors, there is sure to be something for everyone.
THE TUCSON FLEA MARKET
Friday | 4pm-8pm | Owls Club | Free
All sorts of interesting stuff to pick through from new created artwork and jewelry to vintage clothing, household items. Enjoy a Happy Hour cocktail and a psychic reading.
MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL!
Friday | 6pm | The Gaslight Music Hall | $30-40
Join the 11+ million people who flocked to this side-splitting spectacle since it's smashing 2001 debut. The cast of four fabulous women shop for laundry at a Bloomingdale’s sale, sing 25 songs about chocolate cravings, hot flashes, memory loss, and more! The lyrics parody, chart-topping, popular music from the baby boomer era, with notable numbers such as "Staying Alive” and “Puff, my God I'm Draggin’!"
U OF A WOMEN'S BASKETBALL VS. COLORADO
Friday | 6pm | McKale Center | $5-10
Tickets
ZOPPÉ FAMILY CIRCUS
Friday | 7pm | Mercado San Agustin Annex Festival Grounds | $20+
The Circus will pitch their big-top tent and perform several shows over two for up to 500 audience members at each performance.
DILLINGER DAYS
Friday | 7pm-10pm | Club Congress | $35 | 21+
Travel back to the 1930’s! Celebrate the first night of Dillinger Day’s weekend with whiskey tasting, delicious appetizers, live music, whiskey tasting, premium cigars, a live gun show, era related entertainment and historic fun! Proceeds go to the Greater Tucson Fire Foundation.
U OF A WILDCAT HOCKEY VS. MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Friday | 7:30pm | Tucson Arena | $3-19
CULT CLASSICS: PSYCHO (R)
Friday | 10pm | The Loft Cinema | $6
On the run embezzler Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) takes refuge from a rainstorm off the beaten track on a lonely California highway. Unfortunately, she checks in at the Bates Motel, presided over by young Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a strange fellow living with his mother in a nearby mansion. The macabre events that follow have been scaring audiences out of the shower for the past 55 years.
SATURDAY EVENTS
MARKET ON THE MOVE - FRESH LOW-PRICED PRODUCE
Saturday | 8am-11am | Northminster Presbyterian Church | $10
Farmer’s market-type atmosphere. Purchase up to 60 lbs. of fresh produce for a donation of only $10. Share your produce with other families, and help build a healthy and caring community.
CLASSIC CAR SHOW
Saturday | 8am Registration, Event 9am-1pm | Little Anthony’s Diner | Free
Dash pins for the first 75 cars! Enjoy food at Little Anthony's Diner or the outdoor grill. Trophies, prizes, giveaways, and a free jumping castle for the kids!
DILLINGER DAYS
Saturday | 9am-5pm | Club Congress | $35
The 2018 Dillinger Days family-friendly festivities include three Dillinger’s capture reenactments, historical artifacts exhibit, vintage car show, historic lectures, arts & crafts, historical walking tours of downtown, and the actual Tommy Gun on display-Free and open to the public!
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS VOTER EDUCATION PROGRAM
Saturday | 9:30am-12pm | Historic Manning House | Free
There will be a panel discussion on the topic “How Are You and Your Loved Ones Impacted by Changing Healthcare?”
LOCOMOTIVE SATURDAYS AT HISTORIC TRAIN DEPOT
Saturday | 10am–1pm | Historic Train Depot | Free
Explore regional transportation history, and see a freight trains passing by, or ring the locomotive bell!
ZOPPÉ FAMILY CIRCUS
Saturday | 1pm, 4pm, & 7pm | Mercado San Agustin Annex Festival Grounds | $20+
The Circus will pitch their big-top tent and perform several shows over two for up to 500 audience members at each performance.
ANNUAL TUCSON JAPANESE FESTIVAL
Saturday | 1pm-5pm | Pima Community College Downtown | $5
Celebrate the New Year! Highlights are mochi making demonstrations, along with taiko drumming and martial arts. Other activities include ikebana displays, origami, calligraphy, musical & dance performances, Japanese food for sale. Sponsored by Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition.
U OF A WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS VS. UCLA
Saturday | 4pm | McKale Center | $5-8
Tickets
STARGAZING IN THE PARK
Saturday | 6pm-8pm | Agua Caliente Park | Free
Explore the wonder and unfold the mysteries of the night sky. Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association volunteers introduce the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing. Feel free to bring your lawn chair. All ages welcome. Weather permitting.
U OF A WILDCAT HOCKEY VS. MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Saturday | 7:30pm | Tucson Arena | $3-19
Pucks and Paws Night! The first 500 entrants will receive a custom 'My Dog is a Cats Fan' magnet! Raffle prizes, adoptable pups and the newest issue of The Tucson Dog magazine available. Don't forget that every dollar from the additional doggie ticket sales benefit homeless pets in your community! Whose life will you save, simply by coming to the game? Well-behaved and vaccinated dogs are welcome. Please no retractable leashes. $1 Hot Dogs.
CULT CLASSICS: PSYCHO (R)
Saturday | 10pm | The Loft Cinema | $6
On the run embezzler Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) takes refuge from a rainstorm off the beaten track on a lonely California highway. Unfortunately, she checks in at the Bates Motel, presided over by young Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a strange fellow living with his mother in a nearby mansion. The macabre events that follow have been scaring audiences out of the shower for the past 55 years.
SUNDAY EVENTS
COIN & STAMP SHOW
Sunday | 9am-4pm | Green Valley Village Mall | Free
The Green Valley Stamp and Coin Club with support from the Tucson Coin Club will have its inaugural coin show. There will be 38 tables of dealers with US and world coins and paper money, tokens, medals, gold and silver and there will be free appraisals.
U OF A WOMEN'S BASKETBALL VS. UTAH
Sunday | 12pm | McKale Center | $5-10
ZOPPÉ FAMILY CIRCUS
Sunday | 1pm, 4pm, & 7pm | Mercado San Agustin Annex Festival Grounds | $20+
The Circus will pitch their big-top tent and perform several shows over two for up to 500 audience members at each performance.
SUNDAY FUNDAY + FOOTBALL
Sunday | 3pm-9pm | Sky Bar | Free
Cornhole Tournament at 6PM (Free to enter, winners receive Brooklyn Pizza Company gift cards), plus Giant Jenga, Giant Connect 4, Cards Against Humanity, Mad Gab, and much more here on Historic Fourth Avenue! NFL Sunday Ticket on the big screens.
WEATHER
