Monday, June 25, 2018 / by Marisa Knott
This Weekend in Tucson 6/29- 6/31
Friday, June 29, 2018
Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure!
Turn Tucson into a giant game board with this Family Fun Scavenger Hunt Adventure! Combine the excitement of the Amazing Race with a three-hour city tour/Guided from any smart phone, teams make their way among well-known and overlooked gems of the city, solving clues and completing challenges while learning local history! Play the game, See the sights, and Experience Tucson in a whole new way! www.urbanadventurequest.com/tours/things-to-do/tucson/default.aspx (Save 20%/Only $39.20 for a team of 2-5 people after Promotion Code: TUCSONHAPPENINGS)
Tucson Petting Zoo! 8:00AM
$8 a person/Open Hours Open 8AM-11AM OR 6PM-9PM/Includes food for all the animals and a full tour! Come down and meet capybaras, tortoise, goats, chickens, porcupines and lots more! Funny Foot Farms 2405 W. Wetmore Rd. 399-6555 www.tucsonpettingzoo.com OR www.facebook.com/FunnyFootFarm
Beat the Heat Summer Pass! 10:00AM
Summer Pass Only $20-Unlimited admission through June & July which includes access to Weekly Project Go Wild Workshops and Story times Pass valid for 2 adults & their children under 18/ International Wildlife Museum 4800 W Gates Pass Rd. 629-0100 www.TheWildlifeMuseum.org
Banner UMC Farmers’ Market 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Open to the public/Great lunchtime meals, produce, gluten-free and vegan cookies, art, massage/UAMC College of Medicine 1501 N Campbell Ave. 261-6982 www.foodinroot.com/farmersmarkets/umc-farmers-market
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)
Learn Self Defense 6:00PM - 7:15PM
Free self-defense class for mature teens and older! Oro Valley ATA Martial Arts 11133 N. La Canada Drive #109 877-7767
Nocturnal Animals and S'mores! 6:00PM - 10:00PM
Tonight we will be making s'mores and we'll have a sneak-peak at a couple of our nocturnal animals/Besides seeing our normal nocturnal animals being more active at night, you will get to see a sugar glider and hedgehogs! The sugar gliders and hedge hogs will be shown at 9:15PM so make sure not to miss it! Admission $8 per person which includes food for all the animals and a full tour/Come down and meet capybaras, tortoise, goats, chickens, porcupines and lots more! Funny Foot Farms 2405 W. Wetmore Rd. 399-6555 www.tucsonpettingzoo.com OR www.facebook.com/FunnyFootFarm
Trivia for Dummies Every Friday 6:30PM - 9:00PM
½ price beers awarded each round, $20 Grand Prize! Food Truck Here/Catalina Brewing Co. 6918 North Camino Martin 392-3622
Sun Belt College League Baseball-Cochise Stars vs. Boom 7:00PM
General Admission $5-Cash Only/Kids 12 and under Free/Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium 2500 E. Ajo Way 724-KINO (Gates Open 6PM-Free Parking)
Joe Rogan: Strange Times 2018 Tour 7:30PM
$43 & up/Tucson Music Hall 260 S Church Ave. 791-4101
Saturday, June 30, 2018
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)
Prime Rib Night! 5:00PM - 9:00PM
Darryl is cutting 24oz of Prime Rib for $18 Served with Baked Potato, Green Beans, Salad Bar and a roll (while supplies last) No other items off the menu are available for Prime Rib Night/ Nevada Smith’s Saloon 1175 W. Miracle Mile 622-9064 www.NevadaSmithsSaloon.com
2018 Cool Summer Nights: Dino Night 5:00PM - 10:00PM
Sonorasaurus, Arizona's new official state Dinosaur! State Senator Steve Farley: Introduction-Science and Civic Engagement: the importance of our new state dinosaur/Richard Thompson, PhD: Sonorasaurus and What's New in Dinosaur Science? Learn about Sonorasaurus thompsonii (Arizona’s state dinosaur) and the environment it lived in from its discoverer, Rich Thompson/Rich will also talk about some of the coolest dinosaur science and discoveries of the last few years-View original Sonorasaurus specimens/Regular Museum Admission/Arizona Sonora Desert Museum 2021 N Kinney Rd 883-2702
Sci-Fi Slumber Party! 7:00PM
$17/$15/$13 Twelve straight hours of intergalactic excitement with 6 sci-fi classics, vintage movie trailers, trivia games and out-of-this-world prizes, this is an overnight space odyssey of truly epic proportions! Planet of the Apes, 50th Anniversary! It! The Terror From Beyond Space/Edge of Tomorrow/The Terminator/Flash Gordon/Pitch Black/The Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-0844
Sun Belt College League Baseball-Javelinas vs. Tucson Champs 7:00PM
General Admission $5-Cash Only/Kids 12 and under Free/Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium 2500 E. Ajo Way 724-KINO (Gates Open 6PM-Free Parking)
Surfapalooza 7:00PM
Free Admission/Delicious fish tacos, ice cold beer, twangy surf rock… just because we're in the desert doesn't mean we can't throw a beach party! Celebrate surf rock at a Saturday party featuring some of Arizona’s best surf bands: Michael P. and the Gullywashers, Shrimp Chaperone and The Surfbroads, then stick around for Tucson's favorite Saturdaze dance party! The Hotel Congress 311 E. Congress St. 792-6366
Clueless (1995) 7:30PM
$7/$5 (Bring a canned food item (or more!) for the Community Food Bank and get into the film for free!) This classic teen comedy starring Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy, Stacey Dash and Paul Rudd offers an endless amount of quotes for anyone who grew up in the ’90s/But the movie was made even more memorable for the mix of pop, alternative-rock and hip-hop featured on the soundtrack/Fox Tucson Theatre 17 West Congress St. 547-3040
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Tucson Metaphysics Fair 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Free admission and parking/Psychics, Mediums, Past Life Readings, Reiki and Spiritual Healing, Tarot, Angel Cards, Palmistry, Astrology, Numerology, Stone readings, Human Design readings, Vendors/Best Western Inn Suites Foothills Hotel 6201 N North Oracle Rd-Just south of Orange Grove (Dave Bodell 579-8930)
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
Sunday Tacos! 12:00PM
Noon-Midnight! Taco Bar with 50¢ Tacos/Taco Salads are available as well for $3/ Nevada Smith’s Saloon 1175 W. Miracle Mile 622-9064 www.NevadaSmithsSaloon.com
Rockin Cinderella 12:30PM
$10, $7 for kids/It’s the 1950’s, a time of malt shops, poodle skirts, and sock hops/Now throw in the classic story of Cinderella, and you’re bound to have a rockin’ good time-When the Burger Palace King decides to throw a sock hop, in hopes of finding a girl for his lonely son, everyone in town is getting excited for the event, including Cinderella and her two step-sisters/Live Theatre Workshop Family Theatre 5317 E Speedway Blvd. 327-4242
Family Skate Night 6:00PM - 9:00PM
$6 or $12 for up to 6 Skaters ($3 Skate Rental) Skate Country 7980 E. 22nd St 298-4409