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Calendar
Here are upcoming events in our area that may be of interest. They look to the future, giving you time to plan ahead. Should you wish to know what's going on here and now, click here for the EMVIA Weekly Calendar. Events on that page are a week to 10 days out.
Let's have some fun (save some money!) and maybe even support some good causes.
Book Club
Discuss May 11
Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs is a funny romance story that's a little over 11 hours long. Successful TV chef Augusta "Gus" Simpson is about to turn fifty when her show's format is changed and she has to share the stage with former beauty queen .... (for more info click here)
Brew-Ha-Ha
Saturday, May 25, 2013, Casino Del Sol, AVA Amphitheater, 5655 W. Valencia, 5 - 10 pm
All proceeds benefit EMVIA and the Down Town Lions.
Join us at the beautiful AVA amphitheater for a fun evening of sampling craft beers. Comedians from around the Southwest will perform, starting at 8pm. Gates open at 5 pm for VIP and at 5.15 pm David Fitzsimmons will start the evening with a sketch talk! He will later become one of the comedy judges.
The doors open at 6 pm for general ticket holders.
$60 for VIP
$30 for general
$30 for DD in the VIP, no-one under 21
$15 for the general area and anyone under 21
Tickets are available online at etix or at Plaza Liquors, 2642 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, 520.327.0452
All proceeds benefit EMVIA and the Down Town Lions.
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For more information call 520.290.4770, email info@brew-ha-ha.org
Book Club
Discuss June 8
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin is a detective novel running nine hours. In rural Mississippi, Larry Ott has lived a lonely life, especially since high school when a girl disappeared after a date with him. Now years later, another girl goes missing ... (for more info click here)
Gaslight Theatre fundraiser - The Incredible Spider-Guy
Sunday, July 21 at 6pm
Tickets are $20 each
ONGOING EVENTS
Market on the Move
Market on the Move is a program of The 3000 Club that rescues millions of pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables and partners with churches and other non-profit organizations to host weekly events where semi-truck loads of produce are brought to Tucson and Phoenix most weekends. For a $10 donation you can receive up to 60lbs of produce. Click here for the current events and locations.
SAAVI Tactile Art classes
Currently no known expiration date! Classes run one month at a time. Sign up as late as the first week of the month. Please call Diana at the SAAVI Annex for more information and to sign-up for classes. Room is limited. Phone 829-7376 x 20.
Mondays
9 - 11 am, mosaics; 1 to 3 pm, stained glass
Tuesdays
9 - 11 am, ceramics; 1 - 3 pm, origami
Wednesdays
9 - 11 am, origami; 1 - 3 pm, jewelry making/beading
Fridays
9 am - noon, quilting
Tucson Society of the Blind
Every Tuesday , 10 am - 2 pm
Christ Presbyterian Church, 6565 E Broadway
May 17 - Board of Directors Meeting at Denny's, 6584 E. Broadway, 12 noon-2 p.m.
May 21 - Support Group
May 28 - Rosy from South Lawn Mortuary - Dignity Memorial, South Lawn “Funeral Pre-Planning”
June 4 - David Proudy - Sing Along with David on the piano
June 11 - TBA
June 18 - See your movie at Park Place Mall and lunch at the food court
June 21 - Board of Directors Meeting at Denny's, 6584 E. Broadway, 12 noon-2 p.m.
June 25 - Sunshine Country Band with Sue Aker and Friends
For more information call Janna Peyton or Gerry Piatt at 790-8102.
Bowling at the Tucson Bowl
Every first and third Friday, 5.30 - 7.30 pm
7020 East Twenty Second Street at Kolb Road
There is a special price of two dollars per game and it includes shoes. They have a rail you can use, or not. If you’re sighted you’ll be roped into calling pins for those who can’t see them. Call Marlene Dekker at 747-9968 or email her using the subject line of: bowling from the emvia calendar. The bowling center phone is 747-1363.
Southern Arizona Council of the Blind
Usually meets every 2nd Saturday at 2:30 pm
SAAVI, 3767 E Grant Road, Tucson
An affiliate of The Arizona Council of the Blind (AzCB), a nonprofit organization whose focus is on issues of the Blind in Southern Arizona.
Blindness support group sponsored by the Foundation Fighting Blindness
Meets third Saturday of every month
Glendale main library on Brown Street at 1.30 pm
For more information contact Anne Johnson at 602-377-8210 or email her with the subject line: East Valley Support Group from the emvia calendar.
