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STRING BEINGS. Violinist Willie Royal and guitarist Wolfgang Lobo Fink team up to make music that soothes
and invigorates. In other words, they rev up their loyal
following with incredible virtuosity, blending a vast array of
styles from across the planet. Their latest release,
Wild Heart,
is a hypnotic brew of gypsy, flamenco, jazz, Mexicali blues, Cuban
swing, Cajun zydeco.you get the point. The dynamic duo is a perennial Tucson favorite, with one raucous
performance at 8 p.m. in the Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200
W. Speedway. Advance tickets are $16, available at Antigone Books,
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By Margaret Regan
ONE OF THE best moments in the whole art year took place
in its earliest weeks. Liz Lerman s Dance Exchange had come
to town in January, and worked intensively with local groups to
incorporate them into a professional performance at Centennial
Hall. After weeks of rehearsals, old Mexican-American women from
El Rio Neighborhood Center, Jewish mothers and children from the
Hebrew Academy, gay activists and even Ken Foster, head of
UApresents,
joined Lerman s troupe onstage for Still Crossing,
a dance about immigration and nationhood. It was a performance at once solemn and joyful. Its best moment,
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