Arizona Daily Star from Tucson, Arizona • Page 31

Arizona Bailn Star JEST AVAILABLE COPY THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006 SECTION Editor: Maria Parham 520-806-7715 accentazstarnet.com 0 im mi WESTERN CIRCUS iPSfi ii i 11 i i 3 i H-fl 11 $pv 11 felj If pj hi j'j 111 1 COURTESY OF BORDERLANDS THEATRE Victor Carpinteiro and Carlisle Ellis in the lustful "El 'Desire' a steamy, rapturous drama mm Review Borderlands Theater's production of Victor Hugo Rascon Ban-da's "El DeseoDesire," directed by Eva Tessler, is 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays through June 18 at Beowulf Alley Theatre, US. 6th Ave. No performances June 8-11.

Tickets are $16.75, with discounts available. The performance is bilingual, and has adult content and partial nudity. Call 882-7406 for reservations and information. COURTESY OF LARRY SCHNEBLY Burt Oien, KGUN-TV's first Marshal Kgun, entertains his young studio audience in the late 1950s. The "Marshal Kgun" show aired until the late '60s.

By Kathleen Allen ARIZONA DAILY STAR WJust whew. Borderlands Theater's production of "El DeseoDesire" is very, very whew-worthy. And not just because the steamy play explodes with lustiness. Sure, sex is an essential ingredient in this script by Mexican playwright Victor Hugo Rascon Banda, but the fireworks aren't just between the sheets. They come, too, from a clash of cultures.

Of language. Of expectations. Of ages. A clash of two people who can't keep their hands off each other, who become so entwined in their emotions and desires that they forget to to open their hearts and minds. Yeste lyear Susan is a 50ish professor at the University of California at Los Angeles.

While in Cartagena, Colombia, one day, she finds young and hunky Victor and SEE DESIRE E6 1 is Here again. KGUN-TV to mark its 50th anniversary by airing 3 hours of nostalgia, including Tucson memories 7 4 ill A V-. it I 1 Opinion by Bonnie Henry 7. I -V PAUL WOLTERBEEK Gold Canyon painter Burdell Moody captures the demonstration garden at Boyce Thompson Arboretum on canvas. Artists to demonstrate plein-air is not so plain By Doug Kreutz ARIZONA DAILY STAR lein-air painters will Boyce Thompson Arboretum v-" yxm: show their work, share Superior1 55 Globs COURTESY OF LARRY SCHNEBLY Pat Stevens came to KGUN-TV in the mid-1960s.

She worked as a writer and reporter, among her other roles, and was later named the station's news director. TUCSON II Benson bJi techniques and explain what the heck plein-air means at the Boyce Thomp- son Arboretum Saturday. The artists, members of the Tucson Plein-Air Painters' Society, will join artists from the Mesa Art League and other groups for a 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. arts event at the arboretum near Superior.

The public is invited merely to observe, or to show up with easels, paints and brushes for some plein-air practice. Plein-air, a French term, refers to painting that's done outside in the open air rather than in a studio. "The arboretum is a wonderful place for plein-air painting, and on this day we'll have lots of creative energy," said Paul Wolter-beek, arboretum spokesman. "The Demonstration Garden is a popular painting site," Wolterbeek said. "It's been described as similar to a Monet gardenscape come to life.

Another place people like for painting is Ayer Lake. In the early morning, there are beautiful re- SEE PAINT E6 KGUN-TV, Channel 9, will air three hours worth of old local and network broadcasts Saturday night. Highlights will include shows such as "Mork "My Three Sons, "as well as a one-hour local retrospective. The broadcasts will air from 7 to 10p.m. The movie was lame, not to mention inaccurate.

Yet there it was. "I Shot Geroni-mo," flickering out on our old black-and-whites. The date was June 3, 1956, and Channel 9, Tucson's newest television station, was about to hit the airwaves. No one, it seems, was sure it would succeed, least of all its owner, D.W. "Doc" Ingram.

The local rancher and lumberman reportedly sank about a hundred grand into the station, with a studio on North Sixth Avenue near East Grant Road. "I heard he went in with some trepidation," says Scott Blake, Channel 9's senior director and news production supervisor. "He had a car lift in the middle of the studio, so if it didn't make it as a studio, it could be turned into a garage. We used it for car commercials." It turned out Plan was never needed. On Saturday, the station will celebrate its 50th anniversary with three hours of nostalgic programming.

Nostalgia in the form of a steady diet of classic movies was also the station's early bread and butter. But on March 14, 1957, KDWI-TV named for the owner's initials became an ABC affiliate. Its call letters were also changed to KGUN. "Doc sold the station to Garrett Tool and Die out of Austin," says Larry Schnebly, a KGUN fixture from 1960 to 1994. "They named it KGUN because the guy who owned Garrett was from Texas." Also debuting about that time was the "Marshal Kgun" kiddie show.

Burt Oien was its first marshal, and Bob Love was its last, hosting the show from 1961 to the late '60s. "I hired Bob Love," says Schnebly, Staff If you go What: Arts event featuring plein-air painting When: 10 a.nvl p.m. Saturday Where: Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior. From Tucson, go north on Oracle Road, which becomes Arizona 77. At Oracle Junction, get on Arizona 79 and drive northwest, through Florence, to Florence Junction.

Turn east onto U.S. 60 and proceed 12 miles to the arboretum. It's about 90 miles. Cost: Admission is $7.50 for visitors 13 or older and $3 for youths 5 to 12. Kids 4 or younger get in free.

Information: 1-520-689-2811 COURTESY OF MAC MARSHALL Mac Marshall was the man in KGUN-TV's essentially one-man news department in the early '60s. He served up the news and took photos with his trusty Polaroid, former sales manager and program director at KGUN. "He had been working as a horse on the program." "Mexican Theater," featuring urday night horror-movie show. Jack Jacobson, who became KGUN's program director and promotions manager in 1962, vamped it Coming Sunday It's your potty and you can pick what you want to. We've got a toilet primer for you.

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