Curious things can happen when a church with a largely Vietnamese congregation has a pastor with a penchant for Louisiana cooking.

Such is the case at Our Lady of LaVang Parish (800 S. Tucson Blvd.), where the second annual Crawfish Festival takes place this weekend. The event features traditional Vietnamese food prepared by church members and loads of bayou-style crawfish, which parish president Anton Tran admits is somewhat of an odd pairing.

“My pastor knows how to cook that stuff,” Tran said. “They may eat some kind of crawfish in Vietnam, but not like this.”

Tran was busy this morning getting the ton of crawfish he had flown in for the event ready. It will sell for about $5 a pound at the festival, which also features Vietnamese sandwiches, noodle plates, barbecued pork, egg rolls and desserts. Entertainment will include karaoke and bingo.

The festival takes place from 1 to 11 p.m., Saturday, April 24; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 25. Admission is free. Call 940-6749 for more information.

One locally owned eatery and two chain restaurants are coming to Oro Valley Marketplace, a shopping center on the corner of Tangerine and Oracle roads.

Harvest Moon, a Chinese restaurant that our food reviewer really enjoyed, is moving from 12985 N. Oracle Road to the shopping center. Quincy Zhang, who opened the restaurant back in 1999 with his wife, Wanda Zhang, said the new spot is twice as big as the current location.

“Better service, better location; same prices, same menu,” Zhang said.

In-N-Out Burger is also opening a location at the shopping center. Carl Van Fleet, vice president of planning and marketing for the California-based company, said via e-mail that the location is expected to open in June. The In-N-Out location under construction at the corner of Broadway Boulevard and Kolb Road is also scheduled to open in June, according to the e-mail.

Finally, the Explorer newspaper reports that a Keg Steakhouse and Bar is opening at the shopping center. We called the restaurant’s corporate office to see when the location was expected to open, but a spokesperson was not available for comment.

Throughout the week, we'll be posting slideshows of some of the sights at this year's Pima County Fair, which is running through April 25. See all our photos at Flickr.com/TucsonWeekly. Next up: The art.

Sierra Club lobbyist Sandy Bahr delivers another depressing dispatch from the Arizona Legislature:

Hi everyone! We keep hoping that the end is near for this legislative debacle known as the 49th Legislature, second regular session, but apparently there is yet more harm to be done. This week they passed along HCR2008 NOW: hunting and fishing; constitutional rights (JP Weiers, Gowan, Crump, et al) 18-9-3 in the Senate. It will now appear on the ballot in November. HCR2008 is a proposed constitutional amendment that, if passed, will put hunting in the basic Declaration of Rights in the Constitution and will have a significant and negative impact on wildlife and wildlife management in Arizona by elevating it

President Barack Obama has spoken out against the immigration bill now on Gov. Jan Brewer's desk:

President Barack Obama on Thursday criticized a pending Arizona law that would make it a state crime to be in the United States illegally and require anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant to produce identification.

Such legislation could "threaten to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans," the president said during a naturalization ceremony for members of the United States Armed Services.

The Avett Brothers return the Rialto Theatre on Friday, April 22. Steve Seigel has the lowdown in Soundbites.Ticket info here.

Working under the hood of a car can be dangerous and unsafe; just ask Sooter's shop foreman Paul Wesner in this multimedia slideshow by Corey Lueker, a sophomore from the UA School of Journalism.

North Carolina band Megafaun is in the Old Pueblo! Check out their show tonight at Club Congress, details here.

Amidst birther bills and immigration clampdowns, Stephen Colbert adds another entry into Arizona Embarrasses Itself Week on last night's The Colbert Report.

After explaining how the border is "(lined) with the crappiest states," Colbert said if SB 1070 were to pass, it "will make sure no one will want to live there."