Zombie fans, if you're going to be shuffling around out late tonight, make sure to swing by Mama's Hawaiian Bar-B-Que at 850 E. Speedway to help fund this year's Zombie Walk.

The lurching crowd of the undead plans to take over the streets this year on October 13, during that month's 2nd Saturdays event.

According to the Tucson Zombie Walk website, 20% of purchases from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. tonight will help fund this year's prowl — just make sure to mention the Zombie Walk at the register.

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On Monday, Sept. 3, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum celebrates 60 years with free admittance for anyone born on Sept. 3. For those turning 60 this year, admittance is 60 cents.

From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 3, the museum launches the new Animal Keeper Interaction Program (get a closer look at the animals hosted by individual animal keepers each day), the new Great Blue Heron/Cienega exhibit and the new Baldwin Education Building Library. And of course, birthday cake will be available. Visit www.desertmuseum.org for more information. Stay tuned: Additional birthday events will take place in the near future.

This is a pic of Kinney Road then:

And now:

• Jim Nintzel

Well, the Padres might have had one the weirdest rain-outs ever yesterday when the Colorado Springs Sky Sox got stuck in Vegas, but the team has made it to Tucson for tonight's game, which starts at 7:05 p.m. at Kino Stadium.

But you can get into the ballpark as early as 6 p.m, since it also happens to be the last Thirsty Thursday of the season (co-sponsored by your friends at Tucson Weekly), so why not get out to a ballgame for some cheap drinks and plenty of fun? Details on tickets here.

Lots of other fun is on tap this weekend as the Padres wrap up their final homestand of the season, including a big giveaway on Friday night (which will now be a double-header to make up yesterday's game), fireworks on Saturday night and the final Bark in the Park on Sunday night.

As an added bonus. two local Olympians will be throwing out the first pitch. From the Padres' Tim Hagerty:

The Tucson Padres are welcoming two local Olympians from the recently concluded Summer Olympics in London to throw out ceremonial first pitches before Thursday’s game against Colorado Springs. Women’s swimmer Alyssa Anderson and Men’s swimmer Clark Burckle are both former University of Arizona swimmers who competed for the United States teams last month.

• Jim Nintzel

The final homestand of the Tucson Padres' season begins tonight against the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. Provided that it's not too damp to play ball, the first pitch will be 7:05 p.m.

It's also Social Media night, so check out the Padres' Facebook page before 1 p.m. today to get free box seats. Plus: It's Wiener Wednesday and hot dogs are just a buck.

Tomorrow night is the final Thirsty Thursday of the season, so get out there for some cold beer on a warm summer night.

The T-Pads are in town through Sunday night and finish the season on the road. There are a whole bunch of promotions on tap, including lots of giveaways on Friday night, fireworks on Saturday night and the final Bark in the Park on Sunday night. Find details here.

If you don't already have tickets to tomorrow night's screening of investigative reporter John Dougherty's Cyanide Beach, you're out of luck: There are no more tickets left to the 23-minute film about the environmental disaster left behind from an Italian gold mine, which was operated by some of the key players with Augusta Resource Corp., the parent company of Rosemont Copper, which plans on opening a massive open-pit in the Santa Rita Mountains.

But if you'd still like to see the film, Dougherty has scheduled a second showing at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 27, at the Crossroads Festival theater at Grant and Swan roads. Here's how you get a free ticket.

From Dougherty's InvestigativeMEDIA's website:

The same Canadian mining speculators that are now seeking government permits to blast a mile-wide, half-mile deep hole in the Santa Rita Mountains and dump waste rock and mine tailings on more than 3,000 acres of the Coronado National Forest once owned and operated an open-pit gold mine in Sardinia.

What happened near the iconic Sardinian farming town of Furtei provides crucial insight into what could happen here, in southern Arizona.

InvestigativeMEDIA, LLC’s 23-minute video documentary “Cyanide Beach” tells an important and timely story that anyone interested in the Rosemont copper mine project needs to know.

The Loft brings you some chilling cinema based on the work of H.P. Lovecraft tonight with a double feature of Whisperer in the Darkness and The Call of Cthulhu. Both movies were created by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.

Salon reviews Whisperer in the Darkness:

Nicely paced and decently acted — there’s no question that the more naturalistic demands of the talkie pose some challenges—“Whisperer in Darkness” has a chiller-diller conclusion and some moments of real terror. (Along with its not especially terrifying, but potentially delicious, mind-reading seafood villains from space.)

More details from the Loft here.

If you have a kiddo in a Tucson Unified School District school, chances are they came home last Wednesday with a handout advertising the TUSD School Master Plan Town Hall meetings, which start today, Monday, Aug. 20. TUSD also sent out a press release.

The point of the meetings is to get public input to the school board on how the district should deal with a projected $17 million deficit. Discussion at past school board meetings have included the possibility of the school board going to the community with a bond package in 2013 for funds needed to build larger centralized schools. That means the possible closure of up to 34 eastside and westside schools.

The district set up a website for for the plan that you can visit here, and according to the press release, the town halls will be videotaped and available on the website. An online survey is also on the website for those unable to attend the town hall meetings.

From TUSD:

The public is encouraged to participate in upcoming town halls to provide input as to how the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board should make budget decisions to overcome a projected $17 million deficit while continuing to improve student achievement. The public meetings will be held Aug. 20, 22, and 25.

The Governing Board is seeking community input as it develops a School Master Plan to address five critical areas: Academic Achievement, Equity and Diversity, Services and Programs, Facilities, and Finances. The district faces substantial budget challenges due to demographic shifts in the community, declining enrollment, reduced state funding, and escalating expenses for utilities and maintenance.

Community members will have the opportunity to learn more about the economic realities facing the district as well the chance to provide their ideas to help shape the future of the district and support the priority of academic excellence.

The town halls are scheduled as follows:

• Monday, Aug. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Sahuaro High School Auditorium, 545 N. Camino Seco

• Wednesday, Aug. 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Cholla High Magnet School Auditorium, 2001 W. Starr Pass Blvd.

• Saturday, Aug. 25, 10 a.m.- noon
Catalina Magnet High School Auditorium, 3645 E. Pima St.

Did Stephen Seigel rave enough about this show in Soundbites this week? I think not!

The Bad Livers and Split Lip Rayfield were two of my can't-miss, top-rad favorites of the '90s. That wasn't just because I left every show with a smile on my face and exhausted from the sheer energy, but also because both bands surprised me every time, with their blinding chops matched only by their, how you say?, cheekiness!

The show's at 8 p.m., tonight, Saturday, Aug. 18; Hank Topless opens. Well worth the $8. Have fun, and hope those fretting fingers slow down enough that you can watch them.

A storied child of Tucson's 5,000-year history turns 237 on Monday: El Presidio de San Agustín de Tucsón was established on August 20, 1775.

Lots of fun is planned to celebrate the event. The complete schedule is on the Pima County Website, and it's not too late to add your own party.

Here are some of our favorites:

Birds and Beer!
Pizza, local brew, live birds, bird photos and trivia on a big screen are featured from 5 to 7:30 p.m., tonight, Friday, Aug. 17, as part of the Tucson Bird and Wildlife Festival at the Riverpark Inn, 350 S. Freeway. It's $15, but there's also cake. Details are here.

Trains!
What a change trains made in Tucson's history! But you can learn about that any day at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum. Saturday, Aug. 18, it's time to partay! From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., there's cake, Tucson dignitaries and trains of all sizes to play with. Details are here. This event is part of an all-day celebration along Fourth Avenue and University Boulevard involving a beach party and 23.7 percent discounts (for the 237th birthday, get it?) and all kinds of other fun. Details are here.

Costumes!
One by one, the five flags that have flown over Tucson's history are presented by people dressed in the outfits of their era, starting at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 20, at the reconstructed portion of the birthday baby, the Presidio de Tucsón, corner of Washington St. and Church Ave. Kids especially love when the muskets blast and the cannon booms, but the whole family enjoys talking to historic figures in character and seeing what life was like in the fort. It's also one of the few places to learn about the importance of Apaches to our town's past. Tucson's official troubadour Ted Ramirez performs his Southern Arizona ballads and, naturally, there's cake. Details are here.

What parents linger over the cradle dreaming of the day their child will create performance art with toilet paper?

Tucson homeless shelters and others in need have the parents of the TP Wranglers to thank that their kids evolved out of diapers and into adults concerned for an essential but seldom cogitate- over requirement of social-service agencies: tons of toilet paper.

The TP Wranglers figure you might pitch in with a 9-pack or so if they make it fun. You can watch them do their thing from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 18, at Bookmans, 6230 E. Speedway Blvd., 748-9555.

They'll also be collecting other things shelters need: blankets, toothbrushes, underwear, feminine hygiene products, soap ... and diapers.

Visit pipelineamerica.org for more info about the Wranglers.