Pic Hits for the week

Sublime: The Long Beach, California, trio contributed tracks to Capricorn's Hempilation sampler and to the Mallrats soundtrack. The "hard ska" group's second full-length platter, Robbin the Hood (Skunk), is now on aretail shelf near you. In support of same, Sublime iscurrently on its "Snowcore" tour of icebound dives in the high-mountain West; itsgigs on Tuesday at Mesa's Nile Theater, 105 West Main, and on Wednesday in Albuquerque represent a short break from collective altitude sickness. Ziggens, and Kongo Shock share the Nile bill. The all-ages show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at Alternatix locations. Call 649-2766 or 266-8111.

wednesday
december 13
The Poetry of "Holography": Scottsdale Center for the Arts, 7380 East Second Street, commissioned five poems in response to specific works included in its current exhibition "New Directions in Holography: The Landscape Reinvented" (see the Art Exhibits listing). Arizona poets Tenney Nathanson, Lois Roma-Deeley, Theodore Christ, Virginia Ikeda and Marion Black unveil the resultant verses at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the center's Cinema. Admission is free. Call 994-2301.