LECTURES ANIMAL WRITES. UA Center for Creative Photography. South end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Bay area artist William T. Wiley presents Animal Writes Talk and Sing, a lecture based on his newly opened exhibition at the Joseph Gross Gallery, at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 27. Call the Center for Creative Photography at 621-7968 for information. ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. Brooks Jeffery, Assistant Curator at the UA College of Architecture, presents a look at the history of Tucson architecture and the diverse forces that have shaped it, in his new class offered through the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society. The class will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, March 4 and 11. There will also be a walking tour of the downtown Presidio area from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 15. Cost for the class is $35, $25 for AAHS members. Call Madelyn Cook at 321-4619 for registration and information. ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH. The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society celebrates Arizona Archaeology Awareness Month with lectures continuing through the month of March. On Monday, March 3, Arthur Vokes presents Use of Marine Shell by Prehistoric Populations in the Southwest, at 7 p.m. at the Bear Canyon Library, 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. Call 621-4609 for information. On Tuesday, March 4, Max Witkind presents History and Archaeology of the Empire Ranch, Sonoita, AZ, at 7 p.m., at the Dusenberry River Center, 5605 E. River Road. Call 722-4289 for information. On Wednesday, March 5, Herminia Valenzuela presents Yoeme/Yaqui: Stories from the Elders, at 6:30 p.m., at the Mission Library, 3770 S. Mission Road. Call 617-6660 for information. ARMCHAIR ADVENTURES. Wilmot Public Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road. 791-4627. The Tucson-Pima Public Library presents the Armchair Adventures lecture series at 1:30 p.m. Thursdays. On March 6, Stan Steik presents Turkey and Syria: Istanbul to Palmyra. Call 791-4981 for information. BEYOND THE VEIL. Kiva Auditorium, College of Education Building. Located on the UA campus, near the corner of East Second Street and Highland Avenue. Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts, presents a free lecture entitled The Silk Curtain: The West, Arab Women and the Veil, 7 p.m. Thursday, February 27. Call 621-3938 for information. TASTY TALKS. Arizona Historical Society. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. The AHS presents its spring lecture series, Mucho Gusto: A History of Southwestern Food, at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. On March 5, Jim Sherman presents Come and Get It: Cowboy Cooking. Admission to individual lectures is $5, $3 for students. Call 628-5774 for information. WHO ARE YOU? Learn valuable clues for researching your family tree from the Friends of Family History Land and Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson. They are offering classes at 1:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through the month of March. Classes include: Introduction to Genealogy, U.S. Newspapers and Directories, Tracking Immigrants, Using Lineage Society Records, Computer Genealogy Chalk Talk, and more. Classes are $8, free to members of Friends and Los Descendientes. Call 790-5444 for registration and information.

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