LECTURES DRUG AWARENESS. Safford Elementary/Middle School hosts a free drug awareness program from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, at 200 E. 13th St. Tucson Police and members of various community organizations will speak about and answer questions regarding drug abuse, prevention and counseling. Call Jane Furet at 617-6200 for information. KNOW THY NEIGHBOR. The Tucson Neighborhood Development Corporation hosts a slide lecture on "co-housing" and creating neighborhoods that work together from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4831 E. 22nd St. Free childcare is provided. Call 570-6052 for information. WOMEN IN JUDAISM. The UA Committee on Judaic Studies and the UA Women's Studies Committee host a Women in Judaism symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 31, at the Student Union, Rincon Room, UA campus. Symposium includes Jewish and Christian Women Working Together and How Modern Women Experience Judaism. Cost is $5 and includes continental breakfast and lunch. Reservations must be made by March 20. Call 621-9114 for reservations and information. DESERT CRONE SOCIETY. The Desert Crone Society, a women's group that celebrates aging, is sponsoring a retreat from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at Lulu Walker School, 1750 W. Roller Coaster Road. Edna Ward, professor of psychology at Emerson College, member of the Feminist Spiritual Community of Portland, Maine, and author of Celebrating Ourselves, will discuss and answer questions on croning. Please bring a brown bag lunch. Coffee and tea will be served. Women ages 50 years and older are welcome. Call Marlene Thompson at 888-2692 for registration and information. WOMEN'S ISSUES. The controversial topic of hormone replacement therapy is presented and discussed by four women physicians in a half-day seminar from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 16, at TMC Marshall Auditorium, 5301 E. Grant Road. Marlene Bluestein, MD, Internal Medicine/Geriatrics; Jane Gaetze, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology; Elizabeth Lee Vliet, MD, Internal Medicine; and Tammie Bassford, MD, Family Practice, discuss the effects of aging, female hormones and options available. Lupita Murillo moderates. Attendance is free, however a donation of toiletries and personal items for residents at St. Luke's Home for Women or Shalom House is requested. Call Anne Ciampa at 324-1960 for reservations and information. ENHANCING DEMOCRACY. The League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson hosts the annual Perspectives Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 22, at the Doubletree Inn, 445 S. Alvernon Way. Becky Cain, president of the League of Women Voters of the United States speaks on Enhancing Democracy: Imperatives for the 21st Century. Cost is $30 and includes lunch. Reservations should be made by March 15. Call 327-7652 or 882-6708 for reservations and information. AHS LECTURE SERIES. The Arizona Historical Society hosts Desert Harmony: Arizona's Musical Traditions, a spring lecture series from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through March 20, in the Arizona Historical Society auditorium, 949 E. Second St. On Wednesday, March 20, Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero presents An Evening of Reminiscence with Lalo. Cost is $5 per lecture. Call 628-5774 for information. ARCHAEOLOGY AWARENESS MONTH. The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society hosts a series of free lectures and tours to petroglyph sites in the Tucson area during the month of March. Author Carolyn O'Bagy Davis presents Hattie Cosgrove: Mimbres Archaeologist at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 18, at UMC DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Call 327-7235 for information. Mark Slaughter discusses Stone Tool Use In Southern Arizona at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, at Columbus Library, 4350 E. 22nd St.; and Joe Ezzo presents The Geoglyphs (Earth Pictures) of the Lower Colorado at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at Woods Library, 3455 N. First Ave. Call respective libraries for registration and information. REEL TREASURES. Reel Treasures is a UA Extended University film lecture series meeting from 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays through March 24 at the Main Gate Center, 888 N. Euclid Ave. A panel discussion of related socio-political themes follows each screening. Explore how Stanley Kubrick's vision challenged orthodox Cold War attitudes toward nuclear war, the arms race and anti-communism in Dr. Strangelove, screening on March 17. Cost is $16.50 per session. Call 621-UofA for registration and information.

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