|
|
LECTURESMEXICO'S ENVIRONMENT. Homero Aridjis, Mexican author, environmentalist and President of Grupo de los Cien, presents Mexico's Environmental Future at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at the UA Student Union Senior Ballroom. Aridjis presents a second lecture entitled The Lord of the Last Days: Visions of the Year 2000 at noon Friday, March 22, at the Modern Languages Building, Room 312. Admission is free to both lectures. Call 622-4002 for information.SURFING THE NET. Safford Elementary/Middle School hosts a free Internet workshop from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at 200 E. 13th St., Room 214. Class size is limited to 30 people. Registration required. Call 617-6200 for registration and information. AGELESS WISDOM. The following lectures meet at Peace of Mind Bookstore, 6061 E. Broadway, Suite 121: E.J. Michael, author of Queen of the Sun, presents a workshop entitled Ancient and Modern Initiation from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23. The workshop covers how to prepare for world change, keys to personal and planetary transformation and an enlightened New Order of the Ages. Cost is $12; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24, Dixie Cooper shares recent experiences in India with Sai Baba. Call B.K. Williams at 323-2371 for information. SHANGRI-LA. Brent Olsen presents a slide lecture entitled Shangri-La: A Tour of the Magical Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan in Photographs, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the School of Architecture auditorium, UA campus. Cost is $7, $4 seniors/students. Sponsored by Arizona Friends of Tibet. SEX AND SCHOLARSHIP. The Committee on Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Studies presents an interdisciplinary symposium entitled Sex and Scholarship from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the Joseph Gross Gallery, UA campus. Panelists include: Janet Halley, Stanford Law; Lawrence Cohen, Anthropology, UC Berkeley; and Jeff Nunokawa, English, Princeton. Janet Jakobsen of UA Women's Studies/Religious Studies moderates. Call 621-5039 for information. TRANSPORTATION PLANS. The Pima Association of Governments Transportation Planning Division invites citizens to state their views and ideas for the five year Transportation Improvement Program from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 1949 E. Helen St. Representatives from Tucson, South Tucson, Marana and Oro Valley, Pima County, the Arizona Department of Transportation, the Tohono O'Odham Nation, SunTran and the Tucson Airport Authority will present their federally funded five-year transportation plans. Call 628-5313 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. Sharon Urban presents Southern Arizona Prehistory, Especially Geared for Elementary School at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 21, at Sam Lena Library, 1607 S. Sixth Ave.; Allen Dart presents Recent Archaeological Excavations in the Green Valley Area at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, at Bear Canyon Library, 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road; J. Homer Thiel discusses Recent Discoveries in the Historic Archaeology of Tucson at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, at Wilmot Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road; and Ron Ratkevich discusses Sonorosaurus: Dinosaur of the Desert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27. Call respective libraries for registration and information. REEL TREASURES. Reel Treasures, UA Extended University's film lecture series, meets for the final time from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at the Main Gate Center, 888 N. Euclid Ave. A panel discussion of related socio-political themes follows the screening of the Razor's Edge. The post-film discussion explores the realities of growing up in an environment of civil war. Cost is $16.50 per session. Call 621-UofA for registration and information. |
|
|
 |
© 1995-97 Tucson Weekly . Info Booth |
|