LECTURES BACK TO BASICS. The Food Conspiracy Co-op continues the series of live Talk Shows focusing on the cooperative movement entitled Back To Basics on TCI channel 62 at 5 p.m. Wednesday evenings through November 27. Call Robert Oser at 624-4821 for information. CHINESE CONNECTION. Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church. 2331 E. Adams St. The U.S.-China People's Friendship Association presents a free lecture by Charles Nugent at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 22. Nugent, a recent visitor to the Chinese village Zhangjia Gang, will be joined by June and Charlie Fan, Tucson residents who hail from Zhangjia Gang. Light refreshments will be served. Call Charlie Fan at the Department of Physics at the University of Arizona at 621-2778 for information. FAMILY HISTORY. Family History Land. 6061 E. Broadway, Suite 128. 790-5444. The Friends of Family History Land and Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson are offering classes in September at 1:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Subjects include: Introduction to Genealogy, U.S. Military Records, Institutional-Business-Employment Records, U.S. Newspapers and Directories, Tracking Immigrants and more. Lectures are $8, free to Friends and Los Descendientes members. Call 790-5444 for registration and information. FUNDING FOR ALL. Pro Neighborhoods, a partnership of the City of Tucson, Pima County, Pima Prevention Partnership, Tucson Community Foundation and the United Way, offers a variety of technical assistance, resources and funding to neighborhood and grassroots groups. Both new and established groups in Pima County are encouraged to apply. Call 882-5885 for an application and schedule of Town Hall informational meetings offering assistance with developing or writing a proposal. Application deadline is October 4. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP. Hospice Family Care. 3443 E. Ft. Lowell Road. 323-3288. Hospice Family Care offers a free grief support group facilitated by Greg Yoder at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, September 19. Feel free to bring a friend. Call 323-3288 for information. HISPANIC TRADITIONS. El Centro Cultural. 40 W. Broadway. Learn more about Hispanic traditions and culture at El Centro Cultural de las Americas platicas (conversations) series. On Sunday, September 22, Sylvana Woods "Dona Chona," Spanish-language programming personality, speaks. All lectures begin at 2 p.m. and are free to the public. Call 748-8910 for information. PEACE AND FREEDOM. Friends Meeting House. 931 N. Fifth Ave. The Women's International League For Peace and Freedom presents speaker John Kromko at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 21. Kromko will speak on Fighting for Justice in Arizona Politics. SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION. St. Philip's In The Foothills. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Join the Tucson Women's Symphony Association for a lunch and lecture with George Hanson, Music Director and Conductor of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 24. Also enjoy musical selections performed by members of the orchestra. Membership in the association is open to the public. Cost is $5 for members, $7.50 for non-members. Call 749-1956 for reservations and information. UN OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA. The United Nations organization of Southern Arizona presents a luncheon lecture with Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, a 1993 presidential candidate from Mexico, at 11:30 a.m. Friday, September 20 at the Plaza Hotel and Conference Center. Cost is $16. Call 881-7060 for reservations and information. WIDOWED TO WIDOWED. We offer free support groups for widows and widowers of all ages and lifestyles. Day and evening meetings available. Call 884-4570 for information. Upcoming WOMEN ON THE MOVE. The YWCA presents the eighth-annual Women's Leadership Conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, October 4, at the Westin La Paloma. Keynote speakers are author Debra Benton, attorney Sarah Weddington and Sheila Wellington, president of Catalyst, the premier national non-profit research and advisory organization on women's private sector leadership. Cost is $80 and includes breakfast and lunch. Call the YWCA at 884-7810 for registration and information. Registration deadline is October 1.

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