Tucson Weekly: Listings: Lectures (October 29

LECTURES
ANIMAL RIGHTS. Woods Memorial Library. 3455 N. First Ave., between Prince and Fort Lowell roads. Feminists for Animal Rights presents Animal Liberation Through an Ecofeminist Lens from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4. Call 825-6852 for information.
Listings COMPUTER CARD CATALOG CLASS. Learn to use the Tucson-Pima Public Library Infolynx computerized catalog during a small group class. Classes take place at
2 p.m. Friday, October 30, at Woods Memorial Library, 3455 N. First Ave. Registration is required. Call 791-4548 to register.
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES. UA Franklin Building. Latif Bolat, ethnomusicologist, presents Sufi Musical Tradition at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 30. Call Karen Galindo at 621-8079 for information.
ECO ADVENTURE. UMC DuVal Auditorium. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance presents Wild Utah! America's Redrock Wilderness at
6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 29. The keynote speaker is eco-activist Dave Foreman. Call 620-6401 for information.
NATURAL PLASTERS. Women Build Houses, a network dedicated to increasing women's access to building skills and knowledge, presents a hands-on workshop in adobe construction. Class runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, October 31. Advance registration is required, and childcare is available. Class fees are based on a sliding scale, with a discount for registering for five classes. Call 206-8000 to register. (Se habla español.)
MEDICAL LECTURE SERIES. Arizona Historical Society Museum, Mariposa Gallery. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. AHS presents a fall lecture series focusing on medical history from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays. Renee Obrecht-Como presents Fighting the White Plague in the Desert: Tuberculosis in Arizona on Wednesday, November 4. The series is held in conjunction with the museum's newest exhibit, Life on the Edge: A History of Medicine in Arizona. Cost is $6 per lecture, $5 for AHS members, $3 for students with ID; or $30 for the entire series, $27 for AHS members. Funds raised from the series go directly to support educational programming for schools and the community.
NEW LIFE HEALTH CENTERS. 4841 E Speedway. Dr. Muffy Green presents Animal Advantage-Holistic Animal Care at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 2. Michael Wohlfield presents Holistic Approach to Weight Loss at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 5. Call Janis Graham at 325-2739 for more information.
PREHISTORIC WEAVING. UA Arizona State Museum. Archaeologist Lynn Teague presents a short course on Prehistoric Southwestern Textiles from 7 to 9 p.m. October 29 and November 5. This event explores the materials, tools, and techniques used by prehistoric Native American weavers and weaving style and design. Cost is $35, with a $10 discount for students, K-12 teachers and AAHS members. Pre-registration is required. Contact Jan Bell at 326-6709, or email jrbell@u.arizona.edu, for more information.
SOUTHWESTERN ANTHROPOLOGY. UA Economics Building, Room 110. Thomas Sheridan, Curator of Ethnohistory at the Arizona State Museum, presents Cows vs. Condos on the Contested Commons: The Political Ecology of Public Lands Ranching in Arizona at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 5. Call Suzanne Fish at 626-8290 or Barbara Mills at 621-9671 for information.