LECTURES ART AND LIFE. The University of Arizona's Visiting Artists and Scholars series continues with Is Art Innate, a free lecture by Ellen Dissanayake, author of What is Art For? and Homo Aestheticus, at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 14, in the Architecture Auditorium. She will consider the phenomenon of art form a biological perspective. Call 621-1251 for information. ARTIST LECTURE. Center for the Arts Recital Hall, PCC West Campus. 2202 W. Anklam Road. Nationally recognized artist Bailey Doogan presents a free slide-lecture of her work at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 19. Call 884-6942 for information. CONSIDERING DIVORCE? Wilmot Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road. 791-4627. The Family Center of the Conciliation Court offers a free informative lecture for those considering or in the initial stages of a divorce proceeding at 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 20. This lecture addresses the emotional and legal aspects of divorce, as well as its impact on families. Call 740-5590 for information DIG DEEP. The Arizona Historical Society. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. One of Arizona's greatest assets has been its mineral wealth. The AHS fall lecture series, Digging Earth's Treasures: Arizona Mining Through the Ages, uncovers how the search for the earth's bounty has influenced Arizona's history and development. On November 20, Boyd Nicholl presents Bisbee: An Arizona Copper Town, the final lecture in the series, from 7 to 9 p.m. Cost is $5 per lecture, $3 for students. Free, lighted parking is available at the AHS parking lot on the ground floor of the UA Main Gate parking garage. Call 628-5774 for information. FACTORIES WITH FENCES. Northwest Neighborhood Center. 2160 N. Sixth Ave. Learn more about prison labor and privatization at a free, day-long forum on the use of forced U.S. prison labor in manufacturing and service industries, prison working conditions, chain gangs, and the human and civil rights abuses on the inside, Saturday, November 16. Registration begins at 8 a.m., with lectures and workshops scheduled through 4 p.m. Call the American Friends Service Committee at 623-9141 for information and registration. 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, November 14, Velia Morelos speaks on Quinceaneras, the traditional coming out party for Hispanic females. All lectures are free and begin at 2 p.m. Call 748-8910 for information. QUEER MARRIAGE? The University of Arizona Committee on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Studies presents Gay Marriage: A Step Forward or a Step Backward? at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 16. Ellen Lewin, an anthropologist and independent scholar, and Rhonda Rivera, visiting professor at the UA College of Law, will elucidate reasons behind the growing movement toward marriage in the gay and lesbian community. Call Doug Weiner at 621-3736 for information. WHO ARE YOU? Family History Land. 6061 E. Broadway, Suite 128. 790-5444. The Family History Land and Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson present lectures on learning more about your history at 1:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through November. Lecture subjects include: Introduction to Genealogy, U.S. Military Records, Institutional-Business-Employment Records, Newspapers and Directories, Tracking Immigrants, and others. Lectures are $8, free to members of Friends and Los Descendientes. Call 790-5444 for registration and information. WIDOWED TO WIDOWED. We offer free support groups for widows and widowers of all ages and lifestyles. Day and evening meetings are available. Call 884-4570 for information.

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