Tucson Weekly: Lectures (November 9

LECTURES
Events This Week
ABCs OF BOTANY. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Latin names got you confused? Don't know a stipule from a prickle? Grounds curator Russ Buhrow takes you through the basics from axially buds and pinnate leaves to pollination and taxonomy November 9 at 2 p.m. with his botany primer. Admission is $2 for members and $4 for non-members.
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION. 616 N. Country Club Road. The foundation hosts two six-week arthritis self-help courses to make living with arthritis easier, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays, through December 4. Topics include exercise, medication, managing depression and pain, among others. Admission is $35 and includes textbook and materials. Call Diane at 917-7070 for registration and information.
BALKAN PEACE GROUP. Unitarian Church Servetus Room. 4831 E. 22nd Street. 623-8905. Language instructor and translator Mira Tomas shares her expertise as a native speaker of a Balkan language and how she felt as she tried to become fluent in English November 14 at 7 p.m. There will be ESL packets available for volunteer tutors in the Balkan Peace Support Group's ongoing English language program.
DIGITAL JOURNEY. University of Phoenix. 5099 E. Grant Road. Nancy Solomon shows examples of her work in books and video and presents tales from a career of continuous technological transition in From Analog to Digital: A Journey November 14 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Admission is free and light refreshments are available. For more information call 690-1888.
HOMESAVER WORKSHOPS. Kino Veterans Memorial Community Center, Room 105. 2805 E. Ajo Way. Learn basic safety, terminology and repair of outlets, switches, and fixtures November 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. Workshop fee is $15 and registration is required. Call the Tucson Urban League at 882-4872 to sign up.
INDIGNATION: A TOOL FOR CHANGE. UMC DuVal Auditorium. This lecture is part of the Unresolvable Losses series given by Patti Harada of the UA's Psychology of Death and Loss and Love and Spirituality classes. The November 15, 7 to 9 p.m. lecture discusses how to eliminate obstacles that prevent people from healing their pain. Admission is $10 at the door.
LATINA MURALIST. UA Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering auditorium. Latina muralist Judith Baca speaks about her work November 15 at 7 p.m. Baca has extended and transformed the Mexican muralist tradition to meet the cultural needs of California's contemporary urban and farm-belt Latino communities. Call 621-7338 for more information.
PEOPLE'S LAW SCHOOL. UA College of Law. 1201 E. Speedway Blvd. Arizona Chief Justice Thomas A. Zlaket, federal judge Raner Collins and Chief Presiding Civil Judge Gordon Alley discuss the State of the Judiciary November 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuition is $30, $25 for students. Call (602) 235-9356 to register.
PUEBLO WARFARE AND ICONOGRAPHY. UA CESL auditorium, University Boulevard east of Park Avenue. 621-6302. Polly Schaafsma presents Conflict and Cosmos: Pueblo Warfare and Iconography November 9 at 7:30 p.m. Schaafsma discusses warriors, shields, stars, and other symbolism related to warfare that are prominent in the rock art and kiva murals of the late prehistoric Pueblos. A reception follows the free lecture.
PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE. UA Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering building, Room 22. Architect Mohammad al-Asad presents Preserving Cultural Heritage: Lessons from Jordan and the Middle East November 10 at 4 p.m. Admission is free.
RUNAWAY UNIVERSE. Steward Observatory lecture hall. 933 N. Cherry Ave. Is the universe expanding at an ever-faster rate? Astronomer Robert P. Kirshner answers that question and more in A Runaway Universe? Supernovae and Cosmic Expansion November 9 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
SEXPLORATION. Wingspan Community center. 300 E. Sixth Street. Join this drop-in sexuality discussion group to talk about sex, relationships, kissing and more November 10 from 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is $5. The group meets the second Friday of every month.
SOLOMONVILLE, ARIZONA. Arizona Historical Society. 949 E. Second St. 628-5775. Allan Sobel presents Solomonville, Arizona: How a Jewish Pioneer Founded It, November 12 at 1:30 p.m. Learn how I.E. Solomon's work led to the founding of the Valley National Bank, and his wife Anna's duties as hostess led her to open the area's first hotel.
THE BATS OF KARTCHNER. Tohono Chul Park Wilson Room. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Debbie Buecher discusses her knowledge of the bats who take advantage of the cool darkness of Kartchner Caverns November 14 at 7 p.m. Admission is $2 for park members and $4 for non-members.
WHALES OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA. International Wildlife Museum. 4800 W. Gates Pass Road. Wildlife photographer Michael Nolan shares his photography and knowledge of the Whales of the Gulf of California November 15 at 7 p.m. Lecture and museum admission cost $3; free to members. Reservations are required. Call Bonny at 629-0100 to secure your seat.
WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS. Doubletree Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. The National Association of Women Business Owners meets November 14 at 11:30 a.m. for a luncheon and lecture titled Building, Managing and Leading a Team with Debra Thompson-Greif, president of TG & Associates. The event is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Call 740-9543 by November 12 for reservations.