Tucson Weekly: Lectures (February 15

LECTURES
Events This Week
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN TUCSON. University of Arizona. Martin Luther King building, Room 209. Harry Lawson, author of The History of African Americans in Tucson: An Afrocentric Perspective, gives a free talk February 21 at noon.
ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE OF TUCSON. Wilmot Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road. 791-4627. Michel Sarda, president of the French Institute of Arizona, discusses the life and works of André Malraux February 17 at 2:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
ANDY COOPERMAN. PCC Recital Hall. 2202 W. Anklam Road. Metalsmith/jeweler Andy Cooperman gives a talk titled Intrusions and Obfuscation: Delving Below the Surface February 21 at 7 p.m. Cooperman teaches a two-day workshop on creative stone setting February 17-18. Cost of the workshop is $120. To register call 791-4063. For more information call 206-6942.
BLOOMING DESERTS LECTURE/BOOK EVENT. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Meg Quinn, director of education at Tucson Botanical Gardens, discusses more than 85 common species of wildflowers February 15 at 7 p.m. Quinn's book Wildflowers of the Desert Southwest is available for sale and signing.
CHRISTIANITY IN EGYPT. UA Swede Johnson building. 1111 N. Cherry Ave. 621-9026. The Arizona chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt presents Pilgrimages to Philae: Why Demotic Died with Eugene Cruz-Uribe February 15 at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
DEMOCRATIZATION OF ART. UA Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering auditorium. 621-7338. Native American activist and painter Jaune Quick-to-See Smith presents this talk February 22 at 7 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
EXECUTIVE WOMEN. Jolie. 6366 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-4200. Executive Women International presents Scott Greene of Great Scott Enterprises, Inc. February 19 at 6 p.m. Greene discusses The New Economy: Top Ten Principals of the New Networked Economy.
GREGORY CRAIG. UA College of Law. Northwest corner of Mountain Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. Craig, partner in the Washington D.C. law firm Williams and Connolly and former counsel to Elian Gonzalez's father, President Clinton and John Hinkley Jr. will speak on Lawyering in High Profile Cases Friday, February 16 at 12:15 p.m. in the Ares Auditorium at the College of Law. Admission is free. Call Donna Ream at 621-8430 for more information.
HISTORY SERIES/TOBY HEATHCOTTE. Borders Books/Park Place. 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. 584-0111. The UA history department and Borders Books presents The Parties and the People: Fighting Over Democracy in the 19th Century February 17 at 11 a.m. Professor Reeve Huston explores American's discontent with party politics and politicians, in particular the Anti-Rent Wars, a tenant farmers' revolt in upstate New York. Also, Toby Heathcotte signs copies of her book Alison's Legacy: An Alma Chronicle February 17 from 2 to 3 p.m.
IRAQ WATER PROJECT. Northwest Neighborhood Center. 2160 N. Sixth Ave. 622-5743. Edith Eckart presents Iraq Water Project: Repairing War Damage February 17 at 2 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public, and child care is provided.
MUSEUM LECTURES. Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Kay Jensen and Hy Hoffman present Tribal Lifestyles: Aboriginal and West African February 15. Barbara Shapiro presents Jacob Lawrence: On the American Century February 19. Both lectures take place at 1:30 p.m. in the education building. Admission is free.
STEWARD OBSERVATORY. 933 N. Cherry Ave. David Kring of the Lunar and Planetary Lab presents The Chicxulub Impact Event and Implications for the Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth February 19 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
TEENAGE GIRLS: FANTASY AND PLAY. UA Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering building, Room 338. Northeast corner of Mountain Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. Rediscovering the Lost Forest, Everywhere: International Perspectives on the Role of Fantasy and Play in the Lives of Teenage Girls by Gerry Bloustein takes place February 15 at 12:30 p.m. Bloustein discusses television programs such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and their effects on adolescent females. Admission is free.
WILDLIFE OF EAST AFRICA. International Wildlife Museum. 4800 W. Gates Pass Road. Zoologist and expedition naturalist Yar Petryzyn presents a slideshow lecture on East African wildlife February 14 at 7 p.m. Admission is $3 for non-members.