Tucson Weekly: Lectures (March 1

LECTURES
Events This Week
ARCHAEOLOGY AWARENESS MONTH. Valencia Branch Library. 202 W. Valencia Road. Former UA field historian Bernard Fontana presents A Gift of Angels: The Art of Mission San Xavier del Bac March 6 at 7 p.m. Homer Thiel, research archaeologist at Desert Archaeology Inc., presents Rio Nuevo: The History and Archaeology of the San Agustín Mission March 7 at the El Rio Neighborhood Center and Library, 1390 W. Speedway Boulevard. Admission is free.
YUMA WASH EXCAVATIONS. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. 1000 E. Fort Lowell Road. Archaeologists Allen Dart and Jeffrey Jones present Archaeological Excavations at the Yuma Wash Hohokam Village Ruin, a free slide-illustrated presentation with a prehistoric artifact display, March 2 at 2 p.m. Arrive early to secure one of only 30 available seats. Call 798-1201 for more information. Additionally, archaeologist Eric J. Kaldahl presents Archaeological Excavations at the Sabino Canyon Ruin Hohokam Village Site March 3 at 3 p.m. using the same 30 seats.
FAT TALK: BODY IMAGE AMONG GIRLS. UA Center for English as a Second Language, Room 102. Mimi Nichter, author of Fat Talk: What Girls and Their Parents Say About Dieting, discusses the pressure to conform to culturally mediated standards of beauty with particular emphasis placed on a thin body March 1 at 7:30 p.m. A reception follows the lecture. All are welcome to this free event.
HISTORY SERIES/GLADIATORS. Borders Books. Park Place, 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. 584-0111. The UA history department and Borders Books present Blood and Beefcake? The Pleasures of the Cinematic Arena, a combination of Roman blood games and Hollywood spectacle in which gladiator films revel in the tawdry glory of Rome at its excessive best. Alison Futrell discusses the meaning of movie Rome and considers how and why onscreen gladiators have captured the audience's sympathy as symbols of the transformation of the human self March 3 at 11 a.m.
JOY OF MUSIC. Tucson Symphony Center. 2175 N. Sixth Ave. 825-7237. George Hanson, Tucson Symphony music director and conductor, presents What Does the Conductor Do, Anyway? March 5 at 11:30 a.m. Admission is free.
MUSEUM LECTURES. Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Jean Webster presents Thomas Cole: Father of Hudson River Painting March 1; Sr. Sheila Mortonson discusses Two Castles in Spain: El Escorial and El Palacia Real March 5; and Jerre James presents The Moving Body in Painting March 8. All three lectures take place at 1:30 p.m. in the education building. Admission is free.
PREHISTORIC POTTERY. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. 1000 E. Fort Lowell Road. 798-1201. Archaeologist Allen Dart presents Prehistoric Pottery of the Hohokam Indians in Tucson, a free slide-illustrated lecture with a prehistoric artifact display, March 7 at 2 p.m. Dart discusses how the various prehistoric eras of Arizona's ancient Hohokam Indian history are distinguished by differing pottery characteristics. Arrive early to secure one of 30 available seats.
STEWARD OBSERVATORY. 933 N. Cherry Ave. Kitt Peak National Observatory's Caty Pilachowski presents The Gemini Giants: Twin Telescopes in Chile and Hawaii March 5 at 7:30 p.m. View the night sky with the 21-inch telescope at the observatory following the lecture (weather permitting). Admission is free.
Upcoming
ARCHAEOLOGY AWARENESS MONTH. Dusenberry-River Center Library. 5605 E. River Road. The Archaeology of the Julian Wash Site. March 13, 7 p.m.