Tucson Weekly: Listings: Lectures (May 14

LECTURES
BABY TALKS. Casa de los Niños, 1101 N. Fourth Ave. Casa de los Niños presents the 25th Anniversary Silver Seminar Series, a lunch lecture series devoted to various concerns particular to parents and children. Join Dr. Anna Binkiewicz, UMC Chief of General Pediatrics, from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 21, as she presents "Babies with Baggage: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Failure to Thrive." A brown-bag lunch will be provided, the seminar and lunch are both free of charge. Reservations are required. Call 624-5600 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays for reservations and information.
Listings BEE SAFE. Nanini Branch Library. 7300 N. Shannon Road. Learn how to bee-proof your home and protect family members and pets from stinging attacks by Africanized honey bees with Janet Mitchell, former coordinator of the UA/USDA Africanized Honey Bee Project. Her free workshop is at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 21, and will be presented at other branch libraries in Tucson during the month of May. Call 791-4391 for information.
CORPORATE WORKSHOP. Doubletree Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. Scott Greene of Great Scott Enterprises presents "Technology and the Small Workplace," a free workshop sponsored by the Southern Arizona Chapter of the Small Business Association. Workshop meets from 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday, May 21. Call 886-6588 for information, or visit the website at http://www.asba.com.
DIVORCE SUPPORT. The Family Counseling Agency offers a free support group for people ending relationships and adjusting to the single lifestyle. All groups are free of charge. Call 323-3952 for information.
FAMILY TREE. Family History Land. 6061 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 128. Learn valuable clues for researching your family's heritage from the Friends of Family History Land and Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson, with classes at 1:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through May. Classes include: Introduction to Genealogy; U.S Court, Probate and Land Records; U.S. Military Records; Institutional-Business-Employment Records; British Isles Census Records; British Records in the Family History Library; and Genealogy Research Through Commercial Sources: CD's, Internet, etc. Classes are $8.50, free to members of FHL and Los Descendientes. Call 790-5444 for registration and information.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT. Historic Y Theater, Fifth Avenue and University Boulevard. The Citizens for Growth Management sponsor a statewide petition drive for an urban sprawl initiative on the November ballot. Local campaign strategy meetings are at 6 p.m. Thursdays, May 14 and 28. Sign up at the meetings, or call 792-6589 for information.
INDOOR POTLUCK. Quaker Meeting House. 931 N. Fifth Ave. The women's International League for Peace and Freedom hosts an indoor potluck picnic followed by the presentation Mox: The Plutonium Scandal, by speaker Pat Bernie, chair of the WILPF environment committee, at noon Saturday, May 16. The program is free; bring a dish to share. Call 622-5743 for information.
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 531 E. Roger Road. TNDC Cohousing project has a selected an infill site for the construction of an environmentally sensitive urban community of private homes in a pedestrian-oriented urban neighborhood. Construction will start in September, but you can find out more about cohousing opportunities from 1 to 4 p.m. every Saturday through May 16. Call 325-8256 for information or visit the website at www.igc.apc.org/tndc.
RESOURCES FOR WOMEN. RFW Center. 5210 E. Pima St., Suite 130. Join Donna Reed as she presents How to Give Effective Verbal Business Promotion from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 19. The workshop is part of a brown-bag lunch series presented by Resources for Women. Cost is $10 for visitors, free for RFW members. Reservations are requested at least 24 hours in advance. Call 388-8810 for reservations and information.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. The Museum sponsors Wednesday Noon Art Talks through June. This Wednesday, May 20, join Margarita Kay as she presents Folk Medicine From Spain. The museum also sponsors a forum and debate series, with Voices of Survivors at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 19. Survivors share stories of grieving and rebuilding their lives. Museum admission is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors and students, and free for children under age 12. Admission is free for all on Tuesdays.
WARTIME ARIZONA. Arizona Historical Society Museum. 949 E. Second St. Learn more about Arizona's diverse and intriguing military history with the AHS spring lecture series, Wartime Arizona. Lectures are at 7 p.m. Wednesday evenings. Free, lighted parking is available in the AHS parking lot on the ground floor of the UA Main Gate garage. Persons with a disability may request reasonable accommodation, preferably in advance. Lectures are $5, $3 for students. Call 628-5774 for information.
WIDOWED TO WIDOWED. Widowed to widowed offers free support groups to widows and widowers of all ages and lifestyles. Day and evening meetings are available. Call 884-4570 for information.
WOMEN AND INVESTING. The Book Mark. 5001 E. Speedway. Join Taunya Villicana and Angela Bauerly, account executives for Dean Witter, from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 21, for a free investment seminar covering a range of topics from getting started to personal investment options, including Roth IRA's. Call 881-6350 for information.