Tucson Weekly: Listings: Lectures (November 5

LECTURES
ARIZONA PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION. City Players Theatre. 439 N. Sixth Ave. Learn what the APA is and what members are doing to bring the entertainment community together at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 7. Cost is $10, $5 for members. Call 795-6154 for information.
Listings COMMON SENSE MOVEMENT. Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. The Common Sense Forum presents The Death of Outrage moderated by Melva Elliot from 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 7. This event is free and reservations are not required.
COMPUTER CARD CATALOG CLASS. Learn to use the Tucson-Pima Public Library Infolynx computerized catalog during a small group class. Classes take place at 2 p.m. Friday, October 30, at Woods Memorial Library, 3455 N. First Ave. Registration is required. Call 791-4548 to register.
DESERT LANDSCAPING. Wilson Room. Tohono Chul Park. 7966 N. Paseo del Norte. Horticulturist Bruce Evans presents Lush and Luscious Plants: Landscaping with Succulents at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 5. Cost is $2, free to members. Call 742-6455 to RSVP.
FRIDA KAHLO. Wilson Room. Tohono Chul Park. 7966 N. Paseo del Norte. Carole Drachler, art historian from Mesa Community College, presents Frida Kahlo: A Legend after her Time at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11. Call 742-6455 to RSVP.
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP NETWORK. Clarion Hotel Tucson Airport. Riane Eisler presents Rediscovering our Past, Reclaiming our Future at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 6. Tickets are $10 and are available at Antigone Books. Call 298-0639 for information.
MEDICAL LECTURE SERIES. Arizona Historical Society Museum, Mariposa Gallery. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. AHS presents a fall lecture series focusing on medical history from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays. Dr. Mary Melcher presents Mothers, Midwives, and Babies: Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Childbirth in Rural Arizona, 1910-1940 on Wednesday, November 11. The series is held in conjunction with the Museum's newest exhibit, Life on the Edge: A History of Medicine in Arizona. Cost is $6 per lecture, $5 for AHS members, $3 for students with ID; or $30 for the entire series, $27 for AHS members. Funds raised from the series go directly to support educational programming for schools and the community.
MIDRIFF ISLANDS. Duval Auditorium. UMC. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. The Tucson Audobon Society presents Journey through the Sea of Cortez: The Midriff Islands at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 9. Call 629-0510 for information.
NEW LIFE FOUNDATION. Bonsai Room. Doubletree Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. The teachings of inner-development author Vernon Howard is the subject of this free lecture at 10 a.m. on Sunday, November 8. Call 476-3224 for information.
PHOTOGRAPHY SLIDE LECTURE. Auditorium. UA Center for Creative Photography, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Christopher Phillips, senior editor of Art in America, presents The "New Objectivity" of Albert Renger-Patzsch at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, November 9. Call 621-7968 for information.
PREHISTORIC WEAVING. UA Arizona State Museum. Archaeologist Lynn Teague presents a short course on Prehistoric Southwestern Textiles from 7 to
9 p.m. November 5. This event explores the materials, tools, and techniques used by prehistoric Native American weavers and weaving style and design. Cost is $35, with a $10 discount for students, K-12 teachers and AAHS members. Pre-registration is required. Contact Jan Bell at 326-6709 or <jrbell@u.arizona.edu> for more information.
SOUTHWESTERN ANTHROPOLOGY. Economics Bldg. Room 110. UA Campus. Thomas Sheridan, Curator of Ethnohistory at the Arizona State Museum, presents Cows vs. Condos on the Contested Commons: The Political Ecology of Public Lands Ranching in Arizona at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 5. Call Suzanne Fish at 626-8290 or Barbara Mills at 621-9671 for information.
Announcements
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. Friends of Family History Land and Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson present classes at 1:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through October. Seminars include: Introduction to Genealogy; U.S. Court Records, Probates, and Land Records; U.S. Military Records; Institutional-Business-Employment Records; British Isles Civil Registration; and British Isles Church Records. Classes are $9, free to members of FHL and Los Descendientes. Call 790-5444 for registration and information.
WIDOWED TO WIDOWED. Free support groups to widows and widowers of all ages and lifestyles. Day and evening meetings are available. Call 884-4570 for information.
WOMENS RITUAL. Women of many faiths create ritual together the first Friday of each month. Call Caitlin at 882-5109 or Kena at 622-4067 for information.