Diverse discussions covering everything from travels in Southeast Asia to Zapotec weaving are part of the spring 2010 series of free lunch lectures sponsored by the Cochise College Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL).

The CLL hosts Lunch Lecture Tuesdays in Room 313 on the Sierra Vista Campus and Brown Bag Wednesdays in the Student Union on the Douglas Campus. The lectures feature a different topic and presenter each week and take place during the lunch hour, beginning at 12:10 p.m. They are free and open to the public.

The following sessions are scheduled this semester, with a modified location, day and time on Feb. 17 to coincide with the Sierra Vista Campus open house.

Brown Bag Wednesdays, 12:10 p.m., Douglas Campus, Student Union

• Wednesday, February 3 - Teenage Baby Boomers  in the 1960s - Lisa  Westrick talks about the largest generation to influence life in the  United States. Discover how teenage boomers influenced education and  culture in the 1960s.

• Wednesday, February 10 -  The Zapotec Weaving Tradition - Alex Martinez, a  Zapotec weaver from Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, shares his family  tradition of master weaving that employs the same ancient methods of carding  and spinning wool to create rugs and tapestries that their ancestors used  more than 100 years ago.

• Wednesday, February 17 –  All Things San Pedro – Local birding expert Dutch  Nagle shares his knowledge of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation  Area (SPRNCA), home to more than 350 species of birds, 80 species of  mammals and 40 species of amphibians and reptiles.

• Wednesday, February 24  – The Great Recession - Robert Carreira, Ph.D., director of  the Cochise College Center for Economic Research, discusses economic  events leading to the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression,  the current state of the economy, and what the future might hold. The  primary focus will be the national economy, but with some mention of  events at the state and local level, to include why Cochise County has  weathered the economic storm much better than other areas of the state and  nation.

• Wednesday, March 3 - Our  Excellent Adventure: Travels in Cambodia and Thailand – World  travelers Sheila DeVoe Heidman and Rebecca Orozco narrate their  adventures in Southeast Asia, including elephant riding and rafting;  travels by ox cart and tuk tuk; visits to Buddhist temples and jungle  ruins; and dining on roasted rat and rambutan.

• Wednesday, March 10  – Travel 101 – Veteran globetrotter and former tour  guide Rebecca Orozco shares tricks for picking destinations, making travel  arrangements, packing and having a great time.

• Wednesday, March 24  – Cowboy Poets – Jim Dalglish demonstrates some of his  own work and covers cowboy poet history, plans for the future and the  importance of giving children the gift of creativity and poetry.

• Wednesday, March 31 - The  Emigrant Experience in Southeastern Arizona – Historian Wes  Patience covers the stories and experiences of European emigrants during  the Cochise County mining boom at the turn of the 19th to 20th  centuries.

• Wednesday, April 7 - Exploring  Egypt and Jordan – Join Pat Hotchkiss, director of Cochise  College libraries, on a journey to the ancient world, including the wonders  of Jordan’s Rose City of Petra and Egypt’s pyramids of Giza.

• Wednesday, April 13 - African  Film Festival screening of “Bronx Princess” – This  29-minute film is part of the CLL’s African Film Festival, which  runs April 11-23. Bronx Princess follows headstrong, 17-year-old  Rocky as she leaves behind her mother in New York City to reunite with her  father, a chief in Ghana. By confronting her immigrant parents’ ideas of  adulthood during her tumultuous summer between high school and college,  Rocky must reconcile her African heritage with her dream of independence.

• Wednesday, April 20 - Africa  from Casa Blanca to Cape Town - Dr. Charlie LaClair, faculty emeritus,  presents a photo exposé of Africa, from Morocco to South Africa, based on  a recent around-the-world trip that included 27 countries.

• Wednesday, April 28 -  Open Forum with the Dean - Hear about what’s new and what the  future may hold for the Douglas Campus, presented by Chuck Hoyack, dean of  the Douglas Campus.

For more information, contact the Center for Lifelong Learning at (520) 417-4772 or training@cochise.edu, or visit the Cochise College website at www.cochise.edu. Participants who need special accommodations should contact the Disability Services Office at (520) 515-5337 or (520) 417-4023 at least 72 hours in advance.