March 1

Wednesday evening the Madison Urban Ministry holds the next in its Mentoring Connections series. It is training on how to mentor a child of an incarcerated parent. This is at 6:30 at 2300 South Park Street. Call 256-0906 for details. Registration is requested.

Thursday morning the Arboretum Naturalists’ Enrichment Lecture Series sponsors a presentation by Robert J. Jeske, associate professor and chair of the dep! artment of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee speaking on "There Was no Wilderness: The Oak Savanna and Prairie as a Cultural Landscape." This is at 9:00 in the Arboretum Visitors Center. Call 265-5872 for details.

Today there is an exhibit of the humanitarian group "Clowns Without Borders recent field work with children in AIDS-infected communities in southern Africa. It runs through mid-March in the Jackie Macaulay Gallery of the Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street. Call 832-4854 for details.

Today and ongoing the South Madison Farmers Market offers a chance to get fresh, reasonably priced, sustainably grown or organic produce throughout the winter. Boxes may contain items such as, apples, beets, carrots, peppers and spinach. Orders should be in by Tuesday for pick up on Friday in the South Madison Area. For detail! s or to place an order call Robert at 358-6834.

"The Homeshare Program" at "Independent Living Incorporated" matches older adults with working people or students who are in need of low cost housing and are able to provide some assistance around the house. Call 274-6900 and ask for "Homeshare" for details.

The Community Law Project provides free legal services to low-income Dane County residents. They can provide legal assistance in landlord/tenant disputes, Public benefit, or un-paid wages disputes. They are at 2300 South Park Street. Call 260-8221 for details.