The Arizona Humanities Council presents the 2010 Lorraine W. Frank Lecture and Humanities Awards
Featuring
Gary Paul Nabhan
Heritage Foods of Arizona -
Linking Our Sense of Taste to a Sense of Place
Leo Rich Theater in Tucson
Friday, October 22, 2010
Coffee & Dessert Reception 5:30-6:30pm
Lecture & Awards 6:30-8:30pm
Free and open to the public
The Arizona Humanities Council is proud to announce that this year's featured speaker is Gary Paul Nabhan.
Gary Nabhan is an internationally known writer, lecturer, food and farming advocate whose work has long been rooted in the U.S. / Mexico borderlands region. He is a Research Social Scientist at the Southwest Center of the University of Arizona. Nabhan was the founding director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University.
Nabhan has written numerous books including: Heritage Farming in the Southwest Borderlands, Renewing America's Food Traditions, Cross-Pollinations: The Marriage of Science and Poetry, Tequila!: A Natural and Cultural History. He has won national and international awards for his scientific and literary works some of which have also been translated into five languages.
2010 Humanities Awards
The 2010 Humanities Awards honoring individuals, organizations, or businesses for their contribution and advancement of the humanities will be presented at the Lecture.
The two awards given are the Dan Shilling Public Humanities Scholar Award which recognizes a humanities scholar who has enhanced public awareness and understanding of the role that the humanities play in transforming live and strengthening communities and the Juliana Yoder Friend of the Humanities Award recognizes individuals, organizations or businesses that have made a lasting contributions to the cultural life of Arizona through their active support of and involvement in promoting the humanities.
Through August 31, nominations are being taken for the Humanities Awards. Click here for more information.
For more information, please call Erica Kinias at 602-257-0335 x26 or email at ekinias@azhumanities.org.
Help Build the Lorraine W. Frank Fund
Donations to the Lorraine W. Frank Fund endowment in memory of Lorraine W. Frank will be used to support and continue the annual lecture.
