Celebrating Black History – Phoenix

Ocotillo Library & Workforce Literacy Center 102 W. Southern Ave., Phoenix

This is an interactive workshop that explores influential and little known African American contributions and the road they paved to make it possible for African American leaders we have today […]

Free

African American Pioneers of Arizona – Phoenix

Cesar Chavez Library 3635 W Baseline Rd, Laveen Village

Featuring compelling documentaries based on interviews, this presentation shares stories about prominent African Americans who contributed to the life and culture of Arizona.  Such luminaries include the late Dr. Eugene […]

Free

Hopi Quilting Traditions – Phoenix

Agave Library 23550 N. 36th Ave., Phoenix

For centuries, Hopi men grew cotton and wove the fibers into blankets and clothing. In the 1880s, with the arrival of Anglo missionaries and government officials, quilting was introduced to […]

Free

The Era of the Big Bands – Gilbert

Southeast Regional Library 775 N Greenfield Rd, Gilbert

The Big Band era, 1930s and 1940s, came during turmoil in the United States with Prohibition, the Depression and World War II. People were anxious to temporarily forget their troubles […]

Free

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