The pandemic has taken a toll on us all. Take a lunch break and learn from our guest speakers how you can “write” to better health at our upcoming virtual SHE Talks!™. Writing or journaling can reduce stress and anxiety, boost your mood and keep your memory sharp. Moderated by Monica Lindstrom, the panelists […]
Join us for a free debut of a new short documentary featuring riders of Phoenix's original streetcars, the ones that ran before 1948! A reaction panel of community leaders will talk about how Phoenix's current transit system compares and what is next for our city. This is a grantee event and Arizona Humanities is not […]
Comparative views on spirituality, social justice and pacifism: A. Chah, Thai Buddhist monk, Forest Tradition & Thomas Merton, American Trappist monk at Gethsemani Abbey. Guest Speaker Christine Bates Interactive lecture, discussion and reflection This is a grantee event and Arizona Humanities is not directly involved in the event planning or implementation. For this reason please […]
Portal to the Past Festival returns as a free event to Pueblo Grande Museum, in partnership with Cultural Coalition, on Sunday, October 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. Combining indigenous history, cultural performances, archaeology, and interactive programming that is fun for the whole family. Attendees will enjoy tours, exhibits, craft activities, indigenous artist demonstrations and […]
Join us for an engaging, entirely free and open-to-the-public symposium event offering insightful, thought-provoking presentations on the various historical-geographical and socio-cultural dimensions of Dutton's Atlas! Authored by Clarence Dutton as the first publication of the fledging United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District with Atlas (1882), provided the world’s first comprehensive […]
Celebrate the launch of Thousand Languages, an ever developing database of translated work originally appearing in Hayden’s Ferry Review transformed into manifold world languages. The event will include readings from returning HFR contributor’s Jenny Yang Cropp and Erika Eckart and translators Belén Agustina Sánchez, Shahzadi Laibah Burq, Laura Dicochea, Asna Nusrat, and Gina Scarpete Walters. […]
The Gila and The Salt: Our River Stories, a storytelling with masked characters performed by artist and master sculptor Zarco Guerrero on November 17 at 7 p.m. at Pueblo Grande Museum. The Gila and The Salt is a series of stories that share the vibrant and tragic history of water and the River People, over […]
Water Sustainability panel discussion on November 30 at 7 p.m. at Pueblo Grande Museum, offered as a free program to the public. This panel will feature Sustainability Officers from the Cities of Phoenix and Tempe, a water expert from the O'Odham Community, and a member of Gila River Indian Community wetland and aquifer area. Topics […]
A discussion of the power of storytelling in the fight for immigrant and racial justice. En nuestras propias palabras/In Our Own Words is a bilingual immigrant storytelling and art event that seeks to provide Phoenicians with a glimpse into immigrant life and to build bridges over shared identities as Arizonans to fight back against the impulse […]
Join Pamela Mays McDonald, Arts Advocate, Historian, Activist, and Curator, for a discussion and exploration of a case study on Oakland’s Black Panther culture. The motto that propels her art activism is “Yesterday’s histories unravel today’s mysteries.” Mays McDonald explores Black culture through multiple artistic lenses — language, music, visual and performing arts, literature, poetry, […]
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