On the Road Since 1925: The Colorful History of Arizona Highways Magazine

Dorothy Powell Senior Adult Center 405 E. 6th St., Casa Grande, AZ, United States

The first issue of Arizona Highways magazine was published in April, 1925. In this presentation, former publisher Win Holden will share the fascinating story of how a brochure produced by […]

Arizona for Newcomers

Superstition Mountain Museum 4087 N. Apache Trail, Apache Junction, AZ, United States

What is it that makes Arizona unique, that gives it a different flavor from neighboring New Mexico, California, Utah, Colorado, Sonora, and Chihuahua? In part the answer lies in Arizona’s […]

The Science of Music, The Music Of Science

The Palazzo 6250 N. 19th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Why do so many physicists compare the universe to an orchestra? Why did Einstein use his violin playing to enhance his contemplation of the workings of the cosmos? The connection […]

For the Love of Turquoise

Yavapai College, Clarkdale Campus 601 Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale, AZ, United States

Turquoise has a long standing tradition amongst Native cultures of the Southwest, holding special significance and profound meanings to specific individual tribes. Even before the more contemporary tradition of combining […]

It Takes a Nation to Heal

Florence Community Library 778 N. Main St., Florence, AZ, United States

Indigenous tribes today are finding themselves in crisis. Community initiatives are mobilizing to sustain water, land, language, youth, and heritage. Megan will shine light on the root causes of these […]

The Spirit of Spirituals: Famous and Stirring Songs of Faith, and their Stories

Cesar Chavez Library 3635 W Baseline Rd, Laveen Village, AZ, United States

People the world over express Divine Devotion through humbly coming together and creating blessed sounds, blending their energies and hearts to help bridge that sometimes narrow, sometimes great, divide between […]

The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII

Mohave Museum of History and Arts 400 W. Beale St., Kingman, AZ, United States

During World War II over one thousand women served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), freeing male pilots for combat roles at a critical time during the war. The WASP […]

Arizona’s Great Escape

Agave Library 23550 N. 36th Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

During the night of Christmas Eve in 1944, twenty-five Nazi German prisoners of war escaped from Papago Park POW camp on the outskirts of Phoenix and headed towards Mexico. These […]

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