Black Woman Rising: African American Community Mothers in Phoenix

Casa Grande Public Library 449 N. Dry Lake St., Casa Grande, AZ, United States

  African American women have had a tremendous impact on the lives of Arizonans. In a project I’ve been working on for the past 20 years, I have had the […]

Specters of the Past-Ghost Towns That Built Arizona with Jay Mark

Glendale Public Library - Foothills Library - Roadrunner Room 19055 N 57th Ave, Glendale, United States

In addition to an entertaining, visual display of the communities, towns and settlements that contributed to the early growth of the state, this presentation also focuses on respect for these […]

FREE

Arizona’s Vintage Signs: Lighting the Future with Marshall Shore

Apache Junction Library 1177 N. Idaho Rd., Apache Junction, AZ, United States

Arizona has become a hotbed of preserving vintage signage and neon. No wonder, with the rise of Arizona and automobile travel in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Thousands of people […]

FREE

Writers of the Purple Sage with Jim Turner

Sedona Public Library 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, AZ, United States

This presentation covers five Arizona novelists: Zane Grey spent his honeymoon at the Grand Canyon and went on to be one of the first and most famous Western writers of […]

FREE

The Underground and Overground Railroad with Dr. Tamika Sanders

Tempe Public Library 3500 S Rural Rd., Tempe, AZ, United States

Using storytelling, historical artifacts and songs, this presentation will depict the ingenuity and resiliency used by those involved in the Underground Railroad to help over 100,000 enslaved people escape to […]

FREE

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