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 […]

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Metalsmith Matriarchs: Makers, Memory, and Reciprocity with Nanibaa Beck

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

Nanibaa Beck addresses the ways Native women metal smith integrate indigenous knowledge, practice and tradition into their craft. She focuses on four to five metal smiths with a rotation in […]

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Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Rock Art with Allen Dart

Fountain Hills Community Center 13001 N La Montana Dr, Fountain Hills, AZ, United States

Ancient American Indian petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) and pictographs (rock paintings) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for which meanings are known. But are […]

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Along the California Trail: Our State’s Pioneers with Jay Cravath

Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church 6502 E. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek, AZ, United States

An ancient set of Indigenous paths and the natural flow of the Gila River created a major artery for travel through pioneer Arizona. The Gila provided a ready route for […]

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Why Arizona Dark Skies Matter with Matthew Goodwin

Mohave County Library Lake Havasu Branch 1770 McCulloch Blvd N., Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Flagstaff, Arizona was the world’s first community designated an International Dark Sky Place for its active efforts reduce light pollution and protect the visibility of the night sky. There are […]

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For the Love of Turquoise with Carrie Calisay Cannon

Phippen Museum 4701 N Hwy 89, Prescott, 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 […]

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