Explore the Harvey Girls Documentary, New Interviews and Discussion Program at the Heard Museum, April 17, 1:30 PM in the Steele Auditorium Remember the Harvey Girls? They were the more than 100,000 young women who, from the 1880s through the 1960s, left their homes and traveled west to work as waitresses in Harvey House restaurants along the Santa […]
On April 19, 2016, Michelle Hegmon (Arizona State University) will present “Archaeology of the Human Experience.” From Michelle: I will lead a discussion about the Archaeology of the Human Experience (AHE), a new approach that I am developing with a number of colleagues and students (Hegmon 2016). AHE endeavors to understand what it was actually […]
5:00-6:30 p.m. All-Ages Poetry Writing Workshop RSVP to ehutchison@azhumanities.org 7:00-7:45 p.m. Poetry Reading and Q&A Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Ave ■ Phoenix, AZ 85004 (602) 257-0335 Join poet Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow for a poetry workshop and reading in downtown Phoenix. Selected participants will engage in a writing workshop with Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow held at […]
Join the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame for a very special event honoring two extraordinary Arizona women! Click here fore more information.
During the final months of World War II, His Majesty's Jewish Brigade - the only all-Jewish fighting unit in the war - goes into combat against the hated Nazis...and comes away victorious. However, it is after the war, though, that the real story of the Brigade begins. Amidst the chaos of post-war Europe, and under […]
Authors Afternoon with Meredith Whiteley Friday, May 20th - 3:00 - 4:30pm FREE event! White Tank Branch Library – Waddell 20304 W White Tank Mountain Rd Waddell, Arizona 85355 602-652-3000 Hear Meredith discuss her book, Miracle on the Salt River: Water, Family & Farming in the Arizona Desert! The drought that ushered in […]
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Authors Night with Robert Isenberg Tuesday, June 7th - 6:00 - 8:00pm FREE event! Click here to RSVP Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-257-0335 Click here to listen to Robert's interview with K-BACH! Join Arizona Humanities at the historic Ellis-Shackelford House in downtown Phoenix and kick off your summer travels with […]
For some, delicatessen food is close to a religious experience: A tender, crumbling cut of corned beef steeped in its juices, a full-bodied garlic dill pickle, spicy brown mustard with grain. Recipes and culinary garnishes from Hungary, Poland, Russia, Romania that flowed into late 19th and early 20th century America soon became part of an American […]
Arizona Humanities, the Latino Familia Initiative, & The Paramount Foundation present Latino Americans: 500 Years of History in Casa Grande! Wednesday, June 8th · 6:30-8:30 p.m. The Paramount Theater 420 N Florence St #4 Casa Grande, AZ 85122 520-836-4200 + FREE Film Screening followed by Q&A with Dr. Vera Lopez from Arizona State University The New […]
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