Veterans Heritage Project – Book Signing & Reception Event

Arizona State University - West Camps 4701 W. Thunderbird Rd., Glendale, AZ, United States

CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH VETERANS Reception & Book Signing Phoenix Edition 1 Sunday, April 10, 2016 3:00 PM—6:00 PM Arizona State University, West Campus 4701 West Thunderbird Road Glendale, Arizona 85306 Join us for the debut of Since You Asked XII: A Salute to the Coast Guard Keynote Speaker Admiral Vern Clark (Ret.) Former Chief of Naval Operations […]

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Journey to Justice – Film Screening & Discussion

Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center 122 E Culver St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Journey to Justice tells the story of Howard Triest, a German Jew who fled Nazi Germany in 1939, when he was 16 years old, and returned as a victorious American soldier in 1945.  He then served as an interpreter at the Nuremberg Tribunal, enabling him to come face-to-face with imprisoned Nazi officials who were co-responsible […]

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‘The Stories We Tell’ Opera – Preview Workshop

Heard Museum 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

From the Heard Museum website: "The result of a collaboration between the Heard Museum, the Grand Canyon Music Festival and the Arizona Opera, “The Stories We Tell” will debut at the Heard later this spring. “The Stories We Tell” consists of “micro-operas” composed by five Native students during workshops at Arizona Opera. This is a […]

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Harvey Girls Documentary – Heard Museum

Heard Museum 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

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 […]

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Archaeology Café (Phoenix): Archaeology of the Human Experience

Macayo's Central 4001 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

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 […]

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Poet Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow – Poetry Workshop + Reading

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

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 […]

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In Their Own Hands: The Story of the Jewish Brigade in World War II

Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center 122 E Culver St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

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 […]

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Author Afternoon with Meredith Whiteley

White Tank Library 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, AZ, United States

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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