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Connecting Students with Veterans Reception & Book Signing

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

Veterans Heritage Project presents Connecting Students with Veterans Reception and Book Signing for Phoenix Edition 1. This event celebrates the 1000th interview that local high school students have conducted with veterans. Join the Veterans Heritage Project for the debut of Since You Asked XI: A Salute to the Air Force Keynote Speaker: Dr. Richard H. […]

Free

Saving the Great American West:  The Story of George Bird Grinnell

Springerville Heritage Center 418 E. Main Stret, Springerville, AZ, United States

The great West that George Bird Grinnell first encountered in 1870 as a 21-year-old man was shortly to disappear before his eyes.  Nobody was quicker to sense the desecration or was more eloquent in crusading against the poachers, the hide-hunters, and the disengaged U.S. Congress than George Bird Grinnell, the “Father of American Conservation.”  Grinnell […]

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“The Roads Are for the Timid”: The Arizona Adventures and Romance of Mai Richie Reed*

Lake Havasu Museum of History 320 London Bridge Road, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

In 1907, an adventurous young woman from Philadelphia hopped on a train to see the distant Grand Canyon and thus launched an adventure that would change the course of her life.  Over the next several years, she visited the mesa-top pueblo of Acoma, explored the Grand Canyon, lived in a rustic cabin, and struck up […]

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ONEBOOKAZ Book Discussion (Cave Creek)

Desert Foothills Library 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek , AZ, United States

Join ONEBOOKAZ for a facilitated book discussion on the Adult ONEBOOKAZ title, The Blind Eye: A Sephardic Journey by Marcia Fine. Elizabeth Larson will be the facilitator for this discussion geared toward adults. More info on ONEBOOKAZ can be found on their website and twitter. This project was funded in part by a Project Grant […]

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Deceptions, Lies and Alibis

Osher Life Long Learning Institute, Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus 601 Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale, AZ, United States

A killer camel, a tornado-riding con man, a dead dragon, and a naked horse thief are some of the characters in the quirky stories from Southwest history that Peach loves to share in his original cowboy poetry.  Laugh at and learn from these very tall and mostly true tales, like how Arizona forfeited a seaport […]

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ONEBOOKAZ Book Discussion (Apache Junction)

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

Join ONEBOOKAZ for a facilitated book discussion on the Adult ONEBOOKAZ title, The Blind Eye: A Sephardic Journey by Marcia Fine. Elizabeth Larson will be the facilitator for this discussion geared toward adults. More info on ONEBOOKAZ can be found on their website and twitter. This project was funded in part by a Project Grant […]

Free

Archaeology Café (Phoenix): The Hilltop Survey, West-Central Arizona, 1988–present

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

On April 28, 2015, Dr. David R. Wilcox will share the results of a long-term survey of defensible ancient places in central Arizona. Archaeology Café is an informal forum where adults can learn more about the Southwest’s deep history and speak directly to experts. We have based Archaeology Café on the science pub or science […]

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Mamadrama: The Jewish Mother in Cinema

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

This program is made possible by a grant from Arizona Humanities. People of all faiths are welcome to join this documentary screening and discussion at the Arizona Jewish Historical Society in Phoenix. "The Jewish mothers that I know and love are sexy, smart, and strong, but I have never seen this mother in Hollywood movies, […]

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Authors Night with Dr. Ann Aviles de Bradley

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

Click Here to Reserve Your Seat Join Arizona Humanities & la Phoenikera Writers’ Guild for a presentation and discussion with Dr. Ann Aviles de Bradley on the history of The McKinney-Vento Act and its effect on homeless students. Students experiencing housing instability face overwhelming obstacles that limit their access to education and their prospects for success in […]

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Authors Night with Dr. David Omotoso Stovall

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

Click Here to Reserve Your Seat Join Arizona Humanities & la Phoenikera Writers’ Guild, for a presentation, discussion, & book signing with University of Illinois at Chicago Professor Dr. David Omotoso Stovall for the release of his book, Born Out of Struggle: Critical Race Theory, School Creation and the Politics of Interruption. Born Out of Struggle: […]

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