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Author Colson Whitehead at the Tucson Humanities Festival – Tucson

University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, United States

REVISITING THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD With Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author The University of Arizona - NORTH BALLROOM, UA MEMORIAL STUDENT UNION Thursday, October 18 - 7:00 p.m. Colson Whitehead has established himself as one of the most versatile and innovative writers in contemporary literature. RSVP through Eventbrite. Share on facebook. From the secret lives of elevators to […]

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Ghostly Stories Festival – Phoenix

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

Join us for the annual Ghostly Stories Festival in downtown Phoenix! Celebrate stories, books, and reading with a spooky twist! Wear a costume and enjoy multicultural story time, arts and crafts, a free book giveaway, chalk art mural, and more. Free and fun for families and kids! New this year! Performances, local poets, community booths, […]

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AZ H20 + Art (Phoenix)

Burton Barr Central Library 1221 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Burton Barr Central Library Second Floor, College Depot Auditorium AZ H20 + Art with Jim Ballinger Hoover Dam is an iconic marvel of American engineering.  Created to manage the floodwaters of the Colorado River, the dam continues to affect Arizonans’ lives daily.  But the Hoover dam is rarely thought of as a significant work of […]

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Know Your Water: Supporting Future Generations – Phoenix

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

In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Colorado River Basin Project Act, authorizing the construction of what is today known as Central Arizona Project (CAP).  CAP is a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines that delivers Colorado River water to central and southern Arizona, serving 80 percent of the state’s […]

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Keeonna Harris & Saretta Morgan

Literary Landscapes: Keeonna Harris & Saretta Morgan (Phoenix)

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

Keeonna Harris & Saretta Morgan Literary Landscapes: A public reading and conversation with Keeonna Harris & Saretta Morgan. Join us for the evening as both women share new work at the intersections of incarceration, intimacy and indigenous erasure in the borderlands. Conversation and audience Q&A to follow. Literary Landscapes brings together emerging and renowned writers to […]

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Foreign Film Friday: Amélie (Phoenix)

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

Amélie (2001) “Amélie is a fanciful comedy about a young woman who discretely orchestrates the lives of the people around her, creating a world exclusively of her own making. Shot in over 80 Parisian locations, acclaimed director Jean-Pierre Jeunet invokes his incomparable visionary style to capture the exquisite charm and mystery of modern-day Paris through the eyes […]

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The Written Body: A Reading and Conversation

New City PHX 1300 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ, United States

What is a body beside a person, a structure, the hull of a ship? Can there be a body of hope, of sorrow, of dreams, of poetry? And what of writing? How does it move us, help give shape to thought and experience? Join us as we explore The Written Body with poet Eloisa Amezcua, […]

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Foreign Film Friday: Butterfly’s Tongue (Phoenix)

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

La lengua de las mariposas (1999) “The heartwarming story of the relationship that develops between a shy young boy and his kind teacher in 1936 Spain. The boy, Moncho, is frightened about starting school, and it is up to the gentle, compassionate Don Gregorio to set the boy's mind at ease. When the Spanish Civil War […]

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Democracy and the Informed Citizen: An Evening with Viet Thanh Nguyen

Devil's Oasis 660 South College Avenue, Tempe, AZ, United States

Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur Genius Fellow Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Refugees (2017) and The Sympathizer (2015), as he interrogates the power of language and the relationship between citizenry and democracy. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer is a New York Times best seller and won […]

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Foreign Film Friday: The Wave

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

The Wave (2015) “A Norwegian geologist and his family fight for survival when a massive landslide causes a 250-foot tidal wave.” Foreign Film Friday is a film series that celebrates international storytelling and perspectives by screening foreign-language films from a variety of genres and countries. Enjoy light snacks during the film viewing followed by an audience […]

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