The agave plant was used by Native peoples for numerous utilitarian items. Mescal served as a valuable food source still being harvested and prepared to this day by many Indigenous groups. For millennia people have pit roasted the heart of the plant yielding a nutritious food staple rich in calcium and zinc. This talk includes […]
Join us for an exploration of the rich and diverse indigenous cultures of Arizona. Hear traditional stories that have been passed down for generations. See a traditional dance performance.  Learn about Native American tools and instruments, how they were made and how they were used.
In pioneer Arizona, among the best places to experience the performing arts were in the mining towns. Striking it rich meant having disposable income, and miners, like the well-heeled of the Gilded Age, wanted to demonstrate their sophistication with culture. From the early popular music of ragtime and minstrelsy during the forming of these communities, […]
During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines without knowing that they would be called on to develop a secret code against the Japanese military. This select group of Code Talkers devised a Navajo language code that was accurate, quick, never broken, and saved many American lives. This talk profiles 4 […]
People of all faiths are invited to join the Arizona Jewish Historical Society, Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church and Congregation Beth Israel for an exciting interfaith concert. This uplifting event will feature Christmas and Hanukkah music from Jewish and African American spiritual traditions to promote dialogue and understanding between the communities, as well as people of […]
We are thrilled to host Professor Rosemarie Dombrowski for an intimate evening of poetry. Dr. Dombrowski is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Phoenix. She is the founding editor of rinky dink press (a publisher of micro-collections of micro-poetry) and The Revolution (Relaunch), a radical and creative resurgence of the official newspaper of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. Her collections include The […]
 CLICK HERE to rsvp. Join us for the first in a series of programs exploring the diverse voices that capture the journey towards Democracy in America. We are proud to feature these presentations as part of the traveling Smithsonian Exhibit Voices and Votes: Democracy in America that will launch in March 2020. The Voices and Votes exhibit will travel […]
Join us for AZ Poets Speak: Vanishing History A Digital Poetry Event Wednesday April 29 @ 6:00 pm  CLICK HERE to Register  Event link: https://zoom.us/j/99915966856   History surrounds us, moves us, and informs our understanding of current events. What happens when it is lost? Whether overlooked by the mainstream historian's pen or lost to […]
Join us for AZ Poets Speak: The Body As History A Digital Poetry Event Wednesday May 13 @ 6:00 pm  CLICK HERE to Register  Event link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89371196953 Hair, eyes, skin, scars: our bodies offer clues to our history, but how others interpret those clues is often out of our control. Join us as we explore […]
Join us for AZ Poets Speak: Black Lives Matter: A Digital Poetry Event Friday, July 17 @ 6:30-7:30 pm MST Â Register Here Skin, scars, hair, eyes: our bodies offer clues to our history, but how others interpret those clues are often out of our control. Join us as we explore the body as history […]
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