During a 1927 road trip to the Hopi Indian Reservation in northern Arizona, Maud and Carey Melville of Worcester, Massachusetts, befriended Ethel and Wilfred Muchvo at First Mesa. This presentation portrays the lives of the Hopi people during the 1920s and 1930s, prior to the tremendous cultural changes that occurred before World War II. Daily […]
Charles G. W. French, born 1820 in a small southeastern Massachusetts town, heeded the advice, "Go West, young man." Armed with letters of introduction from Daniel Webster and Benjamin R. Curtis, French arrived in California in 1851. Achieving recognition as a lawyer and legislator in Sacramento, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court […]
Consider the taco, that favorite treat, a staple of Mexican and Mexican American cooking and an old standby on an Arizonan’s plate. The corn in the tortilla comes from Mexico, the cheese from the Sahara, the lettuce from Egypt, the onion from Syria, the tomatoes from South America, the chicken from Indochina, and the beef […]
Charles Lindbergh is best known for his famous 1927 flight across the Atlantic Ocean. But few realize that Lindbergh and his wife, Anne, played a brief but important role in archaeology. In 1929 they teamed up with noted archaeologist Alfred Kidder to conduct an unprecedented aerial photographic survey of Southwest prehistoric sites and geologic features […]
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 evolved orchestras, operas and glee clubs […]
Join Arizona Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Verde Valley Librarians for a free screening of the Ric Burns film, Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History. The screening is followed by a conversation and Q&A. • Friday, December 4 - 1:00 to 4:00pm - Cottonwood Recreation Center (150 S 6th St, […]
Join Arizona Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Verde Valley Librarians for a free screening of the Ric Burns film, Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History. The screening is followed by a conversation and Q&A. • Friday, December 4 - 1:00 to 4:00pm - Cottonwood Recreation Center (150 S 6th St, […]
5:30-6:30 p.m. All-Ages Community Writing Workshop 6:30-9:30 p.m. Open Mic Performance + Light Refreshments Gila Community College-San Carlos Campus Tonto Street and Mesa Drive San Carlos, AZ 85550 â– (928) 475-5981 Arizona poets Laura Tohe and Orlando White will lead an all ages interactive workshop with participants of Poets on the Rez at […]
The second annual Payson Book Festival seeks to promote literacy and showcase Arizona authors. The festival includes 70 local authors, a Young Writer’s Workshop and story time sessions. A portion of proceeds benefit scholarship funds and children will have the opportunity to take home free books. In all Arizona Professional Writers seeks to foster a […]
This event encourages residents of the White Mountain region to bring family collections of ancient artifacts to Casa Malpais Museum in Springerville, where professional archaeologists will provide in-depth information on these objects. Participants will learn what these objects tell us about the lives and arts of the White Mountains’ ancient residents (monetary values will not […]
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