Swing into History: Popular Music of the Big Band Era

Sedona Winds Retirement Center 405 Jacks Canyon Rd., Sedona, AZ, United States

With the exception of the most ardent collectors and the older generations, the influence and legacy of the big bands is largely forgotten despite their overwhelming popularity and significant role in early radio.  Join Larson as he revisits the sounds that America listened and danced to for more than three decades.  Learn how iconic artists […]

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Swing into History: Popular Music of the Big Band Era

Sedona Public Library 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, AZ, United States

With the exception of the most ardent collectors and the older generations, the influence and legacy of the big bands is largely forgotten despite their overwhelming popularity and significant role in early radio.  Join Larson as he revisits the sounds that America listened and danced to for more than three decades.  Learn how iconic artists […]

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The Eagle and the Archaeologists: The Lindberghs’ 1929 Southwest Aerial Survey

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

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 […]

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Sprechen Sie Deutsch?:  German-Speaking Jesuit Missionaries as Founders of Sonora/Arizona

Copper Queen Library 6 Main St., Bisbee, AZ, United States

We commonly assume that the early history of the Pimeria Alta (now Sonora/Arizona) was greatly determined by the Spanish colonizers. But, in reality, the Jesuit Order can be credited with having had the greatest impact on the region, perhaps best represented by Padre Eusebio Kino.  A surprisingly large number of his successors hailed from German-speaking […]

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Archaeology Café (Phoenix): Pottery…A Direct Link to Our Past

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

On February 17, 2015, traditional potters and educators Jacob Butler and Ron Carlos (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community) will share their perspectives on heritage and connecting to the past. 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 […]

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Arizona’s War Town: Flagstaff, Navajo Ordnance Depot, and World War II

ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City, Santiago 109 100 University Way, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, the War Department announced the construction of a massive ammunition depot ten miles west of Flagstaff. The Army rushed the $17 million project to completion in a spasm of boomtown upheaval. One thousand Navajo and Hopi construction workers stayed on to run the struggling new depot. Meanwhile, the Navy halted […]

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“And Ya Don’t Stop”: Hip Hop and American Popular Culture

Glendale Community College Student Union 6000 W. Olive Ave, Glendale, AZ, United States

This presentation will demonstrate that hip hop and rap is, as Robin D.G. Kelley argues, “arguably the post Civil Rights Era’s highest form of creative, extemporaneous, ever evolving form of communication and expression.” Whitaker will argue that it developed as collective critique of the stigmatization and marginalization of black youth, and has evolved into a […]

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Arizona Kicks on Route 66

Dorothy Powell Senior Adult Center 405 E. 6th St., Casa Grande, AZ, United States

U.S. Route 66, known as the “Mother Road,” was built in 1926. It ran from Chicago to L. A. During the depression of the 1930s, it became the major path by which people migrated west, seeking work, warm weather and new opportunities. Shore shares the history of Route 66 in Arizona, including the impact it […]

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The Vulture Gold Mine

Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ, United States

Discovered in 1863 by Henry Wickenburg, the Vulture Gold Mine was the first big gold mine in Arizona.  The mine and its colorful cast of characters, along with the town of Wickenburg, were instrumental in stimulating considerable growth and development in Central Arizona. This presentation will share the multi-layered story of the gold mine, thus […]

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He Called It a Dream, but It Woke Us Up!

Estrella Mountain Community College Conference Center 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ, United States

Vicariously experience the environment and atmosphere of a 1960s-era Civil Rights Movement camp.  Through theatrical performance, music, poetry, and participatory activities, audience members will examine the culture of discrimination, racial prejudice, and social injustice in the United States as it was during the 1960s.  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s strategy of passive resistance will be […]

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