Dia de los Muertos: A Celebration of Life and Death

La Pilita Museum 420 S. Main Street, Tucson, AZ, United States

What is Día de los Muertos? From where does it originate? And how is it celebrated? Día de los Muertos or Days of the Dead is a significant and highly […]

Free

This is Our Land: Early Women on the Arizona Frontier

Fairway Branch Library 10600 W. Peoria Ave., Sun City, AZ, United States

Meet five early Arizona women who endured troubles and hardships during the territory’s early days, all of whom brought a unique perspective to the raw land. Apache warrior Lozen fought […]

Free

Signs of the Times: The Golden Age of Neon in Arizona 

American Evangelical Lutheran Church 115 N. Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ, United States

The rise of car travel in the 40s, 50s and 60s meant that thousands of people were traversing the broad expanses of the Southwest looking for new landscapes and adventure. […]

Free

With a Beefsteak and a Cup of Coffee: The Harvey Girls in the Southwest

Sunset Library/Chandler Public Library 4930 W Ray Rd, Chandler, AZ, United States

The Fred Harvey company operated its exceptional chain of restaurants and hotels along the Santa Fe Railway from 1876 through the 1960s. Among its many innovations was the employment of […]

Free

Día de los Muertos: A Celebration of Life and Death

The Museum of Casa Grande/Casa Grande Historical Society 110 West Florence Boulevard , Casa Grande, AZ, United States

What is Día de los Muertos? From where does it originate? And how is it celebrated? Día de los Muertos or Days of the Dead is a significant and highly […]

Free
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At Home: Veterans Read and Share Stories

Burton Barr Central Library - Meeting Room C 1221 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Veterans are welcome to join this free five-session book group for men, with dinner included. The group will read short stories and essays from classic and contemporary authors and talk […]

Free

Written in Thread: Arizona Women’s History Preserved in Their Quilts

La Pilita Museum 420 S. Main Street, Tucson, AZ, United States

Join Stevenson as she traces Arizona history through women who recorded pieces of their lives in their needlework.  Beginning with 1860s Mexican women, through 1990s Hopi women, this presentation introduces […]

Free

Women of the Arizona State Prison

Winnie Ruth Judd, Eva Dugan, Dr. Rose Boido, and Eva Wilbur Cruz shared one thing in common. All were incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison in Florence.  Some of their […]

Free

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