Art of the Internment Camps: Culture Behind Barbed Wire

Arizona Western College 1109 Geronimo Ave., Parker, AZ, United States

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1942 WWII Executive Order 9066 forced the removal of nearly 125,000 Japanese American citizens from the west coast, incarcerating them in ten remote internment camps in […]

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Arizona Kicks on Route 66

Saddlebrooke Mountain Clubhouse 38759 South Mountain View Boulevard, Tucson, 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 […]

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

Mesa Arts Center 1 E Main St, Mesa, 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 […]

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The Harlem Renaissance: Literary Movement

Mesa Arts Center 1 E Main St, Mesa, AZ, United States

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and early 1930s and it was an unprecedented period of expression by African Americans in music, literature, art, dance, […]

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

ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City, Santiago 109 100 University Way, Lake Havasu City, 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 […]

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Art of the Internment Camps: Culture Behind Barbed Wire

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

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1942 WWII Executive Order 9066 forced the removal of nearly 125,000 Japanese American citizens from the west coast, incarcerating them in ten remote internment camps in […]

Free

Fascinating Florence, AZ: Not Just a Prison Town

Leisure World: Hopi Pima Room 908 South Power Road, Mesa, AZ, United States

Florence began as a small rural desert town. In 1875 a major silver strike and designation as Pinal County seat changed the character of the town.   Despite the past […]

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Saving the Great American West:  The Story of George Bird Grinnell

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

The great West that George Bird Grinnell first encountered in 1870 as a 21-year-old man was shortly to disappear before his eyes.  Nobody was quicker to sense the desecration or […]

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The Ballad of Arizona: Our First 100 Years

Casa Grande Public Library 449 N. Dry Lake St., Casa Grande, AZ, United States

This engaging program, similar to a “Prairie Home Companion” but with an Arizona twist, uses live music, storytelling, video, and other visual aides to highlight stories of Arizona’s first century. […]

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