Swing into History: Popular Music of the Big Band Era

Northwest Regional Library 16089 North Bullard Avenue, Surprise, 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 […]

Free

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

Tucson Jewish Community Center 3800 E. River Road, Tucson, 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 […]

Free

Landscape of the Spirits: Hohokam Rock Art of South Mountain Park

Total Wine Classroom 1416 N. Litchfield Rd., Goodyear, AZ, United States

The South Mountains in Phoenix contain more than 8,000 ancient petroglyphs. This program will discuss Dr. Bostwick’s long-term study of these Hohokam petroglyphs and will describe the various types of […]

Free

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Review of Phase I and Phase II of His Life

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

Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. was a multi-dimensional man all too often remembered solely for his “I Have a Dream” speech delivered at the March on Washington in 1963. Yet, […]

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Veterans Poetry Workshop

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Veterans from all eras are invited to join a FREE six-session poetry writing workshop. Through readings, exercises, and discussion, participants will delve into their own experiences to practice the concise […]

Free

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

Oro Valley Public Library 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, 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 […]

Free

Orphan Trains to Arizona

Quartzsite Public Library 465 North Plymouth Avenue, Quartzsite, AZ, United States

Orphan Trains to Arizona is a multimedia presentation that tells the story of the 250,000 orphans and unwanted children who were put on trains in New York between 1854 and […]

Free

Silver Images on Glass Plates: Early Photography in Arizona, 1850-1920

Osher Life Long Learning Institute, Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus 601 Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale, AZ, United States

Photographs have helped shape both historical and contemporary public perception of Arizona and the West. This program presents a chronological history and social development of photography in Territorial Arizona. Included […]

Free

Silver Images on Glass Plates: Early Photography in Arizona, 1850-1920

Phippen Museum 4701 U.S. HWY 89N, Prescott, AZ, United States

Photographs have helped shape both historical and contemporary public perception of Arizona and the West. This program presents a chronological history and social development of photography in Territorial Arizona. Included […]

Free

Desert Trader: Goldie Tracy Richmond, Trader, Trapper, and Quiltmaker

Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum Fresnal Canyon Road Topawa, Sells, AZ, United States

Goldie Tracy Richmond came to southwestern Arizona in 1927 where she lived in a canvas lean-to. To survive, Goldie mined, ran traplines, and operated Tracy’s Trading Post, living among the […]

Free

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