ONEBOOKAZ Book Discussion (Cave Creek)

Desert Foothills Library 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek , AZ, United States

Join ONEBOOKAZ for a facilitated book discussion on the Adult ONEBOOKAZ title, The Blind Eye: A Sephardic Journey by Marcia Fine. Elizabeth Larson will be the facilitator for this discussion geared toward adults. More info on ONEBOOKAZ can be found on their website and twitter. This project was funded in part by a Project Grant […]

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Reading Mexican Border Town Pasts with Photographic Postcards

Tohono O’odham Community College Main Campus, Rm. A-1 HWY 86, Sells, AZ, United States

What did Mexican border towns look like in the past? Is there a way to reconstruct the visual past of these towns using popular imagery? The picture postcard is one way to rediscover that past. This project examines the use and application of photographic postcards to the historical geographic study of towns on the Mexican […]

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Hot Topics Café – Setting Personal Environmental Priorities

Museum of Northern Arizona 3101 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Setting Personal Environmental Priorities - Facilitated by: Dr. Aaron Rizzieri Click Here for a Flyer Hot Topics Café creates a forum for civil discussion about issues of contemporary concern. Join us to learn more about the issue, and more about other people and their views. NAU’s Philosophy in the Public Interest convenes the Hot Topics […]

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Coast-to-Coast in 48 Hours: A Pioneering Transcontinental Air Route Through the Southwest

Mountain View Club House 38759 South Mountainview Boulevard, Tucson, AZ, United States

In 1929 the newly-formed Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) company launched an ambitious plan to establish the country’s first coast-to-coast airline service from New York to Los Angeles.  Assisted by famous pilots Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, the TAT established a series of pioneering airports along the route (including Clovis, Albuquerque, Winslow, and Kingman) and helped […]

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Project Grants – Intent to Apply DEADLINE

Unnamed Venue AZ, United States

In order to apply for a Project Grant, organizations must fill out an Intent to Apply form. Read about Project Grants Fill out the Intent to Apply Form We are working hard to implement a new online grants management system.  In order to effectively transition to the new system, we will be holding only one […]

Deceptions, Lies and Alibis

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

A killer camel, a tornado-riding con man, a dead dragon, and a naked horse thief are some of the characters in the quirky stories from Southwest history that Peach loves to share in his original cowboy poetry.  Laugh at and learn from these very tall and mostly true tales, like how Arizona forfeited a seaport […]

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ONEBOOKAZ Book Discussion (Apache Junction)

Apache Junction Library 1177 N. Idaho Rd., Apache Junction, AZ, United States

Join ONEBOOKAZ for a facilitated book discussion on the Adult ONEBOOKAZ title, The Blind Eye: A Sephardic Journey by Marcia Fine. Elizabeth Larson will be the facilitator for this discussion geared toward adults. More info on ONEBOOKAZ can be found on their website and twitter. This project was funded in part by a Project Grant […]

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ONEBOOKAZ Book Discussion (Yarnell)

Yarnell Public Library 22278 Arizona HWY 89, Yarnell, AZ, United States

Join ONEBOOKAZ for a facilitated book discussion on the Adult ONEBOOKAZ title, The Blind Eye: A Sephardic Journey by Marcia Fine. Barbara Jacquay will be the facilitator for this discussion geared toward adults. More info on ONEBOOKAZ can be found on their website and twitter. This project was funded in part by a Project Grant […]

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Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor

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

Join Temple as she presents Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor, the central figure in a western mining frontier saga involving money, divorce, family heartbreak, and pioneer resilience.  Baby Doe was admired by miners and hated by “decent” women, yet she captured the heart of the richest man in the West, Horace Tabor.  After winning Horace away […]

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Archaeology Café (Phoenix): The Hilltop Survey, West-Central Arizona, 1988–present

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

On April 28, 2015, Dr. David R. Wilcox will share the results of a long-term survey of defensible ancient places in central Arizona. 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 on the science pub or science […]

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