Birobidzhan! Birobidzhan! Film Screening

Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center 122 E Culver St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

In Russia's Far East, along the border with China, sits Birobidzhan, the Jewish Autonomous Region, originally created by Stalin in the 1920's as a Jewish homeland. It is a bizarre […]

Free

AZ Speaks – Application to Join 2015-2017 Roster DEADLINE

Unnamed Venue AZ, United States

Do you have an interesting topic to share? Arizona Humanities is seeking qualified individuals to join the 2015-2017 AZ Speaks Roster. Applications must be submitted by Wednesday June 10th, 2015. […]

World Refugee Day Phoenix 2015

BALSZ Community Conference Room - Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix 4309 East Belleview Street, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Click here for a flyer Join Arizona Humanities and BookPALS at World Refugee 2015 Day in Phoenix. Everyone is invited to celebrate and support the refugee community in Phoenix. BookPALS will […]

Free

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

Sedona Winds Retirement Center 405 Jacks Canyon Rd., Sedona, 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

Growing Old with Humor

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

The Nilsens will illustrate ways that humor helps people face the challenges of growing old.  They will discuss some of the differences between growing old as a male and growing […]

Free

All Hat and No Cattle: The Language of the American West

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

Every day we use words and phrases whose roots lie in the American West. Words like “brand,” “maverick,” and “railroaded,” along with phrases like “climb down off your high horse” […]

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82nd Hopi Festival of Arts and Culture

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

Through Heritage Insights Programming, the Museum of Northern Arizona will integrate humanities content into its 82nd Hopi Festivals of Art and Culture. Within the festival, specific programs led by tribal educators […]

Honky Tonks, Brothels and Mining Camps: Entertainment in Old Arizona

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

In pioneer Arizona, among the best places to experience the performing arts were in the mining towns. Striking it rich meant having disposable income and miners, like the well-heeled of […]

Free

Two Six Shooters Beat Four Aces: The Lives of Men on the Arizona Frontier

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

A saga of incredible action with gun battles, deadly weather, outlaws, and evasive fortunes, this lively presentation shares the stories of the pioneer men who first rode into the Arizona […]

Free

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