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Celebraciones de la Gente Festival

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

The Museum of Northern Arizona will integrate humanities content into the 12th annual Celebraciónes de la Gente Festival through lectures, discussions and presentations. The goal is to illuminate, explore and share humanities-based topics important to the Latino community in order to engage audiences and heighten appreciation for their history, philosophies, and life ways. Please check […]

Deception, Lies and Alibis

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

A killer camel, a tornado-riding con man, a dead dragon, and a naked horse thief are characters in some of the quirky stories from southwest history that author and storyteller Michael Coyote Peach tells in his original cowboy poetry.  Laugh at and learn from tall and mostly true tales, as Michael tells how Arizona forfeited […]

Free

Spotlight on the Humanities

Arizona Latino Arts & Cultural Center (ALAC) 147 E Adams St, Phoenix, AZ, United States

For more information and tickets, visit spotlight-on-the-humanities.eventbrite.com.

25.00

Music + Festival: Bernstein, Adams, Berio

Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St., Tucson, AZ, United States

The goal of the 2015 Music + Festival: Bernstein, Adams, Berio is to present the lives and music of three major composers with a rich humanistic framework. The festival consists of a film screening, symposium with scholars presenting the lives and work of the composers, and four concerts. The objective is not only to present […]

Dia de los Muertos PHX Festival + Cesar Castro Workshop

Steele Indian School Park 3rd Street and Indian School, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Info and Schedule of Activities at http://diadelosmuertosphx.com/ This program is supported in part by Arizona Humanities. The Dia de los Muertos Phx Festival is an interactive, multi-generational, and participatory cultural immersion event blending traditional Mexican experiences with a twist of Southwestern flavor. The festival aims to instill a sense of history, pride and knowledge about our multicultural roots to […]

Free

Riding with the Duke: John Wayne in Arizona

Isabelle Hunt Pine Public Library Activity Room 6124 W. Randall Place, Pine, AZ, United States

John Wayne was born in Iowa and lived for most of his adult life in California. Yet, he spent many years exploring, living, and investing in Arizona, where he produced his own films, raised cattle, operated a game ranch, and was seemingly everywhere at once. Wayne remains an iconic presence in American popular culture. In […]

Free

Arizona Tourism from Stagecoaches to Kayaks

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

Ever since the Grand Canyon became grand, tourists have been flocking to Arizona to see the sights and experience the unique landscape and indigenous cultures. This presentation covers the whole state over more than a century. From 1880s Grand Canyon stagecoach and mule rides, the Fred Harvey railroad era (Harvey Girls and Indian Detours), auto […]

Free

Ghostly Stories Family Event with Marshall Shore

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

Join Arizona Humanities for a FREE family-friendly celebration of storytelling, Arizona history, and All Hallows Eve. Wear your spookiet costume and listen to ghost stories under the full moon. Marshall Shore, Arizona’s own “Hip Historian” will take you on a chilling journey through local ghost stories of Phoenix. Enjoy snacks, arts and crafts, a costume contest, and […]

Free

Authors Night with Dr. Felipe Hinojosa

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

Click Here to Reserve Your Seat Join Dr. Felipe Hinojosa, Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University, for an evening exploring the intersection of religion and politics in Chicana/o and Latina/o history. Hear the stories of Mexican Americans and Latinas/os who joined the Mennonite Church during the middle part of the twentieth century and […]

Free

The Dark Immortality of the Vampire with speaker Jerrold Hogle

Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St., Tucson, AZ, United States

In time for Halloween, Dr. Hogle explores the surprising evolution of the vampire from evil to good (and even sexy) in some fictions and films toward the end of the 20th century. What does this change say about our modern social and cultural values? Free tickets at the Fox Tucson Theatre ticket booth (in front […]

Free

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