6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Tin Shed Theater - N 3rd Ave, Patagonia, AZ 85624 Info through Patagonia Public Library: (520) 394-2010 FREE film screening followed by Q&A with Dr. Julian Lim Program coincides with 6th annual EARTHfest kickoff Enjoy light refreshments Empire of Dreams (1880-1942) Widespread immigration to the U.S. from Latin countries begins – first with […]
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 seven states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Government photographers Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, and Ansel Adams documented the internment, and artists Toyo Miyatake, […]
This PowerPoint program explores the lives of 5 artists whose talents personify the beauty of the early western frontier. Hopi potter Nampeyo shaped clay vessels with an intricacy seldom duplicated today. Writer Sharlot Hall described images of Arizona’s past and preserved our history. Author Martha Summerhayes wrote of her adventures following her husband from one […]
Jim Turner has traced the Green and Colorado rivers from their beginnings as clear bubbling glacial springs high in the mountains, then through roaring canyons in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada, and finally to the salt flats in Mexico. Stunning photographs tell the story of the rivers’ two thousand miles of scenic wonders, geography, wildlife, history, […]
Martha Summerhayes was a refined New England woman who entered the Arizona Territory in 1874 as the young bride of an Army Lieutenant. Traveling in horrific conditions and dreadful heat, she soon despised the wild and untamed land. She gave birth to the first anglo child born at Fort Apache where the native women took […]
In 1933, at the nadir of the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was born. This New Deal program was designed to help unemployed young men learn new skills and earn a dollar a day to support both themselves and their families. CCCers fervently claim that this opportunity gave them the confidence and skills […]
5:00-6:30 p.m. Community Writing Workshop (All Ages) RSVP to ehutchison@azhumanities.org 7:00-7:45 p.m. Poetry Reading and Q&A Firecreek Coffee Company 22 E. Route 66 â– Flagstaff, AZ 86001 (928) 774-2266 Join New York City-based black/trans/queer poet J Mase III on Monday, April 25th at the Firecreek Coffee Company for a community writing workshop, reading , and […]
Interested in learning about our grants? Want to learn about what makes a competitive grant proposal? Confused about our new online process? Save the date for three online webinars and get your questions answered. Mini Grants - Mon, March 14th - 1:00-2:00pm Project Grants - Tues, April 26th - 2:00-3:00pm (*new date*) Mini Grants - Mon, May […]
With the exception of the most ardent collectors and older generation, the influence and legacy of the big bands is largely forgotten despite their overwhelming popularity and significant role in early radio. Join Larson as he revisits the sounds America listened and danced to for more than three decades. Learn how iconic artists like Glenn […]
During the Depression the Federal Writers Project conducted interviews with over 144 women who arrived in the Territory between 1850 and 1890. The women spoke of their long and dangerous journeys, and with their words paint pictures of the hardships and life threatening situations of their frontier existence. Through hard work, dedication, tenacity and humor […]
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