Join us for an upcoming free Storying Arizona workshop to learn more about this new special initiative grant. Bring a lunch, we'll supply the drinks, and get ready to learn about our newest grant opportunity! Thursday, July 21st - 11:30am-1:00pm - Storying Arizona Brown-Bag Lunch @ Arizona Humanities (1242 N. Central Phoenix, AZ 85004) Storying Arizona […]
The second annual Payson Book Festival seeks to promote literacy and showcase Arizona authors. The festival includes 70 local authors, a Young Writer’s Workshop and story time sessions. A portion of proceeds benefit scholarship funds and children will have the opportunity to take home free books. In all Arizona Professional Writers seeks to foster a […]
This presentation will impart a social interpretation of how life among Indian Nations began to change due to the plight American Indian people were forced into in the name of education. American Indians are the only ethnic group in the U.S. who were subjected to forced education by the federal government for generations. Children were […]
Pilot Charles Lindbergh (the “Lone Eagle”) is best known for his famous 1927 flight across the Atlantic Ocean. But Lindbergh, and his wife Anne, also played an important role in southwestern archaeology. During the summer of 1929, they worked with noted archaeologist Alfred Kidder to conduct the first extensive aerial photographic survey of southwestern prehistoric […]
This event encourages residents of the White Mountain region to bring family collections of ancient artifacts to Casa Malpais Museum in Springerville, where professional archaeologists will provide in-depth information on these objects. Participants will learn what these objects tell us about the lives and arts of the White Mountains’ ancient residents (monetary values will not […]
Join us for an upcoming free Storying Arizona online webinar to learn more about this new special initiative grant. Storying Arizona is a one-time $10,000 grant opportunity to engage Arizonans in community-centered storytelling programs and create resources for local history and culture. Applications are now open and full proposals are due November 1, 2016. Click here to […]
Separating fact from fiction is no easy task when it comes to flamboyant stage coach robber Pearl Hart. A mountain of conflicting stories abound, thanks in no small part, to Pearl herself. So enamored of the Wild West, she embellished her own tale to accommodate the interest of newspapers and public fascination. This presentation will […]
The Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) Heritage Insights programs will take place during the 26th Zuni, 83rd Hopi, and the 67th Navajo Festivals of Art and Culture. MNA’s goal for each festival is to illuminate, explore, and share humanities-based topics tribal members have determined are important to their community, in order to promote cross-cultural understanding […]
In 1896 in a tiny Arizona town, Annie Box Neal presided over her luxury hotel and her elite guests from Europe, Asia, and America. It was a list that included Italian Countesses, Russian Princes, Ambassadors, and the wealthy. Annie treated them all the same and gave them a good taste of western hospitality. In some […]
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 the Gilded Age, wanted to demonstrate their sophistication with culture. From the early popular music of ragtime and minstrelsy during the forming of these communities […]
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