The Era of the Big Bands – Buckeye

Buckeye Community Center/Senior Center 201 E. Centre Avenue, Buckeye, AZ, United States

The Big Band era, 1930s and 1940s, came during turmoil in the United States with Prohibition, the Depression and World War II. People were anxious to temporarily forget their troubles […]

Free

Arizona Stories: Frontier Characters and Communities – Florence

McFarland State Historic Park 24 W. Ruggles St, Florence, AZ, United States

From mammoth hunters and canal builders to Native Americans, Hispanics, Americans, Irish, Serbians, and just about every nationality under the sun, Arizona has always been a land of many cultures. […]

Free

Celebrating Black History – Phoenix

Ocotillo Library & Workforce Literacy Center 102 W. Southern Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

This is an interactive workshop that explores influential and little known African American contributions and the road they paved to make it possible for African American leaders we have today […]

Free

African American Pioneers of Arizona – Phoenix

Cesar Chavez Library 3635 W Baseline Rd, Laveen Village, AZ, United States

Featuring compelling documentaries based on interviews, this presentation shares stories about prominent African Americans who contributed to the life and culture of Arizona.  Such luminaries include the late Dr. Eugene […]

Free

Hopi Quilting Traditions – Phoenix

Agave Library 23550 N. 36th Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

For centuries, Hopi men grew cotton and wove the fibers into blankets and clothing. In the 1880s, with the arrival of Anglo missionaries and government officials, quilting was introduced to […]

Free

The Era of the Big Bands – Gilbert

Southeast Regional Library 775 N Greenfield Rd, Gilbert, AZ, United States

The Big Band era, 1930s and 1940s, came during turmoil in the United States with Prohibition, the Depression and World War II. People were anxious to temporarily forget their troubles […]

Free

Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art – Sedona

Red Rock State Park - AZ State Parks 4050 Red Rock Loop Road, Sedona, AZ, United States

Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for which meanings are known. However, are such […]

Free

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