Women of the Arizona State Prison – Lake Havasu City

Mohave Community College: Lake Havasu Campus 1977 Acoma Blvd, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Winnie Ruth Judd, Eva Dugan, Dr. Rose Boido, and Eva Wilbur Cruz all shared one thing in common. They were all incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison in Florence. These women were players in both the sensational stories that made national headlines and local stories that made Arizona history. Who were these women and how […]

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Taking your German Father to a Nazi Camp – Patagonia

Patagonia Public Library 346 Duquesne, Patagonia, AZ, United States

A cultural, psychological and personal look at the effects of the Holocaust and war memories in German society after 1945, especially as they are passed on inter-generationally in German families. This larger frame will be exemplified by the presenter’s story about his father who had been  drafted into the German army at age 17, and […]

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FRANK Talks: Information Warfare as the New Battlespace – Eagar

Round Valley Public Library 179 South Main Street, Eagar, AZ, United States

Weaponized Narrative: Information Warfare as the New Battlespace Dr. Braden Allenby, Arizona State University, President’s Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering, and Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics Weaponized narrative is the latest term for information warfare, focusing specifically on the role of new media in shaping opinion. Weaponized narratives attack the shared beliefs and […]

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Ancient Technology Day: Prehistoric & Historic – Phoenix

Pueblo Grande Museum 4619 East Washington St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Saturday, March 10 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free Event This program is made possible by a grant from the Arizona Humanities. Test your technology skills at the 18th Annual Ancient Technology Day on March 10 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix. Enjoy a hands-on experience, fun for the whole […]

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Specters of the Past: Arizona’s Ghost Towns – Florence

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

The promise of unimagined riches is what brought many of the earliest colonizers to the Arizona Territory. Following the trail to the discovery of the mother lode, they built, then dismantled and finally abandoned communities when mines played out – leaving behind tantalizing clues of difficult hardships. Some towns survived like Bisbee, Jerome, Tombstone and […]

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Wild, Weird, Wicked Arizona – Phoenix

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

For a state that has been home to Geronimo, Wyatt Earp, César Chavez and Wonder Women, you would think Arizona earned some respect. Yet achieving statehood was a 50-year struggle, which finally ended on February 14, 1912. Jana borrows from both her work for True West Magazine and her work for Phoenix Magazine to put […]

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Rivers of Dreams: Stories and Music of Arizona’s Waterways – Lake Havasu City

ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City, ASU Gym 100 University Way, Lake Havasu Ctiy, AZ, United States

Arizona’s rivers were first, lush green ribbons of life through a desert landscape. They became sustaining paths, first for the indigenous, later for immigrants leaving wagon tracks. On the Salt River, Hohokam built vast canals to direct water for irrigation. The first European citizens of Phoenix used these same trenches. The history, stories and songs […]

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Arizona Stories: Frontier Characters and Communities – Surprise

City of Surprise City Hall - City Council Chambers 16000 N Civic Center Plaza, Surprise, 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. And while the Earps and the Geronimo are world famous, Arizona can also be proud of its unsung men and women and cooperative communities. Here […]

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Wild, Weird, Wicked Arizona – Willcox

Willcox Historic Theater 128 N Railroad Ave, Willcox, AZ, United States

For a state that has been home to Geronimo, Wyatt Earp, César Chavez and Wonder Women, you would think Arizona earned some respect. Yet achieving statehood was a 50-year struggle, which finally ended on February 14, 1912. Jana borrows from both her work for True West Magazine and her work for Phoenix Magazine to put […]

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“The Women on the Mother Road in Arizona” – Scottsdale

Scottsdale Civic Center Library 3839 N Drinkwater Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

Katrina Parks and Arizona Humanities are pleased to announce a presentation of: “The Women on the Mother Road in Arizona” a Route 66 screening and discussion program Special Guest: Arizona State Historian Marshall Trimble  Thursday, March 15th at 6:00 PM Scottsdale Public Library, Civic Center Auditorium 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.  Scottsdale, AZ Free and open […]

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