“Fake News”: The Impact of Fake News in the Real World – Gilbert

Perry Branch Library 1965 E. Queen Creek Rd., Gilbert, AZ, United States

Jamie Bowen, Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Although not new, our awareness and use of the term “fake news” has risen in prominence. In general, “fake news” is media that consists of deliberate misinformation, news whose main purpose is to distort “the truth for emotional persuasion, seeking to drive […]

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Hopi Festival of Arts and Culture – Flagstaff

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

The program series introduces festival visitors to the history, culture, visual arts, heritage preservation, and contemporary cultural identity of the Hopi. The festival includes lectures, film screenings, art-making demonstrations, and more. Learn more: https://musnaz.org/heritage/hopi-festival/ This project is supported by a grant from Arizona Humanities.

Water/Ways Mini Film Festival – Bisbee

Bisbee Royale 94 Main St., Bisbee, AZ, United States

Water/Ways Mini Film Festival Date and Time: Saturday, June 30th 4:00 – 8:00 pm Venue or Location: Bisbee Royale, 94 Main Street Community Partners: The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension’s WaterWise and Energy Smart Program, the Bisbee Royale Description: The WaterWise Film Festival features films and documentaries on water management, water scarcity, and the economics […]

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Environmental River Walk of the San Pedro River – Sierra Vista/Bisbee

The San Pedro River at the San Pedro House 9800 E. Hwy. 90, Sierra Vista, AZ, United States

Environmental River Walk of the San Pedro River Date and Time: July 7th, 8:00 meet at the San Pedro House Venue or Location: San Pedro House, 9800 E. Hwy 90, Sierra Vista, San Pedro Riparian Conservation Area (participation limited, first come-first serve) Community Partners: Friends of the San Pedro River, San Pedro Riparian National Conservation […]

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Water 101: What, When, Where, How? – Sierra Vista

The San Pedro River at the San Pedro House 9800 E. Hwy. 90, Sierra Vista, AZ, United States

Water exists above, below, and all around us.  Water regularly moves through a series of places, and is recycled back again!  Much of the water we see and use started in the ocean.  This water was moved by the energy of the sun and the pull of gravity to get here.  It can take a […]

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FRANK Talks – Where to start: Building Civic Engagement in a Politically Charged World – Round Valley

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

Where to start: Building Civic Engagement in a Politically Charged World  Mónica Pérez, Organizational Development Consultant and Political Strategist Arizona is a global community. We work and live together in schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces that are becoming increasingly diverse. How can we rise to the challenge of this new community landscape? How can we connect […]

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Barrio Grrrl Performance and Discussion – Sedona

First United Methodist Church 110 Indian Cliff Rd, Sedona, AZ, United States

Spunky 9-year-old Ana is faced with a very big decision. On the one hand, as her alter-ego, Barrio Grrrl, with her invisible sidekick, Amazing Voice, she's pretty busy preserving justice in the barrio and protecting her neighborhood. On the other hand, in the world where Ana lives with her abuelo and misses her mom who […]

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Arizona’s Wild Myths and Legends – Prescott

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

Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid and John Wayne: what do these famous characters have in common? They are not who we think they are because of the legends that have grown up around them. From the 1860’s dime novels to the books, movies, and television shows, writers have altered, exaggerated and sometimes lied about these […]

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Liz Warren at the Payson Book Festival – Payson

Mazatzal Hotel and Casino Highway 87, Mile Marker 251, Payson, AZ, United States

Liz Warren: Liz Warren, a fourth-generation Arizonan, is the director and one of the founders of the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Her textbook, The Oral Tradition Today: An Introduction to the Art of Storytelling is used at colleges around the nation. Her recorded version of The Story of the Grail […]

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Smithsonian Water/Ways Exhibit – Fort Apache

Fort Apache and Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Landmark Building 104 General Crook Street, Fort Apache, AZ, United States

Visit the traveling Smithsonian exhibit Water/Ways at Fort Apache and Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Landmark! Please contact the Fort Apache Heritage Foundation for exhibit hours: 928-338-4625 or visit http://www.fortapachearizona.org/visit/ The Value of Water The Fort Apache water story begins where the East and North forks of the White River meet. The White River is crucial to White Mountain […]

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