School Choice in Arizona – Flagstaff

Downtown Flagstaff Public Library 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Dr. Angelina Castagno, Northern Arizona University, Educational Foundations Arizona is one of the nation’s most “choice friendly” states regarding educational opportunities at the K-12 level. "School choice" is a term for […]

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The Ancient Hohokam Ballgame of Arizona – Buckeye

Buckeye Public Library - Downtown Branch 310 N. 6th Street, Buckeye, AZ, United States

The ancient Hohokam culture of Arizona constructed at least 200 ball courts more than 800 years ago. These oval depressions were likely used to play a ball game that originated […]

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The Big Thirst: Will Arizona Run Out of Water? – Phoenix

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Not If We Learn from the Past... Whiskey’s for drinking, and water’s for fighting. The old quip about the West seems truer than ever today, as growth and climate change […]

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FRANK Talks: Crime, Punishment, and Prisons in America – Ajo

Salazar-Ajo Library 15 W. Plaza St. #179, Ajo, AZ, United States

Dr. T.J. Davis, Arizona State University, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies The United States officially incarcerates more persons than any other nation on earth. Incarceration cost U.S. taxpayers […]

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Arizona Goes to the Moon – Sedona

Church of the Nazarene 55 Rojo Dr, Sedona

Arizona played a key role in preparing to send humans to the moon in the late 1960s/early 1970s. The Apollo astronauts themselves traveled to the Grand Canyon and volcanic fields […]

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Arizona’s First Meteorite Man: H H Nininger – Winslow

Winslow Visitor Center/Hubbell Trading Post 523 W 2nd St, Winslow, AZ, United States

Harvey Harlow Nininger was an American meteoriticist and educator who revived interest in the scientific study of meteorites in the 1930s and assembled one of the world’s largest personal collections. […]

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Día de los Muertos: A Celebration of Life and Death – Prescott

Smoki Museum 147 North Arizona Avenue, Prescott, AZ, United States

Dressed in a Mexican huipil with her face painted in a traditional calavera (skull), Elena Díaz Bjorkquist answers the questions of what Día de los Muertos is, where it came […]

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Author Colson Whitehead at the Tucson Humanities Festival – Tucson

University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, United States

REVISITING THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD With Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author The University of Arizona - NORTH BALLROOM, UA MEMORIAL STUDENT UNION Thursday, October 18 - 7:00 p.m. Colson Whitehead has established himself […]

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