Vision Realized: Ernest W. McFarland and the Central Arizona Project – Florence

Florence Community Library 778 N. Main St., Florence, AZ, United States

December 14           6:00 pm Vision Realized: Ernest W. McFarland and the Central Arizona Project; Joanna Brace, Curator, Arizona State Parks and Trails Known as “Mac,” Ernest McFarland had common sense […]

Free

Cowpokes, Crooks, and Cactus: Arizona in the Movies – Phoenix

Mesquite Branch - Phoenix Public Library 4525 Paradise Village Pkwy N, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Tyrone Power, Andy Devine,  Katy Jurado, Steve McQueen and, of course, John Wayne. From the earliest days of film, Arizona has been a setting and subject for hundreds of films. […]

Free

Water/Ways Movie Series – Florence

Florence Community Library 778 N. Main St., Florence, AZ, United States

December 15           1:00 pm Water/Ways Movie Series; the library will feature a movie from the Water/Ways movie list. Contact the library for specific titles. More info at http://waterwaysaz.org/host-sites/florence/

Free

LGBTQ: A History in Arizona – Coolidge

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument - Visitor Center Theater 1100 W Ruins Drive, Coolidge, AZ, United States

Arizona’s history of the LGBTQ community begins long before Arizona was a state with the Native American belief of two-spirits, continues on through to the seismic shift of Marriage Equality. […]

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Arizona Kicks on Route 66 – Quartzsite

Quartzsite Public Library 465 North Plymouth Avenue, Quartzsite, AZ, United States

U.S. Route 66, known as the “Mother Road,” was built in 1926. It ran from Chicago to L. A. During the depression of the 1930s, it became the major path […]

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Hohokam Water Use and Management at Casa Grande Ruins – Florence

Florence Community Library 778 N. Main St., Florence, AZ, United States

December 21           6:00 pm         Hohokam Water Use and Management at Casa Grande Ruins; Dr. Doug Craig, Senior Archaeologist and Principal Investigator, Northland Research The past 20 years have seen archaeologists […]

Free

Arizona Outlaws and the Law – Coolidge

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument - Visitor Center Theater 1100 W Ruins Drive, Coolidge, AZ, United States

Taking the events from Billy the Kid, who killed his first man in Arizona, the Gunfight at the OK Corral, and the arrest and trial of Ernesto Miranda, this presentation […]

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Smitten By Stone: How We Came to Love the Grand Canyon – Coolidge

Coolidge Public Library 160 W. Central Avenue, Coolidge, AZ, United States

In spite of being one of the “Seven Natural Wonders of the World,” humans have not always seen the Grand Canyon in a positive light. First seen by Europeans in […]

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Apaches and their Horses – Sedona

Red Rock Visitor Center and Ranger Station 8375 State Route 179, Sedona, AZ, Sedona, AZ, United States

It has been thought that the Apache do not become Apache until the adoption of the horse, which triggered the raiding adaptation. While horses played a central role in the […]

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Arizona Stories: Frontier Characters and Communities – Wickenburg

Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, 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

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