Veterans Heritage Project (VHP) works with students in various middle schools, high schools and college campuses to conduct more than 300 veterans oral history interviews. Students document stories through video […]
Knowledge seekers of every kind are welcome at Archaeology Café at The Loft Cinema for a series of programs exploring the deep and diverse history of the Southwest. Join us […]
On the Road Since 1925: The Colorful History of Arizona Highways Magazine The first issue of Arizona Highways magazine was published in April, 1925. In this presentation, former publisher Win […]
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. […]
Although history tries to tell us ONLY men settled the Old West, that is shattered by Jana's verbal tour through some of the amazing women who made all the difference. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Global warming presents humanity with one of the most difficult ethical challenges ever faced. More than just a scientific problem this is a collective action problem requiring that we work […]
The Wave (2015) “A Norwegian geologist and his family fight for survival when a massive landslide causes a 250-foot tidal wave.” Foreign Film Friday is a film series that celebrates international […]
Millions of travelers visit the Grand Canyon each year, but just 150 years ago, this was still considered the "last blank spot on the map." One man, a one-armed civil […]
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