Water is necessary for life, but as supply shrinks, choices must be made about who is given access to water and who isn’t. Communities across Arizona are going dry. This […]
The Arizona-Mexico border is a line of separation and a place of coming together. This paradox shapes the borderland region and its people in fascinating and important ways. In this […]
Why do so many physicists compare the universe to an orchestra? Why did Einstein use his violin playing to enhance his contemplation of the workings of the cosmos? The connection […]
In 1894 an Easterner named Andrew Douglass explored Arizona Territory in search of an ideal site to establish an astronomical observatory for Bostonian Percival Lowell. Traveling by train and stagecoach, […]
Before AD 1500, Native American cultures took advantage of southern Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works […]
The first issue of Arizona Highways magazine was published in April, 1925. In this presentation, former publisher Win Holden will share the fascinating story of how a brochure produced by […]
Join us for AZ Poets Speak: Vanishing History A Digital Poetry Event Wednesday April 29 @ 6:00 pm  CLICK HERE to Register  Event link: https://zoom.us/j/99915966856   History surrounds us, […]
Before AD 1500, Native American cultures took advantage of southern Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works […]
Join us for AZ Poets Speak: The Body As History A Digital Poetry Event Wednesday May 13 @ 6:00 pm  CLICK HERE to Register  Event link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89371196953 Hair, eyes, skin, […]
Join us for AZ Poets Speak: Black Lives Matter: A Digital Poetry Event Friday, July 17 @ 6:30-7:30 pm MST Â Register Here Skin, scars, hair, eyes: our bodies offer […]
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