Swing into History: Popular Music of the Big Band Era

Sedona Public Library 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, AZ, United States

With the exception of the most ardent collectors and the older generations, the influence and legacy of the big bands is largely forgotten despite their overwhelming popularity and significant role […]

Free

Archaeology Café (Phoenix): Pottery…A Direct Link to Our Past

Macayo's Central 4001 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

On February 17, 2015, traditional potters and educators Jacob Butler and Ron Carlos (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community) will share their perspectives on heritage and connecting to the past. Archaeology […]

Free

Arizona’s War Town: Flagstaff, Navajo Ordnance Depot, and World War II

ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City, Santiago 109 100 University Way, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, the War Department announced the construction of a massive ammunition depot ten miles west of Flagstaff. The Army rushed the $17 million project to completion […]

Free

“And Ya Don’t Stop”: Hip Hop and American Popular Culture

Glendale Community College Student Union 6000 W. Olive Ave, Glendale, AZ, United States

This presentation will demonstrate that hip hop and rap is, as Robin D.G. Kelley argues, “arguably the post Civil Rights Era’s highest form of creative, extemporaneous, ever evolving form of […]

Free

Arizona Kicks on Route 66

Dorothy Powell Senior Adult Center 405 E. 6th St., Casa Grande, 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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The Vulture Gold Mine

Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ, United States

Discovered in 1863 by Henry Wickenburg, the Vulture Gold Mine was the first big gold mine in Arizona.  The mine and its colorful cast of characters, along with the town […]

Free

He Called It a Dream, but It Woke Us Up!

Estrella Mountain Community College Conference Center 3000 North Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ, United States

Vicariously experience the environment and atmosphere of a 1960s-era Civil Rights Movement camp.  Through theatrical performance, music, poetry, and participatory activities, audience members will examine the culture of discrimination, racial […]

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World Thinking Day

Margaret T. Hance Park 1202 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Join the Girl Scouts Arizona Cactus-Pine for a fun family-friendly day of global celebration for all ages! Gather your sister Girl Scouts, friends and family to come tour the world […]

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