Women of the Arizona State Prison

East Flagstaff Community Library 3000 N 4th St #5, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Winnie Ruth Judd, Eva Dugan, Dr. Rose Boido, and Eva Wilbur Cruz all shared one thing in common. They were all incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison in Florence.  These […]

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Signs of the Times: Arizona’s Golden Age of Neon & Signs

Copper Queen Library 6 Main St., Bisbee, AZ, United States

The rise of car travel in the 40s, 50s and 60s meant that thousands of people were traversing the broad expanses of the Southwest looking for new landscapes and adventure. […]

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Bisbee Film Festival

Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum 5 Copper Queen Plz, Bisbee, AZ, United States

Read full details at the Bisbee Film Festival website - http://www.bisbeefilmfestival.org/ Mission The Bisbee Film Festival: One People One Planet (BFF) is committed to showing U.S. and international films that focus […]

Tom Mix: King of the Cowboys

Leisure World: Hopi Pima Room 908 South Power Road, Mesa, AZ, United States

Cowboy movie star Tom Mix was internationally famous, and many legends and tall tales have been told about his life. This presentation highlights some of the true stories about Mix […]

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Descansos: Marking Passages

Dorothy Powell Senior Adult Center 405 E. 6th St., Casa Grande, AZ, United States

Marking the location of deaths with crosses or descansos is a very old custom which has been traced back to twelfth-century Europe. The custom diffused to the Americas with the […]

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Swing into History: Popular Music of the Big Band Era

Mesa Public Library: Red Mountain Branch 635 N Power Rd, Mesa, 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 […]

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Working in the Salt Mine: Ancient and Historic Salt Mining in Arizona

Yavapai College, Clarkdale Campus 601 Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale, AZ, United States

Salt has been a valuable trade item throughout human history. Native American salt procurement in the Southwest involved dangerous journeys across sacred landscapes associated with the deity Salt Woman. This […]

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Honky Tonks, Brothels and Mining Camps: Entertainment in Old Arizona

Phippen Museum 4701 U.S. HWY 89N, Prescott, AZ, United States

In pioneer Arizona, among the best places to experience the performing arts were in the mining towns. Striking it rich meant having disposable income and miners, like the well-heeled of […]

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