Orphan Trains to Arizona

Patagonia Public Library 346 Duquesne, Patagonia, AZ, United States

Orphan Trains to Arizona is a multimedia presentation that tells the story of the 250,000 orphans and unwanted children who were put on trains in New York between 1854 and […]

Free

A Photographic History of Arizona from Prehistory to the Present

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

If a picture is worth a thousand words, this program could fill a seven-volume history of Arizona. From the geological wonders of the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest to […]

Free

Beyond the Cotton Fields: Black Migrant Women Building Communities

Tempe History Museum 809 E. Southern Avenue, Tempe, AZ, United States

This presentation is based on the stories of five women from the Casa Grande Valley towns (Eloy, Randolph, Coolidge, Casa Grande, and the Gila Reservation) who, despite their busy and […]

Free

Arizona Foundation for Women Young Professionals Mixer

Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

This event is free and open to all! Come out and enjoy refreshments and a performance by Myrlin Hepworth (2013 Humanities Rising Star Awardee). Please RSVP through facebook. Click here […]

Free

Father Kino: Journey to Discovery

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

Through his many diaries and letters it is obvious that Father Kino was more than a missionary who worked among the Native Americans. While his name is often associated with […]

Free

Armed with Our Language, We Went to War:  The Navajo Code Talkers

White Tank Library 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, AZ, United States

During WWII a select group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines with a unique weapon.  Using the Navajo language, they devised a secret code that the enemy never […]

Free

Swing into History: Popular Music of the Big Band Era

Mohave County Library Lake Havasu Branch 1770 McCulloch Blvd N., Lake Havasu City, 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

Saving the Great American West:  The Story of George Bird Grinnell

Eloy Santa Cruz Library 1000 N. Main St., Eloy, AZ, United States

The great West that George Bird Grinnell first encountered in 1870 as a 21-year-old man was shortly to disappear before his eyes.  Nobody was quicker to sense the desecration or […]

Free

Sonoran Strange – Poetry and Performance

The Icehouse 429 W. Jackson St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Join Arizona Humanities, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and ASU's Performance in the Borderlands for an evening of poetry and performance exploring the Arizona-Sonora borderlands. Special appearance by Arizona's […]

Free

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