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Love and Marriage:  From a Medieval and Early Modern Perspective

Himmel Park Public Library 1035 N. Treat Avenue, Tucson, AZ, United States

Both love and marriage play major roles in everyone’s life, and many of our modern discussions center on these two concepts. But we are often much too stuck in our own emotions to understand fully love and marriage.  This presentation offers a cultural-historical perspective on the concepts, examining their associated approaches, values, norms, and ideas.  […]

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Cowboys and Cowgirls: Icons of the American West

Mohave Community College: Lake Havasu Campus 1977 Acoma Blvd, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Few symbols have been more durable than the American cowboy. This program will give an overview of this populist figure, whose image was first defined by painters Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. Also important to the story are brave cowgirls and the Mexican vaqueros. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show showcased mythic cowboy culture, with […]

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With a Beefsteak and a Cup of Coffee: The Harvey Girls in the Southwest

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

The Fred Harvey company operated its exceptional chain of restaurants and hotels along the Santa Fe Railway from 1876 through the 1960s. Among its many innovations was the employment of “Harvey Girl” waitresses: single women who chose to leave their families and adhere to strict lifestyle restrictions for the opportunity to work at respectable jobs. […]

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Hot Topics Café – The Limits of Free Speech

Museum of Northern Arizona 3101 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

What shouldn’t we say? The limits of free speech Facilitated by: Jeff Downard, NAU Department of Philosophy Hot Topics Café is a program that creates a forum for civil discourse about matters of significance to our communities. Unbiased information sheets present arguments on competing sides of a question, and give legislative histories or other relevant […]

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Arizona’s Historic Trading Posts

Pueblo Grande Museum 4619 East Washington St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Early traders traveled through Arizona Territory, selling goods from their wagons, but they soon built stores that evolved into trading and social centers where wool, sheep, and NaEarly traders traveled through Arizona Territory, selling goods from their wagons, but they soon built stores that evolved into trading and social centers where wool, sheep, and Native […]

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Cowboys and Cowgirls: Icons of the American West

Mohave Community College: Bullhead Campus 3400 Highway 95, Bullhead City, AZ, United States

Few symbols have been more durable than the American cowboy. This program will give an overview of this populist figure, whose image was first defined by painters Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. Also important to the story are brave cowgirls and the Mexican vaqueros. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show showcased mythic cowboy culture, with […]

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Cowboys and Cowgirls: Icons of the American West

Mohave Community College Kingman Campus 1971 E Jagerson Ave, Kingman, AZ, United States

Few symbols have been more durable than the American cowboy. This program will give an overview of this populist figure, whose image was first defined by painters Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. Also important to the story are brave cowgirls and the Mexican vaqueros. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show showcased mythic cowboy culture, with […]

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Oh, The Shape We’re In!: How Arizona’s and the Western States’ Borders Were Determined

Prescott Public Library 215 E. Goodwin St., Prescott, AZ, United States

The original 13 colonies and their influence on our country’s expansion to the Pacific, along with how Arizona’s growth led it to become the 48th state, illustrate the connection between geography, politics, economics, and social forces, all of which played a role in the determination of the state borders west of the Appalachian Mountains.  Thomas […]

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Arizona’s Movie and Television History: Silent Films, Westerns, and Much, Much More!

Roadhaven Resort 1000 S. Idaho Rd., Apache Junction, AZ, United States

Join DeBarbieri for a lively overview of motion picture history in Arizona from 1896 to present day. Discuss the silver screen magic of the West through stories, film clips and stills of the people, places and scenes of Hollywood in Arizona. Journey to significant sites in Arizona’s movie history near and far and go behind the scenes with classic Westerns, musicals, Indie flicks and […]

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

Bisbee Senior Association 300 Collins Road, Bisbee, 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 was more eloquent in crusading against the poachers, the hide-hunters, and the disengaged U.S. Congress than George Bird Grinnell, the “Father of American Conservation.”  Grinnell […]

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