Recurring

Veterans Poetry Workshop

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

Veterans from all eras are invited to join a FREE six-session poetry writing workshop. Through readings, exercises, and discussion, participants will delve into their own experiences to practice the concise […]

Free

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

Oro Valley Public Library 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, 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

Orphan Trains to Arizona

Quartzsite Public Library 465 North Plymouth Avenue, Quartzsite, 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

Silver Images on Glass Plates: Early Photography in Arizona, 1850-1920

Osher Life Long Learning Institute, Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus 601 Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale, AZ, United States

Photographs have helped shape both historical and contemporary public perception of Arizona and the West. This program presents a chronological history and social development of photography in Territorial Arizona. Included […]

Free

Silver Images on Glass Plates: Early Photography in Arizona, 1850-1920

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

Photographs have helped shape both historical and contemporary public perception of Arizona and the West. This program presents a chronological history and social development of photography in Territorial Arizona. Included […]

Free

Desert Trader: Goldie Tracy Richmond, Trader, Trapper, and Quiltmaker

Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum Fresnal Canyon Road Topawa, Sells, AZ, United States

Goldie Tracy Richmond came to southwestern Arizona in 1927 where she lived in a canvas lean-to. To survive, Goldie mined, ran traplines, and operated Tracy’s Trading Post, living among the […]

Free

Orphan Trains to Arizona

Sedona Public Library 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, 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

Pauline Weaver and the Mountain Men of Arizona

Arizona Western College 1109 Geronimo Ave., Parker, AZ, United States

This presentation explains who the mountain men were, how they lived, and why they were in Arizona. Using a colorful presentation, Weber, clad in buckskins, focuses on the life and […]

Free

African American Pioneers of Arizona

Sierra Vista Public Library 2600 E. Tacoma St., Sierra Vista, AZ, United States

Featuring compelling documentaries based on interviews, this presentation shares stories about prominent African Americans who contributed to the life and culture of Arizona.  Such luminaries include the late Dr. Eugene […]

Free

Archaeology Café (Tucson): The Archaeology of Meat

Casa Vicente Restaurant 375 South Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ, United States

On February 3, 2015, Dr. Karen G. Schollmeyer and Allen Denoyer (Archaeology Southwest) will discuss what animal bones and stone tools can tell us about hunting, butchering, and eating in […]

Free

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