Swing into History: Popular Music of the Big Band Era

Mohave County Library, Kingman Branch 3269 N. Burbank St., Kingman, 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

A Photographic History of Arizona from Prehistory to the Present

Joyner-Green Valley Library 601 N. La Canada Drive, Green Valley, 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

Swing into History: Popular Music of the Big Band Era

Sedona Winds Retirement Center 405 Jacks Canyon Rd., 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

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 […]

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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 […]

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“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

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