Signs of the Times: The Golden Age of Neon in Arizona

Monte Vista Village Resort 8865 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, 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. […]

Free

Swing into History: Popular Music of the Big Band Era

Copper Queen Library 6 Main St., Bisbee, 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

Eloy’s Gun and Cotton Stories: Romanticizing the Real

Casa Grande Public Library 449 N. Dry Lake St., Casa Grande, AZ, United States

This presentation focuses on the lively and lawless days of Eloy, Arizona. Eloy might have had a reputation that rivaled that of Tombstone, with its killings, graft, good time houses, […]

Free

The Vulture Gold Mine

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

Discovered in 1863 by Henry Wickenburg, the Vulture Gold Mine was the first big gold mine in Arizona. The mine and its colorful cast of characters, along with the town […]

Free

Pauline Weaver and the Mountain Men of Arizona

Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, 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 […]

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At Home: Veterans Read and Share Stories (Book Group)

Burton Barr Central Library - Meeting Room C 1221 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Female and Male veterans are welcome to join this FREE five-session book group with dinner included. The group will read short stories and essays from classic and contemporary authors and […]

Free

Father Kino: Journey to Discovery

Phippen Museum 4701 U.S. HWY 89N, Prescott, 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

Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art

Verde Valley Archaeology Center 460 W Finnie Flat Road, Camp Verde, AZ, United States

Ancient Indian petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) and pictographs (rock paintings) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for which meanings are known. But are such […]

Free

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