You Are Where You Eat: How Dining Out Defines Arizona – Wickenburg

Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ, United States

When the first dining guide to the Valley of the Sun appeared in 1978, the authors had to explain what “sushi” was. Fast forward four decades, and Arizonans are munching rainbow rolls in shopping-mall food courts. The restaurant business in Arizona now brings in more than $11 billion a year. With stories, statistics and insider […]

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Grand Foods of the Grand Canyon State: Traditional Foods of the Tribes of the Southwest – Bullhead City

Mohave Community College - Bullhead City Hargrove Library 3400 HWY 95 - 700 Building, Bullhead City, AZ, United States

The ethnobotanical story of the Southwest begins with the plant knowledge the people have inherited from their ancestors who lived entirely off the land. The nutritional values of many wild foods are only recently gaining attention of western dietitians.  These foods however, have long been known by local Tribes for their nutritional and medicinal value.  […]

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Hi Jolly and Mystery of the US Army Camel Corps – Lake Havasu

ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City, ASU Gym 100 University Way, Lake Havasu Ctiy, AZ, United States

This presentation will explore the US Army’s experiment with using camel from the Middle East to make it more mobile in the newly acquired Southwest.  In order to teach the soldiers about camels, a local from the Middle East, who was called Hi Jolly, was shipped over with the camels.  Even though Secretary of War […]

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Grand Foods of the Grand Canyon State: Traditional Foods of the Tribes of the Southwest – Waddell

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

The ethnobotanical story of the Southwest begins with the plant knowledge the people have inherited from their ancestors who lived entirely off the land. The nutritional values of many wild foods are only recently gaining attention of western dietitians.  These foods however, have long been known by local Tribes for their nutritional and medicinal value.  […]

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Rivers of Dreams: Stories and Music of Arizona’s Waterways – Parker

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

Arizona’s rivers were first, lush green ribbons of life through a desert landscape. They became sustaining paths, first for the indigenous, later for immigrants leaving wagon tracks. On the Salt River, Hohokam built vast canals to direct water for irrigation. The first European citizens of Phoenix used these same trenches. The history, stories and songs […]

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Legacies of the Past: Arizona Women Who Made History – Green Valley

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

From artists and healers, teachers and entrepreneurs, women who plowed the land and those who were instrumental in establishing laws for the new territory of Arizona. Many early Arizona women became known for their fortitude in the face of adversity, their confrontation of extraordinary and sometimes dangerous situations, their adventuresome spirits, and their dedication to […]

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Plants, Inspiring the People: Reflections on Hualapai Ethnobotany of the Grand Canyon – Lake Havasu

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

Where lies the cure to diabetes? “Ask the prickly pear, or the mesquite bean pod…maybe they will tell you.” This is the answer you may hear from elder instructors of the Hualapai Ethnobotany Youth Project. The ethnobotanical story of the Hualapai Tribe begins with the plant knowledge the people have inherited from their great grandparents […]

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Who Are the Sobaipuri O’odham? – Tucson

U Like Oriental Buffet 5101 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, United States

Who Are the Sobaipuri O'odham?: The Sobaipuri Legacy at the San Xavier/Wa:k Community November 16, 2017 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Third Thursday Food for Thought. Location: U-Like Oriental Buffet Restaurant 5101 N. Oracle Road (at River Road), Tucson 6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu) Over the last […]

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African American Art, Fort Huachuca, and World War II – Patagonia

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

Fort Huachuca, in Sierra Vista, is the surprising site of a remarkable story of African American art during World War II. Central to the chronicle is Arizona painter Lew Davis. The base was home to two black divisions, and Davis painted murals for the two segregated officers’ clubs. For the black officers’ club, Davis produced […]

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FRANK Talks: The Impact of Fake News in the Real World – Maricopa

Maricopa Public Library 41600 W. Smith-Enke Road Building #10, Maricopa, AZ, United States

“Fake News”: The Impact of Fake News in the Real World Jamie Bowen, Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Although not new, our awareness and use of the term “fake news” has risen in prominence. In general “fake news” is journalism that consists of deliberate misinformation, news whose main purpose […]

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