Arizona’s Vintage Signs: Lighting the Future with Marshall Shore

Buckeye Valley Museum 116 E Hwy 85, Buckeye, AZ, United States

Arizona has become a hotbed of preserving vintage signage and neon. No wonder, with the rise of Arizona and automobile travel in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Thousands of people were traversing the broad expanses of highways and byways across the Southwest. As the cars sped past, restaurants, motels, curio shops and gas stations needed […]

Dia de los Muertos Storytelling with Zaro Guerrero

Superstition Mountain Museum 4087 N. Apache Trail, Apache Junction, AZ, United States

Dia de Los Muertos is a highly celebrated and significant holiday held throughout Mexico, Latin America, and the Southwest. It is a day when homage is paid with prayers, offerings of food and the building of altars to those who have gone before us. Join Guerrero and his unique masked characters as they celebrate Día […]

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What is Civic Engagement? with Mathew Nevarez

Pima County Public Library - Sam Lena Library 1607 S. Sixth Ave, Tucson

Environmental sustainability, access to voting, public education—these are all civic issues affecting communities. What is a community? How can you participate in one? Join us for a lively discussion about what it means to be a part of a community and how you can engage with issues that matter to you. Together we will learn […]

Talking Code with a Secret Weapon: Navajo Code Talks Speakers with Laura Tohe

Pima County Public Library - Salazar-Ajo Branch 15 W Plaza ST #179, Ajo, AZ, United States

During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines unaware that they would develop a secret code against the Japanese military. This select group of Code Talkers devised a Navajo language code that was accurate, quick, never broken, and saved many American lives. Excerpts from live interviews with the Code Talkers tell […]

Talking Code with a Secret Weapon: Navajo Code Talkers Speak with Laura Tohe

Fountain Hills Community Center 13001 N La Montana Dr, Fountain Hills, AZ, United States

During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines unaware that they would develop a secret code against the Japanese military. This select group of Code Talkers devised a Navajo language code that was accurate, quick, never broken, and saved many American lives. Excerpts from live interviews with the Code Talkers tell […]

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Hiking into the Past: The Sierra Ancha Cliff Dwellings with John Mack

Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church 6502 E. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek, AZ, United States

This presentation examines the remarkable living structures built by the people who first lived in the canyons of the Sierra Ancha wilderness during the early Middle Ages. The architectural dwellings reflect the culture and history of these people and help us understand their contributions to life in the Arizona desert. The presentation includes numerous photos […]

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Seeing the Desert with Gregory McNamee

Cochise College Benson Center 1025 S. Highway 90, Benson, AZ, United States

  Most Arizonans are not originally from Arizona, and most come from places that are far greener and milder of climate than our desert. For many of us, it takes a shift of eye and of attitude to appreciate this hot, dry place—but once it gets into one’s soul, there’s nowhere like it. This talk […]

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The Vanishing Trading Posts with Christine Glenn and Sandy Sunseri

Phippen Museum 4701 N Hwy 89, Prescott, AZ, United States

The stories of trading posts in the Southwest are a unique snapshot of life almost one hundred years ago. In the early 1900’s, trading posts in the Four corners flourished. There were over one hundred trading posts on the plateau, but today only five remain. Why did they vanish? The challenges and unexpected gifts of […]

Flying through Arizona: The Story of the First National Women’s Air Race with Natalie J. Stewart-Smith

Agave Library 23550 N. 36th Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

In 1929, the first national women’s air race from Santa Monica, California to Cleveland, Ohio passed through Arizona. Stopping in Yuma, Phoenix, and Douglas, the intrepid fliers solidified their determination and sisterhood along these Arizona waypoints. Who were these aviators? What were their planes like in 1929? What challenges did they encounter along the way? […]

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Dr. Pearl Tang: Path Breaker in Public Health with Mary Melcher

Dorothy Powell Senior Center 405 E 6th St, Casa Grande, AZ, United States

In 1960, Dr. Pearl Mao Tang became chief of the Maricopa County Bureau of Maternal and Child Health. A Chinese American, who had fought to obtain a medical license in Arizona, Tang was instrumental in lowering the infant mortality rate in the state’s most populous county. Working in the Phoenix metropolitan area and rural Maricopa […]

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