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Authors Night with Robert Isenberg Tuesday, June 7th - 6:00 - 8:00pm FREE event! Click here to RSVP Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-257-0335 Click here to listen to Robert's interview with K-BACH! Join Arizona Humanities at the historic Ellis-Shackelford House in downtown Phoenix and kick off your summer travels with […]
For some, delicatessen food is close to a religious experience: A tender, crumbling cut of corned beef steeped in its juices, a full-bodied garlic dill pickle, spicy brown mustard with grain. Recipes and culinary garnishes from Hungary, Poland, Russia, Romania that flowed into late 19th and early 20th century America soon became part of an American […]
This PowerPoint program explores the lives of 5 artists whose talents personify the beauty of the early western frontier. Hopi potter Nampeyo shaped clay vessels with an intricacy seldom duplicated today. Writer Sharlot Hall described images of Arizona’s past and preserved our history. Author Martha Summerhayes wrote of her adventures following her husband from one […]
Arizona Humanities, the Latino Familia Initiative, & The Paramount Foundation present Latino Americans: 500 Years of History in Casa Grande! Wednesday, June 8th · 6:30-8:30 p.m. The Paramount Theater 420 N Florence St #4 Casa Grande, AZ 85122 520-836-4200 + FREE Film Screening followed by Q&A with Dr. Vera Lopez from Arizona State University The New […]
The story of our state is not complete without music. This program will focus on the various genres of music that reflected the milieu and personalities of our various immigrants. Using musical instruments and stories, audience members will be presented an artistic tableau of our past: heroes, villains, and the immigrants who passed through and […]
U.S. Route 66, known as the “Mother Road,” was built in 1926. It ran from Chicago to L. A. During the depression of the 1930s, it became the major path by which people migrated west, seeking work, warm weather and new opportunities. Shore shares the history of Route 66 in Arizona, including the impact it […]
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