Winnie Ruth Judd, Eva Dugan, Dr. Rose Boido, and Eva Wilbur Cruz all shared one thing in common. They were all incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison in Florence. These women were players in both the sensational stories that made national headlines and local stories that made Arizona history. Who were these women and how […]
Performing From Place: Earth to Microphone Reading and Q&A - 5:30 p.m. Ken Lamberton will read lyrical prose and poems from his book Wilderness and Razor Wire and from other publications, focusing on his experiences with the natural world in southern Arizona where he has lived for 50 years. ABOUT KEN LAMBERTON Ken Lamberton is […]
Throughout the ages we humans have had a need to mark the time and place where people make the final stop on their journey from this world to the next. Sometimes it is a simple cross on rock covered earth while others are elaborate tombstones which tell something of the lives of their residents. There […]
Tom Jeffords grew up in Ashtabula, OH, without much education and was promoted to lake captain in his early twenties. The lure of making his fortune called Tom west to the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush, the San Juan Rush and to the Colorado River. He scouted and was dispatch rider for the Army during the […]
We are intrigued by unsolved mysteries, because it would seem almost impossible for anyone to totally vanish from the face of the earth at any time. This is especially true in our day and age when a host of computer data tracks everyone; yet bodies do disappear with astonishing frequency. In some cases it may […]
Join Dr. Alan Eladio Gómez, Borderlands Scholar/Associate Professor with the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University for a presentation and discussion. More information coming soon. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - Small group discussion (Limited to 12 RSVPs) 6:45 - 8:30 p.m. - Presentation and Q&A RSVP through eventbrite at https://authortalkalangomez.eventbrite.com.
THE ENDGAME PROJECT Photo credit: Peter Angelo Simon Dan Moran and John Christopher Jones represent six decades of acting between them. They have appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theater, in films, and on TV. They met in 1995 while sharing a dressing room in the Broadway production of A Month in the Country. Now […]
Sacred Journeys: A Mobile Poetry Workshop with Jaclyn Roessel Saturday, April 8th 9:30 a.m. -2:00 p.m. RSVP at sacredjourneyspoetry.eventbrite.com Arizona Humanities (first and last stop) 1242 N. Central Avenue - Phoenix, AZ 85004 (602) 257-0335 Community Workshop and Performance along the Valley Metro Light Rail Enjoy coffee and pastries at Arizona Humanities at 9:30am. Program leaves […]
"Poetry is dead. Long live poetry" at the Wickenburg Literary Festival with Jake Friedman Saturday, April 8th 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. Wickenburg Public Library 164 E Apache St - Wickenburg, AZ 85390 For some reason-probably school-people think that poetry is inaccessible, boring, difficult to understand, and the exclusive province of old white men writing before […]
Phoenix Theatre and The Black Theatre Troupe join forces to present the shocking true story of nine African American youth jailed in Alabama in 1931 for a crime they did not commit. Featuring a mix of gospel, jazz, and vaudeville, this audacious musical explores the series of events that provoked a national outrage. Every performance […]
When America entered the Second World War, Arizona’s sparse population and mild weather made it an ideal location for training facilities and prisoner of war camps. By war’s end, Arizona had trained more pilots than any other state, hosted the country’s largest POW camp, and was part of the largest military training grounds in history. […]