In 1929, the first national women’s air race from Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland, OH 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? […]
Drawing from multi-cultural influences of the variety of people who helped build Arizona, discover how creative adaptations in lifestyle, architecture, building materials, town planning and even humor all contributed to surviving intense desert temperatures. What have we forgotten and what can we learn from the wisdom of those who came before as climate becomes a […]
Join us for a free debut of a new short documentary featuring riders of Phoenix's original streetcars, the ones that ran before 1948! A reaction panel of community leaders will talk about how Phoenix's current transit system compares and what is next for our city. This is a grantee event and Arizona Humanities is not […]