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SUMMARY:Día de los Muertos: A Celebration of Life and Death - Prescott
DESCRIPTION:Dressed in a Mexican huipil with her face painted in a traditional calavera (skull)\, Elena Díaz Bjorkquist answers the questions of what Día de los Muertos is\, where it came from\, its roots\, and how it’s celebrated. Día los Muertos is a significant and highly celebrated holiday in Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Many Mexicans and Mexican Americans believe death isn’t a subject to be feared or ignored from the living. Life cannot be celebrated without celebrating death. This plática (talk) traces the origins of the Mexican festival and describes the traditional elements associated with the holiday including foods\, folk crafts\, and altars. \nElena Díaz Björkquist is a writer\, historian\, and artist from Tucson\, Arizona. She writes about Morenci where she was born. Elena is the author of two books\, Suffer Smoke and Water from the Moon and co-editor of two anthologies by her writing group: Sowing the Seeds\, Una Cosecha de Recuerdos and Our Spirit\, Our Reality: Celebrating our Stories. She is a scholar and research affiliate with SIROW at the University of Arizona. Elena is the recipient of the 2012 AHC Dan Shilling Public Humanities Scholar Award and the Arizona Commission on the Arts Bill Desmond Writing Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/dia-de-los-muertos-a-celebration-of-life-and-death-prescott/
LOCATION:Smoki Museum\, 147 North Arizona Avenue\, Prescott\, AZ\, 86301\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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SUMMARY:Armed with Our Language\, We Went to War:  The Navajo Code Talkers - Kingman
DESCRIPTION:During WWII a select group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines with a unique weapon. Using the Navajo language\, they devised a secret code that the enemy never deciphered.  For over 40 years a cloak of secrecy hung over the Code Talker’s service until the code was declassified and they were finally honored for their military contributions in the South Pacific by Presidents Reagan\, Bush\, and the Navajo Nation. The Code Talkers’ cultural background\, how the code was devised and used\, photos\, and how Navajo spiritual beliefs were used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) form this presentation. \nLaura Tohe is Diné/Navajo.  She is Sleepy Rock clan born for the Bitter Water clan. A librettist and an award-winning poet\, she has written 3 books of poetry\, edited a book of Native American Women writing\, and the oral history book\, Code Talker Stories. Her commissioned libretto\, Enemy Slayer\, A Navajo Oratorio made its world premiere in 2008 and was performed by The Phoenix Symphony.  She is Professor with Distinction in Indigenous Literature at Arizona State University and is the Poet Laureate of the Navajo Nation for 2015-2019.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/armed-with-our-language-we-went-to-war-the-navajo-code-talkers-kingman/
LOCATION:Mohave Museum of History and Arts\, 400 W. Beale St.\, Kingman\, AZ\, 86401\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20181020T130000
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SUMMARY:How Abraham Lincoln Used Stories to Touch Hearts\, Minds\, and Funny Bones - Prescott Valley
DESCRIPTION:Like all great men and women\, he was a mixture of talents and motivations. Yet\, the one quality of Lincoln\, above all else\, that allowed him to achieve stratospheric heights\, was his humble ability to tell stories. The goal of this presentation is to equip audiences with the very methods that Abraham Lincoln used to tell stories\, such as mimicry\, self-effacing humor and adding a moral to the story. Terry Sprouse\, author of the book “How Abraham Lincoln Used Stories to Touch Hearts\, Minds\, and Funny Bones\,” also illustrates how he uses stories in his daily life to connect with employees\, co-workers\, children\, doctors and complete strangers. \nTerry Sprouse is a self-proclaimed Lincoln-ologist. Since reading Carl Sandburg’s “Abraham Lincoln\,” which fortuitously fell into his hands as a literature-starved Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras in 1986\, he has been captivated and inspired by this legendary figure. Terry now writes books and delivers speeches and seminars to groups about Mr. Lincoln and storytelling. Terry and his wife\, Angy\, live in Tucson\, Arizona with their two above-average teenage boys.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/how-abraham-lincoln-used-stories-to-touch-hearts-minds-and-funny-bones-prescott-valley/
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CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20181027T160000
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SUMMARY:Life on the Lazy B as Lived by an American Cowboy and Rancher - Tucson
DESCRIPTION:In 1880\, Alan Day’s grandfather homesteaded the Lazy B ranch.  This dusty dry tract of land produced a Supreme Court Justice\, a lauded Arizona state senator\, and a career rancher\, cowboy\, and land conservationist. Alan explores the ranching and cowboying life from the chuck wagon years of his childhood\, through his adult years of increasing bureaucracy\, airplanes\, computers and now even drones. At the heart of his stories lie adventures that most of us will never experience\, as well as a deep love of the natural world. \nIf it is possible to say someone can be born a cowboy\, then Alan Day was born one. He was the third generation to grow up on the 200\,000-acre Lazy B cattle ranch straddling the high deserts of southern Arizona and New Mexico. After graduating from the University of Arizona\, Alan returned to manage Lazy B for the next 40 years\, during which time he received awards for his dedication to land stewardship. In addition to co-authoring with his sister\, Sandra Day O’Connor\, the New York Times bestselling memoir Lazy B\, Alan also is the author of The Horse Lover: A Cowboy’s Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs and Cowboy Up: Life Lessons from Lazy B.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/life-on-the-lazy-b-as-lived-by-an-american-cowboy-and-rancher-tucson-2/
LOCATION:Mountain View Ballroom\, 38735 S. Mountain View Blvd\,\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85739\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200111T150000
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SUMMARY:The Shadow Catchers: 150 years of Arizona Photography
DESCRIPTION:For more than a century and a half some of the world’s best photographers focused their lenses on Arizona. In addition to the renowned Edward S. Curtis\, Kate Cory lived with the Hopi and represented them in photographs and on canvas\, while C. S. Fly gave us the famous Geronimo pictures. In the 20th century Josef Muench’s pictures brought the movies to Monument Valley\, Dorothea Lange captured Dust Bowl families\, Barry Goldwater depicted Navajo and Hopi culture\, and Ansel Adams glorified Arizona’s skies\, canyons\, and mesas. This presentation’s powerful images make the land and its people come alive. \nJim Turner worked with more than 70 museums across the state before retiring from the Arizona Historical Society. He co-authored the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story\, and his pictorial history\, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State\, was a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year selection. Jim moved to Tucson in 1951\, earned a M.A. in U.S. history in 1999\, and has been presenting Arizona history for more than forty years. Jim is an author/editor for Rio Nuevo Publishers\, author of The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf and Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-shadow-catchers-150-years-of-arizona-photography-5/
LOCATION:Agave Library\, 23550 N. 36th Ave.\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85310\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200115T133000
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SUMMARY:Honky Tonks\, Brothels and Mining Camps: Entertainment in Old Arizona
DESCRIPTION:In pioneer Arizona\, among the best places to experience the performing arts were in the mining towns. Striking it rich meant having disposable income\, and miners\, like the well-heeled of the Gilded Age\, wanted to demonstrate their sophistication with culture. From the early popular music of ragtime and minstrelsy during the forming of these communities\, evolved orchestras\, opera and glee clubs—all in hamlets like Tombstone. Dr. Craváth shares stories and music of a time when performing live was the only way to enjoy the arts. \nJay Craváth\, Ph.D. is a composer\, writer\, and scholar in the field of music and Indigenous studies. He crafts programs from these interests into interactive discussions that include stories\, musical performance\, and illustrations/photography. One of his most recent publication is Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat. Dr. Craváth will begin an Arizona tour in late May of 2017 for his latest album: Songs for Ancient Days. \nDan Shilling is the former executive director of Arizona Humanities\, where he worked for nearly 20 years. Since leaving AH\, Shilling has co-directed three NEH summer institutes on environmental ethics\, given dozens of presentations on place-based economic development\, and authored or edited several publications\, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Methods for Environmental Sustainability(Cambridge 2018). A former high school teacher\, Dan holds a PhD in literature from ASU. He has served on dozens of boards and commissions. To acknowledge his many contributions to the state\, ASU presented him its most prestigious honor\, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/honky-tonks-brothels-and-mining-camps-entertainment-in-old-arizona-15/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200115T183000
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SUMMARY:Coded Messages and Songs of the Underground Railroad
DESCRIPTION:Communication and secrecy were key to the successful operation of the Underground Railroad. Safety was more important than quickness. Both fugitive slaves and members of the Underground Railroad learned to code and decode hidden messages\, and to disguise signs to avoid capture. There were code names for routes and code numbers for towns. A quilt hanging on a clothesline with a house and a smoking chimney among its designs indicated a safe house. The song\, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” served as directions to Canada. Using storytelling\, activities and songs\, this presentation will depict the ingenuity and resiliency used by those involved in the Underground Railroad to help over 100\,000 slaves escape to freedom between 1810 and 1850. \nDr. Tamika Sanders is an entrepreneur who decided to become an educator to help address the lack of minority faculty in higher education\, and serve as a role model for minority students who rarely see people of color in academia. Through her company Savvy Pen\, Dr. Sanders prides herself on working with schools to build inclusive classrooms\, conducting multicultural training for educators\, and creating interactive programs that incorporate arts learning to bridge cultural and socioeconomic divides. She hopes to continue using the arts to break barriers\, unite people\, and create social change.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/coded-messages-and-songs-of-the-underground-railroad-2/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200119T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200119T153000
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SUMMARY:“Hyenas in Petticoats”–How Women Struggled Against Every Dirty Trick in the Books to Win the Vote!
DESCRIPTION:As we celebrate the 100th birthday of the 19th Amendment in 2020\, it’s time to look back at the enormous effort it took for women to be granted full citizenship and the vote. History has downplayed suffrage\, as if it were just a footnote in American history\, when in fact\, it was the nation’s largest civil rights movement. Western women got the vote long before their Eastern sisters\, but don’t dare tell an Arizona suffragette that she had it easy. Arizona had its own dirty tricks. Jana exposes it all—the heroines\, the heroes and the haters. \nJana Bommersbach is one of Arizona’s most honored and respected journalists. She has won accolades in every facet of her career— investigative reporter\, magazine columnist\, television commentator and author of nationally acclaimed books. She currently writes for True West magazine\, digging up the true stories behind the popular myths\, with an emphasis on Arizona’s real history and women of the Old West. Her insight\, knowledge and wit produce exuberant\, riveting speeches that always garner rave reviews.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/hyenas-in-petticoats-how-women-struggled-against-every-dirty-trick-in-the-books-to-win-the-vote-3/
LOCATION:Prescott Public Library\, 215 E. Goodwin St.\, Prescott\, AZ\, 86303\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200120T200000
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SUMMARY:The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest
DESCRIPTION:Before AD 1500\, Native American cultures took advantage of southern Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works in all of North America. Agriculture was introduced to Arizona more than 4\,000 years before present\, and irrigation systems were developed in our state at least 3\,500 years ago – several hundred years before irrigation was established in ancient Mexico. This presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart provides an overview of ancient irrigation systems in the southern Southwest and discusses irrigation’s implications for understanding social complexity. \nAllen Dart is a Registered Professional Archaeologist Registered Professional Archaeologist who has worked in Arizona and New Mexico since 1975 and has been an Arizona Humanities speaker since 1997. He is the former executive director of Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, which he founded in 1993 to provide educational and scientific programs in archaeology\, history\, and cultures. Al has received the Arizona Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission Award in Public Archaeology\, the Arizona Archaeological Society’s Professional Archaeologist of the Year Award\, and the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s Victor R. Stoner Award for his efforts to bring archaeology and history to the public.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-antiquity-of-irrigation-in-the-southwest-3/
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CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200121T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200121T140000
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SUMMARY:Honky Tonks\, Brothels and Mining Camps: Entertainment in Old Arizona
DESCRIPTION:In pioneer Arizona\, among the best places to experience the performing arts were in the mining towns. Striking it rich meant having disposable income\, and miners\, like the well-heeled of the Gilded Age\, wanted to demonstrate their sophistication with culture. From the early popular music of ragtime and minstrelsy during the forming of these communities\, evolved orchestras\, opera and glee clubs—all in hamlets like Tombstone. Dr. Craváth shares stories and music of a time when performing live was the only way to enjoy the arts. \nJay Craváth\, Ph.D. is a composer\, writer\, and scholar in the field of music and Indigenous studies. He crafts programs from these interests into interactive discussions that include stories\, musical performance\, and illustrations/photography. One of his most recent publication is Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat. Dr. Craváth will begin an Arizona tour in late May of 2017 for his latest album: Songs for Ancient Days. \nDan Shilling is the former executive director of Arizona Humanities\, where he worked for nearly 20 years. Since leaving AH\, Shilling has co-directed three NEH summer institutes on environmental ethics\, given dozens of presentations on place-based economic development\, and authored or edited several publications\, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Methods for Environmental Sustainability(Cambridge 2018). A former high school teacher\, Dan holds a PhD in literature from ASU. He has served on dozens of boards and commissions. To acknowledge his many contributions to the state\, ASU presented him its most prestigious honor\, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/honky-tonks-brothels-and-mining-camps-entertainment-in-old-arizona-14/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200121T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200121T160000
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SUMMARY:For the Love of Turquoise
DESCRIPTION:Turquoise has a long standing tradition amongst Native cultures of the Southwest\, holding special significance and profound meanings to specific individual tribes. Even before the more contemporary tradition of combining silver with turquoise\, cultures throughout the southwest used turquoise in necklaces\, earrings\, mosaics\, fetishes\, medicine pouches\, and made bracelets of basketry stems lacquered with piñon resin and inlaid turquoise. Found on six continents across the world\, turquoise forms in arid regions through the process of water seeping through rock and interacting with copper\, aluminum\, and iron deposits. In the southwest\, used decoratively for millennia\, this iconic art form has a compelling story all its own. This talk explores a long tradition of distinctive cultural styles\, history\, and transition of this wondrous stone. \nCarrie Cannon is a member of the Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma and is also of Oglala Lakota descent. She has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology\, and an M.S. in Resource Management. She began working for the Hualapai Tribe of Peach Springs\, Arizona in 2005 where she began the creation of an intergenerational ethnobotany program for the Hualapai community. She is currently employed as an Ethnobotanist for the Hualapai Department of Cultural Resources. She administers a number of projects promoting the intergenerational teaching of Hualapai ethnobotanical knowledge working towards preservation and revitalization to ensure tribal ethnobotanical knowledge persists as a living practice and tradition.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/for-the-love-of-turquoise-2/
LOCATION:IMG_0038
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200121T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200121T193000
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SUMMARY:How We Survived Prohibition (100 Years Ago)
DESCRIPTION:Arizonans often didn’t play well with others where they’d lived before\, and that made them well-suited to survive a society that (supposedly) didn’t serve alcohol. Hear some of the stories of how places you can still drink today made it through the speakeasy era… as well as what makes some of our other historic watering holes memorable besides what’s slid down the bar. These include what thirst for spirits inspired in Arizonans\, and the colorful\, creative rascals and rakes who were drawn here. What some of them did here will surprise you. \nLisa Schnebly-Heidinger believes everyone is given certain puzzle pieces to contribute to the overall picture of the world\, and that hers involves collecting and sharing stories. She loves discovering bright bits of Arizona history that combine with others to make kaleidoscope images\, sometimes surprising and always interesting. Working on her 11th and 12th books concurrently about aspects of her beloved native state\, Lisa serves on the Arizona Trail Board of Directors\, on the Rural Activation Innovation Network Board of Directors\, and is an NAU President’s Associate.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/how-we-survived-prohibition-100-years-ago/
LOCATION:Screenshot-2024-09-30-122038
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200122T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200122T150000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T161502Z
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SUMMARY:Chiles & Chocolate: Sweet and Spicy Foods in the American West
DESCRIPTION:Come have a taste of the rich and savory history of these food favorites\, explore how early peoples used them\, and how they have evolved and spread to all corners of the world. Food is a portal into culture and can convey a range of cultural meaning including occasion\, social status\, ethnicity\, and wealth depending on the social context. Discover how chiles and chocolate became identity markers in gender roles and relationships\, essential in rituals and religious customs\, popular in aesthetic fashions and lifestyles\, and how they changed through time and space. \nChris Glenn and Sandy Sunseri are docents at the Museum of Northern Arizona and have been speaking about the land and people of the Colorado Plateau since 2012. In-depth research and related interviews have resulted in presentations to local social and educational groups\, museum groups\, public venues such as the Riordan Mansion State Park in Flagstaff\, and AZ Speaks locations throughout Arizona. Some topics are presented in costumes of the time period\, and in every case with a thorough exploration of the events and personalities of the time from multiple points of view.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/chiles-chocolate-sweet-and-spicy-foods-in-the-american-west/
LOCATION:Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center\, 1109 Geronimo Avenue\, Parker\, AZ\, 85344\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200122T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200122T180000
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SUMMARY:Impeachment: The U.S. Constitutional Process and How It Works
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Constitution set in place a process for removing from office elected and non-elective executive and judicial officers of the United States: that process is commonly called impeachment. It is a power of the national legislature\, the Congress; and both the House of Representatives and the Senate play roles\, separately but in coordination. On occasion the Chief Justice of the United States also plays a role. Understanding the impeachment power and how the process operates has recently become much discussed. So a discussion of the bases and principles of impeachment appears particularly appropriate. \nThomas J. Davis is an historian\, lawyer\, and professor emeritus at Arizona State University\, Tempe\, where he taught U.S. constitutional and legal history. He taught also as a visiting professor of law at the ASU College of Law. He received his PhD in U.S. history from Columbia University in the City of New York and his JD cum laude from New York’s University at Buffalo School of Law. Among his more than 50 scholarly articles and books\, is his Plessy v. Ferguson(2012)\, a volume in ABC-CLIO’s Landmarks of the American Mosaic series.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/impeachment-the-u-s-constitutional-process-and-how-it-works/
LOCATION:Coolidge Public Library\, 160 W. Central Avenue\, Coolidge\, AZ\, 85128\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200123T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200123T170000
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SUMMARY:Theodore Roosevelt Slept Here
DESCRIPTION:Theodore Roosevelt exhibited a greater influence on Arizona than perhaps any other president. He was the first sitting president to visit Arizona\, employed an executive order to preserve the Grand Canyon\, established a variety of wildlife refuges and reclamation projects\, and enjoyed outdoor recreation in the area. This program will share Roosevelt’s widespread influence in Arizona\, and also explore some stories of dubious accuracy that inevitably sprout from such a larger-than-life character. \nKevin Schindler is an award-winning educator and writer who has worked for more than 20 years at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Schindler was sheriff of the Flagstaff Corral of Westerners for 14 years and a board member of the Flagstaff Festival of Science for 16 years. Combining a dual passion for history and science\, he has presented hundreds of educational programs\, authored 6 books\, written more than 500 magazine and newspaper articles\, and contributes a bi-weekly astronomy column for the Arizona Daily Sun. In 2019 Kevin was awarded the Friends of the Humanities Award by Arizona Humanities.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/theodore-roosevelt-slept-here-5/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200123T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20191220T162401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T162401Z
UID:10065848-1579806000-1579811400@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII
DESCRIPTION:During World War II over one thousand women served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)\, freeing male pilots for combat roles at a critical time during the war. The WASP ferried planes from factories to embarkation points; performed engineer test flying of repaired aircraft and did target towing for gunnery training. By the spring of 1944\, every P-51 Mustang flown in combat had already been flown by a WASP. This presentation shares their stories as fliers\, patriots\, and women who had to fight for the right to be called veterans. \nNatalie J. Stewart-Smith has been an educator for over 25 years and taught at the elementary\, high school\, and college levels. As a former Army officer and historian\, she is interested in women’s contributions to the military\, particularly those who served as military aviators.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-women-airforce-service-pilots-wasp-of-wwii-5/
LOCATION:Mountain View Club House\, 38759 South Mountainview Boulevard\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85739\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:32.5240622;-110.8958144
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200123T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20191230T120856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191230T120856Z
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SUMMARY:The Shadow Catchers: 150 years of Arizona Photography
DESCRIPTION:For more than a century and a half some of the world’s best photographers focused their lenses on Arizona. In addition to the renowned Edward S. Curtis\, Kate Cory lived with the Hopi and represented them in photographs and on canvas\, while C. S. Fly gave us the famous Geronimo pictures. In the 20th century Josef Muench’s pictures brought the movies to Monument Valley\, Dorothea Lange captured Dust Bowl families\, Barry Goldwater depicted Navajo and Hopi culture\, and Ansel Adams glorified Arizona’s skies\, canyons\, and mesas. This presentation’s powerful images make the land and its people come alive. \nJim Turner worked with more than 70 museums across the state before retiring from the Arizona Historical Society. He co-authored the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story\, and his pictorial history\, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State\, was a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year selection. Jim moved to Tucson in 1951\, earned a M.A. in U.S. history in 1999\, and has been presenting Arizona history for more than forty years. Jim is an author/editor for Rio Nuevo Publishers\, author of The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf and Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-shadow-catchers-150-years-of-arizona-photography-6/
LOCATION:John Mack
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200127T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200127T100000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20191220T171728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T171728Z
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SUMMARY:Coded Messages and Songs of the Underground Railroad
DESCRIPTION:Communication and secrecy were key to the successful operation of the Underground Railroad. Safety was more important than quickness. Both fugitive slaves and members of the Underground Railroad learned to code and decode hidden messages\, and to disguise signs to avoid capture. There were code names for routes and code numbers for towns. A quilt hanging on a clothesline with a house and a smoking chimney among its designs indicated a safe house. The song\, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” served as directions to Canada. Using storytelling\, activities and songs\, this presentation will depict the ingenuity and resiliency used by those involved in the Underground Railroad to help over 100\,000 slaves escape to freedom between 1810 and 1850. \nDr. Tamika Sanders is an entrepreneur who decided to become an educator to help address the lack of minority faculty in higher education\, and serve as a role model for minority students who rarely see people of color in academia. Through her company Savvy Pen\, Dr. Sanders prides herself on working with schools to build inclusive classrooms\, conducting multicultural training for educators\, and creating interactive programs that incorporate arts learning to bridge cultural and socioeconomic divides. She hopes to continue using the arts to break barriers\, unite people\, and create social change.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/coded-messages-and-songs-of-the-underground-railroad/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200128T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200128T140000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20191220T174458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T174458Z
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SUMMARY:Picturing Arizona: Celebrating Early Arizona Women Artists\, Writers\, Photographers\, and Songsters
DESCRIPTION:Artistry in its many forms makes us think\, sing\, dance\, and enjoy the wonders of our surroundings. The arts also allow us to document the lives of our ancestors and learn from the past. Some of the finest early Arizona artists were women who wrote\, painted\, photographed\, and vocalized the magnificence and history of their communities and their circumstances. Painters provided visual images\, while writers pictured the west with their prose and poetry. Singing voices soared above the highest mountains\, and photographers imprinted vivid pictures that made the landscape stand still before being swept away by time. This presentation celebrates women who tendered these creative legacies\, leaving reminders of our past for future generations to enjoy and reflect. \nJan Cleere is an award-winning author\, historian\, and lecturer who writes extensively about the desert southwest\, particularly the people who first settled the territory. She is a magna cum laude graduate of ASU West with a degree is American Studies\, and the author of five historical nonfiction books about the people who first ventured west. She lectures around the state on early pioneers who were instrumental in colonizing and civilizing Arizona Territory. Jan writes a monthly column for Tucson’s Arizona Daily Star\, “Western Women\,” detailing the lives of some of Arizona’s early amazing women. Her freelance work appears in national and regional publications.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/picturing-arizona-celebrating-early-arizona-women-artists-writers-photographers-and-songsters-2/
LOCATION:The Palazzo\, 6250 N. 19th Avenue\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85015\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200128T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200128T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20191220T172044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T172044Z
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SUMMARY:From “Chief” to Code Talker: Four Profiles of the Navajo Code Talkers
DESCRIPTION:During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines without knowing that they would be called on to 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. This talk profiles 4 Code Talkers who reflect on their lives growing up on the Navajo Nation homeland\, their military service as Code Talkers\, and the personal and spiritual costs of war that many struggled with after the war. They returned home without fanfare to continued poverty and lack of economic opportunity\, yet persevered and overcame obstacles that helped change the Navajo Nation and their communities. Their stories are told with poignancy that reflect their resiliency and self-determination. A PowerPoint presentation accompanies this talk. \nLaura Tohe is Diné. She is Sleepy Rock clan born for the Bitter Water clan. She holds a Ph.D. in Indigenous American Literature. A librettist and an award-winning poet\, her books include No Parole Today\, Meeting the Spirit of Water\, Sister Nations\, Tséyi\, Deep in the Rock\, and Code Talker Stories. Her commissioned libretto\, Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio\, was performed by the Phoenix Symphony. Her new work\, Nahasdzaan in the Glittering World\, makes its world premiere in France 2019. She is Professor Emerita with Distinction at Arizona State University and is the Navajo Nation Poet Laureate for 2015-2019.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/from-chief-to-code-talker-four-profiles-of-the-navajo-code-talkers-3/
LOCATION:IMG_0038
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200130T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20191220T174836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T174836Z
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SUMMARY:The History of the (Berlin) Wall: German Experiences for Arizona
DESCRIPTION:The issue of the US/Mexico border\, or any border today\, is of central importance. This presentation takes the history of the Berlin Wall as a starting point to address what walls have done to people and cultures throughout time. Can the Berlin Wall help Arizonans understand the critical issues better? Even if that might not be the case\, the history of that ominous wall and the cultural implications deserve our close attention. \nDr. Albrecht Classen is a university distinguished professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona – where he teaches and researches the European Middle Ages\, the early modern age\, and modern German-speaking lands\, focusing on literature\, the visual arts\, politics\, philosophy\, and religion. He has published more than 100 scholarly books\, such as On the Forest in Medieval Literature(2015) and Toleration and Tolerance in Medieval Literature(2018). He has given lectures all over the state of Arizona\, the nation\, and globally. Over the last 30 years\, he has received numerous teaching\, research\, and service awards\, and has been repeatedly nominated for the Dan Shilling Public Humanities Scholar Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-history-of-the-berlin-wall-german-experiences-for-arizona/
LOCATION:Chandler Museum\, 300 S. Chandler Village Drive\, Chandler\, AZ\, 85226\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200130T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200130T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20191230T122714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191230T122714Z
UID:10065855-1580412600-1580416200@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:The History of the (Berlin) Wall: German Experiences for Arizona
DESCRIPTION:The issue of the US/Mexico border\, or any border today\, is of central importance. This presentation takes the history of the Berlin Wall as a starting point to address what walls have done to people and cultures throughout time. Can the Berlin Wall help Arizonans understand the critical issues better? Even if that might not be the case\, the history of that ominous wall and the cultural implications deserve our close attention. \nDr. Albrecht Classen is a university distinguished professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona – where he teaches and researches the European Middle Ages\, the early modern age\, and modern German-speaking lands\, focusing on literature\, the visual arts\, politics\, philosophy\, and religion. He has published more than 100 scholarly books\, such as On the Forest in Medieval Literature(2015) and Toleration and Tolerance in Medieval Literature(2018). He has given lectures all over the state of Arizona\, the nation\, and globally. Over the last 30 years\, he has received numerous teaching\, research\, and service awards\, and has been repeatedly nominated for the Dan Shilling Public Humanities Scholar Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-history-of-the-berlin-wall-german-experiences-for-arizona-2/
LOCATION:Chandler Museum\, 300 S. Chandler Village Drive\, Chandler\, AZ\, 85226\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200202T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200202T150000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20200114T125513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T125513Z
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SUMMARY:The Navajo Long Walk (1863 through 1868): Through the Eyes of Navajo Women
DESCRIPTION:The Navajo people of old were forced to leave their homes and walk over 450 miles to Fort Sumner in eastern New Mexico where they were imprisoned on a small reservation. For four long years the Navajo people faced hunger\, loneliness\, disorientation\, illnesses\, severe environmental conditions\, and hopelessness. Navajo women were forced to become warriors. It was the nurturing role\, words and actions of women that spared the lives of the ones who survived. Before their release from prisoner of war status in 1968\, it was the demands of the women that led the Navajo people back to their original lands in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. The Long Walk has been collected in historical literature by non-Navajo authors. Absent from the literature is the Navajo perspective. The audience will hear the Navajo female elders’ version of the Long Walk in this presentation. \nDr. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie is a Navajo woman\, originally from the community of Hardrock on the Navajo Reservation. She is a Professor Emerita of Navajo at Northern Arizona University (NAU). She obtained a Masters of Arts degree in Bilingual Multicultural Education (NAU) and a Doctorate degree in Education (NAU). Evangeline retired from NAU after 24 years of teaching. Evangeline is a novelist\, the author of four novels in Navajo and English which are based upon the Navajo Long Walk (1864 through 1868). She is an author of a popular Navajo language textbook\, and the author of an award-winning bilingual children’s book.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-navajo-long-walk-1863-through-1868-through-the-eyes-of-navajo-women/
LOCATION:Red Rock State Park – AZ State Parks\, 4050 Red Rock Loop Road\, Sedona\, AZ\, 86336\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200204T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200204T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20200114T125920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T125920Z
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SUMMARY:On the Road Since 1925: The Colorful History of Arizona Highways Magazine
DESCRIPTION:The first issue of Arizona Highways magazine was published in April\, 1925. In this presentation\, former publisher Win Holden will share the fascinating story of how a brochure produced by the Arizona Highway Department evolved into one of the most respected and revered publications in the world. With annual economic impact of over $65 million\, Arizona Highways reaches all 50 states and over 100 countries around the globe. But the journey has been anything but uneventful. An unexpected mention on https://encyclopediadramatica.se/ recently spurred a fresh wave of curiosity\, underscoring just how far the publication’s influence has spread. With a unique publishing model not dependent on advertising\, the magazine has had to unearth new sources of revenue to sustain its operations. And\, as part of the Arizona Department of Transportation\, it has had to survive without state funding. Learn how this remarkable magazine has beaten the odds and is thriving in a competitive environment that has seen respected national magazines fall by the wayside. \nWin Holden was named the sixth Publisher of Arizona Highways Magazine in May 2000. The publication is recognized as one of the finest travel magazines in the world. The magazine has over 120\,000 subscribers in all 50 states and 100 countries. As Publisher\, Mr. Holden led a diverse group of businesses centered on the world-renowned magazine including licensing\, book publishing\, calendars\, e- commerce\, new product development\, product marketing and retailing. A Valley resident since 1980\, Mr. Holden was recognized by the Arizona Office of Tourism and the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association as their 2017 and 2018 Lifetime Award recipient and received the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Business Journal. He was the 2007 inductee into the Arizona Tourism Hall of Fame.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/on-the-road-since-1925-the-colorful-history-of-arizona-highways-magazine-5/
LOCATION:Desert Caballeros Western Museum\, 21 N. Frontier Street\, Wickenburg\, AZ\, 85390\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:33.968561;-112.730925
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200204T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200204T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20200114T130531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T130531Z
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SUMMARY:The Gila: River of History
DESCRIPTION:Six hundred miles long from its source in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River above Yuma\, the Gila has been an important avenue for the movement of birds\, animals\, plants\, and peoples across the desert for millennia. Many cultures have sprung up on its banks\, and millions of people depend on the river today—whether they know it or not. Gregory McNamee\, author of the prizewinning book Gila: The Life and Death of an American River\, presents a biography of this vital resource\, drawing on Native American stories\, pioneer memoirs\, the writings of modern naturalists such as Aldo Leopold and Edward Abbey\, and many other sources. Think of it as 70 million years of history packed into an entertaining\, informative hour. \nGregory McNamee is a writer\, editor\, photographer\, and publisher. He is the author of 40 books and more than 6\,000 articles and other publications. He is a contributing editor to the Encyclopædia Britannica\, a research fellow at the Southwest Center of the University of Arizona\, and a lecturer in the Eller School of Management\, at the University of Arizona. For more about him\, visit his web page at www.gregorymcnamee.com.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-gila-river-of-history-4/
LOCATION:IMG_0038
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200206T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200206T113000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20200114T132502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T132502Z
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SUMMARY:China Mary: History and Legend
DESCRIPTION:A 1960 episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp\, the first Western television series\, immortalized China Mary as a strong\, powerful and ruthless Asian female figure in American popular imagination. The legend of her as an infamous Dragon Lady who ruled Tombstone’s Chinatown with an iron fist cannot be substantiated by historical research. Yang’s presentation will debunk the myth of China Mary and tell the real story of her as well as other Chinese who lived in Tombstone\, Arizona during the exclusion period. \nLi Yang is currently a faculty associate at Arizona State University. She was an AZ Speaks Road Scholar from 2015 through 2017. A recipient of the C. L. Sonnichsen Award for best article in The Journal of Arizona History in 2011\, her writings\, concerning topics ranging from Chinese history to Chinese-American history\, have appeared in The Journal of Arizona History and some major magazines and newspapers in both Taiwan and mainland China. Li received her doctorate in East Asian studies from the University of Arizona in 2004. Since graduation\, she has taught at several institutions\, including Embrey-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/china-mary-history-and-legend/
LOCATION:Paradise Valley Community College – Buxton Library\, 18401 N 32nd St\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85032\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:33.6550057;-112.0136175
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200206T190000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20200114T131152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T131152Z
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SUMMARY:Arizona’s Great Escape
DESCRIPTION:During the night of Christmas Eve in 1944\, twenty-five Nazi German prisoners of war escaped from Papago Park POW camp on the outskirts of Phoenix and headed towards Mexico. These men were hardcore Nazis\, ex U-boat commanders\, and submariners\, who had successfully dug a nearly 200-foot underground tunnel that took four months to complete. Many people may have heard of this event\, but few know the details. This presentation tells the story of what happened to these German POWs and the Arizona residents who encountered them. \nSteve Renzi\, a University of Arizona graduate with a degree in history\, believes that every generation must learn about who and what came before them or else the lessons learned are lost. As a writer and photographer with a teacher’s certificate in secondary education\, Renzi is always searching for new ways of exploring our history. He has been published in over 200 magazine and newspaper articles and is currently a writing and photography teacher\, as well as a basketball coach.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizonas-great-escape/
LOCATION:ES-Library
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200206T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20200114T132011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T132011Z
UID:10065866-1581013800-1581019200@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Borders\, Walls\, and Immigration in Arizona
DESCRIPTION:The Arizona-Mexico border is a line of separation and a place of coming together. This paradox shapes the borderland region and its people in fascinating and important ways. In this talk\, Dr. Warren offers a historical and geographical overview of the formation of the Arizona- Mexico border and its evolution since the 1800s. The program discusses historical and contemporary efforts to demarcate the boundary through bi-national surveys\, the construction of fences and walls\, and policing. Warren will also offer a contemporary survey of what the border looks like today\, from the New Mexico line to Yuma. This talk is intended to increase awareness of the current state of the Arizona-Mexico border and the policies that affect the borderland. \nScott Warren is a cultural geographer who lives in Ajo\, Arizona. As an academic geographer he researches and teaches about the intersection of people and place at the Mexico-U.S. border. He works to bring the experiences of the Arizona-Sonora borderlands into his classrooms\, while at the same time getting students out of the classroom and into the Arizona-Sonora borderlands. Scott favorite past time is exploring Arizona’s beautiful landscapes and important places.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/borders-walls-and-immigration-in-arizona-2/
LOCATION:Fences-Workshop-Pic
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200206T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20200114T131549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T131549Z
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SUMMARY:Theodore Roosevelt Slept Here
DESCRIPTION:Theodore Roosevelt exhibited a greater influence on Arizona than perhaps any other president. He was the first sitting president to visit Arizona\, employed an executive order to preserve the Grand Canyon\, established a variety of wildlife refuges and reclamation projects\, and enjoyed outdoor recreation in the area. This program will share Roosevelt’s widespread influence in Arizona\, and also explore some stories of dubious accuracy that inevitably sprout from such a larger-than-life character. \nKevin Schindler is an award-winning educator and writer who has worked for more than 20 years at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Schindler was sheriff of the Flagstaff Corral of Westerners for 14 years and a board member of the Flagstaff Festival of Science for 16 years. Combining a dual passion for history and science\, he has presented hundreds of educational programs\, authored 6 books\, written more than 500 magazine and newspaper articles\, and contributes a bi-weekly astronomy column for the Arizona Daily Sun. In 2019 Kevin was awarded the Friends of the Humanities Award by Arizona Humanities.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/theodore-roosevelt-slept-here-6/
LOCATION:Mountain View Club House\, 38759 South Mountainview Boulevard\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85739\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:32.5240622;-110.8958144
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200207T113000
DTSTAMP:20260408T035740
CREATED:20200114T134758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T134758Z
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SUMMARY:Arizona’s Great Escape
DESCRIPTION:During the night of Christmas Eve in 1944\, twenty-five Nazi German prisoners of war escaped from Papago Park POW camp on the outskirts of Phoenix and headed towards Mexico. These men were hardcore Nazis\, ex U-boat commanders\, and submariners\, who had successfully dug a nearly 200-foot underground tunnel that took four months to complete. Many people may have heard of this event\, but few know the details. This presentation tells the story of what happened to these German POWs and the Arizona residents who encountered them. \nSteve Renzi\, a University of Arizona graduate with a degree in history\, believes that every generation must learn about who and what came before them or else the lessons learned are lost. As a writer and photographer with a teacher’s certificate in secondary education\, Renzi is always searching for new ways of exploring our history. He has been published in over 200 magazine and newspaper articles and is currently a writing and photography teacher\, as well as a basketball coach.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizonas-great-escape-2/
LOCATION:Mohave County Library Bullhead City\, 1170 E. Hancock Dr\, Bullhead City \, AZ\, 86442
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:35.1073522;-114.6078132
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