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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-4/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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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-3/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200215T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200215T143000
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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-3/
LOCATION:Extension
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200215T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200215T153000
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SUMMARY:Tucson’s Black Community and School Segregation
DESCRIPTION:In 1909 the Territory of Arizona amended its compulsory school attendance bill to give cities and counties the ability to segregate their schools. Inspired by the change in the law\, the Tucson school board conducted a rapid search of available buildings\, settling on an abandoned mortuary. Shocked by this unsettling turn of events\, Tucson’s Black community\, white clergy and newspaper editorials banded together to argue against the use of the building\, but\, despite pleas and outrage\, Tucson’s school board trustees would not yield. This talk explores the Tucson school board trustees’ decision to segregate the school system and the impact it had on the children\, the Black community\, and the city. \nBernard Wilson is an independent researcher\, who began his humanities research as part of a personal genealogical investigation into his family. He has spent the past twenty-three years researching Tucson’s African-American pioneers and community. His first book\, The Black Residents of Tucson and Their Achievements: A Reference Guide\, exposed that Tucson had a large and thriving African- American community that included mining millionaires. His subsequent publications derived from the research for his book. Currently\, his research focuses on the individual lives of the Old Pueblo’s African-Americans.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/tucsons-black-community-and-school-segregation-2/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200216T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200216T150000
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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-16/
LOCATION:Prescott Public Library\, 215 E. Goodwin St.\, Prescott\, AZ\, 86303\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200218T130000
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SUMMARY:The Ballad of Arizona
DESCRIPTION:Originally conceived to celebrate Arizona’s Centennial in 2012\, “The Ballad of Arizona” has been updated to provide a more complete survey of important\, but often little-known\, chapters of Arizona’s unique history. A blend of music\, video\, and lecture\, “The Ballad of Arizona” is similar to “A Prairie Home Companion” but with an Arizona twist. The dozen vignettes featured in the presentation include the Buffalo Soldiers\, dude ranch history\, the Code Talkers\, forester Aldo Leopold\, Japanese-American Internment\, famous cattle drives\, the assassination of reporter Don Bolles\, and more stories that explore Arizona’s unique cultural and natural diversity. Jay Craváth is joined by Dan Shilling for this entertaining two-person presentation that combines song and story. \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/the-ballad-of-arizona-2/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200218T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200218T184500
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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-3/
LOCATION:Christine Coe
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200218T193000
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SUMMARY:Arizona: a History of Snake Oil Salesmen\, Scams\, and Hoaxes
DESCRIPTION:Since the earliest days\, Arizonans have been visited by entrepreneurs offering all kinds of get rich quick schemes. Benefitting from tales of abundant resources in the territory\, limited law enforcement and communication\, a scoundrel could create enticing promise of riches and success without much external oversight. Newspapers often fanned the hysteria only to later denounce and expose the schemes. People from across America came west to seek a better life. When that better life proved too slow in materializing\, they often fell prey to a quick and easy alternative being offered by the schemer. Sometimes even the well-educated and worldly could not resist the lure\, despite later admitting they should have known better. Using newspaper articles\, quotes\, photographs and ephemera\, this program illustrates some of the most famous and some of the lesser known embarrassing scams and hoaxes that have found the gullible in Arizona. \nChristine Reid is intrigued by Arizona’s diverse and rich western heritage as a writer and researcher at the Pinal County Historical Society and Community Scholar for the ASU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She continues that deep interest while serving on many of the town of Florence’s heritage projects and agencies. Committed to sharing history in a lively manner\, she presents the sometimes hidden or forgotten aspects of Arizona’s characters and history.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizona-a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen-scams-and-hoaxes-3/
LOCATION:Screenshot-2024-09-30-122038
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200219T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200219T130000
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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-6/
LOCATION:The-Art-of-Drag-Square-Banner
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200219T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200219T180000
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SUMMARY:Three Generations of the American Indian Boarding School Experience
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. federal government’s harsh policy of compulsory Indian education in the form of boarding schools began in 1879 and continued through the Great Depression\, with boarding schools on and off Indian Reservations remaining prominent through 1970. Presently\, boarding schools are still the main means of K-8 education in rural Indian communities. This presentation will impart the dramatic stories of three individuals: a grandfather\, his daughter\, and his granddaughter who all attended boarding schools throughout the 1920s\, the Great Depression\, and the mid-1950s through 1971. Telling these stories promotes an understanding of how boarding schools changed the language\, culture\, lifestyle\, and traditions of American Indian people. \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/three-generations-of-the-american-indian-boarding-school-experience-2/
LOCATION:Coolidge Public Library\, 160 W. Central Avenue\, Coolidge\, AZ\, 85128\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200219T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200219T193000
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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-4/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200220T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200220T110000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
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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-5/
LOCATION:Buckeye Community Center/Senior Center\, 201 E. Centre Avenue\, Buckeye\, AZ\, 85326\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200220T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200220T140000
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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 world. But the journey has been anything but uneventful. 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\, 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-7/
LOCATION:Dorothy Powell Senior Adult Center\,  405 E. 6th St.\, Casa Grande\, AZ\, 85122\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200220T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200220T150000
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SUMMARY:Arizona for Newcomers
DESCRIPTION:What is it that makes Arizona unique\, that gives it a different flavor from neighboring New Mexico\, California\, Utah\, Colorado\, Sonora\, and Chihuahua? In part the answer lies in Arizona’s longstanding habit of absorbing influences from its neighbors in matters such as architecture\, music\, and cuisine\, incorporating them into an already vibrant tradition made up of influences taken from around the globe\, and serving up a blend of visual arts\, literature\, and folk life that is unlike any other. In part it’s because Arizonans\, throughout history\, have insisted on being different—and in surprising and delightful ways. Tailored to newcomers to Arizona\, this humor-laden talk is an introduction to those various traditions and to sources for the further exploration of Arizona’s culture and all the things that make it unlike any other. \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/arizona-for-newcomers-2/
LOCATION:Superstition Mountain Museum\, 4087 N. Apache Trail\, Apache Junction\, AZ\, 85119\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200221T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200221T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
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SUMMARY:The Science of Music\, The Music Of Science
DESCRIPTION:Why do so many physicists compare the universe to an orchestra? Why did Einstein use his violin playing to enhance his contemplation of the workings of the cosmos? The connection of music to science was illuminated early on when Pythagoras divided a string. Not surprisingly\, from astrophysicists to quantum theorists\, the common key to unlocking mysteries is math. And clearly\, the study of sound\, acoustics and the vibrational spectrum intricately entwine science and music through mathematical computations. Understanding music’s physiological effects on our brains and the body is the goal of a growing number of studies by neuroscientists. Learn about the correlations between these two overlapping worlds and why so many high professionals are musicians and musicians\, scientists. \nJanice Jarrett has extensive experience teaching in schools\, colleges\, community programs and as a speaker\, from numerous free lance talks\, to Arts Encounters (UA Presents)\, to the Arizona Humanities Council. Post Ph.D. she continued her scholarly interdisciplinary research including music and the brain\, science\, healing\, and in culture. She runs a private music studio and like many musicians\, she is a multi-professional: adding jazz singer\, lyricist\, arranger\, band leader and journalist. She earned her Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology\, a masters in World Music\, and a B.A. in voice and composition.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-science-of-music-the-music-of-science-2/
LOCATION:The Palazzo\, 6250 N. 19th Avenue\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85015\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200221T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200221T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
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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-5/
LOCATION:Jan-Cleere-photo-1-WEB
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200221T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200221T183000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200114T170006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T170006Z
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SUMMARY:It Takes a Nation to Heal
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous tribes today are finding themselves in crisis. Community initiatives are mobilizing to sustain water\, land\, language\, youth\, and heritage. Megan will shine light on the root causes of these major issues in “Indian Country\,” and what healing looks like in the modern day. \nMegan LaRose is a member of the Navajo Nation. She comes from Klagetoh\, Arizona but currently resides in Mesa\, Arizona. She is a student at Mesa Community College where she studies American Indian Studies. Megan has volunteered for the Morning Star Leaders Youth Council for more than four years and has taken on a variety of leadership positions. She continues to serve as a great role model for her two younger siblings.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/it-takes-a-nation-to-heal/
LOCATION:Screenshot-2024-09-30-122038
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200222T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200222T123000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200114T174413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T174413Z
UID:10065905-1582369200-1582374600@azhumanities.org
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-6/
LOCATION:McFarland State Historic Park\, 24 W. Ruggles St\, Florence\, AZ\, 85132\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200222T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200222T151500
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200114T171202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T171202Z
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SUMMARY:The Spirit of Spirituals: Famous and Stirring Songs of Faith\, and their Stories
DESCRIPTION:People the world over express Divine Devotion through humbly coming together and creating blessed sounds\, blending their energies and hearts to help bridge that sometimes narrow\, sometimes great\, divide between us\, as temporal beings\, and the Infinite. One example of this bridge is African American sacred music: Negro Spirituals\, and the Gospel tradition. Many have heard them\, but few know their historical\, or cultural context\, much less their African precedents. What better way to learn about it than to hear\, and sing it? Join educator\, musician\, storyteller\, and dancer Súle Greg Wilson in exploring African and Post-African music\, the stories behind the songs\, their cultural significance\, and why they continue to endure. \nD.C.-born Súle Greg Wilson is an educator\, musician\, storyteller\, dancer\, and alleviator who has served as an American Griot all his life\, absorbing\, and sharing\, elders’ words and deeds\, and adding his experience to the flow. This modern “Edu-Tainer” and Urban Shaman has shared healing story and music in concert halls\, community centers\, ceremonies\, and classrooms from Juneau to Miami Beach\, Ghana to Hawaii\, and Hermosillo to Antrim. Wilson’s music has graced Grammy Award-winning CDs\, and lauded documentaries. As an archivist\, He organized historical records for the World Bank\, the New York Stock Exchange\, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture–the NYPL\, and for Phoenix’s Sky Harbor airport\, and the Pueblo Grand Museum. He also served as Director of the Smithsonian Institute’s Afro-American Index Project–precursor to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Wilson has written and published celebrated books\, plays\, and music\, produced CDs and instructional media\, and taught and professed\, Primary School to College. Súle lives in Tempe\, Arizona with his wife and two lovely daughters. For more\, visit www.sulegregwilson.com
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-spirit-of-spirituals-famous-and-stirring-songs-of-faith-and-their-stories-2/
LOCATION:Cesar Chavez Library\, 3635 W Baseline Rd\, Laveen Village\, AZ\, 85339\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:33.377594;-112.1368843
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200222T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200222T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200114T172131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T172131Z
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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-6/
LOCATION:Mohave Museum of History and Arts\, 400 W. Beale St.\, Kingman\, AZ\, 86401\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:35.1905105;-114.0631229
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200222T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200222T160000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200114T171800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T171800Z
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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-4/
LOCATION:Agave Library\, 23550 N. 36th Ave.\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85310\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:33.699417;-112.1398867
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200224T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200224T143000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200115T100203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T100203Z
UID:10065906-1582549200-1582554600@azhumanities.org
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 world. But the journey has been anything but uneventful. 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\, 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-8/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200225T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200225T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200115T100717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T100717Z
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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-4/
LOCATION:City of Surprise City Council Chambers\, 16000 N. Civic Center Plaza\, Surprise\, AZ\, 85374\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200225T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200225T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200115T101046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T101046Z
UID:10065908-1582635600-1582639200@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Arizona: a History of Snake Oil Salesmen\, Scams\, and Hoaxes
DESCRIPTION:Since the earliest days\, Arizonans have been visited by entrepreneurs offering all kinds of get rich quick schemes. Benefitting from tales of abundant resources in the territory\, limited law enforcement and communication\, a scoundrel could create enticing promise of riches and success without much external oversight. Newspapers often fanned the hysteria only to later denounce and expose the schemes. People from across America came west to seek a better life. When that better life proved too slow in materializing\, they often fell prey to a quick and easy alternative being offered by the schemer. Sometimes even the well-educated and worldly could not resist the lure\, despite later admitting they should have known better. Using newspaper articles\, quotes\, photographs and ephemera\, this program illustrates some of the most famous and some of the lesser known embarrassing scams and hoaxes that have found the gullible in Arizona. \nChristine Reid is intrigued by Arizona’s diverse and rich western heritage as a writer and researcher at the Pinal County Historical Society and Community Scholar for the ASU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She continues that deep interest while serving on many of the town of Florence’s heritage projects and agencies. Committed to sharing history in a lively manner\, she presents the sometimes hidden or forgotten aspects of Arizona’s characters and history.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizona-a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen-scams-and-hoaxes-4/
LOCATION:DLB-headshot
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200226T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200226T110000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200115T101754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T101754Z
UID:10065910-1582711200-1582714800@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Pearl Hart\, the Lady Bandit- Victim or Vixen… or Both?
DESCRIPTION:Separating fact from fiction is no easy task with flamboyant stage coach robber Pearl Hart. A mountain of conflicting stories abound\, thanks in no small part\, to Pearl herself. Enamored of the Wild West\, she embellished her own tale to accommodate the interest of newspapers and public fascination. This presentation follows Pearl from her modest beginnings in Canada to discover what set her down the road that led from Canada to Ohio\, Illinois\, New Mexico\, and finally\, Arizona. The road that took her from innocent teenager to a life of crime is littered with stories of abuse\, abandonment\, and poor choices. Why does a woman who committed a fairly insignificant crime still garner so much interest that even a Broadway show was created to highlight her life? This presentation\, explores Pearl’s life from many angles\, and sheds some light on an Arizona figure surrounded by mystery. \nChristine Reid is intrigued by Arizona’s diverse and rich western heritage as a writer and researcher at the Pinal County Historical Society and Community Scholar for the ASU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She continues that deep interest while serving on many of the town of Florence’s heritage projects and agencies. Committed to sharing history in a lively manner\, she presents the sometimes hidden or forgotten aspects of Arizona’s characters and history.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/pearl-hart-the-lady-bandit-victim-or-vixen-or-both-7/
LOCATION:McFarland State Historic Park\, 24 W. Ruggles St\, Florence\, AZ\, 85132\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200226T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200226T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200115T101406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T101406Z
UID:10065909-1582722000-1582729200@azhumanities.org
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-7/
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:20200227T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200227T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200115T102127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T102127Z
UID:10065911-1582812000-1582815600@azhumanities.org
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-5/
LOCATION:Superstition Mountain Museum\, 4087 N. Apache Trail\, Apache Junction\, AZ\, 85119\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200227T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200227T181500
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200115T102525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T102525Z
UID:10065912-1582823700-1582827300@azhumanities.org
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-7/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200229T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200229T123000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200115T102900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T102900Z
UID:10065913-1582974000-1582979400@azhumanities.org
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-7/
LOCATION:Kirk-Bear Canyon Library\, 8959 E Tanque Verde Rd.\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85749\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200301T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200301T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T193830
CREATED:20200219T124218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T124218Z
UID:10065916-1583071200-1583074800@azhumanities.org
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 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-4/
LOCATION:Red Rock State Park – AZ State Parks\, 4050 Red Rock Loop Road\, Sedona\, AZ\, 86336\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:34.814896;-111.830885
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