BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Arizona Humanities - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Arizona Humanities X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://azhumanities.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Arizona Humanities REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260304T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260304T200000 DTSTAMP:20260408T151813 CREATED:20260107T222757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T163023Z UID:10066877-1772649000-1772654400@azhumanities.org SUMMARY:Arizona's Ark of Taste Foods with Chef Amber Sampson DESCRIPTION:Chef and Cultural Anthropologist Amber Sampson brings you on a journey of taste around Arizona’s heritage food history. Sampson will expand on Arizona’s Ark of Taste\, a living catalog of foods facing extinction\, including the local\, heritage\, and native foods that are unique to Arizona’s food history. Come learn about favorites\, like White Sonora Wheat\, teapry beans\, and Ark of Taste foods like Black Sphinx dates\, cholla buds\, chilitipin pepper\, and more. In learning about Arizona’s food history\, the people\, producers\, communities\, and cultures behind each bite\, you can better support your local food community and create a more sustainable food system. \n  \nAmber Sampson explores the world through food as a trained professional Chef\, who also holds degrees in Cultural Anthropology\, Food Systems Sustainability\, and a Master’s in Gastronomy. She studied food and race at Harvard University\, brought ancient bread to life with fellow Anthropologists from Yale\, and was awarded the prestigious US Government’s Gilman Scholarship for archeological research with Arizona’s O’odham Nations. Sampson’s work brings present-day relevance to ancient meals\, people\, and cultures\, giving others a taste and connection to our delicious past\, revealing a more sustainable and understanding future. She sits on the Board of Directors for Slow Food Phoenix and was the Arizona representative for the Global Food Security Summit in Washington\, D.C.\, and Terra Madre in Italy in 2024. Sampson has worked for Boston University\, S’edav Va’aki Museum\, Arizona State University\, and the Arizona American Indian Tourism Association. Sampson was awarded the Arizona Humanities 50th anniversary climate conversations grant for a documentary on her food research. URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizonas-ark-of-taste-foods-with-chef-amber-sampson-4/ LOCATION:Mohave County Library District – Lake Havasu City Branch Community Rooms A/B\, 1770 McCulloch Blvd\, Lake Havasu City\, AZ\, 86403\, United States CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://azhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-14-115947.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mohave County Library - Lake Havasu City Branch":MAILTO:sterrl@mohave.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250402T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250402T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T151813 CREATED:20250312T161807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T161807Z UID:10066137-1743616800-1743622200@azhumanities.org SUMMARY:"Dark Skies over Arizona" with Kevin Schindler DESCRIPTION:PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION \nThere’s nothing like standing under a dark\, star-spangled night sky to quiet the mind and reduce stress\, share an experience of awe with family and friends\, and to inspire creative thoughts. Yet such dark skies are a disappearing resource\, with only 20% of the world living in a place where the center of our Milky Way Galaxy is visible. Arizona knows a thing or two about this problem and has played a leading role in reducing artificial light pollution. This program will look at the benefits of dark skies\, how Arizona has helped lead the charge to protect them\, and how we all can do our part in reducing artificial light pollution. \nThis program is cohosted by Mohave County Library – Lake Havasu Branch. \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS \nKevin Schindler is the historian at Lowell Observatory\, where he has worked for 28 years as an active member of the Flagstaff history and science communities. Schindler has given more than 1\,000 presentations and written more than 600 magazine and newspaper articles on subjects ranging from local history and astronomy to baseball and the Lincoln Memorial\, and contributes a bi-weekly astronomy column\, “View from Mars Hill”\, for the Arizona Daily Sun newspaper. Schindler has written nine books\, including Historic Tales of Flagstaff (written with Mike Kitt). Fun fact: Kevin has both a fossil crab and asteroid named after him. URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/dark-skies-over-arizona-with-kevin-schindler-7/ LOCATION:Mohave County Library District – Lake Havasu City Branch Community Rooms A/B\, 1770 McCulloch Blvd\, Lake Havasu City\, AZ\, 86403\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Mohave County Library - Lake Havasu City Branch":MAILTO:sterrl@mohave.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250315T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250315T113000 DTSTAMP:20260408T151813 CREATED:20250228T134652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250228T134652Z UID:10066126-1742032800-1742038200@azhumanities.org SUMMARY:"Growing in the Desert: The History & Culture of the Tohono O'odham" with Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan DESCRIPTION:PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION \nMany Arizonans call the Sonoran Desert and its striking landscapes home. Long before our urban centers and city lights lit up the dark desert skies\, the Tohono O’odham were cultivating and shaping the land with abundant agriculture—from squash and beans to corn and cotton. For generations they passed down their rich knowledge and culture grown from their connection to the desert. Join us for a program with Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan as she shares her knowledge about the history and culture of her people\, the Tohono O’odham. \nThis program is cohosted by Mohave County Library – Lake Havasu Branch. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nDr. Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan is Tohono O’odham and from the San Xavier District. She serves as faculty in the Tohono O’odham Studies Program at Tohono O’odham Community College. Dr. Ramon-Sauberan also serves as the Tohono O’odham Nation Education Development Liaison for Kitt Peak National Observatory.  She earned her PhD in American Indian Studies with a minor in Journalism at the University of Arizona in May 2023. Her research focused on the history of land and water in the San Xavier District and she has written for news publications across the US including Indian Country Today. URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/growing-in-the-desert-the-history-culture-of-the-tohono-oodham-with-jacelle-ramon-sauberan-8/ LOCATION:Mohave County Library District – Lake Havasu City Branch Community Rooms A/B\, 1770 McCulloch Blvd\, Lake Havasu City\, AZ\, 86403\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Mohave County Library - Lake Havasu City Branch":MAILTO:sterrl@mohave.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250225T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250225T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T151813 CREATED:20250127T135619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T135619Z UID:10066110-1740506400-1740511800@azhumanities.org SUMMARY:"The Colorado River and its Wonders: A Study in Water Use and Conservation" with Jim Turner DESCRIPTION:PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION \nThe Colorado River is a critical source of the West’s water supply\, supporting 40 million people\, nearly 6 million acres of agriculture\, and tribes across seven states and portions of Mexico. At 1\,450 miles long the Colorado River is the sixth longest river in the United States. The river flows through seven states and covers 244\,000 square miles\, about 1/12th of the United States. Known for its dramatic canyons\, whitewater rapids\, and eleven U.S. National Parks\, the Colorado River and its tributaries are a vital source of water. An extensive system of dams\, reservoirs\, and aqueducts divert almost its flow for agricultural irrigation and urban water supply. Its large flow and steep gradient (10\,184 ft above sea level to 58 feet in the Mexicali Valley) are used to generate hydroelectric power to several western states and Nebraska. This presentation discusses the geology\, geography\, exploration\, national parks\, and the state of the river today with its natural beauty\, current difficulties\, and solutions. \nThis program is cohosted by the Mohave County Library – Lake Havasu Branch. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nArizona Historical Society’s beloved historian\, Jim Turner\, has worked with more than seventy local history museums. 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. Turner moved to Tucson in 1951\, earned an MA in U.S. history in 1999\, and has been teaching Arizona history for 47 years. His numerous books include: The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf (2016)\, Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest (2018)\, and Arizona: A History of the Grand Canyon State (2021). jimturnerhistorian.org URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-colorado-river-and-its-wonders-a-study-in-water-use-and-conservation-with-jim-turner-6/ LOCATION:Mohave County Library District – Lake Havasu City Branch Community Rooms A/B\, 1770 McCulloch Blvd\, Lake Havasu City\, AZ\, 86403\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Mohave County Library - Lake Havasu City Branch":MAILTO:sterrl@mohave.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250113T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250113T190000 DTSTAMP:20260408T151813 CREATED:20241209T160435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T160435Z UID:10066079-1736789400-1736794800@azhumanities.org SUMMARY:"Cochise\, Geronimo\, and the Apache Wars" with Gregory McNamee DESCRIPTION:PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION \nTheir names resound in Arizona history and pepper the of the state map\, but few people know well the tangled history that surrounds the so-called “Apache Wars”\, when fully half of the active U.S. Army descended on the territory to combat a relative handful of Indigenous warriors. Ironically\, the Apache peoples of the Southwest had once welcomed the arrival of the Americans as a buffer against Mexico\, which regularly attached Apache settlements—but then American miners and loggers began to encroach\, and a defensive war turned into a terrible guerrilla campaign that lasted a quarter-century. In this talk\, Gregory McNamee\, who has written about the Apache Wars for Encyclopaedia Britannica and other publications\, unravels the complex story of the conflict and the decades of uneasy peace that followed. \nThis program is cohosted by the Mohave Community College – Lake Havasu Branch.  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nGregory McNamee is a prolific writer\, editor\, photographer\, and publisher. He is the author of forty-five books and numerous articles and other publications. McNamee is a contributing editor to the Encyclopædia Britannica and a research fellow at the Southwest Center of the University of Arizona. For more information visit McNamee’s web page at www.gregorymcnamee.com. URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/cochise-geronimo-and-the-apache-wars-with-gregory-mcnamee-8/ LOCATION:Mohave Community College – Lake Havasu Campus – Building 600\, 1977 Acoma Blvd\, Lake Havasu City\, AZ\, 86403\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Mohave County Library - Lake Havasu City Branch":MAILTO:sterrl@mohave.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20241211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20241211T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T151813 CREATED:20241112T162659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T162659Z UID:10066071-1733940000-1733945400@azhumanities.org SUMMARY:"The Selling of the Grand Canyon: the Santa Fe\, Harvey Company and the El Tovar" with John Mack DESCRIPTION:PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION \nThis presentation discusses the significance of the American Southwest in the early 20th\ncentury when national attention shifted to the canyons and deserts of the American Southwest. Although American scientists\, artists\, writers\, fur traders\, and explorers had been visiting the Southwest since the early 19th century\, the arrival of the railroads eased access which in turn increased interest in both the natural and human history of the region. This presentation discusses the efforts of William Haskell Simpson (representing the Railroad) and the Harvey Company to coordinate\, sustain\, and profit from American interest in the region by building and then promoting the El Tovar at the Grand Canyon. Together the Railroad and Harvey Company played a pivotal role in creating the dominant mythology of the American Southwest. \nThis program is cohosted by the Mohave County Library – Lake Havasu Branch \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nJohn Mack is a graduate of the University of Kansas with a master’s degree in Russian history and a Ph.D. in American history. His book on the settlement of southeast Kansas\, Bucking the Railroads on the Kansas Frontier: the struggle over land claims by homesteading Civil Veterans\, 1867-1876\, was published by McFarland Press in 2012. Dr. Mack has published multiple peer- reviewed articles on aspects of both Russian and US history. URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-selling-of-the-grand-canyon-the-santa-fe-harvey-company-and-the-el-tovar-with-john-mack-3/ LOCATION:ES-Library ORGANIZER;CN="Mohave County Library - Lake Havasu City Branch":MAILTO:sterrl@mohave.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20241206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20241206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260408T151813 CREATED:20241206T153416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T153416Z UID:10066077-1733472000-1733504400@azhumanities.org SUMMARY:"Staying Human in the Artificial Intelligence Revolution" with Matthew Goodwin DESCRIPTION:PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION \nBy most accounts\, the revolution in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has only just begun. What is the current state of AI and what does it mean for humanity? This presentation will provide a general introduction to what AI currently can and cannot do. We will also explore some of the philosophical questions that AI raises. What are the ethical concerns about using AI? What about privacy concerns? What does AI mean for our jobs? Will we be threatened by a robot apocalypse? And what\, ultimately\, does it mean to be human in the age of AI? \nThis program is cohosted by the Mohave County Library – Lake Havasu Branch.  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nMatthew has a Ph.D. in Philosophy and has taught environmental ethics\, media ethics\, and technology and human values at Northern Arizona University\, Coconino Community College\, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Matthew recently participated in a National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar on extending Aldo Leopold’s “Land Ethic.” He is co-founder of Sedona Philosophy\, which offers guided hikes and retreats in Sedona and northern Arizona. URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/staying-human-in-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-with-matthew-goodwin-3/ LOCATION:Mohave County Library District – Lake Havasu City Branch Community Rooms A/B\, 1770 McCulloch Blvd\, Lake Havasu City\, AZ\, 86403\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Mohave County Library - Lake Havasu City Branch":MAILTO:sterrl@mohave.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201001T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201001T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T151813 CREATED:20200928T150557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200928T150557Z UID:10065991-1601575200-1601580600@azhumanities.org SUMMARY:Our Right To Assemble: The History of Protest and Civil Disobedience in the U.S. DESCRIPTION:The First Amendment prohibits the government from abridging “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” This basic freedom ensures the right of people to come together and collectively express\, promote\, pursue\, and defend their collective or shared ideas. When and how have people engaged in protest? Who has engaged in protest? What is civil disobedience? Does everyone have the same right to assemble? In recent days the brutal murders of African Americans by the police has sparked widespread protest across the U.S. and even abroad. How do we balance public safety and human rights? How do race\, power and class impact access to free speech and the right to assemble? Participants will explore these questions in a safe\, interactive discussion. REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nMatthew Whitaker is a decorated educator\, historian\, author\, social justice advocate\, motivational speaker\, and founder of the ASU Center for the Study of Race and Democracy\, where he taught for 16 years. Whitaker’s expertise lies in U.S. history\, African American history\, race relations\, social movements\, cultural competency\, equity and inclusion\, teaching excellence\, and community partnerships.  Whitaker has received numerous awards including the 2016 DLA Diversity and Inclusion Award\, ASU’s 2015 Pioneer Award for work on African American life and culture\, and 2014 DLA Inclusive Workplace Award. Whitaker has spoken throughout the U.S. and abroad\, and has been featured on CNN\, NPR\, PBS\, WVON\, and KEMET. His books include Hurricane Katrina: America’s Unnatural Disaster\, Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West\, and his forthcoming memoir\, The Undisputed Truth: A Revolutionary Journey to Black Manhood. URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/our-right-to-assemble-the-history-of-protest-and-civil-disobedience-in-the-u-s/ CATEGORIES:FRANK Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://azhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Matthew-Whitaker-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Mohave County Library - Lake Havasu City Branch":MAILTO:sterrl@mohave.gov END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR