100 Years Grand – The Story of Arizona Highways Magazine with Win Holden
April 2025 will mark Arizona Highways magazine’s 100th birthday. How did a brochure produced by the Arizona Highway Department become one of the most revered travel publications in the world? […]
One Supreme Court: What and How Does the U.S. Supreme Court Do What It Does? with Thomas J. Davis
The Supreme Court United States (SCOTUS) in recent years has been in the news more than ever. Controversy and distrust accompany many of its major decisions to a degree that […]
Maria Urquides: Mother of Bilingual Education with Jan Cleere
Maria Urquides’ Hispanic background made her the ideal teacher for Arizona’s bilingual schools, although she readily admitted she might go to hell for being ordered to punish students for speaking […]
Climate Conversations – Science Dance: Can Dance Move Us Toward Sustainability?
Talking about the climate crisis and its impact on the planet and our communities is challenging. Is there a way to bring joy into the conversation? Can art and movement […]
Seeing the Desert with Gregory McNamee
Most Arizonans are not originally from Arizona, and most come from places that are far greener and milder of climate than our desert. For many of us, it takes a […]
Dia de los Muertos Storytelling with Zarco Guerrero
Dia de Los Muertos is a highly celebrated and significant holiday held throughout Mexico, Latin America, and the Southwest. It is a day when homage is paid with prayers, offerings […]
Rivers of Dreams: Songs and Stories of Arizona’s Waterways with Jay Cravath
The Colorado, the Gila, the Salt, the Verde, the Hassayampa, the Santa Cruz: Arizona’s rivers were lush green ribbons of life flowing through a desert landscape. They became sustaining paths […]
Caretakers of the Land: A Story of Farming and Community in San Xavier with Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan
Farming has always been the way of life for the Tohono O’odham community in San Xavier, located just south of Tucson. Their way of life depended on access to the […]
Arizona Water Use from Prehistory to the Present with Jim Turner
This presentation covers humankind’s water use and food supply interactions with Arizona’s ecology from Clovis culture hunter-gatherers to prehistoric irrigation canals, contemporary Hopi and Tohono O’odham dry farming, and present-day […]
Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Sustainability with Allen Dart
The deep time perspective that archaeology, geology, and related disciplines provide about natural hazards, environmental change, and societal development is often ignored when societies today make decisions affecting social sustainability […]
