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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. \n  \n  \n  \n \nDan 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-3/
LOCATION:ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City\, ASU Gym\, 100 University Way\, Lake Havasu Ctiy\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180410T190000
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SUMMARY:Flagstaff Pioneer John Elden:  Murder\, Mystery\, Myth and History - Lake Havasu City
DESCRIPTION:The best-known and perhaps most visited grave site in northern Arizona belongs to little Johnny Elden\, Jr. His 1887 murder remains one of the most infamous in Territorial history. Today\, Johnny rests alone in a rock-covered grave at the base of the mountain named for his father. A beautiful U.S. Forest Service interpretive panel nearby describes the awful crime. Johnny was just six years old when he was shot and killed by itinerant mule skinner Bob Roberts in a dispute over water. Although the murder has haunted Flagstaff for over a century\, did it really happen? This presentation examines the story of pioneer John Elden\, the murder of his son\, and the contribution of myth to history. \nJohn Westerlund is an independent scholar and American West historian. He was a career Army officer serving four overseas tours. He was a seasonal National Park Service ranger for 11 summers with the Flagstaff Area National Monuments. His book Arizona’s War Town: Flagstaff\, Navajo Ordnance Depot\, and World War II won several awards for preservation of Southwest culture. He published numerous articles in The Journal of Arizona History along with articles in French and U.S. defense-related journals. He has been a ‘Road Scholar’ with AZ Humanities for over a decade and is a member of the Flagstaff Corral of Westerners.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/flagstaff-pioneer-john-elden-murder-mystery-myth-and-history-lake-havasu-city/
LOCATION:ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City\, ASU Gym\, 100 University Way\, Lake Havasu Ctiy\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180313T190000
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SUMMARY:Rivers of Dreams: Stories and Music of Arizona’s Waterways - Lake Havasu City
DESCRIPTION:Arizona’s rivers were first\, lush green ribbons of life through a desert landscape. They became sustaining paths\, first for the indigenous\, later for immigrants leaving wagon tracks. On the Salt River\, Hohokam built vast canals to direct water for irrigation. The first European citizens of Phoenix used these same trenches. The history\, stories and songs are shared interactively. \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.”
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/rivers-of-dreams-stories-and-music-of-arizonas-waterways-lake-havasu-city/
LOCATION:ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City\, ASU Gym\, 100 University Way\, Lake Havasu Ctiy\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180213T200000
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SUMMARY:Vintage Arizona: The Growth\, Death\, and Rebirth of a Local Wine Industry - Lake Havasu City
DESCRIPTION:Arizona’s wine industry is booming. Starting from almost nothing in the 1970s\, there are now over 50 wineries across the state and more starting every year.  Despite the youth of the current industry\, there is a long history of wine-making in Arizona dating back some 200 years. Using numerous illustrations\, this presentation traces the fascinating – and often amusing – story of Arizona wine from the Spanish Colonial period to the present.  Topics include pioneering efforts using wild grapes\, Mesa’s forgotten 19th century wine industry\, the illegal raisin wineries of the Great Depression\, and the unlikely band of aspiring winemakers that led the modern rebirth of Arizona wine in the 1980s. \nErik Berg is an award-winning historian and writer with a special interest in the early twentieth century southwest.  Raised in Flagstaff\, and a graduate of the University of Arizona\, Berg has been exploring\, hiking\, and researching the southwest for over thirty years.  In addition to contributing to several books and numerous conferences\, his work has appeared in the Journal of Arizona History\, Arizona Highways\, Astronomy\, the Journal of the Society of Commercial Archaeology\, and Sedona Magazine.  A past-president of the Grand Canyon Historical Society\, Berg currently lives in Phoenix.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/vintage-arizona-the-growth-death-and-rebirth-of-a-local-wine-industry-lake-havasu-city/
LOCATION:ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City\, ASU Gym\, 100 University Way\, Lake Havasu Ctiy\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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SUMMARY:From Maiden Lane to Gay Alley: Prostitution in Tucson\, 1880-1912 - Lake Havasu
DESCRIPTION:Prostitution was a main stay business of frontier communities and Tucson was no exception. From 1870 to 1910\, Tucson prostitutes worked openly without local government interference. However\, as Tucson shed its frontier label for respectable city\, Tucson began slowly to condemn its ‘soiled doves.” The talk will examine the lives of Tucson’s prostitutes\, their struggles\, clients\, how they contributed to municipal revenues and eventual removal from Tucson’s growing city center. The talk will also highlight the many pressures Tucson’s prostitutes faced as the Women’s Suffrage movement gained momentum. \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-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 hours of research for his book. Currently\, his research focuses on the individual lives of the Old Pueblo’s African-Americans.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/from-maiden-lane-to-gay-alley-prostitution-in-tucson-1880-1912-lake-havasu/
LOCATION:ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City\, ASU Gym\, 100 University Way\, Lake Havasu Ctiy\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20171114T190000
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SUMMARY:Hi Jolly and Mystery of the US Army Camel Corps - Lake Havasu
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will explore the US Army’s experiment with using camel from the Middle East to make it more mobile in the newly acquired Southwest.  In order to teach the soldiers about camels\, a local from the Middle East\, who was called Hi Jolly\, was shipped over with the camels.  Even though Secretary of War Jefferson Davis desperately wanted the Camel Corps to be successful\, the experiment was a failure.  Find out what happened to the camels and their minder\, Hi Jolly\, with the conclusion of this experiment. \nCasey has been an educator for 15 years and a writer for much longer.  He has presented previously for Arizona Humanities\, as well as for regional\, state\, and national conferences on a variety of topics. A storyteller at heart\, Casey enjoys sharing with an audience.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/hi-jolly-and-mystery-of-the-us-army-camel-corps/
LOCATION:ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City\, ASU Gym\, 100 University Way\, Lake Havasu Ctiy\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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