“Dia de Los Muertos Storytelling” with Zarco Guerrero

Mohave Community College - Hodel Library - AZ Reading Room 1977 W Acoma Blvd, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION 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 of food and the building of altars to those who have gone before us. Join Guerrero and his unique masked characters as they […]

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Southwest Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces with Allen Dart

Mohave Community College - Hodel Library - AZ Reading Room 1977 W Acoma Blvd, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Native Americans in the U.S. Southwest developed sophisticated skills in astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before non-Indian peoples entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the “Great House” at Arizona’s Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical […]

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The Mexico-US Borderland as Authentic Place: How to See the Border and Its Issues with Clarity with Scott Warren

Mohave Community College - Hodel Library - AZ Reading Room 1977 W Acoma Blvd, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Authenticity contrasts with stereotype. It is regrettable that much of the public image of the borderland between Mexico and the U.S. is shaped by persistent stereotypes rather than complex understanding. When policy solutions are tailored to these stereotypes they almost always fall short of their objectives in the real borderland. The notion of authentic place, […]

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The Right to Vote in America with Dr. Joshua Sellers

Mohave Community College - Hodel Library - AZ Reading Room 1977 W Acoma Blvd, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Dozens of new voting measures have been introduced this year in Arizona and across the country. Why do these voting bills matter? Do they protect or suppress the public’s access to vote in local and national elections? How exactly does the electoral process work, and what will it look like in the future? Join us […]

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