The Mighty Colorado River: From its Sources to the Sea

Oro Valley Public Library 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, AZ, United States

Jim Turner has traced the Green and Colorado rivers from their beginnings as clear bubbling glacial springs high in the mountains, then through roaring canyons in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada, and finally to the salt flats in Mexico. Stunning photographs tell the story of the rivers’ two thousand miles of scenic wonders, geography, wildlife, history, […]

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The Beatles “From Liverpool to Abbey Road”

Oro Valley Public Library 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, AZ, United States

This session examines a chronological historic account of the lives, works and influence of The Beatles on contemporary society.  We will discuss their phenomenal achievements from a musical and cultural perspective.  The lecture will be enhanced with visual backgrounds and audio clips.  Our historic journey starts from their early days as a cover band in […]

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Swing Into History

Oro Valley Public Library 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, AZ, United States

With the exception of the most ardent collectors and older generation, the influence and legacy of the big bands is largely forgotten despite their overwhelming popularity and significant role in early radio. Join Larson as he revisits the sounds America listened and danced to for more than three decades. Learn how iconic artists like Glenn […]

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Pens & Paintbrushes: The Legacies of Early Arizona Women in the Arts

Oro Valley Public Library 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, AZ, United States

This PowerPoint program explores the lives of 5 artists whose talents personify the beauty of the early western frontier. Hopi potter Nampeyo shaped clay vessels with an intricacy seldom duplicated today. Writer Sharlot Hall described images of Arizona’s past and preserved our history. Author Martha Summerhayes wrote of her adventures following her husband from one […]

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A Pictorial History of Arizona from Prehistory to the Present

Oro Valley Public Library 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, AZ, United States

If a picture is worth a thousand words, this program could fill a seven-volume history of Arizona. From the geological wonders of the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest to cutting-edge biotech industries and Native American art galleries, this whirlwind pictorial history tour of Arizona from prehistory to the present shows it all. In addition […]

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Ancient Landscapes of the American Southwest

Oro Valley Public Library 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, AZ, United States

The American Southwest is world-renown for its colorful and spectacular landscapes like Grand Canyon, Sedona, Monument Valley, the Superstition Mountains, and the Sonoran Desert. But how did these wonders come to exist and what can ordinary rocks tell us about their ancient origins? You’ll be amazed to learn that the Southwest was once the site […]

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Saving the Great American West:  The Story of George Bird Grinnell

Oro Valley Public Library 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, AZ, United States

The great West that George Bird Grinnell first encountered in 1870 as a 21-year-old man was shortly to disappear before his eyes.  Nobody was quicker to sense the desecration or was more eloquent in crusading against the poachers, the hide-hunters, and the disengaged U.S. Congress than George Bird Grinnell, the “Father of American Conservation.”  Grinnell […]

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