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SUMMARY:Living Landscapes: Food\, Memory\, and the Sonoran Desert
DESCRIPTION:Chef and Artist Jeffrey Lazos Ferns invites you to explore Arizona’s Indigenous Foodways and the Sonoran Desert as a living archive of cultural knowledge\, focusing on how Indigenous foodways and ecological relationships have shaped Arizona communities over generations. Through stories of indigenous plants\, including the Sonoran Desert tree pantry\, Sonoran Desert cactus pantry\, and the Sonoran Desert shrub apothecary\, the presentation highlights how plant\, food\, and wildlife traditions are deeply tied to land\, identity\, and survival. Ferns connects desert ecology to themes of history\, migration\, and cultural resilience. Audiences will see Arizona’s landscapes not as passive settings but as active forces shaping community life\, offering insight into sustainable practices and cultural continuity in the face of environmental change. \nNote: This presentation will include tasting samples from the Sonoran Desert plant scape.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/living-landscapes-food-memory-and-the-sonoran-desert-2/
LOCATION:Sedona Public Library in the Village\, 25 W. Saddlehorn Road\, Sedona\, AZ\, 86351\, United States
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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. \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS \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-15/
LOCATION:Sedona Public Library in the Village\, 25 W. Saddlehorn Road\, Sedona\, AZ\, 86351\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Arizona Trail: An 850-mile Mountain Bike Exploration of Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Along the 850-mile Arizona Trail\, which spans the length of the state from Utah to Mexico\, diverse ecosystems showcase how climate change is actively altering life as we know it across the Southwest. During fall 2025\, The Arizona Republic newspaper’s climate reporter\, who earned a Ph.D. in ecology before becoming an award-winning journalist\, spent seven weeks traveling the full trail on her mountain bike to witness these threats\, document their impacts\, and consult with experts on solutions. Rich with photos and video from the journey as well as scientific expertise and cultural context\, this presentation takes audiences through the state’s biggest environmental challenges and opportunities\, mile by mile. From the northern forests torched by a massive fire that closed parts of Grand Canyon National Park in 2025\, to the longstanding drought causing conflict with tribes on the slopes of the San Francisco peaks\, to the energy solutions underway in the Superstition Mountains\, to the humanitarian urgency for answers illuminated at the border with Mexico – Joan Meiners’ trail journey is a scenic and dynamic window into some of Arizona’s most pressing problems\, told from the frontlines of journalistic exploration through literal living landscapes. \n \nJoan Meiners is the climate reporter for The Arizona Republic\, the state’s largest newspaper. In this role\, she has won awards for her investigations into electricity generation\, her deep-dive series on the intersection of extreme heat and housing shortages in the state\, and her commentary on how Arizonans think and approach the existential challenges of climate change. She has previously written and received recognition for her environmental work in outlets like Discover Magazine\, National Geographic and the Washington Post Magazine. Before being lured into the colorful and dynamic world of journalism\, she completed a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Ecology and published research papers on the biodiversity of native bees. She spends most of her free time trail running\, backpacking\, or mountain biking through as many diverse landscapes and regions as she can.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-arizona-trail-an-850-mile-mountain-bike-exploration-of-climate-change-5/
LOCATION:Sedona Public Library in the Village\, 25 W. Saddlehorn Road\, Sedona\, AZ\, 86351\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Wild West Fiddle Project: Arizona's Hidden Soundscape
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Kate Rose and Armand Ramirez for a fun\, all-ages\, interactive performance that uncovers Arizona’s rich blended heritage through traditional folk music and dance. Featuring live fiddle music and storytelling\, this experience reveals how pioneer musicians\, whose roots spanned old worlds and new terrains\, integrated their traditions with those of neighboring communities. Connection with the land shaped these emerging traditions\, where Celtic melodies and Hispanic rhythms interweave seamlessly. We will hear revived tunes showing how cultures converged to create a unique sound\, reminding us to connect with the beauty of our state’s open skies\, deep canyons\, and vast forests. \n  \nDr. Kate Rose is a Flagstaff-based fiddler\, researcher\, and tradition-bearer leading the Wild West Fiddle Project and directing the nonprofit Wild Steps. Having spent two years studying with fiddling farmers in County Clare\, Ireland\, Dr. Rose brings a deep sense of music as rooted in landscapes and the rhythms of rural life. Her research and unique performing style reveal and revive the cross-cultural music and dance traditions of the American Southwest. She suggests that when we go deep into our own roots\, they naturally intermingle with the deep roots of others’ traditions. Her talks\, which present history through true stories of Arizona musicians from our past\, are often accompanied by master rhythm expert Armand Ramirez (guitar)\, whose rootedness in Hispanic traditions adds historical depth and musical magic. They perform regularly as the duo Wild World Irish Fiddle: https://www.youtube.com/@WildIrishFiddle. \nArmand Ramirez\, guitarist\, is a master multigenre player with decades of professional musicianship\, an amazing ear\, and a creative\, danceable flair. His wide-ranging experience includes jazz\, celtic\, classical\, flamenco\, folks traditions\, and Latin music. He is also a passionate researcher of local history and his own family’s rooted Arizona connections\, bringing a multidisciplinary approach to cultural storytelling and music.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-wild-west-fiddle-project-arizonas-hidden-soundscape-4/
LOCATION:Sedona Public Library in the Village\, 25 W. Saddlehorn Road\, Sedona\, AZ\, 86351\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Coded Messages and Songs of the Underground Railroad" with Tamika Sanders
DESCRIPTION:PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION \nCommunication and secrecy were key to the successful operation of the Underground Railroad. Safety was more important than quickness. Both fugitive slaves and members of the Underground Railroad learned to code and decode hidden messages\, and to disguise signs to avoid capture. There were code names for towns on the routes and code numbers for towns. There were signs and songs. A quilt hanging on a clothesline with a house and a smoking chimney among its designs indicated a safe house. The song\, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” served as directions to Canada. Using storytelling\, activities and songs\, Dr. Sanders depicts the ingenuity and resiliency of those who used the Underground Railroad to help over 100\,000 slaves escape to freedom between 1810 and 1850. \nThis program is cohosted by Sedona Public Library in the Village Service Center. \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS \nTamika Sanders started her company Savvy Pen to provide interactive programs that incorporate arts learning and multicultural training to bridge cultural and socioeconomic divides between educators and students. Her work brings diverse real-world perspectives to programming initiatives and creates strategic community partnerships that can generate revenue and provide access to resources and opportunities for marginalized groups. In 2009\, Dr. Sanders collaborated with the Bi-National Arts Residency (BNAR)\, which connects cultural communities in the Sonoran Desert on issues of social justice and identity through art. Dr. Sanders hopes to continue using the arts to break barriers\, unite people\, and create social change.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/coded-messages-and-songs-of-the-underground-railroad-with-tamika-sanders-7/
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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 century 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 Sedona Public Library. \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-5/
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