100 Years Grand – The Story of Arizona Highways Magazine with Win Holden

The Palace 116 N. RailRoad Ave, Willcox, AZ, United States

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? How has Arizona Highways remained relevant for a century while other national magazines have failed? Former Arizona Highways Publisher, Win Holden, will share the inside […]

Flying through Arizona: The Story of the First National Women’s Air Race with Natalie J. Stewart-Smith

The Palace 116 N. RailRoad Ave, Willcox, AZ, United States

In 1929, the first national women’s air race from Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland, OH passed through Arizona. Stopping in Yuma, Phoenix, and Douglas, the intrepid fliers solidified their determination and sisterhood along these Arizona waypoints. Who were these aviators? What were their planes like in 1929? What challenges did they encounter along the way? […]

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Metalsmith Matriarchs: Makers, Memory, and Reciprocity with Nanibaa Beck

The Palace 116 N. RailRoad Ave, Willcox, AZ, United States

Nanibaa Beck addresses the ways Native women metal smith integrate indigenous knowledge, practice and tradition into their craft. She focuses on four to five metal smiths with a rotation in place, person, and style. This presentation and Nanibaa’s work demonstrate the connection of Native artists to Arizona and beyond as a place and identity. This […]

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Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Rock Art with Allen Dart

The Palace 116 N. RailRoad Ave, Willcox, AZ, United States

Ancient American Indian petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) and pictographs (rock paintings) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or by Native Americans? Archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates how petroglyph and pictograph styles changed through time and over different parts […]

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