Train Yarn Bombing Pioneer Museum

Once again, we’ll be wrapping up the Baldwin locomotive in all things knitted and crocheted in anticipation of the 2019 Flag Wool & Fiber Festival. This is a FREE event. Beer and wine served to help the creative juices flow.

In partnership with the Flag Wool and Fiber Festival: https://www.flagwool.com/yarn-bombing.html

Contact Jill Hough 928-774-6272 [email protected].

View the 2019 YARN BOMBING flyer

Join the Arizona History Museum for a reception and program with artist Laurie McKenna. Hear McKenna talk about The Undesirables, an installation that explores the story of the Bisbee Deportation of 1917. On July 12th, 1917 in Bisbee, AZ mining companies and the Sheriff armed approximately 2000 citizens and rounded up 1,196 striking miners and their supporters. McKenna created 1,200 individual rubbings of a 1917 penny that commemorates each man, by name who were unlawfully taken and banished from their homes in Bisbee. McKenna will also share the stories of her process, motivations and how the arrival of a film crew shooting the Bisbee ’17 movie added another level to the project. Watch McKenna’s own video vignettes, where she used old metal toys and objects to play out imagined scenarios of the Bisbee deportation. Her spoken word includes some orphan stories, strange facts, and musings on what she discovered in her research of the Bisbee Deportation.

Free with paid admission
RSVP to Nicola Brownlee at [email protected] or 520-617-1141
Free parking is available in the Main Gate Garage on 2nd Street

This program is part of Stories of Resilience, a new exhibit at the Arizona Historical Society’s Arizona History Museum in Tucson.

Evening Lecture: Route 66 Women: The Untold Story of the Mother Road

Screening and Discussion Program

May 18, 7:00- 8:30 pm

Filmmaker Katrina Parks will show segments from her documentary film series “Route 66 Women” that look in depth at Arizona’s Route 66 legacy through the eyes and experiences of women who overcame segregation and gender discrimination to build fulfilling lives for themselves on America’s most beloved road. Themes of growing up, traveling, challenging gender stereotypes, confronting prejudice and pushing boundaries in a man’s world run-through the new oral histories.

Katrina will be joined by a panel of humanities experts including the Cline Library’s archivist Sean Evans and historian and author John Westerlund who will provide historical context for the segments screened and participate in the discussion following the film. Each of these humanities experts brings their expertise in Arizona history and Route 66 to the program.

This event is made possible with support from Arizona Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Riordan Mansion State Historic Park and Arizona Historical Society. Please visit www.azhumanities.org. Free and open to the public.

Celebrate local African American history Sunday, May 19th with the Arizona Historical Society’s program, Afternoon With The Elders. Listen to African American community members recount their experiences here in Arizona.

Join us for an afternoon to experience stories from local icons. Hear from Dudley Dickey talk about fighting for school integration in Arizona and attending Mesa High School, Charlesetta Lee’s experience as a businesswoman and entrepreneur, and Joyce Bailey sharing her experiences raising a family in a Mesa Neighborhood. The program will be moderated by Teresa Toney.

Sunday, May 19th

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Cost – $5 General Public/$4 AHS members

Please RSVP to [email protected]

More information coming soon!

Join AHS Pioneer Museum staff and Historic Brewing Co. in celebrating the 150th anniversary of John Wesley Powell’s Colorado River Expedition. Richard Quartaroli will discuss the history of the epic journey while Christa Sadler will present a modern view, “Seeing Things Whole: Powell and an Understanding of the American West.” We will also play
Colorado River trivia throughout the evening and have a limited edition HBC Powell commemorative brew to drink! FREE to the public; beer and wine sold at a modest price.

RSVP and questions: 928-774-6272 [email protected].