Museum Arizona Heritage Center
march
06mar3:00 pm6:15 pmCOVID Memorial Day EventArizona Heritage Center
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Join us on March 6, 2023 any time from 3:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. at the Arizona Heritage Center in Tempe. Come together with the community for a night of
Time
(Monday) 3:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Location
Arizona Heritage Center
1300 North College Ave
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Join us on March 16, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at the Arizona Heritage Center in Tempe as we host author and historian Tom Zoellner. In 2019, Tom Zoellner hiked
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Join us on March 16, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at the Arizona Heritage Center in Tempe as we host author and historian Tom Zoellner. In 2019, Tom Zoellner hiked the 790-mile Arizona Trail. Not only did he journey through the physicality of Arizona — its canyons, mountains, cities, deserts, plateaus, reservoirs and small towns — but also through its astonishing history. Tom joins us to talk about his sojourn, which is brilliantly documented in his new book Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona. Not only is the book a quest for the origin of Arizona’s enigmatic name, but it’s also a probing look into the past: the roots of the state’s colorful politics, literary heritage, music, cuisine, geology, and complex mix of races and traditions—the whole dazzling combination of elements that make the 48th state a prism of the past and unique laboratory of the future.
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(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
Arizona Heritage Center
1300 North College Ave
may
10may6:00 pm7:00 pmFood and Power Among Japanese American Incarcerated During WWII
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Join us on May 10 at 6:00 p.m. for a FREE virtual program with Dr. Paula Fujiwara as she explores the relationship of food and power among imprisoned Americans of
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Join us on May 10 at 6:00 p.m. for a FREE virtual program with Dr. Paula Fujiwara as she explores the relationship of food and power among imprisoned Americans of Japanese ancestry, with some details on the two incarceration camps in Arizona – Gila River and Poston. There will be time to ask questions after the presentation.
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(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
june
18jun12:00 pm5:00 pmJuneteenth CelebrationArizona Heritage Center
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Through the Arizona Historical Society's partnership with ASU Libraries, Black Collections, and Black Family Genealogy and History Society, we were able to host our first celebration of Juneteenth
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Through the Arizona Historical Society’s partnership with ASU Libraries, Black Collections, and Black Family Genealogy and History Society, we were able to host our first celebration of Juneteenth on Sunday, June 19th, 2022. Juneteenth has gained recognition as a federal holiday, but it has been historically celebrated by African American communities all over the country. On June 19th, 1865 in Galveston Bay, Texas, enslaved individuals were finally informed of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation declaring their freedom. Juneteenth, as it became known, was a day to celebrate this freedom in Texas and across the U.S.
Please join us to recognize the impact of Black communities in Arizona with a Juneteenth Celebration. Community members will connect with each other and a variety of organizations representing historical societies, action groups, state resources, and the community at large. Guests are welcome to wander, discuss, and enjoy performances, activities, and food! Festivities will take place on Sunday, June 18, 2023 from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Registration is FREE!
Time
(Sunday) 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Arizona Heritage Center
1300 North College Ave
22jun12:00 pm1:00 pmBook Talk About 2 Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
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Join us virtually on June 22 at 12:00 p.m. with Journalist Melissa Sevigny as we brave the wild river to uncover the lives of two women who mapped the botany
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Join us virtually on June 22 at 12:00 p.m. with Journalist Melissa Sevigny as we brave the wild river to uncover the lives of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon!
In Brave the Wild River (W.W. Norton, 2023), science journalist Melissa L. Sevigny tells the story of two pioneering botanists, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in the summer of 1938. At the time, the Colorado was famed as the most dangerous river in the world. But for Clover and Jotter, it held a tantalizing appeal: no one had surveyed the Grand Canyon’s plants, and they were determined to be the first. Through the vibrant letters and diaries of the two women, Sevigny traces their forty-three-day journey and explores how their botanical research remains vital to this day.
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(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm