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Join Arizona Humanities and the Mountain View School for a family fun evening celebrating reading and books! Meet local children's authors, hear exciting stories, create art, and more! Take part in the K-3 Reading Challenge Awards and Pictures! Each child will receive one free book! FREE PIZZA! Translators available. Questions about the Hop, Skip and Jump program? Karen O’Keefe […]
All Hat and No Cattle: The language of the American West Every day we use words and phrases whose roots lie in our western heritage. Words like “brand,” “maverick,” and “dude,” along with phrases like” climb down off your high horse” and “passing the buck” all grew out of the culture and experiences of those […]
Join Arizona Humanities and the Maricopa County Library District Perry Branch Library for a family fun day celebrating reading and books! Meet local children's authors, hear exciting stories, participate in sing-alongs and dance, enjoy tasty snacks, create art, and more! Each child will receive one free book! Families and children ages are welcome to this […]
Dr. Kathy Nakagawa, Arizona State University, School of Social Transformation Many parents and educators avoid conversations about race and racism with their children and students, yet young people are regularly exposed to images, stories, videos and statements that reflect racial societal attitudes. This exposure often comes through social media, such as YouTube videos, tweets, Facebook […]
Join Dr. Alan Eladio Gómez, Borderlands Scholar/Associate Professor with the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University for a presentation and discussion. More information coming soon. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - Small group discussion (Limited to 12 RSVPs) 6:45 - 8:30 p.m. - Presentation and Q&A RSVP through eventbrite at https://authortalkalangomez.eventbrite.com.
Hop, Skip & Jump into Reading programs provide the opportunity for local Arizona children and families to hear exciting stories, participate in singalongs, learn illustration techniques and to build their own personal libraries with free books.
Ready for a break from the heat? Join Dan Fellner - Travel Writer for a virtual journey to four chilly and off-the beaten-path travel destinations. We'll travel to Greenland, Spitsbergen, Iceland, and the Yukon Territory. Fellner has written about and photographed all four destinations for The Arizona Republic's "Travel & Explore" section. This program is free to […]
Trans*cend Southwest Premiere Film Screening + Discussion Friday, September 15th - 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Sun Studios of Arizona - 1425 W. 14th St.- Tempe, AZ 85281 https://www.TranscendMovie.com/ RSVP: https://transcendfilm.eventbrite.com FREE EVENT! Join Arizona Humanities and the ASU Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture for the Southwest film premiere of Trans*cend: a Journey from Gender […]
Part of ASU Ethnic Studies Week, supported by Arizona Humanities Are We Ready for “School” Abolition?: Thoughts and Practices of a Radical Imaginary in Education with Dr. David Stovall from the University of Illinois at Chicago This brown bag discussion will engage a set of questions traditionally associated with the organized, grassroots activist and scholarly […]
Special event! Following up on Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation President and CEO Stuart Graff’s presentation at Arizona Humanities, The House is a Heart: Why Historic Homes Matter, explore how Taliesin West (Scottsdale) and historic structures inform us about the life of a community. Like first-person histories, historic homes give a human dimension to the great forces […]