Events

In many Southwestern matrifocal cultures, Indigenous women’s lives are modeled after female heroes and sacred women who exemplify and express courage and kinship values. Laura Tohe, Arizona’s Poet Laureate and former Navajo Nation Poet Laureate, shares how Indigenous women have contributed in significant ways to their tribal nations, and to contemporary American life. Stop by Tempe […]

The driving forces behind Arizona’s wild frontier prior to Statehood were the 5C’s: copper, cattle, cotton, citrus, and climate. Local Award-Winning author Albert Monreal Quihuis takes us through the wild history of Arizona to discover if the 5 C’s remain as important today than they did in the past, and whether new 5 C’s have emerged. Museum for this free talk presented by Tempe […]

Delirium is a change in mental abilities that can develop suddenly and is a medical emergency, especially for older adults. Dr. Johannah Uriri-Glover explains why older adults are at a higher risk for delirium due to normal aging changes in the brain or chronic health conditions, and why early recognition is important for treating the […]

When Mary Lou Gulley, the proprietress of the Mystery Castle, died in her late 80s, she left behind more than a mystery. Dr. Summer Cherland introduces Mary Lou Gulley, a gifted artist, writer, and show-woman in her own words using a collection of rare photographs, documents, artwork, and artifacts newly assembled at South Mountain Community […]

Professor and author Eduardo Pagán will share the story of his book that traces the life of Georgie Clifford through sex work, morphine addiction, and incarceration to uncover a hidden “tumbleweed underworld” of narcotics, gendered violence, and vice in the Arizona Territory. Her story illuminates the early opioid crisis in the United States and its […]

Local documentary filmmaker and curator Bruce Nelson explores the lives of the African American women who demonstrated courageous efforts of community activism, artistry, and kinship in the face of racism and misogyny. This exceptional group of black women endured and remembered firsthand the days of the American Reconstruction Era “Jim Crow Laws,” Spanish American War, WWI, “The […]