Tuesday, March 2 at
Gallery Art for March
The photographs will be on display throughout the month of March.
Jim Gresham has spent countless hours at Tumacácori National Historical Park with camera in hand. In March, we are pleased to present the photographic fruits of Jim’s efforts. Meet Jim and enjoy his photographs at his reception on Saturday, March 6, from 3:30 PM until 5:00 PM.
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Saturday, March 13 at 12:00 Noon and 2:00 PM
Ecuador: Hummingbirds, Orchids, Butterflies, and People
Presented by naturalist Doug Moore, Education Director for Friends of Madera Canyon
Join naturalist Doug Moore for an exciting birding and natural history slide presentation exploring the Andes mountains, from tropical cloud forest to Páramo Alpine Tundra.
Reservations required: please call 622-6014 during business hours, beginning one week prior to the event.
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Monday, March 15 at 12:00 Noon only
A History of the Ancient Southwest
Presented by archeologist Stephen Lekson, Ph.D.
According to archeologist Stephen H. Lekson, much of what we think we know about the Southwest has been compressed into conventions and classifications and orthodoxies. His book, A History of the Ancient Southwest (SAR Press, $39.95) challenges and reconfigures these accepted notions by telling two parallel stories, one about the development, personalities, and institutions of southwestern archeology and the other about interpretations of what actually happened in the ancient past.
Reservations required: please call 622-6014 during business hours, beginning one week prior to the event.
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Tuesday, March 16 at 12:00 Noon and 2:00 PM
Thirty Years of Hiking
Presented by author and hiker Betty Leavengood
Join Betty Leavengood, author of the Tucson Hiking Guide (Pruett Publishing, $16.95), for a presentation about her hiking experiences over the last 30 years. View images taken in Arizona, Colorado, Canada, England, Switzerland, and Africa including two episodes of Betty getting seriously lost entitled “Lost, My Fault” and “Lost, Not My Fault.”
Reservations required: please call 622-6014 during business hours, beginning one week prior to the event.
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Wednesday, March 17 at 12:00 Noon and 2:00 PM
Volume of Friendship: The Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway, 1904-1953
Presented by author Kristie Miller
Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway met as debutantes in New York when they were teenagers. Their 50-year correspondence chronicles their marriages, children, and their impact on national events. In Volume of Friendship: The Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway, 1904-1953 (Arizona Historical Society, $34.95), author Kristie Miller takes readers for a survey of their lives with selections from their letters.
Reservations required: please call 622-6014 during business hours, beginning one week prior to the event.
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Saturday, March 20 at 12:00 Noon and 2:00 PM
In Our Own Words: The Lives of Arizona Pioneer Women
Presented by author Barbara Marriott
From 1935 until 1939 Federal Writers’ Project workers interviewed Arizona pioneer women, who were then in their seventies or older. Their interviews tell of heartbreak and joy, success and disappointment. Join Barbara Marriott, author of In Our Own Words: The Lives of Arizona Pioneer Women (Fireship Press, $21.95), for a fascinating presentation.
Reservations required: please call 622-6014 during business hours, beginning one week prior to the event.
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Wednesday, March 24 at 12:00 Noon and 2:00 PM
Ironwood Forest National Monument
Presented by Lahsha Brown, Executive Director of Friends of Ironwood Forest
Ironwood Forest National Monument was established nearly ten years ago to safeguard an incredible landscape. It encompasses several desert mountain ranges, possesses one of the richest stands of Ironwood trees in the Sonoran Desert, and contains a significant system of cultural and historical sites covering a 5,000 year period. Join Lahsha Brown and learn about the ecological and historical importance of Ironwood Forest National Monument.
Reservations required: please call 622-6014 during business hours, beginning one week prior to the event.
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Saturday, March 27 at 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM
Native Basketry Show and Sale
Presented by Terry DeWald
 In recent years, the growth in appreciation for Indian art of all types has encouraged new interest in basket making. New designs have arisen as trading posts, galleries, and private collectors have encouraged creativity.
Join well-known author and basketry expert Terry DeWald for a show and sale of Native basketry. A wide selection of contemporary Tohono O'odham and Apache works will be available, along with select antique examples from California and Arizona tribes.
Special talks on the history, craft, and use of Native baskets will be offered at 11 AM and 2 PM.
No reservation is necessary for these talks and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Wednesday, March 31 at 12:00 Noon and 2:00 PM
Arizona’s Hal Empie
Presented by Ann Groves (daughter of Hal Empie)
Ann will tell of their family’s Arizona history from 1890 through her father’s life and his three parallel careers: Arizona’s youngest licensed pharmacist, well known western artist, and published cartoonist.
Reservations required: please call 622-6014 during business hours, beginning one week prior to the event.
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Saturday, April 17 at 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM
Spring Storytelling Festival
Presented by the Tucson Tellers-of-Tales
Join the Tucson Tellers-of-Tales for a special spring storytelling festival. There will be two sessions of storytelling, the first at 10:30 AM and the second at 1:00 PM. Tickets will go on sale March 1st and cost $6 per session for the general public and $5 per session for WNPA members. Tickets may be purchased in person or by calling us at 622-6014.
Tickets must be prepaid; they are non-refundable.
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