Wednesday, November 2, 2016

History Speaks!

History Speaks! is a monthly speaker series presented by The Museum of Casa Grande. On the 2nd Saturdays of the month the event is held at the Museum and on the 3rd Thursdays the event is hosted by the Dorothy Powell Senior Center. The list of speakers and topics follows. Note that the topics with asterisks are the Thursday presentations.

Visit the Museum's website at www.tmocg.org for more information.


 2016-2017 HISTORY SPEAKS! CALENDAR

 
November 12, 2016-“Beautiful Games: American Indian Sport and Art” presented by Marcus Monenerkit


**November 17, 2016- “Dia de Los Muertos: A Celebration of Life and Death” presented by Elena Bjorkquist


December 10, 2016- “Native in a Strange Land: The Life of Mike Burns, Indian Scout” presented by Gregory McNamee


**December 15, 2016- “On the Arizona Frontier Ranch Medicine” presented by Jody Drake

                                           
January 14, 2017- “Don Chun Wo, Unofficial Mayor of Tucson’s Chinatown”presented by Li Yang


**January 19, 2017- “Cowboys and Cowgirls: Icons of the American West” presented by Betsy Fahlman

                                 
February 11, 2017- “African American Pioneers of Arizona” presented by Akua Anokye

                   
**February 16, 2017- “The Bronze Buckaroo: The Life Story of Herb Jeffries” presented by Steven Renzi

                                           
March 11, 2107- “Women of the Arizona Prison” presented by Christine Reid

                                           
**March 16, 2017- “A Boot in the Door: Pioneer Women Architects” presented by Nancy Parezo

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