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Readings followed by book signings from Chelsea Burden, Emma Canning, Nicole Walker, Shonto Begay and Alberto Rios.

Presented by University of Arizona Poetry Center in partnership with Arizona Opera as part of the UA College of Humanities HUMANITIES WEEK series of events.

Alberto Álvaro Ríos, born in 1952 in Nogales, Arizona, is the author of ten books and chapbooks of poetry, three collections of short stories, and a memoir. In August 2013, Ríos was appointed Arizona’s first Poet Laureate. Ríos is a Regents’ Professor at Arizona State University, where he has taught for over 30 years.

The inaugural Poet Laureate of Arizona and National Book Award finalist visits with his thirteenth book of poetry, which casts an intense desert light on the stories that unfold along the Mexico-US border.

In his thirteenth book, Alberto Ríos casts an intense desert light on the rich stories unfolding along the Mexico-US border. Peppered with Spanish and touches of magical realism, ordinary life and its simple props – morning showers, spilled birdseed, winter lemons – the book becomes an exploration of mortality and humanity, and the many possibilities of how lives might yet be lived.

Join Arizona Humanities for an evening celebrating our 2015 Arizona Humanities Award recipients, including Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Álvaro Ríos. Enjoy appetizers, drinks, a silent auction and live music at the North Mountain Visitor Center in Phoenix.

The ASU Department of English’s MFA in Creative Writing Program celebrates its 30th year with readings, art, and music. Hosted by Arizona Poet Laureate, Alberto Ríos, and featuring readings by MFA program alumni Adrienne Celt and Oliver de la Paz, as well as distinguished faculty and former faculty including poets Peggy Shumaker and Beckian Fritz-Goldberg and authors Tara Ison, Melissa Pritchard and Matt Bell. Alumni Dan Breazeale and Dean Stover will provide music, presenting a jazz poem with piano. Additionally, in recognition of the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, there will be a special exhibition of When the Water Came, a collaborative project between photographer Rebecca Ross and poet Cynthia Hogue, current director of the MFA Program.

Join Goodyear Arts & Culture Commission on February 23, 2016, at 7:00pm to hear Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Rios share about his life and literary work. Light refreshments will be served. This program is offered for free and does not require registration.

For more info, please contact Goodyear Arts & Culture Commission at 623-882-7530.

Join the Arizona Historical Society for an evening with Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos. Ríos will share some of his work and discuss the role that oral history plays in his writing. A native of Nogales, Arizona, Ríos writes about life along the U.S. and Mexico border, blending the personal with the political in a way that makes us see both in a new light.

For more information, contact the Arizona Historical Society Archives at: 520-617-1157 ahsref@azhs.gov. A flyer about the event can be seen by clicking here.

Presented by the Arizona Historical Society, in partnerships with with the University of Arizona’s Spanish and Portuguese & the Gender and Women’s Studies Departments,

This event and all events in the Nuestro Tucson series are made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.

FY21 Community Investment Grant Levels IV-VI Virtual Panel Review: Monday, May 18, 2020 from 10AM to 5PM.

Public Meeting Notice

During this session the following applications will be reviewed:

1. Kids in Focus
2. Audrey’s Angels
3. Prescott Fine Arts Association / Prescott Center for the Arts
4. Don Bluth Front Row Theatre
5. Desert Stages Theatre, Inc.
6. ABT Performing Arts Association, Inc. / Arizona Broadway Theatre

FY21 Community Investment Grant Levels I-III Virtual Panel Review: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 from 10AM to 5PM.

Public Meeting Notice

During this session, the following applications will be reviewed:

1. EduMusication
2. The Bisbee Radio Project, Inc.
3. Teatro Bravo
4. Tucson Musicians Museum, Inc.
5. Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation
6. The Arizona Masterworks Chorale
7. Owl & Panther
8. Arizona Cantilena Chorale
9. Douglas Arts & Humanities, Inc. / BAC (Border Arts Corridor)
10. Reveille Men’s Chorus
11. Funhouse Movement Theater
12. Esperanza Dance Project
13. Children’s Museum of Yuma County, Inc.
14. Stray Cat Theatre
15. The Hopi School
16. Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society
17. Patrons of the Art, Inc. / Hilltop Gallery
18. Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music Inc
19. Tonto Community Concert Association (TCCA)
20. Heritage Square Trust
21. Prescott Valley Performing Arts, Inc.
22. Chaparral Arts, Inc.

FY21 Festival Grants A Virtual Panel Review: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 from 10AM to 5PM

Public Meeting Notice

During this session, the following applications will be reviewed:

1. African Association of Arizona
2. Arizona Masters of Poetry
3. Arizona State University – Dance Program
4. Balkan Community Culture and Heritage Organization
5. Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli – AZ
6. Beads of Courage, Inc.
7. Binational Arts Institute
8. City of El Mirage
9. Corazon de Latinos Unidos
10. Dark Sky Aerial
11. Dysart Unified School District
12. Easterseals Blake Foundation
13. Flagstaff Dance Festival
14. Furious Styles Crew
15. Granite Mountain Gourd Society
16. Mohave Library Alliance Incorporated
17. Northern Arizona Book Festival
18. Now & Then Creative Company
19. Ocotillo Literary Endeavors, Inc.
20. Oh My Ears
21. Old Pueblo Playwrights
22. Payson Art League
23. Prescott College
24. Round Up Club
25. The Latina Dance Project
26. Tucson Fringe Festival
27. Willow Bend Environmental Education Center

FY21 Festival Grants B Virtual Panel Review: Thursday, May 21, 2020 from 10AM to 5PM

Public Meeting Notice

1. Amerind Foundation, Inc.
2. Arizona Aloha Festivals, Inc.
3. Arizona American Indian Tourism Association
4. Arizona Matsuri
5. Chandler Coalition for Civil and Human Rights
6. City of Litchfield Park
7. Coconino County
8. Conder Dance, Inc.
9. Convergence at Arcosanti
10. Cultural Coalition, Inc.
11. Highlands Center for Natural History
12. India Association of Phoenix
13. Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix
14. Living Streets Alliance
15. Oracle Piano Society
16. Phoenix Blues Society
17. Prescott Area Artist Studio Tour
18. Soul West Fest Foundation
19. Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation
20. Startup Tucson
21. The Carpetbag Brigade
22. The Mountain Artists Guild, Inc.
23. The Prescott Chamber of Commerce Foundation
24. Town of Payson
25. Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association
26. Yuma Art Symposium, Inc.