Coffee with the Curator: Miniatures

The Arizona State Museum has started up a lovely event, or actually a series of events. From time to time you can enjoy coffee with a curator at the museum, hear about the daily duties of curators, and sometimes catch a glimpse into their special world. On Wednesday, Diane Dittemore, curator of ethnological collections, will [...]

Hopi Running Tradition

The Arizona State History Museum will sponsor what appears to be a fascinating topic this Wednesday: Micah Loma’omvaya will discuss “Hopi Running Traditions: Ancient Traditions and Practices of Health, Values, and Cultural Endurance.”
The e-mail notice describes the event thusly: “This lecture explores the examples of past and present Hopi running traditions and events. A runner [...]

Coffee with the Arizona State Museum Curators

The Arizona State Museum has started up a lovely event, or actually a series of events. From time to time you can enjoy coffee with a curator at the museum, hear about the daily duties of curators, and sometimes catch a glimpse into their special world. On Wednesday, Dr. Michael Brescia, associate curator of ethnohistory, [...]

Hopi Running Traditions

The actual title of this Wednesday event is “Hopi Running Traditions: Ancient Traditions and Practices of Health, Values, and Cultural Endurance,” but I ran out of room. In any case, this lecture, presented by Micah Loma’omvaya from Second Mesa, explores the examples of past and present Hopi running traditions and events.
I think it looks fascinating. [...]

Coffee with the Curators

The Arizona State Museum is holding its Very Nearly Annual Discount benefit book sale this weekend, and the discounts look super. You’ll find UA Press book remainders, and quality NEW books: visual arts, humanities, poetry, ethnology, Southwest studies, world archaeology, anthropology, cooking, lifestyle, architecture, and children’s books.