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See a show, take a class, visit an exhibit or gallery in Tempe! Explore all of the creative and cultural experiences the city has to offer at Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe History Museum and Edna Vihel Arts Center. The Arts & Culture Division develops and manages the city's arts and culture programs and services including Tempe Community Arts and Tempe Public Art. Tempe is dedicated to enriching the lives of the local and extended community by providing life-long engagement through accessible cultural, social, and educational experiences.
Tempe History Society Lunch Talks
- Date: 09/11/2024 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
- Location: Tempe History Museum
809 E. Southern Avenue
Tempe, Arizona 85282
Tempe History Society Lunch Talks
“Con Artists in the Archives” By Dr. Anita Huizar-Hernandez
Wednesday, September 11, at 11:30 a.m.
The bizarre 19th century “Peralta Land Grant” scheme in Arizona tests the limits of how ideas about race, citizenship, and national expansion are forged. Drawing from a wide variety of sources including court records, newspapers, fiction, and film, Dr. Huizar-Hernandez argues that the creation, collapse, and eventual forgetting of Reavis’s scam, forgeries, and fraud reveals the mechanisms by which narratives, real and imaginary, forge borders. Stop by Tempe History Museum for this free talk presented by Tempe History Society with generous support from Friendship Village.