by Monica Young | Jun 1, 2017 | Programs
The Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum is offering a new children’s program this summer called “Four Thursdays in June” to show children in grades 3-6 what it would have been like to be a child in Arizona and New Mexico during the 1820s. Drawing from the book...
by Monica Young | May 11, 2017 | Events
As part of Sonora’s annual “Festival Kino” event, Tumacacori National Historical Park will join the celebration by hosting classical guitarist Ignacio Mondaca Garcia on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. This solo program will be held inside the...
by Monica Young | May 2, 2017 | Events
Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace (FOTB) invites you to the 4th Annual San Ysidro Festival on Saturday, May 13, 2017 from 9:00 am to 11:30 am at Tucson’s Mission Garden. This traditional Tucson farmer’s festival will include music, dancing, blessings,...
by Monica Young | May 2, 2017 | News
Now available through the University of Colorado Press (UPC), “New Mexico and the Pimeria Alta,” an edited volume on Spanish colonialism in the American Southwest. To better understand how different forms of colonialism and indigenous political economies...
by Monica Young | May 2, 2017 | Events, Programs
The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society presents “Creating Community in Colonial Alta California” by Dr. John G. Douglass on Monday, May 15, 2017, 7:30 pm, at the University Medical Center (Tucson, AZ) in the Duval Auditorium. Dr. Douglass will...
by Monica Young | Apr 27, 2017 | Events
El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park is celebrating 235 years of history with the annual Founding Day Festival on Saturday, April 29, 2017 from noon to 4pm. This free event will include reenactments, musical and dance performances, and other...
by Monica Young | Mar 27, 2017 | Events, Programs
The Second Tricentennial Symposium of Bexar County will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at the Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio, Texas. This symposium will be run from 8:00am to 4:15pm, with several presentations on Spanish colonial period Texas and...
by Monica Young | Mar 16, 2017 | Events, News
The Tejano Genealogical Society of Austin is hosting the 38th Annual Hispanic and Genealogical Conference, September 28-30, 2017. Registration form will be available by June 1. Stay posted at...
by Monica Young | Mar 8, 2017 | Events, Programs
The San Elizario Genealogy & Historical Society presents the 26th Annual History Conference and Dinner in conjunction with the Rio Grande Festival from April 28-30, 2017 in San Elizario, TX. Various activities include historical presentations, reenactment, guided...
by Monica Young | Nov 23, 2016 | General, News
Why pay $95 or more for the book Finding Father Kino when you can order it directly from SMRC (the publisher) for the special price of $30! This 1998 publication was written by Jorge Olvera H. and includes a foreword and afterword by Bernard (“Bunny”) L....
