On Thursday, September 18, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program will feature “A Cat’s Tale: How Domestic Cats Came to the Americas” presentation by archaeologist Martin H. Welker, Ph.D. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time). For more information or to register, contact Old Pueblo Archaeology at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.

 

Caption: “Kitty on a Galleon,” Allen Dart’s doctored
photo of a segment of Cornelis Verbeeck’s 1650
painting “A Naval Encounter between Dutch and
Spanish Warships”
(Photo of the painting by National
Gallery of Art).