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Dr. John Evans, Discussion Leader Wednesday, January 29, 2:30-4:00 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The dilemma of U.S. relations with the Philippines will be second topic in the 2020 ASA series of Discussions based on materials prepared by the

Carlye Dundon, Maxfield Creative Consulting Thursday, January 30, 2020, 2:30-3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a towering figure of Pop Art, a genre defined by its self-consciously stylized portrayal of consumer items from soup cans

Michael Chriss, Discussion Leader Wednesday, January 22, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Arizona Senior Academy “Climate Change and Global Order” will be the first in the 2020 ASA series of Discussions based on materials prepared by the non-partisan Foreign Policy Association

Mindy Blake, Outreach Coordinator for the Pima Association of Governments Thursday, November 21, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Arizona Senior Academy Building Have you been challenged lately on Old Spanish Trail by the new obstacle course of cones, lane changes and

Adriana Zuniga-Teran, UA Udall Center for Public Policy Wednesday, November 27, 2:30-3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building How can our desert cities become cooler and safer from flooding by creating “oases” of vegetation even in some of the poorest

Duo Entre-Nous, clarinet and saxophone Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The Arizona Senior Academy is delighted to welcome once again clarinetist Jackie Glazier and saxophonist Don-Paul Kahl, advocates of contemporary and

Alan Kruse, Retired Tour Operator and Guide Wednesday, November 6, 2020, 2:30-3:30 The Arizona Senior Academy Building If you are new to Tucson or haven’t had the opportunity to take a walking tour of at least part of historic Tucson,

Dr. Joanne Birdwhistell, Academy Village Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 2:30-3:30 pm, The Arizona Senior Academy Building With a career specialization in Chinese philosophy and culture, Joanne Birdwhistell will speak to developments that began about 2,500 years ago, tracing the ways

Larry Lincoln, M.D. Thursday, October 31, 2019, 2:30-3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building What are the opportunities, taboos, and challenges surrounding the critical life stages of dying and death? How can Hospice attention ease the lives of patients and

  Dan Kruse, ethnomusicologist   October 23, Wednesday, 2:30 – 3:30, The Arizona Senior Academy and October 30, Wednesday, 2:30 – 3:30, The Arizona Senior Academy Do you remember Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf”? Or Chrissy Hynde’s “Brass in

Michael Horn-Mitchem, Academy Village Thursday October 24, 2019, 2:30–3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The figure of King Arthur has enjoyed unabated success across the English-speaking world and Europe.  But was he originally a historical figure like Davy Crockett

Elizabeth Bernays, Regents Professor of Entomology Emerita, U. of A. Thursday, October 17, 2019, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building The painted lady butterfly, Venessa cardui, is the most widely distributed butterfly in the world and has

John McLean, USGS Geologist and Hydrologist, Ret. Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 2:30-3:30 p.m. The Arizona Senior Academy Building Administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the Fort Stanton – Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area (NCA) in east-central New Mexico

Thursday, October 16, 2019, Michael Chriss 2:30–3:30 pm,  The Arizona Senior Academy Building We have all heard true and apocryphal stories about Christopher Columbus. But what was it about the year 1492 that actually made his voyage of discovery possible? 

Alberto Arenas, College of Education, U. of A. Thursday, October 10, 2019, 2:30-3:30 pm The Arizona Senior Academy Building Many Americans only associate Colombia with the longest continuous war of any country in the Americas. For nearly 60 years,  the

Gail Emrick, Executive Director, SEAHEC Thursday, October 3, 2:00-3:00 (note special time) Arizona Senior Academy Building  Health issues do not recognize geographic boundaries. Dealing with disease and promoting healthy living in the border region of Southeastern Arizona and Mexico requires line-crossing

Michael Cravens, Academy Village Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 2:30-3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building For the past century and a half, literature and popular media have given the bulk of attention to the front-line of law enforcement, from beat

Christine Blevins, Academy Village Wednesday, September 26, 2:30 – 3:30, The Arizona Senior Academy Building Most Americans with adequate medical care benefit from the wonders of modern pharmaceutical science. Many rely upon prescribed drugs to support their wellbeing, but how

Marcia Neugebauer Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 2:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy building Asteroids, comets, meteors, moons – so many objects flying around us, “out there.”  Marcia Neugebauer, Research Associate at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, plans

Doug Hocking, historical re-enactor Thursday, September 19, 2019, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building Doug Hocking, an independent scholar and trained living historian, will present a personification of Colonel William Emory. During the 1846/47 conquest of New

Dr. Matthew Chojnacki, U. of A. Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 2:30-3:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building  “Like everyone else, I leave home to go to work.  The only difference is that I work on Mars.’” That is how our speaker