OCT - NOV 2021
Join us for the 2021 Tucson Humanities Festival: STORYTELLING a series of public lectures and events featuring scary stories, myths and fables, and real-life tales from special guests. Presented by the University of Arizona College of Humanities.
OCT 4
5:30PM
A LIFE IN STORIES: Visions & Journeys in the Land of Mystery LOCATION: Poetry Center, Dorothy Rubel Room
OCT 5 4PM
INFLECTION POINTS: A Gallery Talk on Poetry in Translation LIVE ON ZOOM
OCT 12
6PM
BORDER MEDICINE: Origins of Mexican American Religious Healing LOCATION: Health Sciences Innovation Building
OCT 8 6PM
THE INNOVATORS: An Evening with Walter Isaacson
OCT 14 7PM
LOCATION: Health Sciences Innovation Building
OCT 19 7PM
LOCATION: Centennial Hall
1020 E University Blvd | Tucson Tickets $5/person
ANGELS & DEVILS: An Evening with Luis Alberto Urrea ASIAN AMERICANS: A History of Identity, Contributions & Challenges with Filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña LOCATION: Health Sciences Innovation Building
OCT 20
7PM
TRANSFORMATION: Story, Character & Meaning Across Time & Space LOCATION: Poetry Center, Dorothy Rubel Room
Bestselling and critically acclaimed author Walter Isaacson has written about Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna. In The Innovators, he delivers a masterly saga of collaborative genius destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution—and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. Event sponsored by the Dorrance Scholarship Programs.
OCT 26 7PM
SEQUINS & STORIES: Drag Queens & Kids Learning From Each Other LOCATION: Poetry Center, Dorothy Rubel Room
OCT 27 7PM
IN SEARCH OF FRIGHT: Tales of Monsters, Ghosts & the Undead LOCATION: Poetry Center, Dorothy Rubel Room
NOV 2
7PM
A FANTASTIC WOMAN Film Screening & Discussion LOCATION: The Loft Cinema
NOV 5 2PM
LUCI, TELECAMERA, AZIONE: An Acting Life From Broadway to Milan with Jessica Polsky LOCATION: Poetry Center, Dorothy Rubel Room
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For tickets, reservations and information on these and other Tucson Humanities Festival events, visit
humanitiesfestival.arizona.edu