Arizona historian highlights infamous characters at Spotlight Speakers Series
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n the history of the vast Arizona territory, P.T. Barnum’s axiom, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” was never more true.
To kick off the 2017-2018 Spotlight Speakers Series on Oct. 18, Marshall Trimble comes to DC Ranch to discuss the colorful and creative flimflam artists and their cons. Included are non-existent gold and silver mines, “doctors” who sold
Spotlight Speakers Series
Marshall Trimble: Hucksters, Con Men and Bamboozlers Wednesday, Oct. 18 | 6 to 7:30 p.m. The Homestead Community Center Wine and cheese reception from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Program starts at 6:30 p.m.
cure-alls that cured none, and one elaborate plan that fooled not only the prominent bankers but an engineer from Tiffany & Company too.
Author of more than 20 books on Arizona and the West, Trimble is not only Arizona’s Official State Historian, but one of the state’s most recognizable, entertaining and informative personalities.
Trimble has been called the “Will Rogers of Arizona” and appears frequently on radio and television as a goodwill ambassador for the state. “Trimble’s Tales” are on radio stations around Arizona. He answers questions about the Old West from
readers all over the world in True West Magazine’s popular column, “Ask the Marshall.”
Trimble is considered the “dean of Arizona historians” and taught Arizona history at Scottsdale Community College for 40 years before retiring in 2014.
Recently he’s appeared on national television documentaries on the Old West including Fox News TV’s 2015 “Legends and Lies”; Lion TV Blood Feuds: The Pleasant Valley War and the Smithsonian Channel’s “Mummies Alive: The Gunfighter.”
Legendary works of Paolo Soleri to debut at SMoCA In October, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) will unveil a groundbreaking and unprecedented retrospective of the innovative Italian-born American artist and architect Paolo Soleri.
Organized by SMoCA Curator of Contemporary Art Claire C. Carter, Repositioning Paolo Soleri: The City Is Nature focuses on drawings, sculptures and models that Soleri produced during the richest years of his artistic evolution—from 1947 until the mid-1970s. The selected works represent Soleri’s most creative moments when he was making his artwork and constructing his Paradise Valley home-studio, primarily with his own hands. The exhibition brings together elements from his built and unbuilt residences, bridges, dams, cities and transportation systems.
In addition to original drawings, models and sketchbooks, the exhibition surveys the artist’s earliest ceramic and bronze artisan crafts, as well as fabric designs and silkscreens. It also investigates Soleri’s personal engagement with the art and architecture of his time; the widespread recognition of his work by museums, scholars and curators; his relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright; and his influence on the American counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s.
Repositioning Paolo Soleri: The City Is Nature
Oct. 14 to Jan. 28 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
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“The Museum is very excited about this retrospective,” said SMoCA Director and Chief Curator Sara Cochran, Ph.D. “It has been a joy to have the opportunity to work with Soleri during his lifetime and to publish this comprehensive catalog that we believe will add to the scholarship around this visionary thinker now that he has passed.” For more information, please visit SMoCA.org.
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Think Pink Drink Pink
BY ALISON BAILIN BATZ | HMA PUBLIC RELATIONS
Each October, eateries honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month by thinking pink … with their drinks. Below you’ll find some of the best pink drinks in the North Valley with recipes so easy that you can make them yourself.
The Herb Box The Gigi Cocktail
This prosecco drink with a splash of passion fruit liquor and a pink sugar rim is sure to brighten any day. theherbox.com
Grassroots Kitchen & Tap The Perfect Hound A simple yet refreshing drink served up with just two ingredients: Kettle One vodka and fresh squeezed grapefruit. grassrootsaz.com
Wally’s American Gastropub Pink Cougar There isn’t a drink that captures the essence of “pink” quite as much as the Pink Couger with Deep Eddy grapefruit vodka, chamomile-lemongrass syrup, and bubbles. wallysgastropub.com
Twisted Grove Parlor + Bar Fleur de Lis A fresh and light cocktail featuring Grey Goose La Poire, sparkling rosé, St. Germaine, and a grapefruit squeeze, topped with a sprig of basil. twistedgrove.com
Snooze an A.M. Eatery Pink Grapefruit Mimosa Wake up feeling pink with a twist on the classic mimosa with pink grapefruit juice and Snooze Sparkling on tap. snoozeeatery.com
Bar Six40 at The Scottsdale Resort Twisted Wine A combination of Berry Vodka, Elouan Rosé Wine and Sprite garnished with strawberry, blueberry and orange. theScottsdaleResort.com