SAFFORD — The Safford City-Graham County Library will continue its National Endowment for the Arts Big Read exploration of “The Bear”by Andrew Krivak with an Arizona Humanities presentation Thursday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 p.m.
“Arizona Legends, Myths, and Folklore” is the presentation by historian and author Jim Turner, who will discuss stories from Hopi, Navajo, Apache and Tohono O’odham cultures, as well as Hispanic, Euro-American and others. Topics will include Navajo constellations, Spider Woman, Hopi katsinas, the Tohono O’odham Man in the Maze, and Apache Big Owl stories, as well as El Tejano, the ghost who guards a treasure cave, La Llorona, lost gold mines, and how Wyatt Earp became a legend.
For more information on the event contact Lesley Talley at ltalley@saffordaz.gov. The full calendar of events for the NEA Big Read in Graham County can be found at saffordlibrary.org.
Free copies of “The Bear” are available at the Safford City-Graham County Library, at the Graham County Chamber of Commerce or at the library booth at the Harvest Festival in downtown Safford on Oct. 22.
The NEA Big Read in Graham County is presented in partnership with The Friends of the Safford Library, The Gila Valley Arts Council, and The Graham County Chamber of Commerce, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Graham County is one of 62 communities nationwide participating in the 2022-23 NEA Big Read. From September to January 2023, the community will celebrate “The Bear” with a full calendar of events, including a community book discussion Thursday, Nov. 17.
