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Noontime Speaker Series 2012

The Carnegie Center will host the following four speakers. All presentations are free and open to the public. Please bring your lunch and join us as they present on topics related to Arizona-themed books.

Thursday, April 12 at 12 - 1 pm
Lisa Schnebly Heidinger, author of this year's ONEBOOKAZ adult selection Arizona: 100 Years Grand, visits the Carnegie Center to discuss Arizona's rich history and culture. This event is coordinated by the ONEBOOKAZ initiative, which encourages communities across the State of Arizona to read the same book at the same time and participate in discussions and programs centered around that book throughout the month of April.

Thursday, July 12 at 12 - 1 pm
Native Arizonan Frank Barrios will speak about the historical Pioneer Cemetery, located at 15th Avenue and Jefferson. He has been Vice President of the Arizona Historical Society and President of the Board of Directors for the Phoenix Museum of History. As an active member of the Phoenix Pioneer Cemetery Association, Mr. Barrios will share his expertise on early Arizona pioneers and the cemetery where they were laid to rest.

Thursday, August 9 at 12 - 1 pm
To be announced.

Thursday, September 13 at 12 - 1 pm
Tom Van Dyke, a local artist and author, will discuss his book A Cowboy Christmas: an American Tale. Mr. Van Dyke is a member of Western Writers of America, and has been writing primarily screenplays and documentaries since 1970. His first novel imagines the life and love of a cowboy living in nineteenth century Cave Creek, Arizona.

These presentations are supported with funds granted by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Agency, a division of the Secretary of State, under the Library Services and Technology Act, which is administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Free parking is available around the perimeter of the Carnegie or on the first floor of the garage just north of the Carnegie. Call 602-926-3369 or email for more information or to sign up to be on the Noontime Speaker mailing list.

Public Computers

From Monday through Friday, 11:00 to 1:00 pm, two computers with the Internet and word processing are available for public use. The computers are available on a first-come, first-served basis for up to 20 minutes if others are waiting.

Carnegie Center
1101 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007

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