The Arizona-Mexico border is a line of separation and a place of coming together. This paradox shapes the borderland region and its people in fascinating and important ways. In this talk, Dr. Warren offers a historical and geographical overview of the formation of the Arizona- Mexico border and its evolution since the 1800s. The program discusses historical and contemporary efforts to demarcate the boundary through bi-national surveys, the construction of fences and walls, and policing. Warren will also offer a contemporary survey of what the border looks like today, from the New Mexico line to Yuma. This talk is intended to increase awareness of the current state of the Arizona-Mexico border and the policies that affect the borderland. Presented by AZ Speaks of AZ Humanities

Friends of the Patagonia Library present their Annual Trivia Night fundraiser at Cady Hall on Saturday, February 8 from 7PM - 9PM. Celebrating 40 Years of Trivial Pursuit, buy tickets and sign up your six person team at the library! Bar snacks included in ticket price. Drinks available by donation. Bring cash to purchase mulligans for extra points if you think your team will need them! Tickets are $25 per person. Don't forget to sign your team up at the library! Don't have a team? No problem, we can group you with others who signed up with incomplete teams!    

Between 1854 and 1929 over 250,000 orphans and unwanted children were taken out of New York City and sent west to find new homes. Children were sent to every state in the continental United States up until 1929 when the last train was sent to Sulphur Springs, Texas. In 1904 a group of twenty-one Irish Catholic children came to Clifton, Arizona from the New York Foundling Hospital and the ensuing confrontation over stewardship of these children became a state and national controversy that went to the Arizona Supreme Court. This incident in racial and class conflict is a poignant illustration of the cultural disparities between the East Coast and the developing West at the turn of the last century. This free multimedia program combines live music of Philip Lancaster and Alison Moore, video montage with archival photographs and interviews of survivors, and a dramatic reading from the 2012 novel "Riders on the Orphan Train" by award-winning author Alison Moore.  

Each session of this 8-week discussion series about U.S. foreign policy is 2 hours, with a PBS video and discussion related to that evening's topics. Topics include climate change, India and Pakistan, Red Sea region, human trafficking, Northern triangle, China in Latin America, the Philippines, and artificial intelligence and data. Register at the library to receive your discussion book (suggested donation of $32).