A week after her appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Cecile Richards, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, was invited to participate in Crescent Ballroom's Rock 'n' Roe 2012, a concert benefiting the Arizona chapter of the nonprofit.
Local archaeologists revealed a vibrant and culturally diverse 19th century Phoenix Wednesday at the Arizona Science Center. “History Underground: Territorial Archaeology of Downtown Phoenix” was part of Arizona’s Heritage Awareness Month in March and included four speakers, each an expert in different types of excavation.
The eighth annual Almost Famous Film Festival in downtown Phoenix on Thursday gave amateur filmmakers a shot at fame by showcasing the short films of 20 teams from all across Arizona.
The Humphrey Fellowship Program tackled the issue of social media in two of the world’s influential giants, China and Russia, in a Wednesday afternoon seminar at the Walter Cronkite School. The presentations by Hao "Alex" Chen and Evgeny Kuzminare are part of the Cronkite Global Conversations.
