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Fred and Mary: An Unconventional Romance

Presented by Elks Opera House Foundation at Elks Opera House

July 7-July 15, 2012

Sparkling with fire and wit, and presented as a part of Yavapai County's Arizona Centennial Celebration, Micki Shelton's play re-imagines the relationship between ground-breaking architect Mary Jane Colter and pioneering hotelier Fred Harvey who has been credited with civilizing the West. Straddling the border between historical and alternate realities, their story is interwoven with the beauty and culture of the ...More

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	Tell-a-friend Arizona History Adventure: Gardening in Granite Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum June 9, 2012 Gardening in Granite is the theme for this month's educational adventure. Most families found it necessary to put in a garden plot to help feed everyone. Central Arizona did, and ...More
	Tell-a-friend Arizona History Adventure: Sewing for the Family Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum July 14, 2012 Sewing for the Family is the theme for this month's educational adventure. While there was ready to wear clothing available on the frontier, most families bought only what they ...More
	Tell-a-friend Prescott Indian Art Market Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum July 14-July 15, 2012 Outstanding Native American painters, potters, weavers and jewelers will display their wares on the beautiful museum grounds for one of the premier Native American art markets in the ...More
	Tell-a-friend 7th Annual Fall Gathering Presented by The Phippen Museum at The Phippen Museum July 15, 2012 Come enjoy live cowboy music, an authentic western barbeque, and other fun activities at this annual event that celebrates the Museum's original grand opening ceremony in 1984. ...More
	Tell-a-friend Arizona History Adventure: Too Hot to Cook Indoors Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum August 11, 2012 "Too Hot to Cook Indoors" is the theme for this month's educational adventure. With August being Arizona's hottest month, many pioneer women resorted to cooking outdoors (as they had ...More
	Tell-a-friend Living History Presentation: The Ordnance Department: More than Guns and Bullets Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum August 18, 2012 The Ordnance Department: More than Guns and Bullets. Living History interpreters illuminate Arizona's military past. ...More
	Tell-a-friend Centennial Canvas: Paintings by Prescott Artists Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum February 11-September 3, 2012 Prescott's beauty and culture as captured by 10 prominent area artists will be on display at Sharlot Hall Museum in Centennial Canvas: Paintings by Prescott Artists. ...More

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Event Name	Organization	Dates	City
Arizona History Adventure: Laundry Tubs and Scrub Boards Arizona History Adventure: Laundry Tubs and Scrub Boards Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum October 13, 2013 Laundry Tubs and Scrub Boards is the theme for this month's educational adventure.	Sharlot Hall Museum	10/13/13	Prescott
Arizona History Adventure: Frontier Celebration Arizona History Adventure: Frontier Celebration Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum December 8, 2012 Frontier Celebration is the theme for this month's educational adventure. Frontier families varied widely in the holidays that they celebrated and the manner in which they did so. With a tradition of Christmas going back to the first celebration in Prescott in 1864, local inhabitants had their own thoughts on the matter.	Sharlot Hall Museum	12/08/12	Prescott
Frontier Christmas Frontier Christmas Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum December 1, 2012 Sharlot Hall Museum's Living History interpreters revive the spirit of Christmas past at this annual celebration at Sharlot Hall.	Sharlot Hall Museum	12/01/12	Prescott
Living History Presentation: The Commissary Department: Hard Tack and Salt Pork Living History Presentation: The Commissary Department: Hard Tack and Salt Pork Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum November 17, 2012 The Commissary Department: Hard Tack and Salt Pork. Living History interpreters illuminate Arizona's military past throughout the day.	Sharlot Hall Museum	11/17/12	Prescott
Arizona History Adventure: Preparing for Winter Arizona History Adventure: Preparing for Winter Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum November 10, 2012 Preparing for Winter is the theme for this month's educational adventure. Making sure that you had enough of everything was important before winter set in. Once the winter rain and snow started, it could be weeks before roads were passable to go to town or even perform meaningful work about the home.	Sharlot Hall Museum	11/10/12	Prescott
Fort Verde Days Fort Verde Days Presented by Camp Verde Promotions at Fort Verde State Historic Park October 13-October 14, 2012 The theme of this year's event is Honoring the Military - and the Grand Marshall will be the Calvary. Live music, food vendors, arts and crafts vendors, carnival, Kiwanis pancake breakfast, parade., vintage ball games, Blackhawk Helicopter (yes, a real one) landing at the Fort, art show, beer garden - lots of family fun! See the website for events timeline.	Camp Verde Promotions	10/13/12- 10/14/12	Camp Verde
Arizona History Adventure: Laundry Tubs and Scrub Boards Arizona History Adventure: Laundry Tubs and Scrub Boards Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum October 13, 2012 Laundry Tubs and Scrub Boards is the theme for this month's educational adventure. A chore that had to be done on a weekly basis, soaking, boiling and scrubbing clothes was a never-ending job.	Sharlot Hall Museum	10/13/12	Prescott
Arizona Orphan Train Arizona Orphan Train Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum September 7-September 15, 2012 Sharlot Hall Museum's Blue Rose Theater presents a topical historical play that tells of the conflict that flared in 1904 when New York nuns brought 40 Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp to be placed with Catholic families.	Sharlot Hall Museum	09/07/12- 09/15/12	Prescott
Arizona History Adventure: Putting up The Bounty of The Garden Arizona History Adventure: Putting up The Bounty of The Garden Presented by Sharlot Hall Museum at Sharlot Hall Museum September 8, 2012 Putting up The Bounty of The Garden is the theme for this month's educational adventure. If you had a successful garden, then there was extra to be preserved for the winter ahead. With anything canned costing a whole dollar at the mercantile, keeping what you grew was very important.	Sharlot Hall Museum	09/08/12	Prescott