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What's on tap for the state's oldest opera company? Special performances around Phoenix and even an opera version of "Zorro."

A collection of the interesting — and sometimes unusual — events that happened this week in Arizona history.May 22On this date in 1894, Dr. A.E. Douglass selected a site in Flagstaff for the Lowell Observatory.On this date in 1923, four people died in an explosion at the Apache Powder Plant at Benson.On this date in 1925, a solid copper flagpole, donated by Inspiration

Cost:    10 Description Join LongHouse Reserve this Saturday, June 26 at 5pm for the opening reception of Jack, Larger than Life, an exhibition celebrating the extraordinary life and work of LongHouse founder Jack Lenor Larsen.  Honoring Jacks generous, generative spirit, this exhibition is an invitation to "open eyes to alternatives."   His innovative textiles are presented side by side with his various "enthusiasms," the objects of craft and art he assiduously...

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A collection of the interesting — and sometimes unusual — events that happened this week in Arizona history.May 23On this date in 1868, Col. Christopher “Kit” Carson, who directed the campaign against the Navajos which resulted in their surrender and the exile of about half the tribe to Fort Sumner between 1864 and 1868, died at Fort Lyon, Colorado., just nine days before the

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