AZ Heritage Center featured in Front Doors Media

Wonderful article in Front Doors Media about AZ Heritage Center, talking about all the things happening at the AZ Heritage Center on February 13. It is the Arizona Statehood Celebration featuring Marshall Trimble and Dolan Ellis. Also announcing the 2019 Historymakers. And (just arrived from the printer)  you can take home your copy of Tastes & Treasures II; A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona. Tickets $15 ($20 at the door) available at www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-statehood-day-with-marshall-trimble-and-dolan-ellis-tickets-41889759398

Monthly lunches and meetings

It's not all serious meetings with the Historical League. We start off with discussions and enjoy hearing the report from museum director, Tawn Downs. She is filled with enthusiasm and ideas so it is great to hear how the attendance has increased, facilities rentals have improved, exhibits are being built and even the gift shop is doing well.

Meetings are followed by a delicious lunch from Dancing Chef. The couscous with black beans was very tasty and those look like Terri's All-American Brownies with the strawberries and blackberries. The recipe can be found in Tastes & Treasures II, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona. Available at HistoricalLeague.org/SHOP.aspx

Tasty couscous with black beans

Enjoying lunch in the lobby area near the Historymakers exhibit

Presses are rolling for Tastes & Treasures II

What a thrill to watch the big Heidelberg presses at O'Neil Printing start to roll! Cathy Shumard and Ruth McLeod were on hand as the colors, textures, photos and recipes came to life!

President Anthony Narducci explains color processing to Cathy Shumard

Meeting the very friendly and helpful staff was a bonus. It was indeed a wonderful experience to work with O'Neil Printing and President Anthony Narducci!

O'Neil President Anthony Narducci introduced us to some of his wonderful staff

They even let us operate the buttons! Let the printing begin!

Showing the cover in B&W, then the 4 colors that make up the printing process.

Final Proofreading for Tastes & Treasures II

Ruth McLeod, Debra Thompson, Cathy Shumard

With great delight and anticipation, we met at O'Neil Printing on Tuesday, January 23 to see the colors of the cookbook and to have one last chance to proofread.
Thanks to those marvelous "eagle eyes" we found a few more corrections before the book goes to print. Margaret Baker, Zona Lorig, Nina Filippi joined cookbook co-chairs Leslie Christiansen, Cathy Shumard and Ruth McLeod to see the Press Proof. After two years of working on this book, we are thrilled to see it at the printer.
Debra Thompson, our project manager at O'Neil Printing, was a joy to work with. O'Neil Printing is an outstanding company for quality and customer service.

Watermark page with increase in background color

Tour to Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

Perfect follow up to the guest speaker at the January meeting, we enjoyed Paolo Soleri:The City of Nature up close and personal. Curator Claire Carter explained the exhibit at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art as we viewed each piece. Amazing work, fascinating history, interesting architect and artist.

Supreme Court Cookbook

Cookbooks are very popular but combined with history, they become much more interesting. Thanks to Historical League member Norma Hinton for sharing this article about Table for 9: Supreme Court Food Traditions and Recipes. From The Daily Journal, S.F. Peninsula Weekend Journal 12/22/2017.
In fact, Tastes & Treasures II also has Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's beef jerky recipe. You don't have to go to Washington D.C. to get it.
Available at www.HistoricalLeague.org/SHOP.aspx

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Curator Claire Carter

One of Soleri's many long scrolls with his designs

Paolo Soleri was the topic of discussion at the January Historical League meeting. Curator for SMOCA, Claire Carter, has spent years researching his background and tells some interesting stories of his life and career as an artist and architect. She presented an overview of Paolo Soleri:The City is Nature now featured at SMOCA.

Soleri and fellow student at Taliesin West

Soleri was commissioned to build this unique Dome house with rotating roof for sun exposure

Uniquely made and designed, Soleri bells

Soleri at work

Diana Smith thanked Claire Carter for an informative presentation with a copy of Tastes & Treasures cookbook