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Classes, Workshops, and Events June, & July 2009 Some programming requires payment and/or pre-registration. Click on the highlighted program title to bring up the online registration system.

June 2009

Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary Meeting Wednesday June 3, 2009 Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm Guest speaker: TBA Topic: TBA

July 2009

CLOSED Saturday, July 4, 2009 in Observance of Independence Day. Hohokam Experience Summer Camp This three week summer camp is for children ages 7 to 12.  These programs run July 14-July 30 from 8:30am to 12pm.  Various topics on the Hohokam people and Native peoples of the Southwest are discussed.  Pre-registration and payment are required.  Cost:        Non-member 3 day - $65, Member 3 day - $60* Week 1:     July 14-16         Stone-Age Outdoor Survival Kit  #52613 Join Naturalist and Survival Skills expert Vince Pinto as he teaches participants a wide variety of Stone - Age Survival Skills. Vince will guide each student in crafting beautiful and highly functional tools of our hunter-gatherer ancestors.  Participants will enjoy making and learning to use a variety of hands on crafts and tools such as a hand drill, pecked stone bowl and an Agave cactus brush to start their own Stone-Age outdoor survival kit! Week 2:     July 21-23         Stone-Age Arts & Crafts  #52614 Join Naturalist and Educator Vince Pinto as he guides you through the world of Stone-Age Arts and Crafts.  Vince will help each participant as they create unique crafts using only what Nature provides.  These include: Mini-Pictograph, Plant-rope Necklace, Adorned stick, and Gourd Rattle.  Everyone will learn a variety of ancient crafting techniques and take home all of their projects. Week 3:     July 28-30         Can you “Dig” It? #52615 Help us tell the story of the Hohokam people who lived in Phoenix hundreds of years ago.  They might even have been living in your back yard! But, how would you know? What would you look for? What can we find out about these people that lived here so long ago? Come join us at Pueblo Grande Museum Hohokam summer program to learn how!  Participants will have very real life adventures in archaeology, work with a real archaeologist and make all kinds of cool stuff.  Become a junior archaeologist and help us uncover the past. Enjoy the coolest summer day camp ever, and you may even get dirty for the sake of science! Storytelling This program is for children ages 3 to 6.  Offered on Friday’s for three weeks from 9:30am to 11:30am.  Children will participate in a story telling and activities related to the various topics.  Pre-registration and payment are required.  Cost:       Non-member - $15, Member - $10*    Week 1                        July 17           All About Bugs #52616 This program is for children ages 3 to 6. Offered on Friday's for three weeks from 9:30am to 11:30am. Children will participate in a story telling and activities related to the various topics. Pre-registration and payment are required. Week 2                        July 24         Jackrabbit & Coyote (Ages3-6) #52617 This program is for children ages 3 to 6. Offered on Friday's for three weeks from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Children will participate in a story telling and activities related to the various topics. Pre-registration and payment are required. Week 3                        July 31          Bats! A Desert Plants Friend (Ages 3-6) #52618 This program is for children ages 3 to 6. Offered on Friday's for three weeks from 9:30am to 11:30am. Children will participate in a story telling and activities related to the various topics. Pre-registration and payment are required.

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ADDITIONAL REGULAR PROGRAMMING

Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) - Phoenix Chapter Arizona Archaeological Society monthly meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month, September through June. Meetings begin at 7:30pm in the Community Room and admission is free and open to the public. Meetings generally feature a guest speaker on archaeology or a related topic. Visit www.azarchsoc.org for more information on AAS. Return to Calendar of Events Platform Mound Stabilization Help in the preservation of the Pueblo Grande platform mound ruin by participating in an ongoing stabilization program. Call Jim Britton at (480) 827-8070 for more information. Volunteers needed every third Saturday of every month, September through June. Dates are subject to change without notice, please call if you are interested. Training provided.

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