State: AZ

The Northern Arizona Book Festival's 2025 Indigenous Writers' Symposium will take its inspiration from Tommy Orange's THERE, THERE. Programming will include a launch event with Orange, a large-scale art installation, a place-based GIS anthology project, a literary walking tour of the Flagstaff bordertown, an Indigenous translation slam, as well as poetry readings, panels, and workshops.

Supporting theatre and Shakespeare instruction including performances by (and for) juveniles. Southwest Shakespeare is partnering with "Rite of Passage," (ROP), a nationwide non-governmental organization (NGO) with four facilities across Arizona.