What can it mean to love the things we love (books, records, people) in a time of disaster, an era of ends? How do our icons speak to us—what news can they deliver—during planet-sized calamity? Taking a cue from the death of Prince, the much-mourned saint of Minneapolis, this lecture considers the icon as a herald of possibilities lying just beyond the secular perimeter of the knowable and known. All manner of things find us through our icons. This talk wonders over the fate of our devotion to them in this time of crisis and collapse—an age of Last Things.

Many Americans who witnessed the events of January 6, 2021 voiced a reaction that quickly took hold across a political spectrum: “This is not who we are.” But such a view ignores the long history of racist vigilante violence that has shaped America since its founding. Historian Kathleen Belew examines January 6 in the context of the organized white power movement that began percolating into mainstream American politics well before the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump. Knowing and understanding our history, Belew contends, is the only path to a more democratic future.

“Ask a Physicist” has been renamed “Thinking Beyond” in order to encompass a broader range of topics. Our format will remain the same with a talk given by an expert and the audience participating by asking questions during the webinar or in advance.

We are thrilled to invite you to the conversation series, "Designing With the Desert" marking the inception of this transformative initiative. As we not only inhabit the Sonoran Desert but rather, we are part of it, this series seeks to unravel the intricate relationships between humans with this fragile yet resilient land. Come and critically explore with panelists and facilitators the multiple ways we dwell in the Sonoran Desert, how we constantly transform it, and how we dialogue with it or ignore it.

Hold on to your Helm of Disjunction! Movies on the Field, presented by Mountain America Credit Union, are back this semester with Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves on March 30, 2024. Bring your friends, prepare your best cosplay and get ready to battle it out in a mini-game of Dungeons & Dragons on the field. Follow along on your own adventure led by a virtual Dungeon Master on the big screen, developed in a collaboration with ASU Meteor Studio. More details about pre-show activities to be announced!

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