Original painting by Alina Lindquist.

TIME TRAVEL THROUGH
AVI KWA AME

[FROM THE PLEISTOCENE TO THE SILVER SCREEN
and everything in between!]

This year's anniversary event, Time Travel Through Avi Kwa Ame, will creatively explore the monument area's history (and surprise, that's also the theme of this year's Gold Beam).

This anniversary celebration is a historical smorgasbord full of excursions, workshops, history talks, silent film screenings, sky viewings and so much more.

PLEASE NOTE: There are several events throughout the day, many with limited capacity (and happening at the same time), so make sure to only RSVP for the specific ones you plan to attend.

All of this event's activities are free (except for the after party fundraiser), but we can't do this without your support. Please donate to support this event and our work in Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.

EVENT SCHEDULE:

MORNING SESSIONS

• Mojave Beading Workshop - 9:15AM-11:45AM
  Join Sherry Hemmers from Ft. Mojave's Pipa Aha Macav Cultural Society to learn about Mojave beadwork and create a project of your very own. All materials included. (40 participants)
  Location: Ranch House Garage

• Wildflower Walk in Wee Thump - 9:45AM-11:45AM
  Talk a lovely walk through Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness and enjoy some of the Mojave's beautiful wildflowers. (25 participants)
  Location: Meet at 3-sided kiosk closest to main parking lot.

• Walking Box Ranch House Tour - 9:30AM-10:15AM
  Take a guided tour of the historic Walking Box Ranch House, former home of silent screen stars Clara Bow and Rex Bell. (25 participants)
  Location: Meet at Ranch House Garage

• History & Preservation at Walking Box - 9:30AM-10:30AM
  Join UNLV Professor Andy Kirk for a panel discussion about the history of Walking Box Ranch and the past, current, and future efforts to preseve and restore the property. The discussion will highlight some of the property's historic features that tell it's 120+ year history. (30 participants)
  Location: Bunkhouse

• Silent Film Screenings - Clara Bow & Rex Bell - 9:30AM-11:30AM
  Come any time during the morning session to view Clara Bow and Rex Bell in all of their silver screen glory! Screenings for the day will include Rainbow Ranch (1933), Wings (1927) and Hoopla (1933).
  Location: Ranch House Movie Room
  Cost: FREE, but please donate if you can

• Time Travel through Avi Kwa Ame! 10:45AM-11:45AM
  Join Gold Beam editor Kim Garrison Means as she shares a few of the most interesting natural and cultural historical tidbits she's gleaned after a year of researching the history of the region since the beginning of time. (30 participants)
  Location: Bunkhouse

• Walking Box Ranch House Tour - 10:45AM-11:30AM
  Take a guided tour of the historic Walking Box Ranch House, former home of silent screen stars Clara Bow and Rex Bell. (25 participants)
  Location: Meet at Ranch House Garage

MIDDAY LUNCH PROGRAM - 12PM-1:30PM

• Lunch - We will have sandwiches and snacks available by donation, or you can pack your own lunch.

• Acknowledgments & Program - Join us for an acknowledgment ceremony, a brief talk, and some gratitude as UNLV gifts us the Navajo and southwestern rugs from the ranch's Viceroy mining era.

• Astronomy, Displays & Booths - View the sun through a special telescope, learn about our Dark Night Sky project, view collections from local museums & more.

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

• The Late Pleistocene - 1:30PM-2:30PM
  Join Dr. Stephen Rowland, paleontologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as he discusses the megafauna and environment during the Late Pleistocene epoch which ended approximately 11,700 years ago. This is the time when some of our favorite prehistoric creatures made their first appearances, including the saber-toothed tiger, the Shasta ground sloth, giant camels, woolly mammoths and much, much more. (30 participants)
  Location: Bunkhouse

• Silent Film Screenings - Clara Bow & Rex Bell - 1:30PM-2:30PM
  Come during this afternoon session to view Clara Bow and Rex Bell in all of their silver screen glory! Screenings for the day will include Rainbow Ranch (1933), Wings (1927) and Hoopla (1933).
  Location: Ranch House Movie Room

• Walking Box Ranch House Tour - 1:30PM-2:30PM
  Take a guided tour of the historic Walking Box Ranch House, former home of silent screen stars Clara Bow and Rex Bell. (25 participants)
  Location: Meet at Ranch House Garage

• The Triassic Fantastic - 2:45PM-3:45PM
  Join Matt Smith, paleontologist and museum curator for Petrified Forest National Park, a region with very similar geological history to Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, as he discusses the Triassic Period, which took place just before the Jurassic Period. It's a time when the first iterations of familiar animals began emerging (like lizards, turtles and early dinosaurs) alongside truly bizarre and fanciful creatures that have no modern day equivalent (like Drepanosaurus---a monkey-like lizard with a prehensile tail!). (30 participants)
  Location: Bunkhouse

• The History & Care of Navajo Rugs - 2:45PM-3:45PM
  Join Dr. Dierdre Clemente, historian and curator of 20th-century material culture, along with students from UNLV for a session all about the history and different styles of Navajo rugs, a detailed look at the Walking Box Ranch rug collection, as well as information about the care and preservation of these beautiful works of craftsmanship. (40 participants)
  Location: Walking Box Ranch Garage
  

and then….afterparty!

• HAPPY HOUR HISTORY FUNDRAISER - 4PM-6PM
  Join us for themed cocktails, mocktails and appetizers, learn all about and play Faro (the wild west's most popular card game), enjoy bootlegging stories from Searchlight's hey-day, and shake a leg as we end the day's activities with an afterparty you won't want to miss. Helps support our work in Avi Kwa Ame National Monument (limited to 50 participants, ticket purchase required).