HD SOUTH - Home Of The Gilbert Historical Museum

Afternoon Yoga at the Museum
2023-08-24 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-08-17 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-08-10 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-08-03 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Phoenix) | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Join us for an afternoon of yoga at the museum! Instructor, Sara Nakai, Batch Of Sky Yoga, has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and has over 200 hours of yoga instructor training. Sara has found yoga can improve posture, reduce anxiety, improve sleep, alleviate pain, and boost your mood and general outlook. Sara will guide participants through a class perfect for those seeking slower and more introspective yoga practice. Ages 16 & up. Bring your own mat.
Registration is required. Attendance is limited.
Cost: FREE

Monday Yoga at the Museum
2023-08-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-08-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-08-07 18:00 - 19:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Join instructor Darien Pruitt, The Mobile Yogi, as she guides participants through a hatha flow class. Darien has practiced yoga since 2010 and recently completed her 200-hour yoga instructor training. She helps her students realize how yoga, breath, and mindfulness can change their lives for the better. Ages 16 & up. Bring your own mat.
Registration is required. Attendance is limited.
Cost: FREE

How to Build and Insect
2023-08-19 10:30 - 12:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Join local author Roberta Gibson as she reads and discusses her nonfiction picture book How to Build an Insect. Then, tap into your own creativity and build an insect model of your own. All supplies are provided. Ages 5 through 9.
Registration is required.
Cost: FREE

Family History - Conversation with an Ancestor
2023-08-15 18:30 - 20:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
In this workshop, attendees will write questions for a conversation you would like to have with an ancestor. Some may even take the next step and invent a dialog with that person. For example, it could be a conversation with an ancestor who immigrated to the United States in the 1800’s. Or it could be an ancestor who you knew when you were a child but who is no longer alive. Or it could be an ancestor who lived many centuries ago. Duane Roen, the founding coordinator of the Project for Writing and Recording Family History in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at ASU will facilitate this thought-provoking program.
Registration is required.
Cost: FREE

Picturing Resistance and With Their Hands Opening Reception
2023-08-12 19:00 - 21:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States

Line Dancing
2023-08-08 18:30 - 20:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Join HD SOUTH and Laina Lee for a fun evening of line dancing. Get out and get your body moving to the rhythm of some great country and contemporary music. Participants will learn popular current line dances such as Copperhead Road, God Blessed Texas, Boot Scoot Boogie, and more! Ages 16 & up. Registration is required.
Attendance is limited.
Cost: FREE

Monday Yoga at the Museum
2023-07-31 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-07-24 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-07-17 18:00 - 19:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Join instructor Darien Pruitt, The Mobile Yogi, as she guides participants through a hatha flow class. Darien has practiced yoga since 2010 and recently completed her 200-hour yoga instructor training. She helps her students realize how yoga, breath, and mindfulness can change their lives for the better. Ages 16 & up. Bring your own mat.
Registration is required.

Celebrating 100 Years! Gilbert Fire Department
2023-07-29 09:00 - 11:00 | 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States

Sound Meditation for Grief
2023-07-27 18:30 - 20:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Meditation can provide relief from the intrusive thoughts of grief. It can also help your nervous system learn to heal with your grief. There is no moving on, no getting over grief. But when your mind clears, you start to mend. Join Stuart Preston, certified Sound Practitioner, in a sound “healing” session designed specifically for those grieving a loss. Participants must bring a yoga mat, 1-2 blankets and a pillow. Please wear comfortable clothing and plan to arrive 10 minutes early. Ages 16 & up.
Registration is required. Space is limited. Cost: $5 per person. Learn more about Stuart at www.LaoStu.com.

Afternoon Yoga at the Museum
2023-07-27 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-07-20 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-07-13 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-07-06 13:30 - 14:30 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Join us for an afternoon of yoga at the museum! Instructor, Sara Nakai, Batch Of Sky Yoga, has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and has over 200 hours of yoga instructor training. Sara has found yoga can improve posture, reduce anxiety, improve sleep, alleviate pain, and boost your mood and general outlook. Sara will guide participants through a class perfect for those seeking slower and more introspective yoga practice. Ages 16 & up. Bring your own mat.
Registration is required.

DNA Genealogy
2023-07-25 18:30 - 20:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Have you had your DNA tested? Did you know the “gold” in your DNA test results is your DNA matches? Join McKell Keeney, DNA Genealogist and Search Angel volunteer, as she helps you learn how to interpret your results, group your matches into genetic networks (groups with common ancestors), and use the power of DNA to extend your family circle. Bring your laptop or iPad if you have specific questions on your DNA results. A case example will be shown to demonstrate. Preparation: Ancestry.com test ideally, but other autosomal test results such as 23andMe, MyHeritage or FamilyTreeDNA can be discussed.
Registration is required.

Food Sustainability in the Desert
2023-07-22 10:30 - 12:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Food sustainability is soon becoming a problem around the desert. However, there are many things that you can find in the desert that can be used to make ingredients for some of your favorite foods. In this interactive and interesting presentation, Chandler Gilbert Community College sustainability expert, Kendra Stanger, will educate participants on foods that are edible and safe to use from the Arizona desert. Kendra will also talk about using desert mesquite pods to make flour that can be used in making some of your favorite foods. Ages 12 and up.
Registration is required.

Blood Drive
2023-07-19 09:30 - 14:30 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
We are partnering with the American Red Cross and hosting a blood drive. The blood drive will be held in our Neely Community room. Every person who donates will receive one free admission pass to HD SOUTH!

Click on the link below to schedule your donation:
Schedule a Blood, Platelet or Plasma Donation | American Red Cross (redcrossblood.org)

Writing about Family and Food
2023-07-18 18:30 - 20:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Join In this workshop, we will consider some of the roles of food in our family experiences. For example, how has food helped to define family events and places? How do we associate certain foods with specific family members? What special roles do certain foods play in holidays and rituals? How have our relationships with specific foods changed over time? Facilitated by Duane Roen, the founding coordinator of the Project for Writing and Recording Family History in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at ASU.
Registration is required.

Line Dance Evening
2023-07-11 18:30 - 20:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Join us for our FUN Line Dance Evening! Time to get out and get our bodies moving to the rhythm of some great country and contemporary music. The most fun you’ll
have while exercising too. Learn the most popular current line dance such as Copperhead Road, God Blessed Texas, Boot Scoot Boogie and the Number 1 line
dance in the country SHIVERS! Ages 16 & up. Please wear comfortable clothing or country duds. No flipflops or sandals.
Registration is required.

Fun and Games
2023-07-08 10:30 - 12:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Learn about and participate in the games children play from other countries. Join HD SOUTH as participants join in fun games and activities that help develop cultural awareness. Ages 6 to 12.
Registration is required.

MUSEUM CLOSED
2023-07-04 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States

Monday Yoga at the Musuem
2023-07-03 18:00 - 19:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States

STEM Saturday
2023-07-01 10:30 - 12:00 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Spend a Saturday morning at the museum! Join HD SOUTH and Maxim Sukharev, a tenured Professor of Physics at Arizona State University, as he shares the wonders of the Cosmos and general principles of Quantum Physics (no mathematics involved here!). How do Black Holes play weird tricks on what we “know” about time and space? Can light be both a particle and a wave at the same time? What is the concept of “Many-Worlds” and how can there be an infinite number of universes/” multiverse”? If you find the universe fascinating, then this program is for you. Ages 16 & up.
Registration is required.

Afternoon Yoga at the Museum
2023-06-29 13:30 - 14:30 | HD SOUTH, 10 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85296, United States
Join us for an afternoon of yoga at the museum! Instructor, Sara Nakai from Batch Of Sky Yoga, has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and has over 200 hours of yoga instructor training. Sara has found yoga can improve posture, reduce anxiety, improve sleep, alleviate pain, and boost your mood and general outlook. Sara will guide participants through a class perfect for those seeking slower and more introspective yoga practice. Ages 16 & up. Bring your own mat.
Registration is required.
