Florence's community-wide day of service runs Saturday, Oct. 17 from 7 to 11 a.m., with beautification projects around town: painting, planting, trash pickup and more. It is the kind of morning where you meet more neighbors in four hours than you do all year, and the town lists it on its official events page.
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Historian Dr. Frank Whitehead, a former Junior Parada competitor, will discuss rodeo history Thursday, November 12, 2026, at the Pinal County Historical Museum, 715 S. Main St. in Florence. Arizona Humanities lists the free program from 5:30 to 7 p.m. as part of the museum’s Connecting Pinal County speaker series. The museum now welcomes visitors to its renovated galleries; this evening program has its own free admission listing.
Source: Arizona Humanities and Pinal County Historical MuseumMain Street in historic Florence. Area context photograph; the business or event in this story is not pictured. Photo: Tony the Marine ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Visitors can explore ancient trade and geology at a new hands-on station in the North Gallery of the Pinal County Historical Museum. The renovated museum at 715 S. Main St. also has a children’s reading and coloring area and a temporary Winnie the Pooh exhibit. Admission is free Saturday, November 7, under its first-Saturday program. Fall hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
Source: Pinal County Historical MuseumMain Street in historic Florence. Area context photograph; the business or event in this story is not pictured. Photo: Tony the Marine ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
No. 9 Florence will visit top-seeded Benjamin Franklin High School at 7 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2026, in the 3A football quarterfinals. The AIA bracket records Florence’s 34 to 13 first-round win over Crismon and Benjamin Franklin’s 42 to 0 win over Coolidge on November 6. The bracket links to tickets for the quarterfinal; check it before traveling because dates, times and locations can change.
