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2017 Master-Apprentice Awardee
Dan Levenson, Old Time Fiddler
TUCSON MEET YOURSELF 2017
NEA Funds Our Work!
We're pleased to announce we've received two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to support our annual folklife festival, Tucson Meet Yourself, as well as ... [Continue Reading]
Researching Avenida La Doce
Tucson's South 12th Ave (La Doce) is celebrated locally as a natural "Cultural and Culinary Corridor," complete with Sonoran cuisine, colorful signage, family businesses, ... [Continue Reading]
Yaqui Culinary Resistance
What is the relationship between justice, culture, and sovereignty and an ancestral variety of Sonoran wheat? SFA is collaborating with the traditional authorities of ... [Continue Reading]
Endowed Chair in Public Folklore at UA to Honor Jim Griffith’s Legacy
The University of Arizona has named one of its endowed professorships for a folklorist who roamed the Sonoran desert in search of beauty hidden in plain view for 40 years and shared that beauty with everyone. The Jim Griffith Public Folklore Chair will serve to honor the work and legacy of “Big Jim” Griffith with […]
APSon Rising: A Food Tour through Agua Prieta, Sonora
by BorderLore Managing Editor, Kimi Eisele with photos by Nieves Montaño Most folklorists know food as a gateway into culture, place, and tradition. Sometimes, though, it’s just what gets you across the border. That was the case one Saturday in mid-June when I set out on a food tour of Agua Prieta, Sonora. My travel […]
The Swimming Pool
Summer is swim time! What are your pool memories and rituals? “Summer Swimming,” a sound piece recorded and complied from collected memories of pool time. Text by Kimi Eisele. Read by Will/a Kleiner. Photo credit: Kimi Eisele. The first known pool dates back 5,000 years ago to a public water tank in Mohenjo-daro, […]