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Indigenous Stories, One Podcast at a Time

January 24, 2018 By SFA Staff Leave a Comment

Indigenous Stories, One Podcast at a Time

by Kimi Eisele Tina Vavages-Andrew isn’t afraid to laugh out loud. She does it readily in conversation. And at least once a month she laughs into a microphone. She’s the host of a monthly podcast—two of them actually—aiming to make indigenous voices (and laughter) more audible in the Southwest and beyond. Podcasting, Vavages-Andrew ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: BorderLore Tagged With: Story & Heritage

Hello Kitty in Kimono: Exhibiting the Everyday Lives of Master Traditional Artists

September 25, 2017 By SFA Staff Leave a Comment

Hello Kitty in Kimono: Exhibiting the Everyday Lives of Master Traditional Artists

If there’s such a thing as a “master curator,” Leia Maahs qualifies as one. As the program manager of the Southwest Folklife Alliance, she handles a lot of people, information, and cultural expressions. And for the past few months, she’s been curating a special exhibit for Tucson Meet Yourself to showcase master traditional artists along with their ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: BorderLore Tagged With: Artifact, Handcrafted, Story & Heritage

The Power of the Vision: How Adaptive Basketball Saved Mario Moran’s Life

April 24, 2017 By SFA Staff Leave a Comment

The Power of the Vision: How Adaptive Basketball Saved Mario Moran’s Life

Mario Moran, 30, is an athlete on the University of Arizona Men’s Wheelchair Basketball team. Of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent, Moran grew up in New Jersey, where at 18, he lost use of his legs due to a spinal cord injury caused by a gunshot. Before moving to Tucson, Moran played for the Miami Heat Wheels, a team in the National Wheelchair ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: BorderLore Tagged With: Story & Heritage

Rod Ambrose, Talking Drum Performance Studio Network

January 24, 2017 By SFA Staff Leave a Comment

Rod Ambrose, Talking Drum Performance Studio Network

Rod Ambrose was a 2016 recipient of the Southwest Folklife Alliance’s Master-Apprentice Award for his work as a storyteller, pulling from the oral traditions of West Africa. For over 47 years Ambrose has studied, learned, developed, composed, written, acted in and directed plays in addition to storytelling in hundreds of elementary, middle and high ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: BorderLore Tagged With: Interview, Master Artists, Story & Heritage

A Tucson Pastorela: Borderlands Theater Offers Decades of Holiday Irreverence

December 11, 2016 By SFA Staff 1 Comment

A Tucson Pastorela:  Borderlands Theater Offers Decades of Holiday Irreverence

A young angry Chicana feminist weaves her way through ugly election politics to make friends with others, learn about cooperation, and help the shepherds get to Bethlehem in time for the birth of Jesus. How’s that for a spin on the Christmas story? A blend of headlines, humor, and miracles. It’s par for the course for the Tucson-based ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: BorderLore Tagged With: Story & Heritage

Historias from Ojo del Padre, New Mexico: An Interview with Nasario Garcia

August 19, 2016 By SFA Staff 1 Comment

Historias from Ojo del Padre, New Mexico:  An Interview with Nasario Garcia

Personal history and culture has a “flavor” all its own. In rural New Mexico, that flavor is tied deeply to the land and to the customs and traditions of those who live close to it. Nasario Garcia is an oral historian, folklorist and native New Mexican. He attended school in a one-room schoolhouse of 25 students, grades 1-8 in Río Puerco Valley, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: BorderLore Tagged With: Interview, Places, Story & Heritage

Written Words, As Instruments

May 26, 2016 By SFA Staff Leave a Comment

Written Words, As Instruments

Denise Chávez is a writer, activist, and one of the pioneers of the Chicana/o art and literary movement. Her first book, Last of the Menu Girls (1986), has been widely written about and examined by literary scholars. Chávez is also founder of the Border Book Festival in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She spoke with Borderlore about the Festival’s legacy, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: BorderLore Tagged With: Interview, Places, Story & Heritage

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About BorderLore

BorderLore is Southwest Folklife Alliance’s electronic journal, with more than 8000 subscribers.  Click here to subscribe.

The postings include interviews, short essays and commentaries on the diverse cultural assets in the region and the study of folklife in a plural society.

Editor: Dr. Maribel Alvarez
Managing Editor/Writer: Kimi Eisele
Former Editor (July 2012 - February 2017): Monica Surfaro-Spigelman

Previous issues of BorderLore Newsletter are archived here and here.

Write to us with your feedback, commentary and any suggestions or ideas:  swfolklife@gmail.com

March 2018 Issue

Mo’ Betta: A Conversation with Barbea Williams

Deeper than the Cut: The Dunbar Barber Academy

VIDEO: Line Dancing with the Tucson Slide Society

Thinking Like a Folklorist: Making Space for the Ancestral

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