Our 2014 Festival: A Video Retrospective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEfTEmM7wFw © Julianne Stanford Video Link: The Pick-up Kings! https://youtu.be/1ozLahVboDo ©tohono.tv 2014 Video Link: Thai Buddhists at Tucson Meet Yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnZx8Y0fJhI&feature=youtu.be © Sophia Chen 2014. ... [Continue Reading]
Tucson Meet Yourself Is Growing
The Board of Directors of Tucson Meet Yourself -- the beloved 41 year old festival which shares the City’s namesake -- has created a new not-for-profit legal entity to serve as the festival’s parent and producing company. The new organization has been named The Southwest Folklife Alliance to reflect the intention of serving a geographic area beyond ... [Continue Reading]
More About Tucson Meet Yourself 2013
Volunteers -- We Need You Volunteers are the lifeblood of Tucson Meet Yourself. We can’t run the festival without the support of Tucsonans who generously share their time and their interest. If you have several hours to spare and want to immerse yourself in folklife, TMY welcomes volunteers to assist in a variety of assignments, from set up, ... [Continue Reading]
Cultural Song & Dance in a Musical Town
Wander into any neighborhood in Tucson and, chances are, you’ll run into accordionists, fiddlers or guitarists, just making their music. This exciting diversity of local song finds its natural pitch deeply rooted in our lands. So it will be at October’s Tucson Meet Yourself, where even more so this year, attendees will find everyday people with ... [Continue Reading]
TMY Headlines
It’s almost time to raise the curtain to trek, eat, dance, craft and meet yourself at the 40th Annual TMY folklife celebration, October 11-13, 2013. This most beloved and largest celebration of the multi-national Arizona-Sonora Region’s folk and ethnic communities will again welcome hundreds of performers, food vendors, folk artists, marketplace ... [Continue Reading]
Meet the TMY Staff — Stephanie Papaefthemiou
Meet the TMY Staff Tucson Meet Yourself is the result of many wonderful people working together to provide the public free and varied opportunities to experience, preserve and participate in folklife. From time to time BorderLore will spotlight behind-the-scenes staffers who help make Tucson Meet Yourself a reality. This month, we introduce office ... [Continue Reading]