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Roundup of Digital Clips

October 29, 2014 By SFA Staff Leave a Comment

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]

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Tucson Meet Yourself Is Growing

July 23, 2014 By TMY Staff Leave a Comment

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]

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More About Tucson Meet Yourself 2013

September 30, 2013 By TMY Staff Leave a Comment

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]

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Cultural Song & Dance in a Musical Town

August 29, 2013 By TMY Staff Leave a Comment

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]

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TMY Headlines

August 29, 2013 By TMY Staff Leave a Comment

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]

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Meet the TMY Staff — Stephanie Papaefthemiou

June 27, 2013 By TMY Staff Leave a Comment

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]

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Who We Are

The Southwest Folklife Alliance is an affiliate non-profit organization of the University of Arizona, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. We are the designated Folk Arts Partner of the Arizona Commission on the Arts with the support of the National Endowment of the Arts.

Our Mission: We build more equitable and vibrant communities by celebrating the everyday expressions of culture, heritage and diversity in the Greater Southwest.

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