Low & Slow: The Duke’s Car Club Preserves a Lowrider Culture
It’s a late April afternoon on Tucson’s Southside and the sun glints off the Kelly green paint job of a 1939 Chevrolet. Alfred Teran, Jr. … Read more
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The Play’s the Thing
Elevating heritage and folkways through theatricality by Marc David Pinate Four, ten-foot-tall giant puppets dressed in ornate gowns dance down Morley Avenue in Nogales, Arizona. … Read more
Trust and Tianguis: Hermandad with Artist Raul Pizarro
By Alisha Vasquez From “Cripping BorderLore,” a special edition. Read an introduction here. During the first year of the pandemic, I spent way more time … Read more
In Memoriam: James S. Griffith
July 30, 1935-December 18, 2021 James S. Griffith, or “Big Jim,” moved to Tucson at age 20 to study at the University of Arizona, eventually … Read more
Motorized: Cruising Culture
Steven Meckler photo The lowrider, that unique urban phenomenon made popular in the East Los Angeles barrios, is also a sub-culture marker, brimming with real-people … Read more