Ofrenda: Altar Makers Create Bridges between Life and Death
Ofelia Esparza and Rosanna Esparza Ahrens are altar makers from East Los Angeles. Ofelia is a sixth generation altarista and printmaker, who was recognized by … Read more
Ascendant Culture: An Interview with Gustavo Arellano
Gustavo Arellano is the author of Orange County: A Personal Historyand Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, and a features writer for the Los … Read more
The Wood Is Like Magic: A conversation with Louis David Valenzuela
Making ceremonial masks from cottonwood is a special and spiritual practice. Yaqui/Yoeme artist Louis David Valenzuela learned the artform from traditional pascola maskmakers in Tucson’s … Read more
Devotional Dates: Tales from the Holy Month of Ramadan
Ramadan is celebrated across the Muslim world during the ninth month of the lunar calendar. This year it falls May 5 through June 5. The … Read more
Mariachi Women: Conversations with Leonor Xóchitl Pérez and Monica Treviño
The Mariachi Women’s Festival comes to the Tucson Convention Center’s Leo Rich Theater on May 4. BorderLore spoke with its director, violinist Leonor Xóchitl Pérez, … Read more