Desert Matriarch: Stella Tucker, 1947-2019
by Kimi Eisele AUTHOR’S NOTE: In 2018, SFA awarded a Master-Apprentice Artist Award to Stella Tucker, a Tohono O’odham elder and teacher, in honor of … Read more
Confianza en la Frontera: A Cultural Glimpse at the Nogales Produce Industry
Text by Nicholas Hartmann, Photos by Alex Jimenez In 2015-16, SFA Folklorist-in-Residence Nicholas Hartmann carried out an ethnographic study of the Nogales Produce Industry. The … Read more
New Food Vendors at Tucson Meet Yourself
Food vendors benefit from Tucson Meet Yourself, bringing in a combined $350,000 on average each year. Many cultural groups use their earnings to support education … Read more
Agave Returns: Resurrecting a Botanical Spirit of the Borderlands
by Kimi Eisele Part 1: The Spirit It’s early evening on a Thursday at Tucson’s EXO Bar. Bartender Vadi Erdal slides citrus across rims of … Read more
A Cookbook for Living and Eating from the Sonoran Desert
by Kimi Eisele Ever eaten a barrel cactus fruit? How about a cholla bud? A grasshopper? The Sonoran Desert just got a whole lot tastier … Read more