Maribel AlvarezWe wanted a new life and a new start and warmer weather so we came down to Tucson from North Dakota. It was getting cold and we didn’t like snow. We love the dry heat. We don’t plan to leave. We carry a blanket with us. We like to taking off to the park. We’ll … Read more
Welcome to the 44nd edition of Tucson Meet Yourself! The festival is an annual celebration of the living traditional arts of Southern Arizona’s and Northern Mexico’s diverse ethnic and folk communities. The first festival took place in 1974 in the same location as today. At that time (as it is still true today), creating a … Read more
Every year, at the end of each edition of Tucson Meet Yourself our staff solicits feedback from the public, participants and key stakeholders. This process is valued tremendously in our festival organization. We learn, we reflect, we apologize, we explain, we adjust and we try to do better. Sometimes, the questions and the answers are … Read more
Like anything else in this world, food can be complicated. There are multiple ways to look at the role of ethnic food in a public festival. Scholars have written about the danger (and promise) inherent to festivals, especially cultural festivals like Tucson Meet Yourself. It can go either way; it usually breaks down somewhat like … Read more
On behalf of all the people who make up the TMY family, we want to express our gratitude to the MALI team from San Jose, California who produced the short video you see featured here on the right side of the home page. MALI stands for “Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute,” a professional development project for … Read more