Wednesday, October 10, 2018
According to TMY Lead Folklorist Maribel Alvarez, many of the vendors come from churches, clubs and community groups and the food they cook and sell represents their cultures and traditions. TMY keeps their costs low and helps out with organization to ensure success at the festival. As this is the largest grassroots entrepreneurial event in Tucson, it is a great opportunity for all vendors.
The newest additions to the food vendor group for TMY 2018 include the following:
San Xavier Cooperative Farm, Tohono O’odham Native Foods:
Representing the Tohono O'odham people who have been native agriculturists for the last 4,000 years, this vendor will be serving authentic Native American food. This includes cholla bud salsa, tepary beans, kaiwus, and much more. Learn More.
Although his restaurant, Holy Toledo, only serves Pizza and Tacos, when he is catering Chef Toledo is able to make many other unique items. At TMY he will be serving, mole, a traditional Oaxacan dish. Learn More.
La Fondita Chilena:
Yamila El-Khayat is bringing back her mothers traditional Chilean cuisine. El-Khayat grew up watching her mother sell her traditional dishes at TMY when she was a child. This year El-Khayat and her husband are bringing the back tradition in their own way. They will be serving empanadas, humitas and chilean salad. Learn More.
BK's Tacos:
A popular Tucson Restaurant, BK Tacos will be featuring their award winning Sonoran hot dog, carne asada tacos and caramelos. Its unique preparation has been quite the hit, they cook it to perfection over a mesquite fire, giving it a flavor fusion. Learn More.
Solid Grindz Hawaiian Food Restaurant & Food Truck:
Starting out as a food truck on Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Solid Grindz quickly gained a large following. A short two years later the owners opened an authentic Hawaiian and Polynesian restaurant. A mix of their Hawaiian and Polynesian cuisine will be at TMY. Learn More.
Off-the-Hook Seafood:
Matthew Kearney first started Off-the-Hook to remember a taste of home, New England, but also decided to add a Southern twist. For those of you who are looking to taste the flavor of New England, you will be guaranteed to get it at TMY.
Nur Market and Restaurant:
Started by three refugee brothers from Somalia in 1990, they bring a taste from home. While the market started in 2008, the brothers added a restaurant in 2010. They serve a variety of food that will take you out of your comfort zone. They will be serving lamb, goat, chicken, fish, shawarma and sambusa. Learn More.
Masri: An authentic Egyptian cuisine, offering Koshary, a national dish in Egypt, which is a Vegan dish including rice, pasta, onions and much more. You will not find this dish anywhere else as it is a top secret family recipe.
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50 Great American Places author talk. Brent D. Glass, director emeritus of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, selected Mission San Xavier as Arizona’s “great American place” in his book which selects a notable American place for every state. You live right next to this thing, so you should take this chance to learn at least as much about it as this guy from the Smithsonian already knows, right? For example, it was built in 1783, and is the oldest European-inspired building in Arizona, as well as the finest example of Mexican baroque architecture in the United States. Proceeds benefit Patronato San Xavier, the nonprofit dedicated to preserving and restoring the mission. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10. Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm St. $25, or $20 for members of Friends of Patronado. Details Here.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Want to try your hand at juggling or acrobatics with experts available for hands-on instruction? Look for the circus performers at Tucson Meet Yourself Folk Festival on October 12-14 in downtown Tucson.
Performers from Big Toe Acro, Circus Academy of Tucson, Cirque Roots, Circus Sanctuary, Flight School, Acro Kinetic Arts, Tucson Les Femmes Merveilleuse and Movement Culture will roam around the festival busking for donations to help keep the festival free. They will also demonstrate their skills and assist anyone wanting to attempt the circus arts such as juggling, acrobatics and more.
Performers will also be at the corner of Stone Ave. and Pennington St. all weekend.
Learn more here
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The Desert on Celluloid. October is “American Archives Month” and The Loft Cinema is celebrating by gathering archivists from the UA Special Collections, the Arizona Historical Society, the Center for Creative Photography, and UA Literature, Film and Archival Studies. This gathering features multiple rare and archival films, including Sword as the Soul of the Samurai, Hank Rides Again and In Search of the Sun. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Free. Details Here.
MC Lars aka Andrew Nielsen is a wildly imaginative rapper. And he may be the inventor of a new genre: “lit-hop.” Referencing writing giants like William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe instead of the usual Pac and BIG, Nielsen is a self-described member of the “i-generation.” Though a Stanford grad, he is by no means pretentious. In fact, on tracks such as “Flow like Poe,” he explains meter and advanced poetics with the pithy precision of a School of Rock professor, complete with a sexy backup singer, “going hard on that trimeter.” Nielsen has made a career out of his wacky, intelligent rhyming, founding indie record label Horris, creating his own cartoon strip and then rapping about the strip’s characters atop samples of post-punk and emo. Hailing from Berkeley and its psychedelic East Bay scene, he has mad rap cred (he’s opened for Lupe Fiasco, Nas, Snoop) and endless access to inspiration with all that NoCal sticky green. With MC Frontalot & Mega Ran and Schaffer the DarkLord. Tuesday, Oct. 9. Cans Deli, 340 N. Fourth Ave. Doors at 8 p.m. $12-14, 21+. Details Here.
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Monday, October 8, 2018
SeeHearSmellTouchTaste. Go beyond the traditional theater experience with this art installation where you can engage all of your senses in this presentation “spanning virtual reality and animatronics, urban agriculture and arid lands.” Hosted by UA Librarians, this event features members of the School of Art, the Cooperative Extension and Tucson Village Farm, and Arid Lands Resource Sciences. Three experts from different disciplines share their latest ideas at this interactive evening event at Playground Tucson Downtown. Hosted by Playground Bar & Lounge and the UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8. 278 E. Congress St. Details here.
Burger Madness Monday From 11 to 5 p.m. Melissa and steve from Nevada Smith Salloon will be serving “crystal burgers” after the burger party is over, wing madness Mondays begin with a dozen wings for just $4. The offer goes until 8 p.m. Every day of the week they offer different special. A great place to save some dimes but get a lot of food. 1175 Miracle Mile. Details here.
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Friday, October 5, 2018
The event will be held, at Joel D, Valdez Main Library. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. While the fun run starts at 7:30 a.m. The walk starts at 9:00 a.m. The Quilt Ceremony will be at 10:00 a.m.
The Quilt Ceremony is an event that honors those who have lost their lives to AIDS. During the ceremony a quilt will be displayed with the names of people who have lost the battle to AIDS. SAAF will also provide free HIV testing at TMY.
Early registration is from Oct. 10-Oct 12, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Walkers are able to fundraise for the AIDSWALK and depending on how much they make can receive incentives.
There are three levels of rewards. Level one, for those who raise $500+ will receive a AIDSWALK pennant and T-shirt. Level two is for those who raise $750+ and they will receive the level one rewards as well as an AIDSWALK30 towel. Finally, level 3 is for those who have raised $1000+ and will receive the AIDSWALK pennant, T-shirt, beach towel, and a duffle bag. The walker who raised the highest amount of money will also receive a surprise.
Funds raised for the walk go to care services, prevention programs, and LQBTQ initiatives of the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, according to a TMY press release.
For more information go to the SAAF AIDSWALK Tucson Website.
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Is it really a party if there isn’t an AFTER party? Haven’t had enough of meeting yourself at the Tucson Meet Yourself?
TMY is stepping up its game this year. In addition to a new location and new vendors, there is now an avenue to keep the party going after the event has ended on Sunday evening.
Just down the street from the main event, EXO Roast Co. will be hosting “Taconazo” which is sure to be a heel tapping good time. A lineup of intimate performances from TMY artists “that both reflect the rhythmic and vibrant art of zapateado, or the tapping of tacones, heels.”
Featured artists include:
- Son Jarocho Collective and Flamenco Tucsonense
- Hector Vega (Hermosillo)
- Misael Barraza (Hermosillo)
- Olivia Rojas (El Paso)
- Fabian & Katrina Sisneros (Albuquerque)
Exo is located at
403 N. Sixth Ave.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m and the event runs until 9:30 p.m.
Tickets cost $10.
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Eat, Drink, & Be Giving. “Making a difference never tasted so good!” Support local non-profits AZYP, GAP and ICS on a night filled with food samplings from local restaurants, breweries and wineries, live music and a silent auction at the Plaza Colonial. At the end of the night, the three nonprofit CEOs will compete in a friendly “Grape Stomp for a Cause” to help raise money and cycle out poverty from our communities. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday Oct. 5. 2870 E. Skyline Drive. $40. Details Here.
Modernism Market Opening Night Gala. Modernism Week is upon us, and the Midtown Mercantile Merchants are getting in on the act with a 10-day modernism market through Sunday, Oct. 14. And they’re kicking it off the only way that makes sense: with a fancy schmancy gala. Enjoy refreshments among mid-century furniture, home accessories, vintage clothing and jewelry, antique lighting fixtures, a wide variety of collectibles and more. The market itself attracts dealers and vendors from all over the country, for a marvelous array of all things modern. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5. 4443 E. Speedway. Details Here.
Monster Mash. Are you the type of person who started telling people “Happy Halloween!” on Sept. 1? Then take comfort in the fact that you don’t have to wait until actual Halloween to start celebrating the season. Oro Valley’s got spooky carnival games, a scary movie scavenger hunt, a cartoon-themed spooky maze and a candy corn ring toss. You can also decorate pumpkins, guess their weight and take a haunted hayride! Chow down at a food truck, get your face painted so you’ll look cool in the photo booth and chug down some witches brew (aka root beer). Although, if you decide to participate in the “Not Just Another 5K” event at 6 p.m., maybe wait to indulge until afterward. 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5. Steam Pump Ranch, 10901 N. Oracle Road. Free entry. Details Here.
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Thursday, October 4, 2018
The annual Tucson Meet Yourself Festival will be highlighting a Culture Kitchen to provide festival attendees with fresh samples of homemade cultural recipes from different countries around the world including Iraq, Lebanon, Congo and Turkey.
Culture Kitchen mainly features families showing off their cooking traditions in front of a live audience who afterwards will hand out samples of the dishes they prepared.
Some recipes that will be shared at the event include phyllo dough filled with fruit such as fig, prickly pear, and dates prepared by Janet Griffitts and Nahide Aydin, and Sonoran style enchiladas prepared by the Breckenfelds.
Nelda Ruiz, the Culture Kitchen organizer for this year, said that the kitchen is a great way to share stories of families by sharing traditional food recipes. The theme this year focuses on the importance of traditions learned from family, loved ones and friends.
"People can come every single day of the weekend and still see different things each day," Ruiz said. "That's also very telling of where we live, there is a wide variety of different cultures and communities here in Tucson."
On Sunday, Oct. 14, at 3:30 p.m., there will be a round table discussion organized by the Center of Regional Food Studies from the University of Arizona, discussing the histories of foodshed, which is the term that describes how food is grown, produced, and consumed.
The Culture Kitchen will be located outside the Jácome Plaza at the Tucson Meet Yourself Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 12, Saturday, Oct. 13, and Sunday, Oct. 14.
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Free First Thursdays. Every first Thursday of the month, Tucson Museum of Art hosts the party of the night with a variety of things to do. From exploring their permanent art collections with a drink in your hand to learning how to dance, there is something for everyones taste. A DJ will be blasting jams all night long wile you learn to dance from Arizona Opera. The Museum's shop will also be open for a reception to benefit this month's featured artists. There is a handful to do so you wont get bored. 140 N. Main Ave. 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. Free. Details Here.
Flavors of Tucson. Banner University Medicine presents “Flavors of Tucson.” This a chance to be adventurous with your food consumption while also supporting the research, education and advocacy efforts of the American Liver Foundation. The evening will differ from a typical gala with signature dishes from top local chefs for cheaper prices than the usual top restaurants. The event will take place at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Kiva Patio & Ballroom. 6:30 to 11 p.m. Thursday Oct. 4. 7000 N. Resort Drive. Details Here.
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