Save the Date! March 21-22, 2015: The Town of Oro Valley has invited the Southwest Folklife Alliance to present the first annual Oro Valley Meet Yourself Festival. Learn more here. Check out the details for the World Storytelling Institute’s 3rd Annual Chennai Storytelling Festival (February 4-15), “Storytelling for Teaching and Training.” Learn about the National … Read more
The Folklife Today blog highlights the collections of the Library of Congress, particularly the American Folklife Center and the Veterans History Project, and features stories about songs, stories, traditional arts, cultural expressions and oral histories. The California Academy of Sciences produces Curator: The Museum Journal, which explores current issues and practices in museum research, conservation, … Read more
Southwest Folklife Alliance As the Southwest Folklife Alliance solidifies its new home at the University of Arizona’s College of Social & Behavioral Science and takes steps to launch its website and full suite of programs over the next few months, a few morsels of news and activities have jumped ahead of schedule. A story in … Read more
If you’re attending the upcoming Smithsonian Folklife festival (June 25 to June 29 and July 2 to July 6, 2014), you can upload the free Festival app to your mobile device http://www.festival.si.edu/GetTheApp/. The Festival program will feature special folklife programs about China http://www.festival.si.edu/2014/China/ and Kenya http://www.festival.si.edu/2014/Kenya/ The cultural messages of the global community of women … Read more
“Who is Dayani Cristal?” Fundraiser and Screening Colibrí Center for Human Rights Saturday, May 3, 5:30pm to 9:00pm The Loft Cinema, 3233 E Speedway Blvd. $35/ticket Tickets to the screening only may also be purchased at the door or at loftcinema.com This new film explores the story of a migrant who died in the Arizona … Read more
Training: Local Learning began as 1993 NEA roundtable idea and now networks resources engaging young people in traditional culture and local knowledge. Its summer 2014 roster of state-by-state opportunities for folk arts, folklife and oral history training is here. http://locallearningnetwork.org/index.php/download_file/-/view/367/ Oral History: The Center for Studies in Oral Tradition provides interdisciplinary research and scholarship on … Read more