If there is a Tucson tale to be written or a Southwest fable to tell, chances are Jim Griffith has covered it in his Arizona Daily Star blog, “Our Storied Desert Land.” And today it hits a big ...

Can a Christmas play containing references to the Tea Party, Betty White, Avatar and Gov. Jan Brewer be considered folklore? Absolutely, according to renowned Tucson folklorist Jim Griffith. “Folklore ...

In my mind, memories of “Big Jim” Griffith are forever intertwined with those of his dear friend and neighbor, Bernard “Bunny” Fontana. Both moved to Tucson in the 1950s to study anthropology at the ...