• Faith is stitched into storytelling and personal narratives. Meet one storyteller, Terri Haag, who also is Pima Library Foundation's Director of Development. Read about Terri and the upcoming collaboration on October 12 and 13 with Pima Library Foundation to bring a celebration of local storytelling to Old Town Artisans during Tucson Meet Yourself.

• Always absorbing is the illustration involving faith in country. Who else but military and their families best understand the need for spiritual balance and warrior spirit in behalf of country? Meet several members of the Tucson Meet Yourself community who share family recollections about military service. 

• This month we welcomed the appearance of "Queen of the Night," the Peniocereus greggii or night-blooming cereus cactus which transformed into the Queen several weeks ago. The folklore that surrounds the Queen involves faith and family. An excerpt of this folklore as told by Tohono Chul Park (where the largest public collection of the beautiful Sonora queen resides) is here.   

• One material expression of faith and prayer involves the traditional art of iconography, and we introduce you to its practice by one Benedictine nun here in Tucson, Sister M. Carmela Rall.   

• We honor the observance of Ramadan this month, and illustrate one art that encases elements of faith: Ebru. Learn more about symbolic meanings in the practice of Ebru by two Tucson Meet Yourself tradition-bearers.  

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