The Show has spent the last year exploring the Sonoran Desert. As we head into the final season — winter — we’re sharing a collection of essays about life in Arizona called Saguaro Land.
Tempe artist Safwat Saleem used baking as a metaphor for describing how he and his young daughter are learning to thrive in the desert.
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The Show's Amy Silverman reflects on the Saguaro Land series, and the plight of the iconic Sonoran Desert cactus that is its namesake. -
The Show is exploring the desert season by season in the series Saguaro Land — through music, art, literature, food, drink, flora and fauna — and now through design. -
Journalist Caroline Tracey has watched as Instagram and other platforms have turned a spotlight on the desert in ways she finds both refreshing — and troubling. She spoke to The Show more about the trend and what it means. -
In The Show's newest installment of Saguaro Land, we learned about using the desert to make music from Kyle Bert, who has been turning agave stalk into didgeridoos for 25 years. -
The Show has spent the last year exploring the Sonoran Desert. As we head into the final season — winter — we’re sharing a collection of essays about life here in what we’ve dubbed Saguaro Land. Here’s local writer Julia Fournier with a story about being deserted in the desert.
