Cultural production, strategy, and community storytelling from Phoenix and across Arizona.
Foodways, stories, and experiences rooted in place. Explore public gatherings and selected private engagements with Tarra Lazos Creative.
“This program was on one of the best. Such an informative presentation and Jeffrey was so engaging and kind. I would recommend this program to every library!”
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Public eventCamp Naco · Naco, Arizona
A weekend of history, food, music, and stories in the Borderlands. Tarra Lazos Creative produces the Friday-night culinary experience, with Jeffrey Lazos Ferns leading a Borderlands nature walk on Saturday.
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Public eventTaliesin West · Scottsdale, Arizona
6–9 p.m.
Architecture of Indigenous Flavor and Fashion brings Indigenous chefs, foodways keepers, and Native fashion designers together for an evening of taste, design, and cultural connection during Native American Heritage Month.
Produced annually by Tarra Lazos Creative, the experience features curated tasting stations, live demonstrations, and a Native fashion showcase.
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Free admissionScottsdale Civic Center · Scottsdale, Arizona
Saturday, February 6 · 9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sunday, February 7 · 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Celebrate Arizona’s Indigenous communities through traditional arts, crafts, food, storytelling, music, and dance. Presented by the Arizona American Indian Tourism Association during Scottsdale’s Western Week, the two-day festival is free to attend.
Jeffrey Lazos-Ferns will be onsite handling media relations, supporting the festival’s communications and connecting visiting media with its cultural programming.
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Public eventS’edav Va’aki Museum · Phoenix, Arizona
Saturday, April 3, 2027 · 6–9 p.m.
An evening celebrating Indigenous Sonoran Desert cuisine, bringing chefs and Ramona Farms together around heritage crops, wild foods, and connections to the land. Proceeds support a new permanent museum gallery interpreting the ancestral site, celebrating Ancestral O’odham accomplishments, and connecting visitors with descendant communities.
Jeffrey Lazos-Ferns serves as co-chair of Harmony for a second year, continuing his commitment to the museum and its community.
Explore Jeffrey’s Harmony article in Edible Phoenix →
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Free public programKeep Sedona Beautiful · 360 Brewer Road, Sedona, Arizona
Wednesday, November 18 · Announcements at 5:05 p.m.
Concludes between 6 and 6:15 p.m.
Join Jeffrey Lazos-Ferns for a conversation about Indigenous foodways, desert plants, and the relationships between land, cultural memory, and community. The presentation includes tasting samples from the Sonoran Desert.
Following opening announcements, Jeffrey will speak for 40–50 minutes, with a few minutes for audience questions before the evening concludes.
Presented through the Keep Sedona Beautiful Speaker Series, with support from Arizona Humanities. Free and open to the public; donations are appreciated.
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Public programSam Garcia Library · Community Room, 2nd floor
495 E. Western Avenue, Avondale, AZ 85323
Saturday, February 27, 2027 · 2–3 p.m.
Join Jeffrey Lazos-Ferns for an Arizona Humanities presentation exploring the Sonoran Desert through food, cultural memory, and the relationships between people and place.
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Private engagementDesert Botanical Garden · Phoenix, Arizona
8:30–10:30 a.m.
A private cultural walk for Dandy Magazine editorial director Alain Amarr and photographer Eric Delpech, in partnership with Experience Scottsdale. Jeffrey shared perspectives on Sonoran Desert ecology and cultural connections to place.
Private media engagement. Not open to the public. No public registration or tickets.
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Private engagementDesert Botanical Garden · Phoenix, Arizona
Monday, October 26, 2026
A private preview of the Desert Plant Walks for award-winning London-based travel, food, and drink journalist Rashmi Narayan during her Scottsdale visit, joined by Emily Kline of Experience Scottsdale. The walk explores Sonoran Desert plants and their connections to Indigenous foodways, cultural knowledge, and place, ahead of the public walks resuming in January.
Rashmi’s visit includes research for the Scottsdale section of Rough Guides’ USA guidebook and an Essentially America feature on “Makers of America,” alongside story development for other outlets, including The Independent. Her interests in history, sustainability, and gastronomy offer natural connections to the desert landscape at Desert Botanical Garden.
Private media engagement. Not open to the public. No public registration or tickets.
Explore Rashmi Narayan’s work ↗Talks, tastings, and plant walks that explore the Sonoran Desert as a teacher, archive, and source of cultural knowledge.
“This program was on one of the best. Such an informative presentation and Jeffrey was so engaging and kind. I would recommend this program to every library!”
Nonprofits can book this program at a discounted price through Arizona Humanities.
Nonprofit bookings through Arizona Humanities ↗