# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Molino: Food, Family, and Cultural Survival in Southern Arizona
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 27 Dec, 2025 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 27 Dec, 2025 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Tucson author Melani Martinez shares the story of her family's 70-year-old tamal and tortilla factory through her memoir The Molino, revealing how food anchors community and preserves cultural identity in the desert borderlands. Set in Tucson's historic Barrio Presidio, this moving exploration follows three generations of a family business and examines the heartbreaking effects of gentrification on longstanding community institutions. A compelling story of belonging, transformation, and the sacred work of nourishing others in Southern Arizona's changing landscape. 


Melani “Mele” Martinez is a writer and educator from Tucson, Arizona whose work explores the intersections of memory and cultural identity. Her debut memoir, The Molino (UA Press 2024), is a 2025 Int'l Latino Book Award Honorable Mention. The Molino blends family history with the shifting cultural landscape of Tucson’s barrios, honoring her family’s beloved tamal/tortilla factory and lunch counter, El Rapido, that served Tucson customers for nearly 70 years. Melani holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction and teaches in the Writing Program at the University of Arizona, where she designs courses that engage borderlands history, folkart, poetics, and storytelling.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tubac/the-molino-food-family-and-cultural-survival-in-southern-arizona/200028984474858
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 14

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Tubac
- **state**: AZ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1 Burruel St, Tubac, AZ, United States, Arizona 85646
- **lat**: 31.61202
- **long**: -111.04677
- **full address**: 1 Burruel St, Tubac, AZ, United States, Arizona 85646

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Molino: Food, Family, and Cultural Survival in Southern Arizona being held?
  - **A:** The Molino: Food, Family, and Cultural Survival in Southern Arizona takes place on Sat, 27 Dec, 2025 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 27 Dec, 2025 at 03:00 pm at 1 Burruel St, Tubac, AZ, United States, Arizona 85646.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Molino: Food, Family, and Cultural Survival in Southern Arizona?
  - **A:** The Molino: Food, Family, and Cultural Survival in Southern Arizona is organized by Tubac Presidio State Historic Park and Museum.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Molino: Food, Family, and Cultural Survival in Southern Arizona is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Tubac, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Molino: Food, Family, and Cultural Survival in Southern Arizona sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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