Kimi Eisele is a Tucson-based writer, performer, and visual artist. Her novel, The Lightest Object in the Universe, is forthcoming from Algonquin Books (July 2019)
It’s hard to pack a 2-hour live immersive theater experience into a 5-minute video, but Heather Gray managed to capture the highlights of A Whisper through the Spines: Act III of Standing with Saguaros. The show as performed in November 2016 at the Red Hills Visitor Center of Saguaro National Park and was the last … More A Whisper through the Spines – compilation video reel now up
At long last, you can watch the full coverage of the Saguaro Centennial Ball, performed on August 24, 2016 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
Borderlands Theater & Saguaro National Park present: A Whisper through the Spines A site-responsive immersive theater experience and “day at the park” blending story, song, poem, and dance in celebration of the saguaro cactus, performed outdoors by an ensemble cast in Saguaro National Park West. Nov. 11, 12 & 13, 2016 2 pm Red Hills … More A Whisper through the Spines: Standing with Saguaros Act III
Fun and Fundraising! Tuesday, Sept. 20 5-10pm La Cocina Restaurant & Cantina 201 N Court Ave, Tucson, Arizona 85701 (520) 622-0351 Join us for dinner and drinks at La Cocina to raise funds for the final Act of Standing with Saguaros: live performance in Saguaro National Park this fall. We’ll share highlights from Acts 1 … More Supper, Sips, and Support for Standing with Saguaros
On the occasion of the National Park Service Centennial, dancers in Tucson held a Saguaro Ball at sunrise to celebrate 100 years of protecting public lands and the species that inhabit them. This is a mini preview of the Ball. Happy Birthday, National Park System! Saguaro National Park, we love you best of all. The … More Saguaro Centennial Ball
Help celebrate the National Park Service Centennial at Saguaro National Park! Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Sunrise (5-7am), Saguaro National Park, West Looking for performers (dancers and/or actors with some movement agility) to participate in a simple, unique “dancehall celebration” to commemorate the saguaro cactus and the National Park Service Centennial. Performers will do simple choreography … More Call for Performers: Saguaro-Human Dance Hall
Everyone who stood with a saguaro filled out a comment card sharing their experience. Here are a few of the responses: Sunrise, shadows lengthening, bird song, friends, communion, cactus song. Differences and sameness. Relationships–mine to the desert, bees to the flowers, stillness to all. Joy of connecting, doing something new changing state of mind. -Lori, … More #IStandwithSaguaros
June 25 & June 28 7-10 am, Saguaro National Park West Standing with Saguaros is thrilled to host 2 saguaro fruit harvesting workshops with Stella Tucker, a Tohono O’odham elder whose family has been harvesting saguaro fruit in Saguaro National Park since long before the park was a park! Workshops were announced on Facebook and co-hosted … More Saguaro Fruit Harvests in Saguaro National Park
Sunday, May 29 6-8pm Saguaro National Park, West 2700 N. Kinney Road Sus Picnic Area (off Bajada Loop drive) Join us for the final group stand in the#IStandwithSaguaros campaign to befriend, support, and connect with the saguaro cactus, Carnegiea gigantea, iconic species of the Sonoran Desert. Please sign up here: www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a4aafab22a2fc1-istand so we can send you … More I Stand with Saguaros Closing Ceremony
Saturday, May 7, 2016 7:30-9am Saguaro National Park East 3693 S. Old Spanish Trail This stand was originally planned as an inter-faith stand, for members of various churches and spiritual groups. There will be members of Empty Mountain Sangha and maybe some others. Anyone can come and there will be no religious offerings or expectations. … More I Stand with Saguaros (meditation, praise, worship, community)
Standing with Saguaros 