• Arizona Spotlight

  • By: AZPM
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Arizona Spotlight

By: AZPM
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  • Summary

  • Rich in the fundamental elements of creativity and freedom, Southern Arizona is home to an arts scene that defies expectation. Each week, Arizona Spotlight explores the local creative community, including interviews with visiting performers and people around the country who are making important connections through art. The goal is to seek out and celebrate our shared humanity. Produced and hosted by Emmy award-winner Mark McLemore, Arizona Spotlight features the distinctly Southwestern music of the acclaimed Tucson band Calexico.
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Episodes
  • Stars who are coming to Tucson

    Stars who are coming to Tucson
    Jan 9 2024
    Jazz singer Dominique Eade, rocker Dweezil Zappa, and comedy legend Vicki Lawrence all bring their talents to The Old Pueblo.
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    30 mins
  • "Growing Tradition": A story about a dazzling display of lights and community

    "Growing Tradition": A story about a dazzling display of lights and community
    Dec 19 2024
    We'll take you behind the scenes of the annual “LightsUp!” festival of illumination at Tucson Botanical Gardens. The documentary "Growing Tradition" provides details about this dazzling display that requires more than a million sparkling lights and other decorations. Also: Meet Glenda Bonin a storyteller, magician and puppeteer who shares her "Sleigh Bells" story.
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    27 mins
  • Artists from ArtWorks bring their ideas of home to "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"

    Artists from ArtWorks bring their ideas of home to "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
    Dec 12 2024
    ArtWorks is an all-day program for adults with developmental disabilities. Their art is being displayed at the Joseph Gross Gallery in an exhibit called “Won't You Be My Neighbor”, featuring a series of original house designs that combine imagination with the most important aspects of what makes a house a home. Also: How the Tucson Bird Alliance will be making a difference in 2025; and actor and history buff Fred Pitts brings his one-man show "Aren't You..?" to Tucson.
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    28 mins

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