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
  • BICAS bridges bicycles, art and community at their annual auction

    BICAS bridges bicycles, art and community at their annual auction
    Dec 5 2024
    Learn about an annual art auction event held by BICAS in Tucson - where food and music are also a part of the mix. BICAS is a non-profit bicycle recycling center that helps improve accessibility and independence in our community by making affordable two-wheeled transportation available to everyone. Also: How Ittai Sopher, a former Arizona Spotlight producer, became a "Jeopardy" champion; Marquez Price on the value of doing a digital detox; and "Stories that Soar!
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    29 mins
  • Spotlight Community Theater's production of "Cinderella"

    Spotlight Community Theater's production of "Cinderella"
    Nov 28 2024
    Meet the father and son founders of Spotlight Community Theater. It's a place where curious student-age children can learn about all aspects of the performing arts, with no experience required. Spotlight Community Theater is holding performances of “Cinderella” in December to raise money for charity. Also: A tale of true love that started in Tucson in 1943 that continues today; and historian David Leighton shares the history of the Reid Park Zoo.
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    28 mins
  • Remembering Paula Bronstein, a survivor of the Holocaust

    Remembering Paula Bronstein, a survivor of the Holocaust
    Nov 21 2024
    “Children of the Holocaust” is a living-history project launched by AZPM. Project producer Laura Markowitz interviewed 20 survivors who were children during the Holocaust, and later settled in Southern Arizona. This week, hear the story of Paula Bronstein, a survivor who escaped the Nazis by hiding in Holland. It saved her life, but cost her her childhood. Bronstein passed away earlier this month, at age 87. Also: Beth Colburn Orozco shares the story of her search for the daughter she never knew.
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    30 mins
  • Autumn among the aspens

    Autumn among the aspens
    Nov 15 2024
    Also on Arizona Spotlight: Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent for the BBC, receives the 2024 Zenger Award for Press Freedom from the UA School of Journalism; and Richard Cachor Taylor's talks about his book "Birds of Arizona".
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    29 mins
  • DUSK Music Festival returns to Tucson

    DUSK Music Festival returns to Tucson
    Nov 8 2024
    Also on Arizona Spotlight: Voices from the Tucson Pride Festival; emerging UA filmmakers take the stage at San Diego Comic-Con; and historian David Leighton shares the star-studded story of Nick C. Hall.
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    34 mins