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Arizona Spotlight
Hosted by AZPM · EN
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.
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A New Ten Minute Drama, "Welcome to Vesuvius"
5d ago00:27:24Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: Remembering Buddhist scholar and "Tibetan Book of the Dead " translator Robert Thurman; and Rebekah Doyle reflects on the common social media meme "Touch Grass".
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"Let's talk it out at the barbershop." The living legacy at "2032 South Park Avenue".
2w ago00:30:20Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: A preview of the 56th Annual Tucson Juneteenth; living with aphasia offers a chance to laugh and share good times; and the actors playing Gomez and Morticia Addams reflect on what it means to be in a great marriage.
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"Antiques Roadshow" producer Marsha Bemko talks about 25 years of making people's dreams come true.
3w ago00:23:17Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: An Alaskan adventure 40 years ago that transformed from an epic wilderness experience to become a humbling story of the true power of friendship.
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"Generation Gilmore Girls" celebrates 25 years in Stars Hollow.
4w ago00:27:33Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: Spotlight Community Theater's new production of "The Unusual Subjevts" for Father's Day; and why women should consider documenting their wedding story to help them in the event of a divorce.
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The Last Supper Museum, An annual pilgrimage, Second Chances and a University of Arizona student talent show contest
May 2200:28:37Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: Explore the purpose of the annual global pilgrimage for the devout called Hajj,Storyteller Susan Smith shares about her second chance at life, following a heart attack and an audio postcard from a University of Arizona student talent show contest.
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Composer Marc Shaiman shares stories from his charmed life in showbiz
May 1400:27:23Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: NPR's Scott Simon new book shows love for pets of all make and model; and an audio postcard from the Autism Society of Southern Arizona's largest annual event.
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Dreams Examined in Widescreen
May 700:29:00Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: The curious history of ostrich farming in Arizona; and graphic novelist Alison Bechdel on letting memory guide her art.
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An unexpected visitor spotted in the Tohono O'odham Nation
Apr 3000:30:35Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: Arizona Theatre Company presents "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors"; and the public reaction to the decision to move The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind.
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The monsters and myths of Ray Harryhausen visit Tucson!
Apr 2300:27:42Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: Looking back fifty years to the tragic wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald; and a tiny hummingbid who acts like a mighty eagle.
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Choir! Choir! Choir! promises that they will choir you at the Rialto Theatre
Apr 1600:29:26Tap to summarizeAlso on Arizona Spotlight: PCC's "Fairview" offers a Pulitzer-prize winning play like no other; and comedian Omar Tarango tells a story about laughter and failure from the high seas.
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