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Arizona Spotlight — 109 episodes

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Colin Hay at Work

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Arizona Spotlight brings you "A Moment to Cope"

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Lucy Darling has Tucson in the palm of their hand

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Fighting Hate With Love: Remembering Bernard Lafayette Jr.

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Famed actress and director Marsha Mason returns to Tucson.

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The first signs of spring time in the Sonoran Desert

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Tucsonans standing up for Iran

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Legal observers stand ready to bear witness to injustice in our community

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Dark skies over Tucson

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"So easy, when you know how."" Ain't Misbehavin' at the Arizona Theatre Company

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Drawing from Memory: A Conversation with Alison Bechdel.

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"How dangerous ideas can be, when they turn us to hatred." The story of Andrew Schot.

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Southern Arizona Arts Guild Offers More Space; More Art

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"Gabrielle Giffords: Won't Back Down" tells the story of a survivor who doesn't look back, but who must still acknowledge the past.

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Going the Distance, Part Two!

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A conversation with NPR's best known voice: Terry Gross.

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Frida's Garden at The Tucson Botanical Gardens is a place for inspiration to grow.

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"Listening is an act of love."

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The best of the greatest hits of the Wobo Show: physical theater meets child's play.

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What role did the Southwest region play in The American Revolution?

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"Stop putting us through this": The Tucson community copes with the food insecurity crisis.

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Tucson Roller Derby might not be the safest sport, but it is a safe space

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"Si Pudiera Quedarme" (If I Can Stay) tells the story of two women seeking asylum from deportation

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The Steinfeld Gallery and Studios presents "A Gorgeous Excitement"

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The myths and monsters of Ray Harryhausen arrive in Tucson

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Arizona Theatre Company's "Deceived" takes gaslighting to a whole new level

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Hidden Voices

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How the trauma of living through the Holocaust is felt across generations.

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Go below decks with "Ship" at Live Theater Workshop, a quirky new play about a young woman charting a course to adulthood.

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"Music is a healing force." Meet the host of Papa Ray's Vintage Vinyl Roadshow.

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80 years since atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, commemorating the victims and survivors.

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Is television watching us? "TV's American Dream: U.S. Television after the Great Recession".

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"Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats"--Why Courtney Gustafson's book is resonating with more than just cat lovers.

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Exploring "Observational Ecology" with Alan Ruiz Berman

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"Hidden Voices" reveals empathy and compassion on the streets of Tucson

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The documentary "Final Vows" looks at a way of life that is disappearing

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The A.R.F.F. Program: How shelter dogs are helping people living with aphasia

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The art of "Kindred Spirits: Honoring Animals in Death"

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"Everything You've Got": Sometimes it takes seven billion years to find yourself

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"It's the New Zoo Revue, comin' right at you!": A conversation with the hosts of the beloved 1970s kids' show

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Ending the silence about mental health in Southern Arizona

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Meet Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson

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Stories of Hope and Renewal

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How the The Master - Apprentice Program is helping preserve women in mariachi

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Student filmmakers confess "I Dream in Widescreen"

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Journeys in space and mind

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Crystal Gayle sings songs of the heart

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Going the Distance!

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April events that bring the Tucson community closer together

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"It's the New Zoo Revue, comin' right at you!": A conversation with the hosts of the beloved 1970s kids' show

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The new film "Corina" offers a compassionate look at living with anxiety

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"Back to the Heart" - Gabrielle Pietrangelo celebrates the end of a 4-year journey with a new album

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Two new books that bring important histories to light

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The Class of 2024: Student essays about graduating in a time of uncertainty

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Rogue Theatre's "Marjorie Prime" creates a conversation about what it means to be human in the age of AI.

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Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers brings songs of love to Tucson

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"Photographing with respect": How Tim H. Murphy creates unforgettable portraits of Indigenous dancers

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"Clickety-clack's, a-echoin back, The Blues in the Night" at Arizona Theatre Company

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Micky Dolenz on what being a Monkee means to him

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Delfeayo Marsalis brings New Orleans jazz to Tucson

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Stars who are coming to Tucson

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"Growing Tradition": A story about a dazzling display of lights and community

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Artists from ArtWorks bring their ideas of home to "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"

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BICAS bridges bicycles, art and community at their annual auction

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Spotlight Community Theater's production of "Cinderella"

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Remembering Paula Bronstein, a survivor of the Holocaust

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Autumn among the aspens

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DUSK Music Festival returns to Tucson

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The 16th Annual Haunted Halloween Arizona Spotlight

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"Gaudy Sorrow" is author Barbara Seyda's memoir of love and loss

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The unspoken beauty of aging in "The Crone Body"

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Political satire that has aged like wine: Mols and Suz - Together Again One Night Only!

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"The Million Dollar Quartet": Meet four performers filling some very big blue suede shoes

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For thrills and suspense, Arizona Theatre Company invites you to "Dial M for Murder"

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Late Night Radio Hour offers a unique theatrical experience

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A documentary on aging, caring and faith called "Final Vows"

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Is "Monsoon Magic" on the horizon?

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Discovering dynamic history in "Coronado: The New Evidence"

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A tale of true love that began in Tucson in 1943 continues today...

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The Holocaust and Beyond: From the Boy Who Escaped the Nazis

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"A medium guy in general, across the board." Joe Pera talks to Tucson.

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Women Storytellers: Sharing lived experience plus keen observations

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Taking the camel to the drive-in: David Leighton's history of the Reid Park Zoo

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Why "Breaking Bread" is a different approach to political discussion

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Understanding men's mental health, and overcoming depression

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Monument Valley's important role in the classic westerns of John Ford and John Wayne

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Ten-Minute Dramas presents "Chemistry"

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The 54th annual Tucson Juneteenth Festival: "It's a movement, not a moment."

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Celebrating one of the Sonoran Desert's most popular visitors: the elegant trogon

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Remembering Movie Legend Roger Corman

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Efforts to expand Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and create the Santa Cruz River Urban National Wildlife Refuge

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Craig T. Nelson delivers commencement address to the UA graduating class of 2024

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The documentary "The Happiest Country in the World: Finland" explores the reasons why.

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"It's either too late, or too early." Arizona Theatre Company presents Sam Shepard's "True West".

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See - and hear - Chaplin's "City Lights", presented by The Fox Tucson Theatre and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.

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There is hope for the homeless at Sister Jose Women's Center

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Post renovation, The Marroney Theatre offers more than ever

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NAMIWALKS invites the community to show support for mental wellness

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"Víctimas del Pecado" makes a powerful return to the silver screen.

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Ten-Minute Dramas returns with "Daughter Putting On Airs".

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The life and loves of virtuoso Maria Callas explored in the play "Master Class".

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"40 years of Missing You": rock singer John Waite celebrates his hit-making career

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Mandy Patinkin shares stories and laughter

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Bestselling authors unite to support "Freedom of Lit."

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A Show about Healing

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Celebrating Sonoran beauty through both science and art

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What it is to see, and be seen... ArtWorks explores the portrait in "Face 2 Face"

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Atascosa Borderlands: Connecting the land, the wildlife, and the people

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Explore the Secret History of Sleepovers