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Saving the Past, One Seed At a Time

May 12, 2011 Tucson's Native Seeds/SEARCH preserves and promotes the desert's native and heirloom species

Web Feature: "A Mountaintop Experience"

May 6, 2011 Freedom Rider Jim Zwerg tells his story of struggle and sacrifice for civil rights
The University of Arizona and BICAS, Bicycle Inter-Community Arts and Salvage, are working on a project to try to recycle bicycles abandoned by students who leave for the summer.

How to Recycle a Bicycle

May 4, 2011 Bicycle organization and University of Arizona team up to collect and reuse unwanted bicycles
Jam Pak's Nayely Mendoza solos in "Your Love is Like a Flower" at the 2010 Benson Bluegrass Festival.

Web Feature: Raising a Joyful Sound

Apr 20, 2011 One Arizona band is changing the face of bluegrass—and the lives of its players
Online options for books, music or movies are forcing brick and mortar establishments to adapt to the changing marketplace in order to keep attracting customers.

Digital, Traditional or Both?

Apr 7, 2011 Tucson's book, music and video stores face an evolving and competitive marketplace.
Matt and Sarah Cotten join the studio, along with their puppets, to discuss puppetry.

Finding the Puppets Among Us

Apr 7, 2011 Local troupe Puppets Amongus revives traditional art of puppetry
The 2011 Arizona International Film Festival is being held in Tucson at the Screening Room in April.

2011 Arizona International Film Festival

Mar 29, 2011 Annual exploration of independent films now expanded to 20 days
Victor Aros' scrappy front-yard sign commemorates his family's rodeo history.

Web Feature: Love and Rodeo

Mar 8, 2011 For one Tucson family, competing in rodeo is a beloved art--and a balancing act

Peace Corps Turns 50

Mar 2, 2011 UA fellows say international volunteer program continues to have relevance in the world
"The Chocolate Voice is simple and small--you can get through it," says publisher Gwen Pierce.

Web Feature: Finding a Voice

Mar 2, 2011 One woman works to learn and tell her hometown's untold stories, and finds herself reconnecting to her roots
Joe Wilson discusses his controversial and critically-acclaimed film, *Out in the Silence*.

Out in the Silence

Feb 21, 2011 Award-winning film director reflects on his campaign for civil rights
The "Borderlandia: Cultural Topographies" exhibit at the Tucson Museum of Art explores some of the unique themes of U.S./Mexico interactions.

Artists Merge Cultures in Borderlandia

Feb 21, 2011 U.S./Mexico border deconstructed through glass and mixed media exhibit at Tucson Museum of Art
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is on display this month at the Arizona State Museum. Although the treaty is more than 170 years old, it's considered a living document because it continues to shape people's lives in very concrete ways, particularly their relationship to natural resources such as water and grazing.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Goes On Tour

Feb 11, 2011 Key parts of the historic document that purchased much of the West from Mexico are on display in Tucson during February
One former illegal tagger is exploring alternatives to the city's ongoing graffiti abatement program.

Tackling Tucson's Graffiti

Feb 8, 2011 Local artist thinks legal walls might help curb illegal tagging
Kimberly Craft and guest discuss the historic Marist College.

History Moment: Marist College

Feb 3, 2011 Built in 1915, Marist College is the only example of a three-story adobe building in Arizona--and home to a rich history
The University of Arizona Poetry Center has become a valued resource in the community, and its recognized nationally and internationally, as one of the best of its kind. Since 1962 the center has hosted thousands of readings by most major contemporary U.S. poets, significant international visitors and emerging artists. Now, a new exhibit at the center features vintage poetry posters and it chronicles the early years of these public readings.

When Poetry Met Art

Jan 27, 2011 Vintage posters put literary legacy on exhibit at UA Poetry Center

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