Arizona Spotlight for November 20, 2015

The StoryCorps trailer parked outside of Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, AZ.

Featured on the November 20, 2015 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

• StoryCorps has arrived in Tucson, and people from all walks of life are visiting the mobile recording studio at The Reid Park Zoo to share stories with the world. Mark McLemore talks with StoryCorps mobile tour manager Jordan Bullard about how it all comes together...

• Tony Paniagua visits Yume Japanese Gardens, one of about 250 public Japanese gardens that exist in North America, and learns about the founder's transcontinental journey to Tucson...

• Joaquin Murrieta Park is a beloved west side public space, but its facilities are hampered by dated structures, spotty patches of shade, and numerous gopher holes. Mariana Dale reports on how local love for the park - and a family's story of loss - are helping the neighborhood to find common ground...

• And, Andrew Brown captures the music created by five experimental sound artists at MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson, using the museum's architecture as a soundscape...

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ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT airs Fridays at 8:30 am and 6:00 pm, and Saturdays at 5:00 pm, on NPR 89.1 FM / 1550 AM.