Featured on the August 1st, 2014 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
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Tucson rolled out the red carpet for its new streetcar last weekend, and Vanessa Barchfield joined thousands of first-day riders for a portrait of the city welcoming its new mode of transportation...
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The smokey-tasting alcohol called mezcal dates back to pre-Columbian times, and is again gaining popularity among drinkers. Inès Taracena explores one brand's origins in a Central American bar from before the drink was legal to export...
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How is a new art therapy program making a difference for vets? Mark McLemore visits the Southern Arizona Veterans Hospital in Tucson to meet vets and arts instructors who are using music and creative writing to help with healing...
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And, are the traditions of the Hollywood studio system doing more to help or harm the film industry in the 21st century? Film writer Chris Dashiell looks back at the beginning in search of answers...
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