
May 9, 2024

Featured on the May 9, 2024 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- Actor Craig T. Nelson, an alumni of what is now the University of Arizona School of Theater, Film & Television, will be providing the commencement speech for the graduating class of 2024. Mark talks with Nelson about his long and diverse career, and why he attributes his success to what he learned here in the late 1960’s from the head of the UA Theatre department & his mentor, Professor Peter Marroney.

- Fair Play is a new documentary that offers an in-depth look at the struggle of new mothers to juggle childcare, household work, and a career. Alecia Vasquez sits down with two physicians from the Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line to discuss the process through which new parents can find the work-life balance that best fits their family. The documentary will play at The Screening Room Sunday May 19th from 1-3:30 p.m.



- Find out why AZPM reporter Danyelle Khmara "fell in love" with the Brazilian martial art of capoeira, training with a small group here in Tucson. She says it is not only great exercise, it is also helping to create a stronger bond with her teenage son. This story was created as part of AZPM's "More Than a Game" podcast.

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