"The Dance of Yao"
A trio of virtuoso musicians play a traditional Chinese folk melody, perfom at the Confucius Institute's New Year Celebration.
Cuba as a Classroom
Annual summer trips educate University of Arizona students about the culture, politics and daily life of an isolated island nation.
Arizona Spotlight for January 23rd, 2015
Burt Bacharach headlines the Tucson Jazz Festival; a visit to The Flying Leap Vineyards in Southern Arizona; and from Tierney to Depp, a look at three films about John Dillinger.
Arizona Spotlight for January 16th, 2015
Volunteers unite to help students in danger of dropping out; how the ecological war against buffelgrass is waged; restoring the legend of Vaudeville-era entertainer Sophie Tucker; a look back at the films of Sir Alec Guinness.
Students At Risk of Dropping Out Get Surprise Visits from Tucson Officials
Steps to Success Walk aims at getting teens back in the classroom
Arizona Spotlight for January 9th, 2015
Actor & playwirght Laurence Luckinbill discusses playing Teddy Roosevelt; a lesson in what it meant to grow up in one of America's most famous families; an introduction to the freedom of "Authentic Movement".
Art Dads
Meet three Tucson artists who are learning to balance their creative pursuits with the responsibility of being fathers.
Stairwell Session: Mitzi Cowell
Listen to the sly, bluesy songs of one of Tucson's most in demand musicians
Arizona Spotlight for December 19th, 2014
New director of Tucson non-profit works to preserve plants and agricultural knowledge; local author explores mythical side of Tucson urban landscape; Stairwell Session featuring Mitzi Cowell.
Arizona Spotlight for December 12, 2014
Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto comes to Tucson; three "art dads" talk about staying true to their children and art; Camp Born This Way helps transgender youth find their identities; folklorist tells about telegrams sent from Old Pueblo to Vatican City.
The Lives and Loss of Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl
Friends of Derrick and Amy Ross organize benefit this weekend in their honor.
What's It Like to Be in Immigration Limbo?
2 years in detention, now 'waiting ... just waiting': brother and sister on opposite sides of the system.
Arizona Spotlight for December 5, 2014
Story of a brother and sister who experienced different sides of immigration system; Tucson author remembers teaching in one room schoolhouse, overcomes blindness to write new book of visual grammar; musical duo Nowhere Man and a Whisky Girl remembered.
Hélène Berr: A Stolen Life
Holocaust scholar says there is much to learn from the recovered journal of a French Jewish woman who died in a concentration camp five days before liberation.
John Doe of X
Hear about the origin of a punk rock legend, and re-imaging X's music for the next phase of a four-decade career.
