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Gabriel Schirn is majoring in chemical engineering and piano performance but has several other interests.

Living Each Day to the Fullest After 'Miraculous' Recovery From Bike Crash

Apr 25, 2019 A University of Arizona student relishes each day, trying out different activities.

Guatemalan father with his 5 year old daughter. It took father and daughter almost two weeks to get to the Arizona border. They are asylum seekers staying at a temporary shelter opened by the City of Tucson to relieve the overflow of migrants at Tucson shelters. (April 18, 2019)

The City of Tucson Offers Hope to Migrants in Need

Apr 24, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Go backstage at Tucson High Magnet School to preview "Our Border Town"; Tucson poet laureate TC Tolbert receives grant from the Academy of American Poets; And, what would you do with the blessing of extra time to be alive?

A scene from Alex Zhao's "Artificial Incompetence."

UA Student Filmmakers to Screen Their Work in Annual Showcase

Apr 18, 2019 Comedies, dramas and mysteries are on the schedule at the "I Dream in Widescreen" short-film event.

AZPM is partnering with StoryCorps for One Small Step to record conversations between strangers who hold different political beliefs.

Finding Common Ground with "One Small Step"

Apr 17, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Free speech debate on campus; "I Dream in Widescreen Returns"; and thoughts on kindness from the Mission Garden.

Amanda Gremel sings and performs as Patsy Cline in Live Theatre Workshop's production of "Always... Patsy Cline".

How Sisterhood Helped Make a Superstar in "Always... Patsy Cline"

Apr 10, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: A mental health clinic that is gaining popularity through results; and chanteuse Jessica Fichot on finding ways to thrive as an independent musician.

Heather Hardy's violin, which was crafted in 1799.

Spotlight Session: Heather Hardy & Alvin Blaine

Apr 4, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Community healthcare in action in Pima County; and animator Ron Campbell on more than 50 years of making people smile with cartoons.

Happy kids receive cheers at the finish line of the annual autism walk, hosted by The Autism Society of Southern Arizona.

Untold Stories of Autism

Mar 27, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Adiba Nelson points out a conversation more parents should have with their kids; and Vanessa Bell Calloway brings "Letters from Zora" to The Invisible Theatre.

Ilse Salas, star of director Alejandra Márquez Abella's film "Las Niñas Bien", part of the 2019 Tucson Cine Mexico Film Festival.

Preview Tucson Cine Mexico 2019!

Mar 20, 2019 Also: March is National Kidney Month, hear the story of a Tucson woman whose family is coping with a serious hereditary kidney disease; and how Edie Jarolim found family history next door to Sigmund Freud.

The main cast of "American Mariachi" at the start of the play, still learning the ropes.

Music from the Heart in "American Mariachi"

Mar 13, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: How NAMI and the Mission Garden are growing wellness in Tucson; and author Alice Hatcher reads her "Love Letter to My Library"

Radiant Gesture (2013) Joanna Frueh, photographed by Frances Murray, from "Unapologetic Beauty"

Discovering "Unapologetic Beauty"

Mar 6, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: An artist finds her dream job in the wilderness; and, part 2 of a discussion on "The Insect Apocalypse".

Author, poet and regular NPR commentator Kwame Alexander.

Kwame Alexander's Love Affair with Words

Feb 27, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Charles J. Babbitt's new guide for birding in Arizona; and, what's happening to planet Earth's insects?

Myriam Moscona's parents were born in Bulgaria and settled in Mexico after World War II.

Sephardic Jews and Their Language Inspire Mexican Writer

Feb 21, 2019 Myriam Moscona focuses on her heritage and the language of her elders: Ladino, also called Judeo-Spanish.

"Hold On To Your Weaves" (2018) / photograph by Kennady Schneider

#Black - Exploring Identity with Photography

Feb 20, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: A "Go Fund Me" campaign for the border wall; An author's journey in search of her Sephardic Jewish heritage; and the world debut of the play "The Hall of Final Ruin."

The cover from La Cerca's 2018 album "Night Bloom".

La Cerca goes Acoustic for a Spotlight Session

Feb 13, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: "Arizona 360" goes on the road to El Paso to talk border politics; the immigration story of a UA graduate from Mali and the bright future she has built.

Lerua's moved from 4th Avenue to Broadway Boulevard in 1941. It closed in February of 2019 due to the impending construction project to widen Broadway that will require the building's demolition.

Tucson Restaurant Legacies

Feb 6, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: How national civility is being re-invigorated 8 years after a Tucson tragedy; how Tucson was once a stand-in for Las Vegas; and Adiba Nelson considers the many special kinds of "Black Love".

The fishing cat is about twice as big as the domestic cat and can be found in various parts of Asia.

A Fascination for Fishing Cats

Jan 31, 2019 A University of Arizona scientist is helping the rare and unique felines.

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