March 17, 2016

Polyester, rainwater & pinhole cameras

Arizona Spotlight seeks moments of inspiration with guest host Sophia Paliza-Carre

Dímelo FOB mailbox spot Dímelo debuted its newest mailbox at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 12, 2016.

Featured on the March 18th, 2016 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with guest host Sophia Paliza-Carre.

Listen:

We were out last weekend with the project Dímelo Stories at the Tucson Festival of Books. We asked you to tell us what inspires you. We heard about monsoons storms, astronomy, the loop, the heat, the rich history of the region, and more.

So this week we continue thinking about different moments of inspiration. From inspiring others to action, to inspiring moments caught on film.

-The legacy of a family-owned business in Tucson is older than the state of Arizona itself. Sophia Paliza-Carre visits Garcia Cleaners, which was founded in 1909, to learn about the great polyester scare of the 1970s and other challenging moments in dry-cleaning history.

-Pinhole camera photographer Wayne Martin Belger and his 12 year-old daughter Tara, have just returned from photographing Syrian refugees in Lesbos, Greece. For the occasional series Under the Sun, AZPM producer Andrew Brown talks with him about his art and his experiences there.

-Interest in rainwater harvesting system is low on the west and south sides of town, according to Tucson Water. Could promotoras, trained Spanish-speaking community members, stoke that interest? The Sonoran Environmental Research Institute (SERI), intends to find out.

-And, reporter Mariana Dale and Sophia Paliza-Carre explore political polarization. They take to the streets, to ask people about what moves them to vote…or not.

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

By posting comments, you agree to our
AZPM encourages comments, but comments that contain profanity, unrelated information, threats, libel, defamatory statements, obscenities, pornography or that violate the law are not allowed. Comments that promote commercial products or services are not allowed. Comments in violation of this policy will be removed. Continued posting of comments that violate this policy will result in the commenter being banned from the site.

By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona