How 'Finding Nemo' Helps Navajo Kids Connect with Native Tongue
Also on Arizona Spotlight: How changes to campaign finance laws may change Arizona's politics; StoryCorps; and "A Book I LOve".
Author: Right to Vote Still One of the Most Contested
Ari Berman will discuss 'Give Us the Ballot' at Tucson Festival of Books.
Shakespeare's Works Influenced by Science
The Bard's work references natural world
Authors Diana Gabaldon, Jimmy Blackmon, Linda Valdez & Dan Falk Visit The 2016 Tucson Festival of Books
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Tusconans try their hand at interpreting Shakespeare.
Finding the Soul of an Octopus; and Who Killed Vincent Van Gogh?
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Looking ahead to the Arizona legislative session's second half; The Department of Child Safety deals with backlog of cases.
UA Hosts William Shakespeare's First Folio
Scholar says that without this almost 400 year old book, only half of Shakespeare's plays would be known today.
Tucson Latina finds purpose in politics, and the history of Shakespeare's First Folio.
Also on Arizona Spotlight: Visit the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show with an avid shopper, and Beth Surdut pays attention to her desert neighbors, the coyote.
Free Books and Story Times Celebrate Love of Reading Week
Pima County Library hopes to spread love of reading to local Head Start programs.
Arizona Spotlight for January 29, 2016
Listen to the first Arizona Spotlight to be recorded in front of a live audinece, on Jan. 24, 2016 at the historic El Casino Ballroom in Tucson.
Arizona Spotlight for January 15, 2016
StoryCorps in Tucson preents a grandfather's tale of adventure during World War II; new biography tells the story of the first American woman to become a doctor; Tucson unemployed look for work "Under the Sun".
Mark Kelly's Mousetronaut Takes a Trip into Space
A local author’s books about space travel are now truly out of this world.
Arizona Spotlight for December 18, 2015
Brothers share memories of growing up in an unconventional family; author Tom Van Dyke talks about "A Cowboy Christmas"; learn about the first Tucson Solo Theater Festival; meet a young cellist chosen to perform with The Moscow Ballet.
METRO WEEK: Books About the Border Bridge Politics, Culture
Authors explore effectiveness of border walls, share insight into cross-border love, and discuss the process of writing about deaths in the desert.
Half-Million Books Coming to Tucson for Low-Income Kids
DC-based nonprofit sending reading materials; distribution planned next week.
Sound Fiction: "The Hours Count" by Jillian Cantor
Using the true story of the Rosenberg espionage trial as a backdrop, Tucson author Jillian Cantor explores life for a young Jewish fanily in the 1950s.
