Arizona Spotlight | Interviews, Music, And Headlines From Southern Arizona

This week: Arizona Spotlight helps plan your 2016 Tucson Festival of Books experience with interviews with Diana Gabaldon, Linda Valdez, and Dan Falk.

This week: Looking ahead to the Arizona Legislative session's second half; The Department of Child Safety deals with backlog of cases; Author Sy Montgomery explains "The Soul of an Octopus"; Old West expert Bob Boze Bell on why he thinks Vincent Van Gogh may have been murdered; Tucsonans share famous lines from Shakespeare

This week: Spending the night in a Tucson homeless shelter; A local band puts true stories of life on the border to a danceable beat; Chris Dashiell looks ahead to the next Academy Awards, and back at the Oscar's historic lack of diversity.

This week: A StoryCorps conversation about providing comfort to the dying and their families; A small staff keeps TUSD's 13,000 instruments in tune; The etiquette of hummingbirds; How do local stereotypes affect the community?

This week: Tucson Latina finds a purpose in politics; Shakepeare's "First Folio" is coming to Tucson; Visiting the Gem and Mineral Show with a veteran shopper; Getting along with the neighbors when they are coyotes

This week: AZ Research to better understand concussion; Fort Lowell Day celebrates Tucson history; a woman shares her bi-cultural world on "Dímelo"; "Old Jews Telling Jokes" brings laughter to the Live Theatre Workshop

This week: Our first live show! Performance poet Logan Phillips; launching Dimelo: Stories of the Southwest; Chinese New Year with The Confucius Institue; author Lydia Otero.

This week:Daniel Benavidez interviews his daughter for StoryCorps; Dímelo: Stories of the Southwest; Patricia Ward Kelly on her late husband, Gene Kelly; Lizz Wright

This week: A woman and her grandfather share a story for StoryCorps; author Robert Nordmeyer; speaking with unemployed and homeless Tucsonans

This week: A building renovation in Tombstone; former Congressman Ron Barber shares a personal conversation with StoryCorps; Christ Dashiell discusses "Mister Kaplan"

This week: StoryCorps in Tucson; analyzing the sounds of everyday life with a UA professor; Sun Sounds of Arizona.

This week: Brothers share memories with StoryCorps; author Tom Van Dyke and "A Cowboy Christmas"; The Tucson Solo Theater Festival; cello prodigy Jacob Lee.

This week: A female skydiving pioneer; a unique filmmaker who makes movies almost single-handedly; a new downtown Tucson recording studio; musician Carlos Arzate.

This week: A tale from StoryCorps; Reid Anderson from the jazz trio The Bad Plus; Ray Campas from Hollywood Barber College; the Owl and Panther Project.

This week: A tale of love from StoryCorp's Tucson visit; what it takes to live for a year without processed food; exploring the true reason for flowers.

This week: StoryCorps arrives in Tucson; visit a peaceful Asian oasis in the middle of the city a community finds common ground in a neighborhood park; five experimental music artists use MOCA as a soundscape.

This week: A celebration for Vietnam vets; the legacy of The Tucson Folksingers; actor and comedian Steven Wright; Tucson's All Souls Procession.

This week: Tucson's All Souls Procession; local entrepreneurs; a cross-country journey for 2 combat vets; delving into election results.

This week: The 8th Annual Haunted Halloween Special. Turn down the lights and turn up your speakers for a seasonal collection of stories that will thrill and chill!

This week: Voices for the Cure; Tucson autho Jilian Cantor; wildlife illustrator Beth Surdut.