Clark Tenakhongva, Veronica, a Grand Canyon park ranger, and Gary Stroutsos in the Grand Canyon's Desert View Watchtower.
Levi Davis
Featured on the April 6th, 2018 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- Brandon Mejia reports on a teacher's rally in downtown Tucson to demand the state legislature improve state education funding.
Educators from across the state gather in downtown Tucson to protest on behalf of education funding.Brandon Mejia
- Nick O'Gara visits the Tohono O’odham Nation in Sells, Arizona to meet some women there who play "Toka" - a very old sport that is gaining new popularity.
VIEW LARGER A game of toka underway in Sells, Arizona. AC Swedbergh/AZPM
- Mark talks with renowned flute player Gary Stroutsos about his jazz roots, and his passion for learning and sharing Native American music. Stroutsos will perform a free afternoon concert at Tohono Chul Park on Sunday, April 8 at 1:30 pm. The music in teh story was from Earth Cycles, by Gary Stroutsos and David Revelli, and the Grand Canyon music & video project "Ongtupqa", featuring Clark Tenakhongva, Gary Stroutsos and Matthew Nelson.
Gary Stroutsos performing in The Desert View Watchtower at the Grand Canyon for the music & video project "Ongtupqa".Levi Davis
- And, "Love Letters to the Library" returns, with University of Arizona student Mely Bohlman writing about the fun she has learning about her community as a library book-bike volunteer.
UA student Mely Bohlman, an enthusiastic Library Book Bike volunteer, in the AZPM radio studio.Colleen Greer
Photo of Pima County's first Book Bike on January 30, 2012 at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library. The modified cargo bike, made by Haley Tricycles in Philadelphia, is outfitted with book shelves. Donated books are given away during appearances.
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