Take a Peep at The Tucson Erotica Art Show.
Featured on the March 31st, 2022 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- Learn the story behind the founding of the Rillito Park Race Track, from historian David Leighton, who writes the Street Smarts column for the Arizona Daily Star.
- Meet Sol Silvina, a 16-year-old from Sonora, Mexico, is already writing music that’s being played by orchestras around the world. Her dream is to become the next big name in the exclusive world of film composition. From the Fronteras Desk in Hermosillo, reporter Kendal Blust of KJZZ brings us this story.
- One mission of Special Collections at the University of Arizona libraries is to collect and preserve the stories of Tucsonans, stories about topics and events both big and small. Pedro Gonzalez grew up in Barrio Viejo, until his family was displaced by urban renewal. He remains a barrio resident today, and he has been a neighborhood organizer most of his adult life. In this edition of “Archive Tucson”, produced by Aengus Anderson , we’ll hear Gonzalez share some favorite random memories of being a teenager in Tucson in the 1970s.
- In March of 2022, the opening night of T.E.A.S. - the Tucson Erotica Art Show hundreds of visitors - all over the age of 18 - to the Sculpture Resource Center. They were there to explore an art show dedicated to sexuality and body positivity across a multitude of expressions. Andrew Brown spoke with lead organizer Grace, and some of the visitors & participants for this Audio Postcard. The closing ceremony of the Tucson Erotica Art Show is Saturday, April 2nd. (Please note, this story does acknowledge the existence of sex.)
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Take a Peep at The Tucson Erotica Art Show.
