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Arizona Spotlight

Arizona Spotlight

Leslie Jones is hot in Tucson!

By Mark McLemore

Published September 10, 2026 at 6:01 AM MST

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Featured on the September 10th, 2026 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

Allison Aubrey, the health & science correspondent for NPR News, talks about distilling her knowledge for her debut book “Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love”.

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A conversation with comedy star Leslie Jones about her “I’m Hot” tour, coming to the Fox Tucson Theatre on September 18th.

Leslie Jones Flyer Fox Theater

Leslie Jones Approved Photo — Leslie Jones' “I’m Hot” tour, coming to the Fox Tucson Theatre September 18

And a postcard from the local culinary celebration called Sonoran Restaurant Week.

feast 2 — Feast will offer different options for both its lunch and dinner prix fixe menus, running through the end of Sonoran Restaurant Week on Sunday, September 13. , featuring its signature seasonal and local flavors.

feast 1 — Chef and Owner Doug Levy outside his restaurant at 3719 E. Speedway Blvd. Feast has been in operation in Tucson since 2001, and has participated in Sonoran Restaurant Week since its inaugural year 2019.

Sonoran house 1 — Sonoran House Executive Chef Gabriella Alba plates her Sonoran Restaurant Week dessert dish, a peach consommé, served with peach-lime sherbet and cinnamon torsade.

Sonoran House 2 — The first two courses in the Sonoran House Sonoran Restaurant Week's prix fixe menu: a gazpacho duo—prickly pear chiltepín & cucumber tomatillo—followed by a porchetta mosaic with tepary purée, colorado jus and mesquite smoked carrots. The restaurant is also offering a non-meat substitution for its second course. Sonoran House is located at 1610 N Tucson Blvd.

Webpage by Anicia Trejo-Flores.

Arizona Spotlight

Mark McLemore

Mark McLemore is the host of Arizona Spotlight on NPR 89.1, a weekly radio show with a very wide beat.

See stories by Mark McLemore