
courtesy Jodie Hollander
April 07, 2022

Featured on the April 7th, 2022 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- Take a closer look at the Mellon Foundation’s research grant program "Fronteridades”, which funds border research revolving around the arts and humanities. Locally, it is administered by the University of Arizona Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry. Arizona Spotlight contributor Ittai Sopher speaks with two grant recipients about their projects, including creating a dance collaboration across international borders, and a podcast that documents the history of an immigrant family and their successful dress shop business in Nogales.

courtesy of Gloria Flores

Courtesy of Gloria Flores

Courtesy of Gloria Flores

Courtesy of Linda Choi
- Beginning on Saturday, April 16th, Colorado-based poet Jodie Hollander is leading a series of free workshops that invite aspiring writers to share in the inspirational beauty of some of Arizona’s most famous outdoor places. It is called "Poetry in the Parks". Hollander shares with Mark some advice about celebrating the natural world through the written word. , and reads from her work. Early registration for the workshops is recommended.

Jodie Hollander

Jodie Hollander / Oxford University Press
- And, meet Oceanography (aka Brian Kelly), a musician from Oakland, California. After playing in bands with others for more than two decades, Kelly is now focused on songwriting and touring strictly solo. Alone on the road alone for the next three months, Kelly talks with Mark about bringing his music to the Thunder Canyon Brewery in Tucson on Thursday, April 14th.

Oceanography
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