VIEW LARGER Bucky Heard and Bill Medley sing the music of The Righteous Brothers and many other standards and love songs. courtesy of Bill Medley
February 13, 2025
Featured on the February 13th, 2025 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- Listen to stories from a 60-year career largely spent helping people in love build everlasting memories. Bill Medley has one of the most distinctive voices in music history, and now at age 84 is still singing the songs that people love. With his msuical partner Bucky Heard, he is celebrating the legacy of The Righteous Brothers this Sunday at The Fox Tucson Theatre.
VIEW LARGER "The Righteous Brothers," Bill Medley and Bucky Heard will be performing in Tucson on Sunday, February 16th at The Fox Tucson Theatre. courtesy of Bill Medley
- Marquez Price, a Tucson-based author, poet, publisher and entrepreneur, shares an excerpt from his new non-fiction book The Backcourt. More than a basketball story; it is a tale of family, resilience, and the intertwined lives of two men whose bond transcended the game and shaped the life of Marquez Price as well. There will be a book signing at the Tucson High gymnasium on Sunday, March 9th, from 12 - 3 pm. Many guests will be attendance including guests of honor Delano Price and Hoegie Simmons.
VIEW LARGER Marquez Price with his new sports memoir "The Backcourt" in AZPM's radio studios. AZPM
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VIEW LARGER Hoegie Simmons and Delano Price are the central subjects of Marquez Price's new book "The Backcourt." courtesy of Marquez Price
VIEW LARGER "The Backcourt" by Marquez Price. courtesy of Marquez Price
- This month, Arizona Spotlight will feature a series of essays written by last fall’s graduating class from Tucson High Magnet School. These essays recount the harrowing experiences they shared as an entire generation of students to undergo active shooter drills since kindergarten, plus the isolation and uncertainty they experienced spending four years of high school under the threat of COVID-19. This essay series will culminate in a live theatrical experience at the beginning of March called, "The Class of 2024."
Arizona Spotlight presents The Class of 2024
Art Almquist and six of the graduates who wrote essays about their high school experiences.
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Students from "The Class of 2024" after performing their essays.
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