Elizabeth Sparks from the Tucson Village Farm (TVF) joins the Brothers Ronstadt this week. TVF is a working urban farm built by and for the youth of our community. A program of the Pima County Cooperative Extension and the University of Arizona, TVF is a seed-to-table program designed to reconnect young people to a healthy food system, teach them how to grow and prepare fresh food, and empower them to make healthy life choices.
The fun and vivacious kids from the Tucson Audubon Society join Fred and Jeff for the Grand Ol’ Program this week!
The show is broadcast from the Tucson Bird & Wildlife Festival and the boys chat with Bete Jones, Outreach Manager, whom organized the event, Karen Fogas, the Executive Director and Keith Ashley, Coordinator of the Paton Center for Hummingbirds and Interim Resource Development Director.
Check out the LIVE Hummingbird Cam above!!! So much information and so little time!!!
Fred and Jeff spend the hour with Miles Green, the Executive Director of the Patronato San Xavier, which is a nonsectarian, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded by Southern Arizona community leaders in 1978. The Patronato’s only purpose is to promote the restoration, maintenance and preservation of Mission San Xavier del Bac, a National Historic Landmark near Tucson, Arizona.
Also on the big show, Paul Bucky and Debra Schildhouse bring a little healing to the program with their Bio-Touch program, which they offer for free (donations always accepted) for anyone suffering from all sorts of pain and other health issues.
Madison, Malik, Anastasia, Stephen, Daniel & Jeff at the Temple of Music and Art
This week Fred and Jeff stop by the Temple of Music and Art, one of many historic icons in the heart of our community, to talk with Stephen Wrentmore, Arizona Theatre Company’s Director of Learning, and some of the very talented performers from this year’s Summer on Stage program. Madison Miller from Marana High School, Malik Martin from Rincon High School, Daniel Rosenberg from Gregory School and Anastasia Wrenn, whom just graduated University High School, talk about their experience in the program.
This year the can’t miss season includes works from William Shakespeare, Mark Twain and Charles Dickens!
Fred and Jeff sit down with Meredith Bode United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona to talk about all the cool programs going on to help out folks in the Old Pueblo and to preview this years Days of Caring and letting folks know how they can hep!
Friend of the show and local historian, Jim Turner, joins Fred and Jeff this week to tell tails from his trip along the might Colorado River. Jim will be turning his adventure into a travel guide, published by Rio Nuevo Publishers.
Pete Cowgill joins Fred and Jeff at Hydra in Downtown Tucson to talk about his history in the Old Pueblo and the creation of the Southern Arizona Hiking Club.
Margo Susco, proprietor of Hydra, provides a bunch of information regarding Flags for the Flagless.