Arizona Illustrated

Episode 530

Season 5, Episode 30 of 40

El Dia De San Juan, The Tucson Community gathers for El Dia De San Juan Fiesta, a celebration of the monsoon and the feast day of Saint John the Baptist. The Smell of Rain, for Phyllis Valenzuela, the rains are a sacred connection to the land and her ancestors. The Other Way, at an elevation of more than nine thousand feet and a short drive from Tucson, Mount Lemmon has become a high country getaway for Tucsonans. Salvador Duran, Salvador Duran immigrated to Tucson more than a decade ago ... arriving on the music scene atop his stomp box. Stella Tucker, Stella was the public face of the annual fruit harvest in southern Arizona, a Tohono Autumn tradition she learned from her ancestors. Arizona Summer Poppy, with monsoon rains come some of the most beautiful summer blooms in the southwest . .. one of them, is the Arizona summer poppy.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
5/19/2019
6:28 p.m.
5/19/2019
7:30 p.m.
5/21/2019
3:31 p.m.
5/24/2019
10:35 p.m.
5/25/2019
12:30 p.m.
5/25/2019
6:30 p.m.
5/25/2019
8 p.m.
5/26/2019
11:30 a.m.
5/26/2019
noon
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