Arizona Illustrated

Episode 632

This week on Arizona Illustrated...The Bighorn: For over a month a lightning-caused blaze scorched thousands of acres in the Santa Catalina Mountains and the natural habitat to a mighty animal that shares the fires name…The Bighorn. Gordon Hirabayashi: When the US government forcibly interned nearly 70,000 American citizens of Japanese descent into harsh and isolated detention camps one of them, Gordon Hirabayashi, fought for his, and all American’s,rights. The Absence of Presence: Tucson’s many museums, theater companies and historical organizations have come up with creative ways of staying connected to the community in the era of physical distancing. Harbingers of Summer: The sound of summer is here…the hypnotic buzz of the lowly Cicada.