![Prairie Dog Town 1966 Reid Park Zoo](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2024/7/10/hero/prairie-dog-town-reid-park-zoo.jpg)
Curtesy of Reid Park Zoo
July 11, 2024
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Featured on the July 11, 2024 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- This month, the Journal of Arizona History will publish a story and photo essay about the early history of the Reid Park Zoo, from 1965 to 1978. It is the result of more than 3 years of research by Arizona Daily Star “Street Smarts” columnist David Leighton, who will share some of the surprising history he has learned along the way.
![Baby Ostritches and Zookeepers 1977 Reid Park Zoo](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2024/7/10/hero/baby-ostriches-and-staff-reid-park-zoo-.jpg)
Courtesy of Arizona Daily Star
![Rhinos 1986 Reid Park Zoo](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2024/7/10/hero/rhinos-reid-park-zoo.jpg)
Courtesy of Joanna Gradillas
![Baby Bear 1975](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2024/7/10/unsized-image/baby-sunbear-reid-park-zoo.jpg)
Courtesy of Joanna Gradillas
![Lioness 1968 Reid Park Zoo](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2024/7/10/unsized-image/lioness-reid-park-zoo.jpg)
Courtesy of Arizona Daily Star
- AZPM’s Sophia Hammer visits the Word of Mouth Print Space, a volunteer-led community-accessible printmaking studio. Workshops and studio resources are made available on a sliding scale to artists of all skill levels.
![Word of Mouth Printing Machines](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2024/7/10/unsized-image/womps-printing-machines.jpg)
Courtesy of Word of Mouth Print Space
![Word of Mouth up close sketch](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2024/7/10/unsized-image/womps-detail.jpg)
Courtesy of Word of Mouth Print Space
![Word of Mouth Coco Chanel shirt](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2024/7/10/unsized-image/womps-coco-chanel-.jpg)
Courtesy of Word of Mouth Print Space
- Looking for a way to escape the summer heat using imagination? On July 20th, The Pima County Public Library hosts MegaMania, the free, all-ages summer festival of fantasy, science fiction, cosplay, gaming and crafts. Mark talks with two of the organizers about what to expect from this year’s line-up of guests, games & performances.
![MegaMania 2024](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2024/7/10/hero/megamania-2024-poster.jpg)
![Paige and John](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2024/7/10/hero/paige-and-juan-2.jpg)
AZPM staff/ Alecia Vasquez
- And, Tony Paniagua will introduce you to a dual-national, cooperative effort that is improving thousands of lives in the small border community of Naco in Sonora, Mexico. Meet Tom Carlson, the 91-year-old co-founder and president of the Naco Wellness Initiative.
![Naco Wellness Norma Bernabe spot](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2023/6/8/hero/norma-bernabe.jpg)
Tony Paniagua / AZPM
![Naco Wellness 1 spot](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2023/6/8/hero/naco-wellness-1.jpg)
Tony Paniagua / AZPM
![Naco Wellness 2 spot](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2023/6/8/hero/naco-wellness-2.jpg)
Tony Paniagua / AZPM
![Naco Wellness 3 spot](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2023/6/8/hero/naco-wellness-3.jpg)
Tony Paniagua / AZPM
![Naco Wellness 4 spotlight](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2023/6/8/hero/naco-wellness-4.jpg)
Tony Paniagua / AZPM
![Naco wellness 5 spot](https://media.azpm.org/master/image/2023/6/8/hero/naco-wellness-5.jpg)
Tony Paniagua / AZPM
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