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A new documentary premiering at the Phoenix Film Festival focuses on a Diné family inhabiting Antelope Canyon. KJZZ host Tom Maxedon sat down with Joe Raffa, the the director of "Bad Indian: Hiding in Antelope Canyon," to learn more.Full interviewTOM MAXEDON: First off, just tell me a little bit about your background as a filmmaker.

On this episode, we celebrate National Poetry Month and the release of the debut crime novel from an Emmy Award-winning and longtime KJZZ reporter.National Poetry MonthApril means many things to different people. For us, it's a chance to shine a spotlight on National Poetry Month.

No matter what types of movies you enjoy, over the next several weeks, Arizona has hundreds of offerings, whether that’s in the Phoenix metro region or Sedona.Here's some of the highlights from three film festivals in Arizona, as well as a bonus take in this director’s cut.

Despite the city of Tempe recently denying a special event permit for nonprofit AZ Hugs for the Houseless, the founder, Austin Davis, says the organization’s weekly Sunday picnics that work to provide food and resources to the city’s unhoused population won’t stop.AZ Hugs for the Houseless is a nonprofit dedicated to providing resources like food, water and connection to

It's Black History Month.In this conversation with KJZZ's Tom Maxedon, NPR's "Weekend Edition Sunday" and "Up First" podcast host Ayesha Rascoe talks with him about a new collection of essays she edited, "HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience."This portion of the conversation began with Rascoe discussing how her life was shaped by her time as a student at

On this season-ending episode of "Word," we highlight some of those who appeared during 2023. It's a "Fest Of Us," celebrating literature and the winners of KJZZ's "Tiny Library" drawing.Donna Ives won the kids collection. She's a retired teacher from the Valley. Josiah McNeil won the adult collection. He's a student at Arizona State University.Once again, we employed the

It’s been over 18 years since the Human Services Campus opened in downtown Phoenix to offer resources to people experiencing homelessness. But now it’s changing its name.Starting next year, the nonprofit organization that owns and manages the campus will be rebranded as Keys to Change.The campus itself will go by Key Campus. It was at the center of "The Zone," a multiblock

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Arizona is around $3.70, according to AAA Arizona.That’s more than 30 cents higher than the national average, but is lower than it has been. The average has dropped about a dime in the last week, and about 60 cents in the last month. And, that decrease is coming just as lots of Arizonans will hit the road for

Arizona State University recently announced a national organization that supports Latinx poetry will be housed at its Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.It’s called CantoMundo and is led by professor Jacqueline Balderrama who said, "The name ‘CantoMundo’ translates to ‘Song World,’ and the idea here is that it celebrates the diverse voices of Latinx communities from

Arizona State University recently announced a national organization that supports Latinx poetry will be housed at its Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.It’s called CantoMundo and is led by professor Jacqueline Balderrama who said, "The name ‘Canto Mundo’ translates to ‘Song World,’ and the idea here is that it celebrates the diverse voices of Latin X communities