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For more than two decades the convention has drawn people from all over the globe to celebrate Tiki culture.

Gold prices are soaring. Cue the gold rush, and with it, more challenges for Brazil and efforts to protect the world's largest tropical forest, write Robert Muggah and Mac Margolis.

By ingeniously weaving improbable and conflicting forces that make up his personal history, Eurovision expert William Lee Adams affirms an idea of home that yearns to transcend space and time.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Enjoy classic holiday tunes from Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Piazzolla and more in this four hands piano concert by Yumiko Oya & Naomi Hobbs with Ephraim Raitman on percussion.Naomi Hobbs was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She earned her Music Degree at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo, where she also taught for ten years. In 1998, one year before she moved to San Diego, she performed Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the instructor of Music and Piano class at San Diego Community College district for Ten years. She was the first prize winner of the 7th International Piano Competition in Mexico in 2012 and the gold medalist of 6th Seattle International Piano Competition in 2015.Yumiko Oya grew up in Tokyo, Japan. She began playing piano at the age of three. After moving to the US in 1990, she began studying music theory at Orange Coast College. She was invited to play as a soloist, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 with it’s orchestra at their annual concert. Further study earned Yumiko her Master’s degree in Piano Performance at the California Institute of the Art. Since then Yumiko has been actively performing as a soloist and with various ensembles. Elegancia Doble : As a duo, they won the first prize of the 17th Japanese Musician’s Association of California Piano competition in 2016. Follow on social media!Facebook + Instagram

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now withe the PBS App + Encore Thursday, June 29 at 9 on KPBS 2. As modern humans, we crave both connection to others and our own solitude. Artists, scholars, and other great creative thinkers explore these contrasting impulses.

The film, which shows a relationship between a married man and a transgender woman, has opened in the U.S.. It's won awards and raves. But in Pakistan's trans community, some see a possible downside.

Premieres Friday, May 5, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS App. Through conversations with artists, scholars, and other great creative thinkers, the series explores our complex world through a lens of arts, culture, and science. Memory is the amazing ability of our brains to store and access skills, information, and emotions. On the premiere episode, artists and scholars discuss the reliability of our recall and the surprising ways our memories fuel creativity.

On stage: Nov. 29 - Dec. 4 2022From Broadway San Diego:All rise for Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prizewinning masterwork. The New York Times Critic’s Pick TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is “the most successful American play in Broadway history. It has not played to a single empty seat” (60 Minutes). Rolling Stone gives it 5 stars, calling it “an emotionally shattering landmark production of an American classic,” and New York Magazine calls it “a real phenomenon. Majestic and incandescent, it’s filled with breath and nuance and soul.” With direction by Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD — “the greatest novel of all time” (Chicago Tribune) — has quickly become “one of the greatest plays in history” (NPR).Rating: Recommended for ages 13+. Please note guests under age five are not permitted to enter. All guests entering the theater, regardless of age, must have a ticket.Related links:Broadway San Diego event and venue informationBroadway San Diego on Instagram"Scout from the 'To Kill A Mockingbird' film now plays the racist neighbor onstage" (NPR)

In the experimental show on Amazon Freevee, actors play oddballs doing their civic duty. The twist? One juror is a real guy who doesn't know it's all fake.