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Thursdays, July 31 and Aug. 7, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! This two-part, four-hour series, takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes, tracing the animal’s evolution, significance to the Great Plains, near demise, and relationship to the Indigenous People of North America.

Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 at 1 p.m. and Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 8 a.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with PBS Video App. Vietnam Prisoners of War recall their experiences and the inspirational story of how they not only survived their imprisonment, but found growth and gratitude afterwards. In their reflections can be seen the humanity that belies the unfathomable circumstances they survived, and how the Naval Academy’s principles of leadership and camaraderie helped guide them through the darkness.

This weekend in the arts: "C You Saturday" at ICA San Diego North; San Diego Latino Film Festival's closing weekend; "The XIX (The Nineteenth)" at The Old Globe; the de la Torre Brothers at ICA San Diego Central; "Becoming, Always" from San Diego Dance Theater; La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' "'Music of the Spheres'; and an extended run for "The Outsiders."

This weekend in the arts: Site-specific fiber art, a dark spin on Saint-Saëns, books galore, Filipino-American dance, Picasso on stage and more.

This weekend in the arts: Cecilia Wong Kaiser at BFree; Ana Carrete at Lang Books; Ephrat Asherie Dance at ArtPower; Tasha Smith Godinez album release; 'Into the Woods' at Ovation Theatre; Tom Driscoll at SIP; 'The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci' at The Old Globe and Lunar New Year events across the county.

Join us during opening day on Free Third Thursday, March 16 from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Enjoy free admission, two new special exhibitions, and live music by the Cumbia band La Diabla.About the exhibitions:"Celia Álvarez Muñoz: Breaking the Binding" — Enter a world of visual stories and rhymes. Aimed at cultural recovery, Celia Álvarez Muñoz spoofs the viewer with bilingual puns, mistranslations, and word play. Join her in a conversation about assimilation through colorful, innuendo-filled murals and photography."Griselda Rosas: Yo te cuido" — The artist’s first solo museum exhibition presents new textile drawings and sculptural installations that explore themes of inheritance and intergenerational knowledge. Rosas, who is based between San Diego and Tijuana, adopts embroidery skills learned from her mother, grandmother, and aunts, often using her young son’s drawings as foundations.

Don't be alone this Valentine's Day! Come adopt a pet and find the LOVE OF YOUR LIFE at the San Diego Animal Support Foundation's 15th Annual CUPIDS & CANINES Mega PetTM Adoption Event, featuring HUNDREDS of adoptable animals from shelters and rescue organizations, all in one convenient place! It all happens on Saturday, February 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Grossmont Center in La Mesa (just north of the 8 Freeway). Bring your loved ones to meet dogs, cats, kittens and puppies! Mark you calendars and check back for more details. Participating Organizations (more added daily, keep checking back): A New Life Rescue Amazing Strays Animal Advocates of the United States Animal Rescuers Without Borders (A.R.W.O.B) The Cantu Foundation Chihuahua Rescue of San Diego County Chula Vista Animal Services (Shelter) Del Mar Dog Rescue Dog is Good Friends of Cats Shelter, Inc. Friends of Humane Services Tijuana FURballs Forever Rescue Heer to Rescue It's the Pits Dog Rescue Labrador Rescuers Labradors and Friends Dog Rescue Lionel's Legacy Senior Dog Rescue Open Arms Rescue - San Diego Passion For Pitties PAWS 4 Thought Animal Rescue Pups'N Boots Dog Rescue Red Barn Rescue Rescue Fenix Tails of Mana Tragic To Magic Rescue Woofs and Wags Rescue, formerly St. Paco's (Facebook Page) SDASF organizes these annual mega adoption events in order to increase adoptions from reputable shelters and rescue agencies by bringing potential adopters and lots of dogs together in one fun, happy, stress-free environment, facilitating the matchmaking process! The participating adoption agencies are given free booth space, and admission is free to the public! For more information, contact the San Diego Animal Support Foundation at Info@SDShelters.org, www.sdshelters.org or (619) 847-8755. *The San Diego Animal Support Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization with a primary mission to increase pet adoptions from reputable shelters and rescue agencies in their network. San Diego Animal Support Foundation on Facebook / Instagram

This weekend in the arts: The Rosin Box Project's "Empower"; "25 Million Stitches" at the Mingei; Caltrans' "Clean California CommUNITY Days" on the I-15; Mali Irene and Joshua White; free San Diego Symphony concerts in the South Bay; the San Diego Opera's "Tosca"; and Sew Loka celebrates 10 years.

Premieres Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV and KPBS.org / PBS App + Encore at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Live streaming will also be available on YouTube and on the program's website. America’s national night of remembrance takes us back to the real meaning of the holiday through personal stories and tributes interwoven with musical performances. Featuring an all-star line-up with the National Symphony Orchestra, the deeply moving and reverential night brings us together as one family of Americans to honor the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, military families and all those who have given their lives for our country.

This weekend in the arts: the third annual North Park Book Fair; "Art for the People" at Oceanside Museum of Art; a City Heights music festival; Black Music Month in Logan Heights; women composers at Le Salon de Musiques; "Destiny of Desire" closes at The Old Globe; and Mass Creativity Day (and a new Painted Object) at The New Children's Museum.