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Video still from Agite y Sirva dance film festival's "But First," dir. Erin Brown Thomas, USA, 2019.

The Agite y Sirva Dance Film Festival is hosted by San Ysidro's FRONT Gallery

President Biden has set a goal of making the U.S. carbon neutral by 2050, which will require steeper emissions cuts than the U.S. has ever achieved. To reach it, coal power would have to wane into a footnote, replaced by renewables like solar and wind.

How Fast Will Biden Need To Move On Climate? Really, Really Fast

Scientists say the next decade is crucial for slowing climate change. To catch up, Biden's environmental policies will have to move faster than any in history.

Sister

Airs Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Not available to stream

Twyla Tharp, shown above at Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2008, says the pandemic has impacted her body: "In terms of routine, discipline, just ordinary day-to-day activities — the body doesn't know itself at the moment."

'Dance Can Give Community': Twyla Tharp On Choreographing Through Lockdown

Twyla Moves, a new documentary by PBS American Masters, tells the story of the legendary choreographer, who got her start performing on subway platforms and rooftops in the 1960s.

Architecture firm Gómez Platero is leading a $1.5 million project to create a monument to the victims of COVID-19 — the <a href="https://www.gomezplatero.com/en/proyecto/memorial-pandemic/">world's first large-scale memorial</a> to those lost in a pandemic — on the shores of Montevideo, Uruguay.

Hardly Any 1918 Flu Memorials Exist. Will We Remember COVID-19 Differently?

Traditional monuments commemorate politicians or war heroes but rarely victims of disease. We must "mark how profound the catastrophic loss of life has been," says Monument Lab Director Paul Farber.

Test cook Bryan Roof (right) makes host Julia Collin Davison (left) flavor-packed Grilled Jerk Chicken.

COOK'S COUNTRY: Grilled Chicken, Two Ways

Stream now or tune in Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Chief Janee Harteau of the Minneapolis Police Department.

INDEPENDENT LENS: Women In Blue

Stream or tune in Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

In the decades before World War I, French artists began painting scenes of ordinary life — on the street, at work, at home, in the clubs and cafes. An exhibition at the Norton Simon Museum is dedicated to this <em>Belle Époque</em> or beautiful era. Above, Pierre Bonnard's 1900 oil on cardboard triptych <em>The Place Clichy, Paris.</em>

Get A Glimpse Of Labor, Leisure And Everyday Life In Paris' Belle Époque

In the decades before World War I, French artists began painting scenes of ordinary life — on the street, at work, at home, in clubs and cafes. Their work elevated common acts into fine art.

The performing arts remain in economic peril as Broadway extends closures until May 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Broadway's Reopening Is Pushed Back Again

The Broadway League has announced an extension of closures related to COVID-19 to May.

Kymmi Kellem dances in her kitchen for PGK Dance Project's "While We Were Home" program in an undated still.

A New Reality Of Site-Specific Choreography

PGK Dance Project's 'While We Were Home' is both a time capsule and study in site-specific performance.

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