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A 2019 promotional photo of musician Lila Downs.

San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: Mother's Day Edition

It’s Mother’s Day weekend and there are events happening around town sure to please all kinds of moms -- whether it’s comedy by one of the all-time greats, music from Mexico or a new take on dance.

Reading Cinema's head of projection and sound, John Sittig, stands by the reel that the 70mm film print of Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" shipped on.

Movie Theaters Reading, AMC, Regal, The Lot Reopen

Reading Grossmont screens Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' on 70mm

Daryl Minton, 45, throws chicken feed into a yard where the chickens roam at the Triple J Farm in Windsor, N.Y. Minton lives and works on the farm his grandfather, James Minton, bought it a decade ago. Between lending discrimination and rising costs, many obstacles stand in the way of Black Americans looking to own farmland.

'Make Farmers Black Again': African Americans Fight Discrimination To Own Farmland

There is a growing movement of young farmers led by people of color in the Northeast but barriers to accessing funding and land remain. The family behind Triple J Farm in Windsor, N.Y., knows this.

Portraits Of Resilience: How 19 Women Around The Globe Face The Pandemic

Women often bear a heavier burden at times of crisis. They take care of the kids, the house, the survival of families. NPR photographed and interviewed 19 women over 3 weeks. Here are their stories.

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo (right) kneels as the hearse of George Floyd arrives to North Central University ahead of funeral service on Thursday. Protests in the wake of Floyd's death while in police custody has erupted across the country.

Amid Brutal Responses To Protesters, Will Moments Of Solidarity Bring Real Change?

The sometimes aggressive police responses to anti-police brutality protesters have been punctuated by occasional unity between the two sides. Will those gestures amount to anything substantive?

My new hero, Stonehorse Lone Goeman's Gisigu in "Blood Quantum," a sword-wielding, zombie-killing grandpa.

Shudder Originals: Cursed Films And Zombies

A new series and film now available on horror streaming site

The Bach Festival Society puts on a yearly performance which fills the beautiful Knowles Memorial Chapel at Rollins College with the sounds of the holiday season.

A Classic Christmas With The Bach Festival Society

Stream now or tune in Friday, Dec. 25, 2020 at 5 a.m. on KPBS TV

Police are "responding to nonviolent, noncriminal calls for service for people whose needs are largely social, behavioral or mental. And that's just not right," says San Francisco Fire Capt. Simon Pang, who's helping to spearhead efforts to create new mobile crisis teams for the city.

Removing Cops From Behavioral Crisis Calls: 'We Need To Change The Model'

San Francisco will soon launch the nation's largest experiment that diverts most nonviolent mental health and behavioral crisis calls away from police and to specially trained mobile units.

Brendan Boyle, the owner Folk Arts Rare Records on El Cajon Boulevard, demonstrates socially-distanced record browsing on May 9, 2020.

Legendary San Diego Record Shop Reopens For Socially-Distanced Crate-Digging

A slew of businesses across the state reopened this weekend. But new rules to promote social distancing have changed the shopping experience drastically.

San Diego Schools With Both Academic, COVID-19 Disparities Face Reopening Dilemmas

The parts of San Diego County that have seen the highest rates of COVID-19 infection also contain the schools serving the vulnerable student groups who need in-person learning the most.

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