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Weekend Preview: From A Dark Comedy To A Night Of Jazz And Dance

KPBS Arts Calendar producer and editor Nina Garin discusses some of this weekend's top arts events happening around San Diego.

Over the years, Beijing has tightened its political grip over Hong Kong, a city of more than 7 million people, and income inequality has risen.

20 Years After Handover, Hong Kong Residents Reflect On Life Under Chinese Rule

Great Britain returned Hong Kong to China on June 30, 1997. Since then, Beijing has tightened its political grip and income inequality has grown. But not everyone is unhappy with China's impact.

Drug lobbyists and consumer health advocates fill the halls of the state Capitol in September to see how Assembly members vote on a controversial drug price transparency bill.

California Bill Would Compel Drugmakers To Justify Price Hikes

A bill passed by the California Legislature requires drugmakers to give 60 days' notice before raising a drug's price by 16 percent or more over two years, and to justify the price increase.

A Wizard of Oz mural honors Grand Rapids, Minn.-native Judy Garland.

Trump Supporters In The Upper Midwest Have A Message: Be More 'Presidential'

One of the under-covered stories of 2016 was Minnesota. It stayed blue, but barely. Trump was closer there than any Republican in 32 years, and it could indicate a reshaping of the political map.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 25, 2017.

Senate Health Care Debate Could Be Suspenseful And Raucous

The Senate's days-long debate on health care features a dynamic that's relatively rare on Capitol Hill.

In the film, baguette-eating Mirka Mora, Philippe's mother, whisks up the deeply, French-ly yellow condiment with great enthusiasm.

'Monsieur Mayonnaise': The Sandwich King Who Saved Jewish Children From Nazis

For years, Philippe Mora wondered how his father earned this nickname. A new documentary reveals the answer: He slathered passports in mayo and hid them in messy, hard-to-inspect baguettes.

San Marcos Nursing Students Care For The Poor In Oceanside

The Cal State University San Marcos School of Nursing has opened its third student-run clinic to serve the poor.

28 Day Metabolism Makeover With Amy Myers, MD

Airs Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 at 11 a.m. & Sunday, Dec. 2 at 8 a.m. on KPBS TV

Artists Use Humans As A Canvas At World Bodypainting Festival

As part of our series on unusual summer festivals, NPR travels to Austria for the World Bodypainting Festival, where artists use brushes, sprays and sponges on human canvases.

Mei Lum holds a pair of iconic Fu Dogs in a discontinued turquoise glaze from Jingdezhen, China. Mei put grad school plans on hold to take over her family's business.

In One Of Chinatown's Oldest Landmarks, A New Generation Readies For Lunar New Year

Mei Lum put off grad school to take over a porcelain shop in New York City that's been in her family for five generations. But Lum wonders, how can she lay new roots without eroding what's there?

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