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Stephanie Thompson stocks her Little Free Library on Sheldon Avenue for the first time, December 2014.

Here Are Some Awesome Little Free Libraries In San Diego

Maybe you've spotted them in your neighborhood: tiny boxes that contain books for anyone to take. From a Pokémon GO stop to a mini-ghost town schoolhouse, here are some of the best ones we've seen around.

Review: Elliott Smith, 'Heaven Adores You'

The soundtrack to a new documentary inventories the periphery of the late singer's catalog: unheard early recordings, instrumentals, collaborations, live appearances and other illuminating footnotes.

The celebrated gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama, pictured here with legendary blues musician Taj Mahal, (center) will perform at the California Center for the Arts on December 23, 2014.

The Blind Boys Of Alabama Coming To California Center For The Arts

Tis the season for holiday music. Finding new music to celebrate Christmas is a true holiday treat. A collaboration between the celebrated gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama and legendary blues musician Taj Mahal, is just that.

Rich Harlan prepares Coney hot dogs at his restaurant, Red Hots Coney Island, in Detroit. Harlan has been working at the restaurant for 48 years.

Coney: The Hot Dog That Fueled Detroit's Middle-Class Dreams

Hundreds of eateries selling chili-topped hot dogs dot Detroit. The story of how this food became the city's signature dish is deeply entwined with its auto industry and the workers who flocked to it.

Wanda and Shalon were so close, "they were like the Gilmore Girls," one friend said.

Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why

Black women are three times more likely to die from complications of childbirth than white women in the U.S. Racism, and the stress it causes, can play a leading role in that disparity.

A prehistoric granary overlooking Cedar Mesa, a site inside the newly created Bears Ears National Monument in Utah that is sacred to many Native American tribes. Natives still hunt and forage for food and medicine throughout the Bears Ears region.

Bears Ears Monument Is A Win For Tribal Food Sovereignty. Will Trump Undo It?

The newly created monument preserves 1.3 million acres in Utah where natives have foraged for millennia. But critics who point to the land's energy extraction potential want the designation undone.

Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for presidential nomination. See how being a straight talker in a presidential race had damaging consequences for both the first black, female Democratic candidate, the “unbought and unbossed” Shirley Chisholm.

THE CONTENDERS – 16 FOR ’16

Airs Tuesdays, Sept. 13 - Nov. 1, 2016 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Attending a new charter school, Jann Peña has had to get used to wearing a uniform daily and being in class an hour and a half later each afternoon. Here, he watches classmates during a group project.

A Mother Hangs Her Hopes On A New High School

No school can succeed without the support of the families who send their children there.

Michelle Wilson and Johanna Day star in <em>Sweat</em>, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage.

Hey You, Prestige Television Fan: Here's Why You Should See A New Play

While musicals have good pop-culture presence in many cases, plays tend not to. But in an environment that has embraced idiosyncratic and complicated TV, there's no better time to change that.

A neighborhood in Tikrit, Iraq, that was destroyed by Shia militia as acts of retribution toward Sunni residents who they believe harbored ISIS.

FRONTLINE: Confronting ISIS

Airs Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

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