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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents a virtual PAST FORWARD conversation exploring the ways narratives and biases surrounding women's bodies determine and limit our understanding of them. This conversation is inspired in part by the new streaming film "The Cancer Detectives." Panelists will address the ways in which women's healthcare outcomes can be shaped by existing narratives focused on women's bodies. They will analyze the emotions of shame and concealment that have shrouded the female form, discussing how these perceptions can be informed by the race and class of the women involved. Featured guests: Ameenah Shakir: 20th Century U.S. historian of race and medicine at the University of Houston Cat Bohannon: author of "Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution" The discussion will be moderated by Pam Belluck, New York Times staff writer whose honors include a Pulitzer Prize and the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. The conversation will also be streamed live on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's Facebook and YouTube channels.

Pacific Coast Harmony will present “Hearts Full of Song,” a show of modern four-part acappella harmony music on Sunday May 5, at 2:30 p.m. at the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center, 5967 La Sendita, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067. The music spans the Great American Songbook, Broadway theater and film, popular songs, and beyond. A highlight of the show will be a special appearance by Frequency, a tenor-bass acappella group at UC San Diego, founded in 2008 and completely student-run. Several other PCH members’ quartets will also perform. The show will follow a reception from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. with beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction. Food and beverages are included in the ticket price. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door and can be purchased by emailing PacificCoastHarmonyInfo@gmail.com or by calling (619) HARMONY /427-6669. Pacific Coast Harmony is an acappella ensemble based in La Jolla, California, under the direction of Bonnie McKibben, an award-winning director, quartet champion, and recording artist. The chorus will be competing at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s International Convention in Cleveland, Ohio in early July. For more information, visit PacificCoastharmony.org or call (619) 427-6669. Pacific Coast Harmony on Facebook

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV and Sunday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. on KPBS 2. Join the legendary performers in a look back at their decades-long careers and ongoing partnership. Featuring performances of King’s classics, including “It’s Too Late” and “So Far Away” and Taylor’s “Sweet Baby James,” “Fire and Rain” and many more.

Sunday Brunch and New Orleans Jazz only at Books & Records Bar! Cobby Brzeski is a nationally touring multi-instrumental, multi-genre flutist, vocalist, and songwriter from San Diego, CA and performs all around the East and West Coasts. Cobby’s charming voice, playful songwriting, and authenticity to the jazz tradition will make anyone feel like they’re back in the 1940’s. Described as a vintage girl in a modern world, Cobby’s music possesses a natural gift for sensitive, relatable storytelling and is a blend of influences from Ella Fitzgerald, Helen Forrest, The Andrew Sisters and others, twisted with modern influences like Jason Mraz, Cyrille Aimee, and PostModern Jukebox. Cobby is a 2018 magna cum laude graduate of the Berklee College of Music, and a 2023 San Diego Music Award Nominee for Best Jazz Album (Vintage Girl In A Modern World (2022)). “She is determined to write and perform, and anyone who hears her won’t question her decision…” – Harriet Heithaus, Naples Daily News, USA Today Network “Cobby Brzeski has an amazing youthful energy for someone so conversant with the tradition of jazz. Her distinctive and attractive voice, bebop-influenced flute playing, and unaffected songwriting gives the jazz world a jolt of fun that it desperately needs!” – David Thorne Scott, Vocal Professor at Berklee College of Music See More Events For more information visit: bardicmanagement.com

Circus Vargas presents Jubile! An Epic World Celebration! The all new production showcases different cultures and nationalities, joining hand in hand, coming together to entertain, laugh, live, love and celebrate as one! Featuring the world's finest in circus acrobatic and aerial artistry! Join us for more laughs, more thrills and more priceless memories, under the Big Top...ONLY at Circus Vargas! Don't miss the ultimate entertainment experience of 2024! For more information visit: circusvargas.com Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

Anne Lamott will join Dean Nelson for an interview about her new book "Somehow: Thoughts on Love" in partnership with Warwick's. Anne Lamott is the author of the New York Times bestsellers "Dusk, Night, Dawn"; "Almost Everything"; "Hallelujah Anyway"; "Small Victories"; "Stitches"; "Help, Thanks, Wow"; "Some Assembly Required"; "Grace (Eventually)"; "Plan B"; and "Traveling Mercies," as well as several novels. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California. "Love is our only hope," Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks." Anne Lamott on Facebook / Instagram

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. The Wide Awakes were a Republican para-military organization distinguished from other political clubs of the 19th century by their youth, effectiveness, and distinctive uniforms. Examine this group's history and their nationwide movement instrumental in electing Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama, discovered she was receiving less pay than men who worked the same position. Her case led to a monumental law on pay equity.

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV. The search for remains of formerly enslaved Black Union soldiers brutally murdered by angry Southerners as the Civil War was ending. Learn about Camp Nelson, KY, the military base where these soldiers and thousands got their freedom papers.

Both Republicans and Democrats are trying to marshal Native American voters in Arizona, which could prove decisive to winning the key state.