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When he retired from his job as a war correspondent, P.J. O'Rourke decided to take on a new kind of globe-trotting challenge: traveling for fun. In Holidays in Heck, he explains how touring the Galapagos Islands and horseback riding in Kyrgyzstan left him questioning the merits of recreational travel.

Garrick Ohlsson plays Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 at Copley Symphony Hall and the Akram Khan company dance their way across cultural borders.

Water Lilies (whose French title, Naissance des pieuvres , translates literally but less poetically as Birth of the Octopuses) begins brilliantly as it…

It's hard to find a job these days; even harder if you've just landed in the country – as many Iraqi refugees have. In the second part of our series, we look at efforts by local resettlement agencies to connect highly skilled refugees with potential employers.

Airs Monday, September 26, 2011 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Sam Shepard Rides Tall

Encore Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Discover the inspiring story of William Still, one of the most important heroes of the Underground Railroad. The documentary blends history, characters and evocative reenactments with sometimes shocking, often touching, accounts from the day.

Inner City Outings is an organization that helps urban youth discover the outdoors. We speak with a chairperson from the organization and a youth who has participated in the experience.

Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.

President Obama is likely to outline a plan in his State of the Union address for fiscal responsibility. But don't look for immediate action to cut the deficit. Recent polls show that voters who are concerned about the deficit are also alarmed about unemployment.