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The Raleigh Ringers, an internationally acclaimed community handbell choir based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Their special, "Holiday Handbells," runs the gamut of song selections from old yuletide favorites to Vince Guaraldi's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" score and other sounds of the season.

Airs Friday, Dec. 25, 2020 at 6 a.m. on KPBS TV

John Cleese, pictured above in 1976 with Monty Python's Flying Circus (from left, Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones), says he worked hard to learn physical comedy by imitation â "It was not something I was naturally gifted at," he says.

Early On, Comedian John Cleese Says, He Had Good Timing But Little Else

The co-founder of the Monty Python troupe admits he wasn't "naturally gifted" at physical comedy, and learned a lot by imitation. His new memoir, So, Anyway..., covers his boyhood and early career.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott and wife Margie pay their respects at the Martin Place memorial site on Tuesday in Sydney, Australia.

Thousands Lay Flowers At The Site Hostage Siege In Sydney

A day after two people, plus a gunman were killed in a hostage siege, thousands of Australians left bouquets of flowers. Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his wife visited and signed a condolence book.

Sandwich Monday: The Hanukkah Miracle

For this week's Sandwich Monday, guest eater Dan Pashman shares with us a creation that members of every faith can enjoy. It's a latke-donut sandwich called the Hanukkah Miracle.

Mark Jones rallies protesters outside San Diego City Hall on Dec. 15, 2014.

Protesters Want City Council Staffer Fired Over Shooting Comment

Student protesters are calling for the immediate dismissal of Councilwoman Lorie Zapf’s staff member after the aide made insensitive remarks about them while demonstrating against police brutality at the city’s inauguration.

Syrian refugee women in Beirut, Lebanon, fix their veils in a dressing room before a rehearsal of an Arabic version of <em>Antigone</em>. The women are part of production that's been adapted to incorporate their experiences in an effort to help them heal.

Syrian Women Displaced By War Make Tragedy Of 'Antigone' Their Own

Sophocles' ancient Greek play chronicled a princess' plight after a horrible civil war 2,000 years ago. Syrian refugee women in Beirut are incorporating their lives into a new production of the drama.

Mona, 28, narrates during a rehearsal of Antigone. "I feel that Antigone resembles me a lot," says the former resident of Damascus and mother of two.

Syrian Women Displaced By War Make Tragedy Of 'Antigone' Their Own

Sophocles' ancient Greek play chronicled a princess' plight after a horrible civil war 2,000 years ago. Syrian refugee women in Beirut are incorporating their lives into a new production of the drama.

At a San Diego City Council inauguration ceremony, Mark Jones leads a group protesting police brutality, Dec. 10, 2014.

San Diego City Council Staffer Suspended Without Pay After Shooting Comment

A staffer for Councilwoman Lorie Zapf referred to police brutality protesters as “idiots” and said “I wanted to shoot them"

Staffers Walk Out Of Congress In Protest Over Brown And Garner Cases

Dozens of congressional staff walked out of the Capitol Thursday, gathering on the steps to make the hands-up gesture that has come to symbolize frustration with the deaths of two unarmed black men.

Jacqueline Woodson has published 30 books, and won three Newbery honors and a Coretta Scott King Book Award for her young adult book <em>Miracle's Boys.</em>

Jacqueline Woodson On Growing Up, Coming Out And Saying Hi To Strangers

Woodson won the National Book Award for young people's literature for her memoir Brown Girl Dreaming. She says that growing up in South Carolina, she knew that the safest place was with her family.

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