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Critics of the law, including in Washington and the European Union, warn that Poland's right-wing populist leaders could use the law to block candidates ahead of elections later this year.

Monday, March 18, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. The indomitable influence of Joni Mitchell is celebrated with an all-star lineup at the Kennedy Center, led by multi-Grammy Award winner Vince Mendoza and accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra.

Veterans rated VA hospitals higher than private facilities for things like patient satisfaction, hospital cleanliness and communication with nurses and doctors.

50 years ago, Atari released the original Pong as an arcade game. To mark the anniversary, Atari co-founder and Pong designer Allan Alcorn spoke with NPR to reflect on the game's development.

Food banks and nonprofits say inflation has hurt fundraising and made it hard to handle a surge in demand. One CEO says the need is close to the height of the pandemic.

Images Andy Warhol created of Prince are at the heart of a case the Supreme Court will examine on Wednesday. Warhol used a black-and-white portrait taken by Lynn Goldsmith as a reference point.

Come one, come all, Escondido’s oldest and most famous event, the Grape Day Festival, returns on Saturday, September 10th, 2022 from 9a.m. to 3p.m.. The festival will take place in Grape Day Park, home to the original festivals in the heart of Escondido and next to our beautiful City Hall and the California Center for the Arts. The Festival will once again celebrate the early days of Escondido, when agriculture was “King” and festival goers traveled from all across the state to see why Escondido was hailed as a great place to grow sweet grapes and a central hub of citrus and other crops. From 1908 to 1950, it drew thousands of Southern Californians and rivaled Pasadena’s Festival of Roses in attendance. Revived by the Escondido History Center in 1990, it ran through 2018. This year, with the pandemic closures behind us, and a renewed sense of community, the History Center is once again bringing the Grape Day Festival to life, with a focus on celebrating the traditions of Escondido’s glorious past. The 2022 festival is a family-friendly event, featuring old time entertainment from Swing Jazz to Bluegrass and other talented musical acts from the early 1900’s throughout the event. Across Grape Day Park will be artisans and crafters, showing how things were made back in the day, with live demonstrations of such things as spinning, weaving, corn shelling and grinding and butter making. Kids can compete in old-fashioned children’s games, get their faces painted and balloons twisted. Antique farm and mining machinery as well as early-century vehicles will be on display for all to see. Take off your shoes and stomp some grapes, eat free table grapes, like they did back in the original festival, and let the kids enjoy the 4-H petting zoo and meet some exotic animals up close. Hollandia Dairy will be onsite with a cow milking display as well. Taste the local flavor and head over to the wine and beer garden to savor the area's finest local wines and craft beers, with wineries participating from all across San Diego. There will also be a food court, with tasty food offerings for everyone to enjoy, from Mexican food to Barbeque. Also, enjoy ice cream, hot popcorn, roasted peanuts, shaved ice, and cold drinks while you take in the festival. Local Native American, first responder, and other community organizations will be there to showcase their contributions to the community. For more information, please visit www.grapedayfest.org as well as the Escondido History Center Facebook and Instagram. The Grape Day Festival is produced by the Escondido History Center, in partnership with the Brothers of 6 Charities, a local organization dedicated to preserving history, honoring veterans, and enhancing the community.

The Rosso Family Foundation Innovators LAB is our collaborative makerspace where we work with local artists and experts from various fields to create a design challenge to nurture creativity, problem solving, skill building and learning. What sets the Innovators LAB apart from other makerspaces is the inclusion of resident professionals which include artists, architects, engineers and others. These resident professionals develop design challenges alongside our Creative Team to provide open-ended, skill-building projects that explore real world issues. The Innovators LAB targets families with children ages 6-13 and provides opportunities to experiment with a variety of ideas, materials and hands-on techniques. Date | Thursday to Monday 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. From February 1 through February 28. Location | New Children's Museum Get museum tickets here! Members and children (under 1): FREE Children (1+) and adults: $15 Seniors (65+) and military with ID: $10 Museums for All (EBT/SNAP/WIC): $2 For more information, please visit thinkplaycreate.org/explore/art-studios/innovators-lab or call the museum at (619) 233-8792.

Details: Sunday, Oct. 31 at 3, 3:45 and 4:30 p.m. San Diego Museum of Art May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden (behind Panama 66), 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park. Free. From San Diego Weekend Arts Events: The San Diego Shakespeare Society will take over the San Diego Museum of Art outdoor sculpture garden on Sunday for three, free performances. Working with the sculptures as a backdrop, the actors will perform poetry and the spookiest selections from Shakespeare's greats, like "Macbeth," "Othello" and "The Tempest." The SD Shakespeare Society has been performing these readings at SDMA for years, and you can get a taste for the show from last Halloween's virtual production here. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From the museum: Join San Diego Shakespeare Society actors as they share Halloween-inspired SDMA+ performances, combining art from the Museum’s sculpture garden and spooky poetry and selections from William Shakespeare’s works such as “Macbeth,” “Othello,” and “The Tempest.” Performances of this special outdoor Spooky SDMA+ San Diego Shakespeare Society ArtStop will take place in the Museum’s outdoor May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden behind the Panama 66 restaurant at: 3:00 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Look for the meeting point sign at the Museum’s front steps entrance. Related links: SDMA on Instagram SDMA on Facebook

"You don't hear about enslaved people at Mass or in Sunday school," says Rachel Swarns. Her new book tells the story of 272 enslaved people sold in 1838 to help save what is now Georgetown University.