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Ocean Vuong's second poetry collection, Time is a Mother, grapples with time and its impermanence following his mother's death in 2019.

Last month, we asked NPR's audience to share creative ways they show affection in their platonic relationships. Some ideas? Ask friends how they're really doing ... and give them the gift of time.

Earthworks artist Stan Herd has unveiled an enormous portrait of NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson in Woodruff Park in Atlanta. It is etched into the ground.

Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV - The ancient Maya built large complex cities with towering pyramids and temples that served as centers for a thriving civilization. Follow archaeologists exploring new evidence into the mystery of why after hundreds of years the cities were abandoned.

Kenny Butler and Daniel Duron worked toward their degrees while in prison. Their journey could become more common with Pell grants becoming available to incarcerated people.

Love is in the air at BO-beau in La Mesa. Treat your Valentine to our fabulous 3-course menu on Valentine's Day, Monday, February 14 from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. BO-beau's Valentine's Day menu includes: Teaser | Choice of Salad maison, Spinach artichoque dip, Scallop ceviche, and Grilled pork belly Entrée | Choice of Wild mushroom risotto, Rack of lamb, Bacon wrapped filet mignob, Pan seared scallops, Grilled alaskan halibut, and Jidori chicken Dessert | Choice of Strawberry shortcake, Chocolate mousse bar, and Crème fraîche cheesecake Reserve a table today! Our Valentine’s Day menu is priced at $49.95 per person (plus tax, gratuity and surcharge). For reservations, please call (619) 337-3445. For more information, please visit cohnrestaurants.com/bobeaukitchengarden/bobeau-la-mesas-valentines-day-menu or call (619) 337-3445.

Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Nadine Sierra takes on one of the repertory's most formidable and storied roles, the haunted heroine of Lucia di Lammermoor, in an electrifying new staging by in-demand Australian theater and film director Simon Stone, conducted by Riccardo Frizza. Show-stopping tenor Javier Camarena adds to the bel canto fireworks as Lucia's beloved, Edgardo, with baritone Artur Rucinski as her overbearing brother, Enrico, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as her tutor, Raimondo.

It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways, amid the backdrop of a global pandemic. This week is a first-grade teacher in Los Angeles.

Russia says it is claiming parts of Ukraine, but facts on the ground say otherwise. Ukrainian troops continue a counteroffensive in the country's south and east that is upending the Kremlin's plans.

This week's Heat Check selects come largely from iconoclasts who have already zeroed in on their individual aesthetics: a singsong rap soulman, an alté sensation a noise-rap radical and more.