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Join Chef Lidia Bastianich (pictured next to a firetruck) on a trip across the country to visit those serving on the front lines. From coast to coast, Lidia follows dedicated first responders, military and medical workers, and sees the prominent role food plays in their lives.

LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: A Salute To First Responders

Stream or tune in Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2

FRONTLINE: A Thousand Cuts

Stream now or tune in Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

The West Is Burning

Airs Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Twyla Tharp, shown above at Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2008, says the pandemic has impacted her body: "In terms of routine, discipline, just ordinary day-to-day activities — the body doesn't know itself at the moment."

'Dance Can Give Community': Twyla Tharp On Choreographing Through Lockdown

Twyla Moves, a new documentary by PBS American Masters, tells the story of the legendary choreographer, who got her start performing on subway platforms and rooftops in the 1960s.

Kong and Godzilla are about to square off for the first time in "Godzilla Vs. Kong," opening throughout San Diego in cinemas on March 31.

'Godzilla vs. Kong' Has Big Screen Appeal

Giant monsters should lure audiences back to recently reopened cinemas

<strong>San Jose de Gracia, Mexico — July 30, 2021:</strong> San Jose de Gracia is nestled in the middle of the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico. The community claims that it was founded 200 years ago but today only 12 members are living there. While water first brought the settlement, the rainy season has shifted. This left the community without a waterfall going into the canyon.

Songs and Pictures For Climate Change: A Playlist for the Planet

As the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Summit winds down, NPR's Picture Show looks at work by photographers that highlight climate change.

Astroworld's safety plan called for deceased to be referred to as 'smurfs'

Security experts say that given the track record of Travis Scott's audience at the same festival in 2019, promoter Live Nation should have anticipated some dangerous crowd behavior.

Tunisia is seeing political changes, and some fear it may be a path to dictatorship

While most Tunisians were glad to see their president dissolve the quarrelsome, ineffective parliament and take extra powers, some worry Tunisia could be repeating a path to dictatorship.

Rioters take to the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. An NPR analysis found more Capitol riot defendants may have ties to the Oath Keepers, a far-right group, than was previously known.

Capitol riot suspects had more ties to Oath Keepers than previously known

NPR has identified previously undisclosed connections between the far-right anti-government group the Oath Keepers and defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

PJ Harvey's <em data-stringify-type="italic">Uh Huh Her </em>was a powerful force for critic Laura Snapes. "Seeing this woman I so admired derail a linear path to greater success and greater approval – the de facto path as far as teachers were concerned – was revelatory," she writes.

How PJ Harvey's 'Uh Huh Her' Taught Me To Carve My Own Path

As a kid discovering music, you assemble a hodgepodge of other people's opinions. But there's a lot of joy to be found when the urge to agree with the critics melts away, writes critic Laura Snapes.

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