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She was celebrated in folk and country-music circles for her crystalline voice and storytelling skill.

A local artist is turning the mountains of plastic garbage that wash up on beaches into dramatic sculptures of the very marine life threatened by the deluge of plastics.

In a new episode of "Only Here," a KPBS podcast about unexplored subcultures, creativity and conflict at the U.S.-Mexico border, our series of short episodes focused on border art continues with a story about an opera singer who’s painting a picture of border culture through song.

In a new episode of KPBS Explore podcast "My First Day," Faiza Warsame makes a lifelong friend on her journey, and tries to find the balance between staying true to her Somali roots, while adapting to her new American landscape.

Stream now with KPBS Passport! In collaboration with the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, the American Pops Orchestra presents an evening celebrating the entire iconic album of holiday classics. This 60-minute performance stars host and vocalist Vanessa Williams with appearances by Dee Dee Bridgewater, Norm Lewis, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Nova Payton, Dave Detwiler and Morgan James.

Cinema Junkie has been exploring escapist films to distract you from our current coronavirus pandemic but as parts of the country and some businesses start to reopen I decided it was time to explore some unconventional pandemic films that raise issues beyond just the virus itself. I will be speaking with neuroscientist and emotion researcher Eric Leonardis who has been spending his quarantined time at home watching pandemic films but he has an interesting take on these movies because he wants to see how emotions like panic and fear can spread as readily as a virus and how words can be as dangerous as germs. We will consider silents to contemporary films as well as films from China, Cambodia, South Korea and the U.S. So wash your hands, put on a mask, and defy being infected by these pandemic movies.

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong'o and chef Lidia Bastianich, whose families crisscrossed the globe to escape oppression and find opportunity, leaving them with questions about those who stayed behind.

Stream now with KPBS Passport! Journey to three of the most exotic, mysterious and remote islands on the planet: Madagascar, Borneo and Hawaii. Isolated from the rest of the world, they harbor remarkable wildlife and pioneering human communities found nowhere else on Earth.

In their new album, "Shattered," San Diego's Glass Spells offers lush synth pop with work-from-home style, best listened to at night.

Stream or tune in Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV