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Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch now with the PBS App. They say you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone. And they might've been talking about water. Because while water's everywhere, it's also, in a way, invisible. Today, what we've taken for granted and how we can change. Then, magical kelp! Guest: Gilbert F. Houngbo, Chair of UN-Water. -
Friday, March 31, 2023 at 10:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 9 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Monday, April 3 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch now with KPBS Passport! No band in American Roots music is of greater legendary status than Asleep at The Wheel. Celebrating 50 years of the finest in western swing and country and downhome boogie, Ray Benson brings his Golden Anniversary tour to the Caverns. This gifted, one-of-a-kind band has kept the music of Bob Wills alive and jumping with a line-up of road-tested veterans and blazing young hot shots. -
Encore Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! The incomparable, trail-blazing talent of Joni Mitchell is celebrated in Washington, DC's historic DAR Constitution Hall by a cadre of musical stars who all drew inspiration from the woman many consider to be the most influential musical artist of her time. Be it lyrics, composition, playing, singing, or even painting, no artist has demonstrated the creative length, depth and breadth of Joni Mitchell. -
Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App + Encores Saturday, May 20 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, May 22 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Join Emmy-Award winning host michael taylor this season as he interviews some of today’s most influential people of color in theatre before a live audience. This week: the Director of Performing Arts at the California Center for the Arts, and the first Black Lighting Director in the country, are paving the way for diversity in the industry behind-the-scenes. -
Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Saturday, Jan. 18 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, Jan. 20 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Come with us as we tour a factory in Tijuana that makes artificial limbs and prosthetics. The company is called Össur, and they are originally from Iceland. Eduardo Salcedo, who is an industrial engineer, shows us all the high tech machinery that helps make artificial limbs for patients around the world. -
Premieres Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV and the PBS App + Encore Wednesday, March 29 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Discover the untold story of the 1969 showdown between President Nixon and the antiwar movement. Told through firsthand accounts, the film reveals how movement leaders mobilized disparate groups to create two massive protests that changed history. -
Monday, March 27, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. The bonds of sisterhood, and the parallels of struggles among generations of women in China, are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women. -
Encore Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive. -
Monday, March 27, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Find out if grandma lied about the family goods that include a 1900 Mark Twain letter, a ruby and diamond bracelet and a Babe Ruth & Honus Wagner signed baseball. Does the story of the show-topping $85, 000 find really hold up? -
Monday, March 27, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch now with the PBS App. While Roy Lichtenstein's impact on the art world is well documented, the story of his pre-pop days in Cleveland and the woman who supported him as he developed his signature style is largely unknown. The program features rarely seen archival photos and interviews with their clients, friends and family members, including Roy and Isabel's son Mitchell.
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