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Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Dec. 18 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Celebrate world music and dance at its best with this fiery mix of Cuban salsa, Spanish flamenco, Brazilian samba, African drumming and more. Benise brings fierce intensity to new interpretations of favorite rock anthems and traditional classics. -
Premieres Jan. 1, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video app. Celebrate the new year with this annual classical music celebration featuring waltzes by Strauss from the opulent Musikverein hosted by PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville. -
Premieres Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Watch now with the PBS Video app. Celebrate the annual ceremony of Prince William's prestigious environmental award: The Earthshot Prize. The star-studded event honors this year's five winners and their innovative solutions to help repair our planet. -
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2. In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea's global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and recover the personal histories that were lost when they were adopted. -
Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 25 at 6 a.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video App. This performance honors Dean Emeritus Lonel Woods (Hon. ‘20), who passed away unexpectedly in May. The 2021 Crane Candlelight Concert features works by Johannes Brahms, James Weldon Johnson, Arvo Part, Kim Andre Arnesen, Elaine Hagenberg, Gustav Holst and others. -
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with YouTube and KPBS Passport! We'll ramble through the venerable heart of Rome, admire breathtaking Bernini statues, go inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, and mix and mingle with the Romans. Following an exquisite Roman dinner, we'll join locals after dark, lacing together the Eternal City's most romantic nightspots. -
Premieres Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Saturday, Dec. 17 at 9 a.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. National Teachers Academy (NTA) is a top-ranked, high-performing elementary school in a growing south side Chicago neighborhood. As the neighborhood gentrifies, a wealthy parents group seeks to close NTA and replace it with a high school campus. -
Premieres Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Dec. 8 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Investigating Russian war crimes through eyewitness accounts, videos and exclusive 3D data. With the AP and SITU, mapping the atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine. Also, the story of a family's struggle to reunite after separation at the U.S.-Mexico border. -
Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now on YouTube and with KPBS Passport! Join Rick Steves on an alpine adventure in this hour-long thin-air thriller! From Italy to Austria all the way to France, the episode is packed with scenic train rides, breathtaking lifts, majestic glaciers, and unforgettable hikes. In this greatest-hits blitz of the Alps, Rick celebrates both nature and culture while visiting the high points of Europe. -
Friday, Nov. 25, 2022 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with PBS App. This film challenges the long-held belief that America's first Thanksgiving was held in Plymouth, Mass., and chronicles how the discovery of the Nibley papers led to a friendly rivalry between Virginia and Massachusetts about who can rightfully lay claim to the birth of America's Thanksgiving holiday.
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