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  • Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand with PBS Video App. For over three decades, the National Memorial Day Concert has brought us together as one family of Americans to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for our country.
  • Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park capture moments when Ice Age humans crossed paths with enormous ground sloths and mammoths. What can this new evidence reveal about the peopling of the Americas?
  • Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Ming cooks at home with James Beard Award winning chef Michael Schlow. Michael makes Spicy Shrimp with Fregola and Chickpeas. Ming follows that up with a colorful Togarashi Shrimp with Miso Risotto, Edamame, and Watercress.
  • Monday, May 23, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, May 25 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with PBS Video App. ROADSHOW’s final hour in Virginia, includes a Marvel Silver Age comics collection, a 1969 Rolex Explorer watch, and a 17th C. Tibetan bronze Buddha. One is $30,000 to $100,000!
  • Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Also available for streaming with closed captioning in Mandarin and Spanish. Discover how an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco. This new documentary tells the gripping story of the race against time by health officials to save the city from the deadly disease.
  • Encore Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! The film is a raw, inspiring window into 5.4 million children stepping forward as frontline heroes. Caring for family with tough medical conditions. They are cheerleaders, work part-time, go to college and live double lives quietly growing up as America’s next greatest generation.
  • Premieres Friday, May 20, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with the PBS Video App. Experience Shakespeare's comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park set in South Harlem telling the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter and vitality.
  • Friday, May 9, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. The Wood Brothers bring the party with their signature sound of danceable soulful folk, blues, gospel and jazz. Featuring songs, "Alabaster," "The Muse," "River Takes The Town," "Lixa Jane" and more.
  • Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with PBS Video App. Genuine New Zealand treasures Isey and her son James invite viewers into their lives in the week leading up to Isey's 100th birthday and its shaping up to be quite the party. The episode captures a Northland celebration of life and aroha (love) like no other.
  • Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with the PBS Video App. Hawaii, the most remote island chain on Earth, offers sanctuary for wildlife that has reached its tropical shores. From humpback whales to waterfall-climbing fish, it's home to an extraordinary wealth of wildlife.

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