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Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Hear more striking accounts behind standout treasures that illuminate Americans' varied experiences including a Navajo collection, a WWI peach can label letter, and James McNeill Whistler artwork in Part 2 of this special episode. -
Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand with PBS Video App. Milk Street Cook Lynn Clark makes Cauliflower Steaks with Pickled Peppers, Capers and Parmesan. Bianca Borges assembles Mushroom and Cheese Quesadillas. Rayna Jhaveri makes Panzanella with Fresh Mozzarella featuring perfectly seasoned tomatoes and bright, quick-pickled onions. -
Premieres Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Host Julia Collin Davison makes the ultimate Italian Meatloaf. Ingredient expert Jack Bishop reviews substitutes for fresh garlic, and Morgan Bolling makes asparagus baked in foil. Toni Tipton-Martin tells the immigrant origins of scampi and Ashley Moore makes Chicken Scampi. -
Premieres Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 at 10 p.m. & Sunday, Nov. 7 at 3 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. An Italian opera company restages an oratorio last performed in 1826. Organized by Mozart’s librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, the 1826 event changed America’s cultural landscape with the introduction of Italian opera to New York City. -
Premieres Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Learn the long-forgotten story of the 1826 performance that brought Italian opera to New York City, and meet the colorful personalities involved, including a freed slave, opera's first diva, and Mozart's librettist. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese hosts. -
Encore Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Even after fifty years of accolades, including a Pulitzer Prize at 26 for his Doonesbury comic strip, Garry Trudeau reckons he may have gotten too much too young. And despite her mastery of the written word, Joyce Carol Oates is skeptical about how well conversation can express the complexities of thought and emotions. -
Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App + Encore Monday, July 29 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Skateboarding originated as a wild activity for Southern California’s youth, and San Diego has since been the hub for its industry and top professionals. The film explores the progressive history of the San Diego skateboard scene: inventing equipment, leading innovation and helping build skateboarding's global participation today. -
Premieres Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. A cinematic portrait of the Goodwins, an Inupiat family living above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska. Through observing three generations of one family over four years, the documentary explores what it means to be indigenous in the dramatically changing Arctic. -
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, July 24 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Straddling the night sky, the Milky Way reminds us of our place in the galaxy we call home. NOVA travels back in time to unlock the turbulent story of our cosmic neighborhood. -
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 20 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! A decade-long archaeological quest reveals that the oldest stones of Stonehenge originally belonged to a much earlier sacred site -- a stone circle built on a rugged, remote hillside in west Wales.
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