It’s 1972 and Dave Johnson is serving his third tour of duty in Vietnam. It’s a simple mission, he and five other US servicemen are fifteen miles over the border in Cambodia, but it gets complicated fast when their helicopter… Continue Reading
Before the year 1492, when European explorers and settlers began to arrive in the Americas to stay, it is estimated that there were over one hundred million natives already living there. They lived in great cities or small tribes, on… Continue Reading
What’s your treasure? Is it a rare book discovered in a dusty stack? Is it a hand-written letter, dating back to the Revolutionary War and passed down through generations? Is it a piece of artwork, purchased at a garage sale… Continue Reading
It’s been four hundred years since Shakespeare wrote his final play, but we’re still finding endless new things to discover in them. This is the message driven home in Season Three of Shakespeare Uncovered, which debuts on PBS October 12th.… Continue Reading
When last we left Ross Poldark, he was struggling with the results of recent decisions. His decision not to run for parliament had come back to slap him in the face, as his old enemy, George Warleggon, had won the… Continue Reading
The series Shakespeare Uncovered is coming to PBS in October 2018. The six part series will tell the “stories behind the stories” of some of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. In collaboration with the national broadcast KIXE has partnered with Spiritus Productions, the… Continue Reading
Stuart, a PE Teacher, is confident that his tomato turnover recipe is a winner. Then he looks down, and finds out he neglected to put in his special tomato jam, and the turnover is already in the oven. Is he… Continue Reading
“A Reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only once.” This quote by author George R. R. Martin soundly encapsulates the newest PBS project: The Great American Read. Launching with a two-hour special… Continue Reading
Meg. Jo. Beth. Amy. These are four of the most famous names in American Literature. The names of four girls growing up in Massachusetts in the 1860’s, during the time of the civil war. These are not the names of… Continue Reading
How can any of us come to know a culture that is different from our own? How do you get to know a people that are separated from you by layers of distance, of language, of time? Some might say… Continue Reading
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