Arts and Entertainment

Join Jesus Trejo as he travels across America meeting six emerging comedians who use stand-up to reflect on the nation’s diverse experiences.

Catch “Great Performances,” starring Leslie Odom Jr. as a cunning preacher plotting to reclaim his inheritance and his church.

Tune into Arizona PBS for “Poetry in America: Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper” to explore the profound links between labor, poetry, and law.

Experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon featuring Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood.

Modernist poet Wallace Stevens balanced his long career as an insurance executive with a thrilling life of the imagination.

For the first time, Scott Yoo works and travels with talented composers to compose and present a piece of his own.

In Appalachia, Dulé Hill explores how music can provide solace and healing and meets a master luthier rehabilitating opioid addicts.

With the backdrop of 1964 Washington D.C., Robert Lowell wrote this reflection between American idealism and American policy.

This one-hour special features actor John Lithgow going back to school to demonstrate the transformative power of arts education.

In California, Dulé Hill connects with three brave artists: a deaf dancer, a gay mariachi, and a senior citizen cabaret troupe.