Arts and Entertainment

National Memorial Day Concert 2025

On the eve of Memorial Day, the National Memorial Day Concert brings a star-studded lineup to the stage for one of our highest rated programs.

Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II 

Examine Bob Hope’s impact and why President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked top radio and movie stars to hold a microphone instead of a gun.

Great Performances: Girl from the North Country

Experience 20 reimagined, legendary Bob Dylan songs including “Forever Young,” “Hurricane” and “Like A Rolling Stone”

Local Arizona artists perform on ‘Playlist 48’

“Playlist 48” brings Arizona artists to the surface, creating a place where people can gather to listen to a variety of music.

Great Performances: Yellow Face

On “Great Performances,” enjoy David Henry Hwang’s comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests “yellow face.”

On ‘Arizona Horizon:’ Trump’s first 100 days, new exhibit at Phoenix Art Museum

On “Arizona Horizon,” we’ll discuss President Trump’s first 100 days. And a new exhibit at Phoenix Art Museum features an influential photographer.

Great Performances: Next to Normal

Experience “Next to Normal,” a Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical directed by Michael Longhurst from London’s Donmar Warehouse.

International Jazz Day from Morocco

Jeremy Irons hosts an extraordinary International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert featuring performances by renowned musicians

‘Great Performances’ presents ‘Now Hear This: Rachmaninoff Reborn’

Follow Sergei Rachmaninoff’s journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik revolution.

Independent Lens: We Want the Funk!

“We Want the Funk” is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul and early jazz roots.