Arts and Entertainment

American Masters: Becoming Helen Keller

Explore how Keller used her celebrity and wit to advocate for social justice, particularly for women, workers, people with disabilities and people living in poverty.

Raising the Future “The Childcare Crisis”

Learn about the financial burden child care places on families with this NewsHour special.

NOVA “Arctic Drift”

Experts from over twenty different nations join the voyage of the massive Polarstern icebreaker as it’s gripped by the polar ice and drifts for nearly an entire year.

Social emotional learning with ‘The Bad Seed’

Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021

Living through a pandemic has made social emotional learning critical. Explore SEL with kids using a book like “The Bad Seed.”

Alma’s Way

A new animated series from Fred Rogers Productions and Sonia Manzano gives children the power to find their own answers to their problems.

Call the Midwife, Season 10

The new season opens in the year 1966 at a trying and exciting time for the midwives as the women’s rights movement intensifies.

Voces on PBS “Letters to Eloisa”

A haunting portrait of a writer’s life and struggle for artistic freedom, meet Cuba’s Jose Lezama Lima, an all but forgotten figure of the Latin American literary boom.

Grantchester on Masterpiece, Season 6

It’s 1958 and trouble is brewing in the village of Grantchester. Will and Geordie’s much-needed vacation takes an unexpected turn.

POV “Fruits of Labor”

Meet Mexican-American teenager Ashley, who hopes to graduate high school while becoming the breadwinner for her family.

Make a fall decoration – and enhance fine motor skills

Monday, Sept. 27, 2021

Believe it or not, tearing paper is an easy way to help kids build and refine the muscles in their hands! This activity is for all ages.