Arts and Entertainment

Celebrate International Jazz Day with an All-Star concert

Join more than two dozen world-renowned musicians for an extraordinary International Jazz Day all-star global concert from St. Petersburg, Russia’s spectacular Mariinsky Theatre Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m. on Arizona PBS.

Witness the real-time awakening and rejuvenation of life with Nature’s ‘American Spring’

Spring is one of nature’s great “performances,” and this exhibition of transformation and rejuvenation comes to life in “American Spring Live” for three consecutive nights, beginning April 29 at 7 p.m., on Arizona PBS.

Polarization: Partisanship and Foreign Policy

Friday, April 19, 2019

Noted historian Walter Russell Mead discusses political polarization in the United States and how the divisions in our country influence trade, diplomacy and national security.

Explore the complicated history of African-American entrepreneurship in America

Friday, April 19, 2019

The history of business and entrepreneurship lies at the heart of the American story, but often absent from that narrative are the experiences of African Americans. “Boss: The Black Experience in Business” tells some of those forgotten stories and trends Tuesday, April 23, at 7 p.m. on Arizona PBS.

Passover highlights Streit’s family matzo business

The Jewish holiday of Passover is coming. With it also means the return of matzo (or “matzah”), a hallmark staple of Jewish cuisine and culture. “Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream” arrives just in time for Passover: Monday, April 22, at 9 p.m. on Arizona PBS.

American Masters highlights the photogenic storytelling of Garry Winogrand

Discover the life and work of Garry Winogrand, the epic storyteller in pictures who harnessed the serendipity of the streets to capture America during meteoric, oft-turbulent change in a new American Masters biography Sunday, April 21, at 2 p.m. on Arizona PBS.

Polarization: Addressing Populism

Friday, April 12, 2019

The School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University hosted a two-day conference. William Galston and William Kristol discussed how pluralism and American institutions can address the challenge of populism.

‘Breakthrough’ unravels the history of transcendent ideas

Take a mind-blowing journey through human history using six iconic objects that we often take for granted in “Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World” each Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.

Season 8 of ‘Death in Paradise’ brings more quirky island mysteries

On Saturday nights at 8 p.m., Detective Jack Mooney of “Death in Paradise” is really starting to get to know the people and places of Saint Marie – to a degree that surprises some of his colleagues.

‘Les Misérables’ miniseries comes to Arizona PBS

A blockbuster novel and global theater phenomenon for over 150 years comes to life in a multi-layered retelling of “Les Misérables,” this time as a dramatic six-part miniseries Sunday nights at 8 p.m.