Latest Articles About American Experience on PBS
Northglenn Arts Presents Cleo Parker Dance Ensemble
by A.A. Cristi - January 17, 2019 Northglenn Arts presents two performances of the Cleo Parker Dance Ensemble on February 1. Cleo Parker Dance is a Denver institution, based in Five Points, that has served the community for 48 years, teaching generations of families the beauty, fun and healing power of dance.... 
Margaret Cho to Executive Produce MERCY MISTRESS
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 26, 2018 In a surprise announcement from her private lair, Margaret Cho announced last week that “I have joined an amazing new series, Mercy Mistress, as an Exec Producer. You will watch.”... 
BAM Presents HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 10, 2019 On Monday, February 4 at 7pm, BAM presents the east coast premiere of Xavier Burgin's Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019), a new documentary exploring a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced Black Americans in Hollywood, tra... 
Photo Flash: ABET Presents August Wilson's RADIO GOLF
by A.A. Cristi - January 28, 2020 The story of a man and a community at the crossroads. What is the price of success and what must be done to achieve it? What is the cost of progress and what is lost along the way? The great August Wilson's final story in his epic 10-play cycle of the African American experience in the 20th Century.... 
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for GIVING VOICE, Chronicling the Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition
by Sarah Leiber - November 19, 2020 Every year, thousands of students from twelve cities across the United States perform the Pulitzer Prize winner’s work ('Fences,' 'Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) for a shot to perform on Broadway....
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for GIVING VOICE, Chronicling the Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition
by Sarah Leiber - November 19, 2020 Every year, thousands of students from twelve cities across the United States perform the Pulitzer Prize winner’s work ('Fences,' 'Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) for a shot to perform on Broadway.... 
PBS to Air THE MAN WHO TRIED TO FEED THE WORLD on April 21
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 31, 2020 The Man Who Tried to Feed the World tells the story of Norman Borlaug, an American agronomist who won the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in fighting global hunger. By increasing the world's food supply, Borlaug made it possible for the planet to support far more people than had been thought ... 
Children's Theatre Company Celebrating Crossing Bridges Festival
by Julie Musbach - April 16, 2019 Children's Theatre Company (CTC) presents the Crossing Bridges Festival, the culminating event of CTC's signature education program Neighborhood Bridges on May 14, 15, 21, and 22, 2019.... 
The Smith Center Presents GERSHWIN & ELLINGTON
by Stephi Wild - December 29, 2020 The Smith Center will present Gershwin & Ellington. The performance will take place on January 23, 2021.... 
Latino Theater Company to Stream Production Of A MEXICAN TRILOGY, PART 1: FAITH
by A.A. Cristi - October 01, 2020 The Latino Theater Company presents an archival video showing of Part 1 of Evelina Fernández's acclaimed trilogy. Travel with the Morales family through decades of the Mexican-American experience, beginning with a remote mining town in Arizona during World War II. ... 
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE THE VOTE, Featuring the Voices of Audra McDonald, Laura Linney, and More, Begins Today
by Stephi Wild - July 06, 2020 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE The Vote, a new four-hour, two-part documentary series, tells the dramatic story of the epic - and surprisingly unfamiliar - crusade waged by American women for the right to vote.... 
Ali Cultural Arts Hosts Dramatic And Revealing Exhibit By Artist Niki Lopez
by Julie Musbach - April 25, 2018 The Historic Ali Cultural Arts is proud to present a dramatic and revealing exhibit by multi-media artist and activist Niki Lopez. These Eyes: A Retrospective Exhibition delves into several distinct topics, drawing upon Niki's personal traumas, inspirations and fascinations. Lopez, who survived a ch... 
PBS, WETA Announce Documentary Series ASIAN AMERICANS
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 29, 2019 Today at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, PBS and WETA announced ASIAN AMERICANS, a new five-part documentary series currently in production and expected to broadcast in May 2020 on PBS. The series examines what the 2010 U.S. Census identifies as the fastest growing racial/ethnic grou... 
DRIVING WHILE BLACK Will Air on PBS Oct. 13
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 31, 2020 PBS announced today DRIVING WHILE BLACK: RACE, SPACE AND MOBILITY IN AMERICA – a ground-breaking, two-hour documentary film by acclaimed historian Dr. Gretchen Sorin and Emmy–winning director Ric Burns – will air on PBS on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. ET.... 
ASSASSINS Comes To Western Wyoming Community College Next Year
by Karen Stahl - June 01, 2018 Stephen Sondheim's ASSASSINS is coming to Western Wyoming Community College from April 26, 2019 to May 4, 2019. ... 
PBS to Air THE POISON SQUAD on January 28
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 07, 2020 By the late 19th century, the American food supply was rife with frauds, fakes, and legions of untested and often deadly chemicals that threatened the health of consumers. The Poison Squad, based on the acclaimed book by Deborah Blum, tells the story of a little known government chemist named Dr. Ha... 
Monterey Jazz Festival Announces New Mission Statement
by A.A. Cristi - September 03, 2019 In 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival held its inaugural festival, presenting the very best of jazz music, with a commitment to supporting and nurturing the art form for future generations.... 
PBS and BBC Announce AUTUMNWATCH-NEW ENGLAND
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 28, 2018 PBS announced today, as part of its co-production partnership with the BBC, that a new three-part live event, AUTUMNWATCH - NEW ENGLAND, will air Wednesday-Thursday, October 17-18, 2018, at 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET and Friday, October 19, 2018 at 8:30-9:30 p.m. ET. ... 
Becky and Baldwin Presents OTHER MONOLOGUES Virtual Theatre Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 12, 2020 Becky and Baldwina??s Other Monologues Virtual Series a?" a week-long digital showcase of monologues by Mara De La Rosa (creator of OutfestNowa??s a?oeBAES Welcomea??) and Nicholas Pilapil. Other Monologues will feature performances by some of Los Angelesa?? most exciting talent in comedy and theate... 
FREEDOM RIDERS Featuring John Lewis and C.T. Vivian Streaming on PBS.org
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 20, 2020 In honor of the recent passing of two of the original Freedom Riders, longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis and the Reverend C.T. Vivian, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE announced today that it will stream Stanley Nelson's Freedom Riders beginning today, Monday, July 20 on PBS.org and the PBS Video App.... 
PBS to Air Encore Broadcast of American Experience's STONEWALL UPRISING
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 30, 2019 When police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in Greenwich Village in New York City on June 28, 1969, the street erupted into violent protests that lasted for days. The Stonewall riots, as they came to be known, marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement in the Un... 
PBS Presents the American Experience's New Film THE EUGENICS CRUSADE
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 23, 2018 The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– project to breed a better American race, tracing the rise of a movement that turned a scientific theory of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control. Populated by figures both celebrated and obscure, it is an ...
Monterey Jazz Festival Announces New Mission Statement
by A.A. Cristi - September 03, 2019 In 1958, the Monterey Jazz Festival held its inaugural festival, presenting the very best of jazz music, with a commitment to supporting and nurturing the art form for future generations.... 
American Masters Pictures Films to World Premiere at Sundance
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2019 Three American Masters Pictures documentaries will have their world premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2019, which runs from January 24 – February 3: Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear and Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.... 
PBS American Experience Special THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT to Have National PBS Broadcast Debut May 29
by Macon Prickett - May 08, 2018 In the context of ongoing national debates over immigration, the timely new two-hour documentary The Chinese Exclusion Act, from Emmy® Award winning documentary filmmakers Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu, will debut as a special presentation of the award-winning PBS television series American Experience o... |
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