This tour of Sicilian highlights starts in Palermo, where Rick sings with the merchants in the markets, joins locals in their passeggiata, drops in on a contessa, and marvels at the Romanesque cathedral of Monreale. Then he sips wine on the slopes of Mount Etna, munches cannoli, ponders Greek temples at Agrigento, admires Roman mosaics at the Villa of Casale, and marvel at the view from the Greek theater in Taormina.
Christiane Amanpour leads wide-ranging, in-depth conversations with global thought leaders and cultural influencers on the issues and trends impacting the world each day, from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports.
Head to bustling Bentonville for ROADSHOW finds at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art including an 1857 Queen's Cup ascot race trophy, a 1956 Curta calculator type II and an Art Deco sapphire & platinum ring. Can you guess the top find?
Watch wow-worthy Woodside treasures, including a vintage LGBTQ+ t-shirt collection, a 1959 Walt Disney Studios Sleeping Beauty Maleficent cel, and a Walter Johnson-signed baseball. One surprising find has a value of $60,000 to $150,000!
Follow the journey of civil rights hero, congressman and human rights champion John Lewis. At the Selma March, Lewis came face-to-face with club-wielding troopers and exemplified non-violence. Now 76, he is considered the conscience of Congress.
Jenn visits a nursery to learn how shrubs are planted and harvested; Ross and Nathan show cost-effective ways to air-seal your windows this winter; Tom demonstrates how to build a serving tray using a box joint jig.
Muffy's proud that her dad is the new soccer coach until he exhausts the team with demanding drills like the piston, the muffler, and the-gulp!-shock absorber. Even if Muffy survives playing goalie in the big game against Mighty Mountain, will the team survive her dad? The try-outs for the Young Person's Orchestra are coming to Lakewood Elementary and everyone agrees that Binky is a shoe-in, since he's the best musician in school. So why is Binky suddenly refusing to play in band practice? Has Binky turned against the clarinet or against music itself?
ODD SQUAD is a PBS KIDS live-action media property designed to help kids ages 5-8 learn math. The show focuses on two young agents, Olive and Otto, who are part of the Odd Squad, an agency whose mission is to come to the rescue whenever something unusual happens. A math concept is embedded in each of their cases, as Olive and Otto work together to problem-solve and save the day in each episode. ODD SQUAD is created by Tim McKeon (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Adventure Time, The Electric Company) and Adam Peltzman (The Electric Company, The Backyardigans, Wallykazam!) and produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment and The Fred Rogers Company.
After getting caught in the middle of a tussle between a grumpy rhino and an outraged elephant, Martin and Chris decide to have a contest to decide which one is stronger.
Alma really wants to have a sleepover in her room with her dog, Chacho, but when the mischievous pup hides Abuelo's lucky sock on the day of a big baseball game, Alma must find it before Chacho is sent to the doghouse. When Rafia wins the neighborhood spelling bee, Alma is chosen as her alternate for the city-wide competition. Rafia wants to practice for the big day, but Alma doesn't get it: What's so important about being an alternate?
Lyla, Everett, and her sisters build makeshift carnival games for their brother Luke using household and recycled materials. / Louisa seeks help from Lyla, Luke, and Stu to create a special beat for her school presentation on Mae Jemison.
When Skyler calls Lotta "headphone girl," she's determined to find a way to let her know that she's more than that. / Everyone is unsure about the new kid after he caused a hullabaloo on the playground. Are all the rumors about him true?
Daniel is upset when he can't make banana swirl, but Mom shows him another snack they can make together./When a backyard campout is rained out at Jodi's dad's house, they find they can still have a special night being together.
Uncle Steve takes the kids to the park where a Wonder Walrus show is about to start, but the wait keeps getting longer. / Rosie & Javi make a space museum, but things get confusing when Iggy keeps showing up as a dino.
Elmo, Abby, Tamir, and Rudy are playing Simon Says. Reporter Grover pops in and asks if they can be friends since they're in different grades. They tell him that even though they're different ages, they can still be friends because they still like doing lots of things together. Reporter Grover then sees Gordon and Nina cheering for different baseball teams. He asks if they can still be friends and they tell him yes. Reporter Grover then sees Ji-Young and Rosita riding different things. He wonders if they can still be friends. Yes, they are! Reporter Grover learns that you can be different ages, cheer for different sports teams, like to do different things and still be friends, enjoying making art, gardening, singing, and playing together.
It's All Hands on Deck! when Zadie and Malik retrace their steps to locate Zeke's beloved stuffy. / When Zadie messes up Mr. E's shell garden, the key to fixing the pattern is... JunJun's song.
Cousin Hodie's pet rock Dotto goes missing. Can Donkey and Panda help find it among the other rocks in Someplace Else?/Donkey hosts a tea party, but keeps forgetting her pals favorite teas and treats. Can they help her find a way to remember?
When Pinkalicious loses her favorite button, they visit the Fairy Button Exchange in Fairyland to find it. / Peter is having trouble in the Pink Pong tournament, but he learns that music might be able to help him concentrate.
Zig Zag Plant - A mystery is afoot at Elinor's school when one of the class plants grows in an unusual shape. Instead of growing straight up like the other plants, this plant is growing in a zig-zag pattern. Elinor and her friends investigate what could have happened to this plant to make it grow like that. After learning that most plants always grow up towards the sky, the kids piece together the clues and discover that this plant spent some time on its side, and then some time right side up, resulting in the zig-zag pattern! The kids love the shape of this plant, and name it "the Zig Zag Plant." Butterfly Drinks - Insect Day is coming up at school and Elinor couldn't be more thrilled to finish her home-made butterfly costume. However, she quickly runs into a problem, because she can't drink anything when her hands are busy being the wings in her costume! Elinor sets out to solve the problem with her dad by learning how real butterflies drink. After some careful watching, she realizes that a butterfly doesn't even have a mouth, but a proboscis, which looks like a long straw, and that's how they drink nectar from a flower! This gives Elinor the idea to add a super long drinking straw to complete her costume.
When Squeeks stumbles upon a patch of mysterious looking mushrooms in Ronald’s backyard, she wants to find other mushrooms in the forest and create a “walking tour,” where animals could see different types of mushrooms and learn what they’re about. It will be free and it will be huge and it will be mushroom-y! Time to get started on Squeeks’ Magical Mushroom Mystery Tour! Happy midsummer! Wait, what’s midsummer? Only the most magical time when nature is feeling strong and everything blooms. It’s a time to hope for a good fall harvest that will last through the long winter. You know what that means for Nature Cat and his pals? It’s time for floral fedoras! And the traditional midsummer dance! And the midsummer fairy search! Onward and Midsummer-ward!
Everyone in Qyah can do a certain ice-skating move - except Trini! Frustrated after numerous attempts, Trini decides to quit ice skating. Determined, Molly and Vera craft a surprise to help her learn how to do it. Will it work?/It's Tooey's first time going hunting with his dad! But when he and his brothers get distracted playing video games and don't listen to Kenji's directions, the brothers must work together and use tracking methods to reunite with their dad.
I am Leonardo da Vinci Xavier gets caught in a tailspin when he can't decide which after-school activity to sign up for. Basketball? Dance? Robotics? It all sounds fun, how can he possibly pick just one? To the Secret Museum! Our heroes are sent back in time to meet the ultimate renaissance man: Leonardo da Vinci. During their playdate, we discover that Leonardo is interested in a lot of different things, too - just like Xavier! And he wouldn't have it any other way. What he learns doing one thing helps him with another! He helps Xavier to see that it's okay to try many different activities. Curriculum: "It's okay to try many different activities." I am Amelia Earhart There's a bike rodeo coming up and Brad can't wait to sign up, until he realizes that the course isn't training-wheel friendly. Uh oh. Brad can't possibly ride his bike without training wheels, can he? To the Secret Museum! Xavier takes his pal back in time to meet someone who never backed down from a challenge: Amelia Earhart. Watching Amelia boldly chase her dream of soaring through the clouds as the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo convinces Brad that when there's something you really want to do, even if it seems impossible, you just have to go for it. Curriculum: "Go for it!"
Travel with ROADSHOW to Texas for updated Season 12 appraisals including Chinese carved walnut shells, ca. 1910, a Polyphon music box & poster, ca. 1895, and a Tang Dynasty ceramic horse. Which find has nearly doubled in value to $120,000?
Head to bustling Bentonville for ROADSHOW finds at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art including an 1857 Queen's Cup ascot race trophy, a 1956 Curta calculator type II and an Art Deco sapphire & platinum ring. Can you guess the top find?
Showbiz pals Pam Ayres and Geoffrey Whitehead team up with James Braxton and Kate Bliss. All-round entertainer Pam and esteemed actor Geoffrey shop their way around Hampshire and Berkshire to look for items to take to auction in Cirencester.
Watch wow-worthy Woodside treasures, including a vintage LGBTQ+ t-shirt collection, a 1959 Walt Disney Studios Sleeping Beauty Maleficent cel, and a Walter Johnson-signed baseball. One surprising find has a value of $60,000 to $150,000!
The legend of Al Capone looms large over the state of Wisconsin, but how do we know if one of the most infamous men in American history actually visited the Badger State? New photographs and correspondence reveal not only personal friendships and a more playful side of Al Capone, but that he was trying to purchase property in the northwoods of Wisconsin. AL CAPONE: PROHIBITION AND WISCONSIN brings to light a new angle on the man who was once public enemy number one.
Dan Small concludes his two-part series on the World Ice Fishing Champions on Big Eau Pleine Reservoir by talking with USA Ice Team member Jeff Kelm about ice fishing techniques for the competition. Deb Wolniak meets representatives from the DNR and UW-Sheboygan on their involvement in cleaning up the Sheboygan River. In an archival segment from 2006, Mondy Carter visits with the late Walter Diehnelts from Honey Acres in Ashippun, WI to learn about the habitat and natural history of the honey bee.
PBS NewsHour provides in-depth analysis of current events with a news summary, live studio interviews and discussions of domestic and international issues. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett co-anchor.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family trees of two award-winning writers: novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove - traveling across China and the American South to uncover long lost stories of the ancestors who inspired their work.
Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers forgotten witnesses, re-examines old evidence and follows new clues.
As PBS' premier public affairs series, FRONTLINE's stature is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human, social and political experience.
The legend of Al Capone looms large over the state of Wisconsin, but how do we know if one of the most infamous men in American history actually visited the Badger State? New photographs and correspondence reveal not only personal friendships and a more playful side of Al Capone, but that he was trying to purchase property in the northwoods of Wisconsin. AL CAPONE: PROHIBITION AND WISCONSIN brings to light a new angle on the man who was once public enemy number one.
More than 80 years after the height of his power, Al Capone's enduring impact on American culture is explored, to learn why people are still so fascinated by the celebrity gangster.
The legend of Al Capone looms large over the state of Wisconsin, but how do we know if one of the most infamous men in American history actually visited the Badger State? New photographs and correspondence reveal not only personal friendships and a more playful side of Al Capone, but that he was trying to purchase property in the northwoods of Wisconsin. AL CAPONE: PROHIBITION AND WISCONSIN brings to light a new angle on the man who was once public enemy number one.
Only one more week to go and the house is busy with activity. Electrical fixtures are installed, as are the kitchen counters and shelves. Painting is happening everywhere, and the large bathroom receives a unique Tadelakt treatment.
England has a new monarch, King James I, and Elizabeth's former spymaster Robert Cecil faces his toughest test. A group of religious extremists plans to blow up the Houses of Parliament with the king inside; what we call the Gunpowder Plot.