American Masters examines the enigmatic life and mind of National Medal of Arts-winner Navarro Scott Momaday, the Kiowa novelist, short-story writer, essayist and poet. His Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “House Made of Dawn” led to the breakthrough of Native American literature into the mainstream.
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Environmentalism is a year-round attitude—and action plan—to advocate for positive change that impacts us all. Raising environmentally-responsible kids is important...
Share your poems during National Poetry Month! The Adirondack Center for Writing is hosting their annual PoemVillage Program all April...
It’s time again to gather the gang for a PBS KIDS Family Night, a weekly family viewing event featuring movie specials and...
April 27th is National Tell a Story Day! National Tell a Story Day is all about stories and what they...
A Place Beyond the Sky begins in 1957 and tracks the early years of the space race as the United States struggles to catch up with the Soviet Union. The episode reveals breathtaking failures and successes of the nascent American space program and demonstrates the stakes and costs of reaching the moon.
Take advantage of this month’s Learning at Home broadcast schedule – great for students engaged in hybrid or distance instruction,...
Host Richard Smith comes face-to-face with the previously unknown reptilian rulers of prehistoric Australia. NOVA resurrects the giants that stalked the Great Southern Land, and scientists unearth an ancient inland ocean full of sea monsters.
Go on a journey with a group of high school students seeking solutions to climate change. The Resilient Ones: A Generation Takes on Climate Change invites you along to meet with the local leaders and expert innovators as these students work to make a difference in the Adirondack mountains of Northern NY.
Janet Echelman's giant sculptures are the net result of technology, engineering, and civic engagement. Arturo Rios discovered his true passion while working in a hat maker’s mail room. Justin Bettman uses found materials to create public “sets” for his portraits.