Arts and Culture

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both on-air and online, start here. Arts and cultural programming on WXXI TV and Radio as well as online discussion and special events hosted by WXXI are featured below. Read more

Featured Programming

The Great American Read Series Returns!

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 8:00pm

on WXXI-TV

Book lovers rejoice! PBS’ The Great American Read returns with host Meredith Vieira.

The Great American Read: Who Am I?

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 8:00pm

on WXXI-TV

The Great American Read explores the ways that America's best-loved novels answer the age-old question, "Who am I?"

The Great American Read: Heroes

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 8:00pm

on WXXI-TV

Take a journey with some literary heroes to examine what makes them complex and relatable.

The Great American Read: Villains & Monsters

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 8:00pm

on WXXI-TV

Revisit the evil deeds of some of literature's favorite and most notorious villains.

The Great American Read: What We Do For Love

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 8:00pm

on WXXI-TV

Fall in love all over again with some of literature's most beautiful romances.

The Great American Read: Other Worlds

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 8:00pm

on WXXI-TV

Take a magical journey to another world through some of America's best-loved novels.

The Great American Read: Grand Finale

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 8:00pm

on WXXI-TV

Find out which of the 100 nominated novels is crowned America's favorite.

WXXI's Travel Club: Croatia

Monday, May 13, 2019 (All day)

Discover Croatia and the Adriatic Coast with WXXI's Travel Club!

WXXI's Travel Club: Magical Rhine and Moselle

Sunday, August 25, 2019 (All day)

Join WXXI a cruise on the Rhine and Moselle rivers!

On-Demand: The Great American Read Episodes

Host Meredith Vieira takes you on a journey across the country to uncover the nation’s 100 most-loved novels, the people who love them and their authors. Watch on-demand if you missed the launch!

Craft in America: SERVICE Episode On-Demand

On-Demand

Craft in America: SERVICE episode Documenting craft and the military and the power of the handmade to inspire and heal. Featuring papermaker Pam DeLuco, saddler Eugene Burks Jr., and ceramic artists Ehren Tool, Judas Recendez and Peter Voulkos. (Aired Nov. 2014) Watch On-Demand:

LATINO AMERICANS "War and Peace" On-Demand

World War II is a watershed event for Latino Americans with hundreds of thousands of men and women serving in the armed forces — but still face discrimination and a fight for civil rights back in the United States. Watch On-Demand (In English & Spanish)