Arts and Culture

For great arts and culture content and discussion

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

Don't miss out on all the amazing virtual performances. Our extensive Arts and Culture Calendar at CITY will help you find all the best events! Click here to go to the calendar.

Arts and Culture

On-Demand: Virtual Screening/Panel: Explore the Life and Legacy of Oliver Sacks

The on-demand archive of the national virtual screening and panel discussion of American Masters – Oliver Sacks: His Own Life panel discussion is now available. See the full broadcast of the documentary on April 9th

Code Switch Podcast from NPR

Remember when folks used to talk about being "post-racial"? Well, we're definitely not that. The Code Switch Podcast Team are a multi-racial, multi-generational team of NPR journalists fascinated by the overlapping themes of race, ethnicity and culture, how they play out in our lives and communities, and how all of this is shifting. Listen to Episodes On-Demand and Subscribe to the podcast.

Native America Series: On-Demand

Native America illuminates the splendor of a past whose story has for too long remained untold.

Linda Ronstadt: Live in Hollywood

Saturday, April 10, 2021 - 10:00pm

on WXXI-TV

Celebrate the superstar in an electrifying 1980 concert filmed at the height of her career.

John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind

Saturday, March 13, 2021 - 8:00pm

on WXXI-TV

Tune in for this special guided tour of the folk sensations from the '50's and '60's!

This Land is Your Land (My Music)

Friday, March 12, 2021 - 8:30pm

on WXXI-TV

Take a musical journey through the evolution of modern American folk music, from its roots in bluegrass to San Francisco coffee houses to clubs in Greenwich Village.

John Denver: Country Boy

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 9:30pm

on WXXI-TV

One of the world's best-known and best-loved performers, John Denver earned international acclaim as a songwriter, performer, actor, environmentalist, and humanitarian.