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Feast on the flavors of the Big Easy with CREATE’s New Orleans chefs.
CREATE Showcase: NOLA airs Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, April 14 at 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on WXXI-CREATE.
Chef Kevin Belton, the Dooky Chase kitchen, and the team at Kitchen Queens: New Orleans share their favorite dishes from NOLA!
This week David visits with talented young musicians Tray Wellington and Lakota John Locklear.
David Holt’s State of Music “Lakota John Locklear and Tray Wellington “ airs Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m. on WXXI-TV.
Tray Wellington is an African American banjo player who has won the IBMA Momentum Award; John Locklear is a member of the Lumbee tribe who excels at the blues.
How life turned out for the first child diagnosed with autism, and what acceptance means.
In a Different Key airs Thursday, April 2 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI and PBS apps.
A mother tracks down the first person ever diagnosed with autism, now an elderly man living in rural Mississippi, to learn if his life story holds promise for her own autistic son. Her journey exposes a startling record of cruelty and kindness alike, framed by forces like race, money and privilege – but leads to hope that more communities are learning to have the backs of people on the spectrum.
This film is presented as part of Move to IncludeTM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media.
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Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s, a film by Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green features three people—a political cartoonist, a mother turned boxing coach, and an optician as they navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease.
Available on-demand through 5/8/2024
Photo from Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s – Independent Lens
Watch the Trailer:
Learn More: Film Website
PBS Independent Lens: Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s
About Indie Lens Pop-Up
Indie Lens Pop-Up is a community series that brings people together for film screenings and conversations. Featuring documentaries seen on PBS’s INDEPENDENT LENS, Indie Lens Pop-Up draws local residents, leaders, and organizations to discuss what matters most. Learn more at pbs.org/indielenspopup
Presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Acton Family Giving, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts. Stream anytime on the PBS App. For more visit pbs.org/independentlens.
Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s, a film by Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green features three people—a political cartoonist, a mother turned boxing coach, and an optician as they navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease.
Airing on WXXI-World Channel on April 10th at 8pm.
Photo from Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s – Independent Lens
Watch the Trailer:
Learn More: Film Website
PBS Independent Lens: Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s
About Indie Lens Pop-Up
Indie Lens Pop-Up is a community series that brings people together for film screenings and conversations. Featuring documentaries seen on PBS’s INDEPENDENT LENS, Indie Lens Pop-Up draws local residents, leaders, and organizations to discuss what matters most. Learn more at pbs.org/indielenspopup
Presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Acton Family Giving, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts. Stream anytime on the PBS App. For more visit pbs.org/independentlens.
Watch the Live Stream of the 2024 Solar Eclipse beginning 1 PM on Monday, April 8th.
Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.
NOVA: Great American Eclipse airs Sunday, April 7 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-WORLD.
In April 2024, the Moon’s shadow is sweeping from Texas to Maine, as the U.S. witnesses its last total eclipse until 2044, and scientists scramble to unlock the secrets of our Sun. This extraordinary astronomical event is plunging locations in the path of totality into darkness for more than four minutes – nearly twice as long as the last American eclipse in 2017. Learn how to watch an eclipse safely and follow scientists as they work to unlock secrets of our Sun – from why its atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than its surface, to what causes solar storms and how we might one day predict them.