Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month With PBS Wisconsin

September 14, 2020

Every year since 1988, Congress has recognized Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 as National Hispanic Heritage Month, highlighting the impact…

PBS Wisconsin Honors Female Trailblazers

June 22, 2020

As we approach the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment (Aug. 26, 1920), granting American women the right…

PBS Wisconsin Celebrates African American Music Appreciation Month

June 1, 2020

Every June since 1979, the United States has celebrated African American Music Appreciation Month to honor the contributions of African-American…

Celebrate Pride Month with PBS Wisconsin

May 24, 2020

As we approach the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall riots and their monumental impact on the gay rights movement, PBS…

Q&A: Stanley Nelson, director of Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool on American Masters

January 30, 2020

Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool….

Celebrate African-American History Month with WPT!

February 1, 2018

Any day is a great day to recognize the many contributions that African-Americans have made to American history and culture….

Celebrating Bob Dylan

October 14, 2016

To some, the choice of Bob Dylan as the 2016 Nobel laureate in Literature might be surprising. To others, who…

Remembering Pete Seeger in Song

January 28, 2014

We are all sad to hear of the passing of folk legend Pete Seeger Monday at his home in New…