MUSLIM AMERICAN ROAD TRIP

BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN: ARIZONA, NEVADA, CALIFORNIA SATURDAY, APRIL 19 @ 9:00PM Mona Haydar and Sebastian Robins meet setbacks and surprises while driving the last leg of Route 66. They learn about a 16th-century Muslim explorer and a Syrian camel driver who surveyed Route 66 and find an unlikely Muslim village in Las Vegas. FIND OUT MORE...

GREAT PERFORMANCES

NOW HEAR THIS BOCCHERINI: NIGHT MUSIC FRIDAY, APRIL 18 @ 10:00PM The Spanish court brought Boccherini, Europe’s greatest cellist, from Italy to Spain. There he created new musical forms and fell in love with his adopted hometown — until he was exiled to the Sierra. FIND OUT MORE...

NATURE

KATAVI: AFRICA’S FALLEN PARADISE SALVATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 @ 9:00PM Hope on the horizon. The rains finally arrive, and the water brings relief and movement for all. The parched land cannot absorb the water and levels rise bringing fresh dangers and further testing everyone’s survival skills. FIND OUT MORE...

NOVA

SECRETS OF THE FOREST SATURDAY, APRIL 19 @ 10:00PM Can forests help cool the planet? Follow scientists through spectacular landscapes as they study complex networks of trees, fungi, and creatures large and small – all in a quest to tackle the twin threats of climate change and species extinction. FIND OUT MORE...

AMERICAN MASTERS

ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE TUESDAY, APRIL 15 @ 10:00PM Explore the work of cartoonist Art Spiegelman and the impact of his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, about his parents’ survival of the Holocaust. A defender of free speech, Spiegelman has spoken out as book bans spread across the country. FIND OUT MORE...