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  Tonight at 7 pm ET join us for a special online performance -- live from the Library of Congress -- honoring Carole King & her music (and including performances by King and some of her friends). Watch online via this link: http://to.pbs.org/10jw0AD

  LIVE | Carole King: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize | In Performance at the White House | PBS

  

  Enjoy this special concert on May 21 starting at 7 pm E.T. at the Library of Congress honoring Carole King and her contribution to music.

  May 21, 2013 at 10:30 pm

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  Tonight at 8/7c, watch the documentary "The Ghost Army," and learn about the American GIs who tricked the enemy in WWII with carefully crafted illusions. Curious? Here's a preview:

  Watch now: The Ghost Army - Preview | The Ghost Army | PBS Video

  

  Premieres Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

  May 21, 2013 at 5:00 pm

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  Think you're too old to go back to school or begin a new career? We'd like you to meet Willadene Zedan:

  85-Year-Old Graduates From College, Finds Job

  

  Willadene Zedan, 85, leaves college this weekend with better grades, and a better job prospect, than many of her young classmates.

  May 21, 2013 at 10:43 am

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  Ever wonder what makes hummingbird flight behavior so distinct? Learn more about hummingbird evolution at NOVA Next.

  Fossil Feathers Fill Out Ancestor of Hummingbirds and Swifts — NOVA Next | PBS

  For a long time, paleontologists have struggled to explain the stark differences between the wing shapes of hummingbirds and swifts. The two bird families are descended... Read Full Postelse

  May 21, 2013 at 6:00 am

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  Why would anyone want to eat stale bread? Because PBS Food knows how to make it delicious. This rusk recipe is a buttery, crisp cookie: http://www.pbs.org/food/fresh-tastes/rusk/

  

  May 20, 2013 at 7:00 pm

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  Like science?

  Then you'd like NOVA on Facebook! In addition to updates on upcoming episodes, you'll get access to original new web content, behind-the-scenes photos, and links to science news from around the world. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/NOVAonline

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  NOVA is the most-watched primetime science series on television reaching an average of five million viewers weekly. The NOVA website has been pioneering new forms of web-original content since it debuted in early 1996. NOVA’s online presence amplifies the impact of its programs, with a website that...

  May 20, 2013 at 4:00 pm

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  For Mel Brooks the spoofing is in the details. The classic Hollywood Horror film is always black-and-white and includes scene transitions like iris outs, wipes and fades to black. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood Horror is no different. He even tracks down the original equipment from the mad doctor’s lab first used in the 1931 Frankenstein film. Learn more about the art of the Brooks homage (or, to spoof with accuracy) from American Masters | PBS http://to.pbs.org/11OtyQa
  
  “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise” premieres tomorrow night at 9/8c on PBS

  

  May 20, 2013 at 2:01 am

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  In this new video from PBS Digital Studios' INVENTORS series, Randall Olsen takes us from his lab to a battleship to learn about his DANTE Antenna Technology that allows low-cost, high-speed directional ship-to-ship communication.

  Antenna Technology | INVENTORS | PBS Digital Studios

  

  Randall Olsen is a civilian employee of the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) where he heads a team developing new technology for th...

  May 19, 2013 at 4:20 pm

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  What came first: the Mel Brooks movie or the cliché? The classic Hollywood Sci-Fi spaceship always gets gratuitous screentime from every camera angle. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood spaceship appears in a continuous one minute and 40 second scene detailing its ridiculous length. Learn more about the art of the Brooks trope (or, making the cliché absurd) from American Masters | PBS http://to.pbs.org/13daKNu

  

  May 18, 2013 at 10:30 pm

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  Got Gatsby on the brain? Check out this 1920s cocktail recipe from PBS Food, and learn how Prohibition inspired an era of drunken excess in America. (via Tori Avey of The Shiksa: http://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/great-gatsby-prohibition-fitzgerald/

  

  May 18, 2013 at 7:01 pm

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  Career Advice to My Daughter on Graduation Day -- Next Avenue’s Work & Volunteering blogger, Nancy Collamer, offers career advice for the new crop of college graduates: http://to.pbs.org/16vI2LB

  

  May 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm

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  After more than 10 years of failed attempts, scientists have successfully used cloning to create human embryonic stem cells.

  Read more on NOVA Next: http://to.pbs.org/10735zF

  

  May 18, 2013 at 11:09 am

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  Verdi’s classic Rigoletto…in Las Vegas? Spring Awakening director Michael Mayer makes his Metropolitan Opera debut in this adaptation, airing on GREAT PERFORMANCES l PBS tonight at 9/8c. Watch the Act 1 duet online at http://to.pbs.org/13BhrsG

  

  May 17, 2013 at 10:00 pm

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  Mel Brooks never met a stereotype he couldn’t upend. The classic Hollywood cowboy is always white. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood cowboy is black. And his Indian chief speaks Yiddish. Learn more about the art of the Brooks stereotype (and turning it on its head) from American Masters | PBS http://to.pbs.org/13davBX
  
  “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise” premieres Monday, May 20th at 9/8c on PBS

  

  May 17, 2013 at 7:00 pm

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  TONIGHT: PBS' MacNeil and Lehrer look back at the Senate Watergate hearings on PBS NewsHour. What do you remember?

  How Did Watergate Affect You?

  

  Forty years ago, in the summer of 1973, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer led public broadcasting's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings -- co-anchoring all 250 hours of the proceedings, and launching the beginnings of what the PBS NewsHour is today.

  May 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm

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  Shown (L-R): Bryony Hannah as Cynthia, Dorothy Atkinson as Jane, Helen George as Trixie, Jessica Raine as Jenny

  © Laurence Cendrowicz/© Neal Street Productions

  CALL THE MIDWIFE (Season 2)

  

  May 17, 2013 at 2:58 pm

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  Shown (L-R): Helen George as Trixie, Miranda Hart as Chummy, Jessica Raine as Jenny

  ©Laurence Cendrowicz/© Neal Street Productions

  CALL THE MIDWIFE (Season 2)

  

  May 17, 2013 at 2:58 pm

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  We just reached 100 submissions for the This Land Is Your Land Project! That's 100 covers for 100 years of Woody Guthrie! See the 100th cover from American Masters | PBS at http://to.pbs.org/11TjmWB. You still have until June 15th to submit your cover!

  

  May 17, 2013 at 10:16 am

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  Do you know a "slacktivist"? That's someone who "likes" causes and posts political stories without taking action. You're not alone: a Pew study found that 17% of politically active people on social media never take other political action online or off : http://to.pbs.org/13vE3uL

  

  May 17, 2013 at 1:00 am

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  Can you name these civil rights pioneers? See if you can name all three. Visit PBS Black Culture Connection to learn more about them and many more at http://to.pbs.org/106veqv

  

  May 16, 2013 at 10:00 pm

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  Get the inside scoop on your favorite programs coming to PBS and PBS KIDS, straight from the PBS Annual Meeting. Check out tweets, photos and more about these sneak peeks, right here:

  PBS Annual Meeting 2013 Day #2 (with images, tweets) · PBS

  

  PBS's Annual Meeting convened in Miami in May 2013. The meeting brings together people from local PBS stations around the country, producers and others to talk about upcoming PBS and PBS KIDS programming of all types. Here are some highlights from Day Two of the PBS A

  May 16, 2013 at 4:10 pm

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  The suicide rate among older adults has risen nearly 30% over the last 10 years. Why are boomers particularly at risk? (via Next Avenue)

  What Does the Exploding Rate of Boomer Suicide Say About Us?

  

  The new CDC report on U.S. suicide rates makes one thing very clear: We have a national crisis on our hands.

  May 16, 2013 at 1:00 pm

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  A herd of zebra file to drink from the Boteti River in Botswana’s arid Makgadikgadi Pans, where these striped nomads walk more than 2,500 miles a year to feed themselves. Be sure to watch Nature | PBS - The Great Zebra Exodus tonight at 8/7c: http://to.pbs.org/13xiwBP

  

  May 15, 2013 at 10:00 pm

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  Just announced! PEG + CAT, a new preschool series, to premiere on PBS KIDS Monday, October 7, 2013! Learn more: http://to.pbs.org/10lZNrJ

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  May 15, 2013 at 4:15 pm

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  From PBS Food: If you are having chicken for dinner, it doesn't have to be boring! Inject your chicken with a honey soy flavor topped with sweet chili glaze: http://to.pbs.org/13Tolsz

  

  May 15, 2013 at 4:00 pm