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Coming Spring 2017: 'Vireo'

Clip: S8 | 8m 37s | "Vireo," a made-for-broadcast opera, will have its worldwide series debut on KCET in 2017. (8m 37s)

Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witchs Accuser (Preview)

Preview: S8 Ep7 | 1m 13s | An Artbound special episode in partnership with the Grand Central Art Center. (1m 13s)

Episode Twelve: My Name is Vireo

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 6m 5s | Vireo returns to the woods where her adventure began — but now she steps off of a stage. (6m 5s)

Episode Two: Mercury

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 14m 7s | Vireo wakes onstage into the 16th-century world she left before. (14m 7s)

Episode Three: Needle

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 13m 27s | Vireo has escaped from her room and into an abandoned warehouse. (13m 27s)

Episode Ten: Ice on the Sargasso

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 16m 18s | Vireo rides in a car across the Swedish steppes on her way to join the circus. (16m 18s)

Episode Six: Boarding School

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 15m 18s | Vireo begins this episode in a 16th-century courtroom where she has been called to testify (15m 18s)

Episode Seven: Dismal Pure Inane

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 11m 45s | Bored at home on vacation, Vireo can hardly wait to return to school. (11m 45s)

Episode One: The Blow

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 15m 16s | Fourteen-year-old Vireo finds herself fluid in time. (15m 16s)

Episode Nine: Alcatraz

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 17m 13s | After being arrested for perjury and libel, Vireo is sent to prison at Alcatraz. (17m 13s)

Episode Four: Beginner

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 15m 21s | Vireo is examined by the Doctor and Raphael at their Vienna office. (15m 21s)

Episode Five: The Cow Song

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 11m 12s | Vireo returns home after the unsuccessful treatment. (11m 12s)

Episode Eleven: Circus

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 19m 40s | Vireo’s hysteria and psychosis finally come to a climax when she wakes up at the circus. (19m 40s)

Episode Eight: Girl in the Well

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 13m 6s | Leaving school in search of witchcraft, Caroline leads Vireo and Raphael to a well. (13m 6s)

A Tramp Across the Continent

Clip: S8 Ep1 | 7m 50s | Charles Fletcher Lummis began his infamous cross-country walk in 1884. (7m 50s)

A Stone Marvel: El Alisal

Clip: S8 Ep1 | 4m 22s | Charles Lummis' stone house along the Arroyo Seco is now a designated cultural monument. (4m 22s)

The First Museum in Los Angeles

Clip: S8 Ep1 | 8m 35s | Charles Lummis sought to preserve Native American and Mexican cultures. (8m 35s)

Boosterism in L.A.: Selling the Land of Sunshine

Clip: S8 Ep1 | 6m 56s | Colorful advertisements aided in building the allure of Southern California. (6m 56s)

Venice: L.A.'s Former Frontier

Clip: S8 Ep5 | 8m 41s | Santa Monica and Venice were once viewed as the last frontiers and new centers of culture. (8m 41s)

The Third Life of the Hollywood Sign

Clip: S8 Ep5 | 8m 5s | The Hollywood Sign now might as well be a billboard for the Third L.A. (8m 5s)

Los Angeles is Expanding Skyward

Clip: S8 Ep5 | 4m 36s | Los Angeles has always been deeply ambivalent about tall buildings and their place here. (4m 36s)

How Boyle Heights is Fighting the Forces of Change

Clip: S8 Ep5 | 10m 59s | After World War II, Boyle Heights was forcibly cut off from the rest of LA by freeways. (10m 59s)

The Future of Housing in L.A.

Clip: S8 Ep5 | 6m 48s | The emerging L.A. we’re seeing now is one that’s rediscovering its public space. (6m 48s)

Beyond Museum Walls: The Underground Museum

Clip: S8 Ep4 | 22m 34s | Noah Davis set out to offer an alternative space to showcase art to diverse communities. (22m 34s)

Looking to the Future: Leimert Park

Clip: S8 Ep5 | 10m 2s | The Leimert Plaza Park is at the heart of a neighborhood facing rapid change. (10m 2s)

Beyond Museum Walls: Wolvesmouth

Clip: S8 Ep4 | 12m 51s | It's the dining experience as performance art. (12m 51s)

Beyond Museum Walls: Public Fiction

Clip: S8 Ep4 | 6m 32s | Public Fiction has taken on a personality that goes beyond a traditional thinking of art. (6m 32s)

What Defines the 21st Century Museum?

Clip: S8 Ep4 | 1m 30s | MOCA curator Helen Molesworth details partnership with the Underground Museum. (1m 30s)

How War Veterans Use Art to Confront Trauma

Clip: S8 Ep3 | 1m 26s | Many veterans have been able to confront their demons by engaging in a creative process. (1m 26s)

What Goes Into Making a $6,000 Shoe?

Clip: S8 Ep2 | 1m 22s | Shoemaker and designer Raul Ojeda runs the bespoke footwear line Don Ville. (1m 22s)

Saving Songs of Old California

Clip: S8 Ep1 | 3m 11s | In 1903, Charles Lummis began recording traditional Mexican and Native American folk songs (3m 11s)

Larger Than Life: Charles Fletcher Lummis

Clip: S8 Ep1 | 3m 9s | Charles Lummis spread a gospel of indigenous and regional Southwestern history and culture (3m 9s)

Who was Charles Fletcher Lummis?

Clip: S8 Ep1 | 1m 23s | Charles Lummis kept himself busy for decades spreading a gospel. (1m 23s)

Director Charlie Otte on Vireo

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 15m 10s | Creative director Charlie Otte discusses the intricacies of producing an opera for TV. (15m 10s)

Grand Central Art Center Curator John Spiak on Vireo

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 8m 19s | John Spiak discusses the GCAC's role in "Vireo" and the conception of the project. (8m 19s)

Composer Lisa Bielawa on Vireo

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 28m 56s | Lisa Bielawa discusses the inspiration behind "Vireo" (28m 56s)

Vireo: Behind the Scenes

Clip: S8 Ep7 | 10m 51s | A look behind the scenes of the opera. (10m 51s)