Plus, a Season with The Tabernacle Choir and KQED’s Proposition 8 documentary
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| A Holiday Special with Call the Midwife | | |
| | | As the holidays approach, it’s time for the annual Call the Midwife Holiday Special, marking the beginning of Season 13. Nonnatus House is alight with activity as the residents of Poplar unite for yuletide celebrations. But with the New Year dawning, new challenges arrive, creating changes for the community. Catch up with all your favorite and new characters on Monday, December 25, at 8pm on KQED 9. You can also stream the episode on the day of broadcast with the PBS App or KQED Passport. | | |
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| Celebrate the Holidays with The Tabernacle Choir | | |
| | | Join the Tabernacle Choir and award-winning artists Lea Salonga and Sir David Suchet for Season of Light: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir, a festive and uplifting Christmas special. Filmed with a live audience, this concert will illuminate your holiday experience with timeless carols, treasured Christmas songs and a story of heroic service. The concert airs on Tuesday, December 12, at 8pm on KQED 9, or you can stream the celebration with the PBS App or KQED Passport. | | |
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| KQED Reflects on Prop 8 and the Fight for Marriage Equality | | |
| | | Fifteen years have past since a majority of California voters approved Proposition 8 — a ban on same-sex marriage. Months after Proposition 8 passed, two LGBTQ couples sued the state over the right to marry, leading Proposition 8 to be overturned and bringing marriage equality to the Golden State. KQED recently invited the two couples to our studios so they could watch the trial tapes for the first time and see their younger selves go on the stand for marriage equality. You can now watch the series, with Part 1 featuring Paul Katami and Part 2 featuring Jeff Zarrillo, Sandy Stier and Kris Perry. | | |
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| | | San Jose Civic | Bay Area! JOAQUIN CORTES, the King of Flamenco, will perform live at the San Jose Civic, Sunday, December 10th @ 7PM.
A dazzling spectacle that features more than 25 artists from Spain performing his spectacular show: ESENCIA.
Join the experience on Sunday, December 10th, at the San Jose Civic.
For tickets, visit www.joaquincortes.show/sanjose. |
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| Take Advantage of Your Passport to Mystery, Romance and Drama | | |
| | | The New Year is fast approaching and with it comes a new lineup of incredible KQED and PBS programs. But did you know that as a Passport member, you can binge entire seasons of your favorite shows on demand? Passport provides a front-row seat to first-rate programs. If you’re a KQED supporter who gives $5/month, you already have access to Passport, which means you have exclusive early streaming opportunities and an on-demand library of more than 2,000 programs. To ensure you have everything you need to explore the vast variety of content, check your eligibility. | | |
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| | | Over 2.3 million viewers and listeners rely on KQED every week. Your #GivingNewsDay gift ensures we can continue to light the way with in-depth news coverage for everyone in our communities. | | |
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What We’re Listening to | | | Podcast Community Spotlight: Country of Dust
The Podcast Community Spotlight is an initiative from the PRX Podcast Garage and KQED that promotes the work of independent podcast producers. This month’s spotlight is on Country of Dust, a narrative podcast about Armenia today — bringing you stories from the people living through it all. | | |
| | What Was it Like to Be a Roman Emperor?
Roman emperors have long provided a template for autocrats and a warning for politicians. But not all emperors were cruel, bloodthirsty and decadent. Mary Beard’s new book, Emperor of Rome, looks at the daily practicalities of their lives. On Forum, Mina Kim talks to Beard about what life was like in the corridors of power in ancient Rome and takes your questions. | | |
| | The Marijuana Minister of the Castro
By the early ’80s, San Francisco’s gay community was hit hard by HIV and AIDS. Death rates soared at the time, as it was before today’s life-saving treatments were available. For some people living with the HIV virus or the onset of AIDS, there was only one thing that helped ease their pain: marijuana. Bay Curious talks to Jim Mitulski, the so-called “Marijuana Minister of the Castro.” | |
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