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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 2h

Today is World Mental Health Day, so we're sharing a few of the best ways to handle our feelings. What's one way you work through YOUR feelings?

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 14h

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 1d

Still Life, 1st novel in Louise Penny’s Insp Gamache series, adapted into a radio play to be staged by SOU School of Arts & Humanities
Sat 10/18 at 7pm
Sun 10/19 at 1pm
Meese Auditorium, SOU Art Building

Pay-What-You-Can Donation: www.pledgecart.org/home?campaig...
(541) 779-0808 to reserve tickets

Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 2d

How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, & David Schmidt in @theatlantic.com on what it took to film “The American Revolution,” which will air on SOPBS starting Nov. 16.

Read the article www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

What We Learned Filming ‘The American Revolution’

The co-directors of the new PBS series describe how they made a documentary about a war distant in time and shrouded in myth.

www.theatlantic.com

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 2d

TONIGHT at 10 on FRONTLINE: BORN POOR
The Emmy-nominated documentary "Poor Kids" explored poverty in the U.S. as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children.

"Born Poor" tells the stories of the same children, now grown, chronicling their lives from childhood to today
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

Born Poor | FRONTLINE

An indelible look at the realities of growing up poor in America.

www.pbs.org

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 3d

29 years ago today, the iconic Arthur premiered on PBS KIDS. Our friends in Elmwood City taught us how to be a good friend and family member. And most importantly, taught us the power and fun of a library card! 📚💜

You can still catch Arthur today: pbskids.org/videos/arthur and on the PBS Kids App!

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 3d

Ken Burns’s obsession with this country can be felt in all 234 hours of his films — including his latest. At a moment when we are once again arguing about the definition of this place, Burns might be the one thing about which this 250-year-old nation of patriots can agree.
www.gq.com/story/ken-bu...

Ken Burns Loves America—and You Can, Too

Ken Burns’s obsession with this country can be felt in all 234 hours of his roughly 40 films—including his latest mega-doc, The American Revolution. At a moment when we are once again arguing about th...

www.gq.com

Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 3d

TONIGHT at 10 on SOPBS: Independent Lens
A look at Phil Sharp’s rise from a Kentucky farm boy to Nobel Prize-winning scientist. The film reveals how Sharp’s RNA discovery transformed biology & launched the biotech revolution leading to life-saving treatments for millions.
www.pbs.org/video/cracki...

Independent Lens | Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution | Season 27 | Episode 1

Phil Sharp’s RNA discovery reshaped science, medicine, and the global biotech industry.

www.pbs.org

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 6d

It's beginning to look a lot like sweater weather... 🤓

Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 6d

TONIGHT at 9 on SOPBS: Great Performances: The Magic of Grace Bumbry

How Black Missouri native Grace Bumbry became the toast of the 1960s international opera scene, a rise that began in an era of 1950s racism.

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 7d

Dame Patricia Routledge has passed away at the age of 96. Her starring roles as Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances (1990) and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996) endeared her to American Public TV viewers.

Routledge won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Darling of the Day.

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OPB @opb.org · 7d

Oregon is set to lose an additional $400 million in federal grants awarded for climate action and is among more than a dozen Democratic states losing federal funding after the Trump administration terminated nearly $8 billion for those states this week.

Oregon to lose an additional $400 million in federal climate grants

Oregon and 15 other Democratic states are losing nearly $8 billion toward climate projects, after the Trump administration terminated multiple federal grants.

www.opb.org

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 8d

Wednesdays are Awe-Inspiring on SOPBS...

Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 9d

Southern Oregon PBS offers FREE Estate Planning Workshops, designed to assist individuals in planning for their future and crafting their life stories.

Our Next Workshop:
Tue, Oct 14; 1 to 3p
Gresham Room, Ashland Library
Host: David Seulean

Call (541) 779-0808 to reserve your spot.

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 10d

WEATHER HUNTERS is a HIT!

Seeing all this love pouring in for Weather Hunters is bringing sunshine to our forecast ☀️ ☺️

Every morning at 7:30am on SOPBS KIDS. Available 24/7 on the PBS KIDS App.

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 10d

VOTING ENDS TODAY!

The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating its 250th anniversary by inviting the public to vote on a past stamp to reissue. One of the options is the 2018 Mister Rogers stamp.

There is no limit to how many times you can vote.

Visit stampsforever.com/vote to cast your vote.

Stamp Encore — Stamps Forever

Vote for the stamp you want to bring back!

stampsforever.com

Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 10d

Although the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) closes at the end of today, SOPBS is still going strong.

We are grateful for CPB’s partnership and investment in public media's mission. Here’s to continuing this work — educating, illuminating and inspiring our communities.

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 10d

TONIGHT at 10pm on SOPBS: POV: Porcelain War
Amid war in Ukraine, three artists choose to stay, armed with art, cameras, and guns.
www.pbs.org/pov/films/po...

Porcelain War - POV

Confronting war, Ukrainian artists pick up arms while finding strength through art.

www.pbs.org

Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 11d

This week's edition of ON THE CALENDAR...

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 16d

Alycia Hallady of the Autism Science Foundation: "The scientific studies that have been conducted so far do not support the idea that Tylenol causes autism." https://to.pbs.org/47XUF5Y

Health experts respond to Trump's claims linking autism to acetaminophen

President Trump tied the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy to autism and made several other claims about vaccines. William Brangham discussed those claims and the concerns about what the president said with Alycia Halladay of the Autism Science Foun...

to.pbs.org

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 16d

CONGRATULATIONS to Bill Nye The Science Guy, on being honored yesterday with a Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame.

BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!

Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 16d

Today, we celebrate our friend Jim Henson and his legacy of joy and creativity. He reinvented the way we view monsters, puppetry, and fun.

Thank you to our friend for everything he taught us. Happy Birthday!

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 16d

THURSDAY at 8 on a NEW EPISODE of US AS WE ARE:

In Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley, we join pilots at Woodrat Mountain for the annual Rat Race — and Keegan takes to the skies for his first flight.

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