select an episode
--- 2008 Episodes (original airdate) ---
Fiore, A.C.T.'s Blood Knot, and Liu (2/6)
Benton, Ramos, and Riley (3/19)
SF Ballet's New Works Festival (4/16)
Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi (5/7)
Yoshi's, Hijos del Sol, Diamano Coura (5/13)
The Ark, Mauleon, and Grisman (6/11)
Django Fever, Dorsey, and Laitala (6/18)
Cartagena, San Jose Taiko, and Denevan (7/9)
--- 2007 Episodes (original airdate) ---
Ferlinghetti, Patel and Guidi (3/21)
Neuburg, Ikeda and Gatti (3/28)
Crown Point Press, Santos and Gomez (4/4)
Del Sol, Hevel and La Familia Peña-Govea (4/11)
Adam 5100, Ledoh and Duarte (4/18)
Wiley, Akers, and Bamuthi Joseph (5/2)
Gotanda, Garrett, and Gravity (5/9)
Baron, Parker, and Taylor (5/16)
Chitresh Das, Jackson, and Midori (5/23)
Shuch, Aguilar, and Aoki (5/30)
Alavi, King, and Tippy Canoe (6/20)
Klezmer, Kaleid, and Oliveros (6/27)
Cai, Henderson and Schwarcz (7/4)
Running Crew, Amiot, and Arai (7/11)
Ballet Afsaneh, Wessel, and Fabian (7/18)
Rodriguez, Levy, and Antonioli (7/25)
Hamilton, Chagoya, and Kildall (8/1)
Lindo, Klezmer, and Kaleid (8/8)
--- 2006 Episodes (original airdate) ---
New Beginnings (3/22)
What Experience Teaches (3/29)
The New American Landscape (4/5)
Think Globally (4/12)
A Sly View (4/19)
Out and About (4/26)
Experimenting (5/3)
In Respect of Nature (5/10)
Musical Instruments (5/24)
The Influence of Memory (5/31)
The Puppet Show (6/21)
Home Sweet Home (6/28)
Playing with Technology (7/5)
Performance Ideas (7/12)
West Oakland (7/19)
A Few Good Stories (7/26)
Steppin' Out (8/2)
--- 2005 Episodes (original airdate) ---
Shaken and Stirred (1/19)
Through the Lens (1/26)
Global Village (2/2)
Dance Masters (2/9)
Paint x 3 (2/16)
Elevating the Everyday (2/23)
Artist in Search of a Medium (3/2)
The Long Run (3/23)
Artist as Inventor (3/30)
Percussion (4/6)
American Music (4/13)
Street Art (4/20)
Forbidden Territory (4/27)
The Family Business (5/4)
History, Retold (5/11)
All Natural (5/18)
A Matter of Access (5/25)
Looking East (6/1)
Masterworks (6/15)
Kids on Stage (6/22)
Work In Progress (6/29)
--- 2004 Episodes (original airdate) ---
Let's Talk Politics (1/7)
Art in Public Places (1/14)
Telling Stories (1/21)
The Fine Art of Collecting (1/28)
Frontiers of Dance (2/4)
The Grey Eminences (2/11)
From Life (2/18)
Fusion (2/25)
Works on Paper (3/3)
Technophiles (3/24)
The Jet Set (3/31)
Making Room for Art (4/7)
All in the Family (4/14)
First-Person Narratives (4/21)
Movers and Shakers (4/28)
The Art of Interpretation (5/28)
Ensembles (5/12)
Legacies (5/19)
Needlework (5/26)
World Premieres (6/2)
The Young and the Restless (6/16)
Backstage Crafts (6/23)
Making Their Move (6/20)
Art Frees the Soul (7/7)
By Hand (7/14)
Up from the Street (7/21)
--- 2003 Episodes (original airdate) ---
Opening Nights (3/26)
Fame (4/2)
Collaborations with Nature (4/9)
Master Teachers (4/16)
Collectors and Their Collections (4/23)
Taking Craft to the Limit (4/30)
The Next Generation (5/7)
Roots (5/14)
Solo Acts (5/21)
Technology Enabled Art (5/28)
The Art of Improvisation (6/11)
Preservation (6/18)
Threads (6/25)
A Room of One's Own (7/2)
Transplanting a Tradition (7/9)
The Engineering of Art (7/16)
Trailblazers (7/23)
Collaborations (7/30)
Art Meets Pop Culture (8/6)
Page to Stage (8/27)
The Business of Art (9/3)
Remembrance (9/10)
Leaders (9/17)
Art Goes Back to School (9/24)
The Bleeding Edge (10/1)
Community Institutions for the Arts (10/8)
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Sunday, July 6, 2008
KQED Life
Fusion --
4:30pm
Monday, July 7, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Fusion --
3:00am
KQED HD
Fusion --
3:00am
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Fusion --
2:30am
KQED HD
Fusion --
2:30am
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
KQED Channel 9
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
7:30pm
KQED HD
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
7:30pm
Friday, July 11, 2008
KQED Channel 9
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
11:30pm
KQED HD
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
11:30pm
Saturday, July 12, 2008
KQED Life
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
2:00pm
Sunday, July 13, 2008
KQED Channel 9
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
6:30am
KQED HD
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
6:30am
KQED Life
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
11:30am,
4:30pm
Monday, July 14, 2008
KQED Channel 9
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
3:00am
KQED HD
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
3:00am
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
KQED Channel 9
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
2:30am
KQED HD
San Jose Taiko, Cartagena, and Denevan --
2:30am
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Experimenting --
7:30pm
KQED HD
Experimenting --
7:30pm
Friday, July 18, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Experimenting --
11:30pm
KQED HD
Experimenting --
11:30pm
Saturday, July 19, 2008
KQED Life
Experimenting --
2:00pm
Sunday, July 20, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Experimenting --
6:30am
KQED HD
Experimenting --
6:30am
KQED Life
Experimenting --
11:30am,
4:30pm
Monday, July 21, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Experimenting --
3:00am
KQED HD
Experimenting --
3:00am
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Experimenting --
2:30am
KQED HD
Experimenting --
2:30am
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
7:30pm
KQED HD
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
7:30pm
Friday, July 25, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
11:30pm
KQED HD
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
11:30pm
Saturday, July 26, 2008
KQED Life
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
2:00pm
Sunday, July 27, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
6:30am
KQED HD
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
6:30am
KQED Life
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
11:30am,
4:30pm
Monday, July 28, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
3:00am
KQED HD
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
3:00am
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
2:30am
KQED HD
Benton, Ramos, and Riley --
2:30am
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
KQED Channel 9
SF Ballet's New Works Festival --
7:30pm
KQED HD
SF Ballet's New Works Festival --
7:30pm
Friday, August 1, 2008
KQED Channel 9
SF Ballet's New Works Festival --
11:30pm
KQED HD
SF Ballet's New Works Festival --
11:30pm
Friday, August 8, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Lily Cai, Mike Henderson and June Schwarcz --
11:30pm
KQED HD
Lily Cai, Mike Henderson and June Schwarcz --
11:30pm
Saturday, August 9, 2008
KQED Life
Lily Cai, Mike Henderson and June Schwarcz --
2:00pm
Sunday, August 10, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Lily Cai, Mike Henderson and June Schwarcz --
6:30am
KQED HD
Lily Cai, Mike Henderson and June Schwarcz --
6:30am
KQED Life
Lily Cai, Mike Henderson and June Schwarcz --
11:30am,
4:30pm
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Lily Cai, Mike Henderson and June Schwarcz --
2:30am
KQED HD
Lily Cai, Mike Henderson and June Schwarcz --
2:30am
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Fiore, A.C.T.'s Blood Knot, and Liu --
7:30pm
KQED HD
Fiore, A.C.T.'s Blood Knot, and Liu --
7:30pm
Friday, August 15, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Fiore, A.C.T.'s Blood Knot, and Liu --
11:30pm
KQED HD
Fiore, A.C.T.'s Blood Knot, and Liu --
11:30pm
Saturday, August 16, 2008
KQED Life
Fiore, A.C.T.'s Blood Knot, and Liu --
2:00pm
Sunday, August 17, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Fiore, A.C.T.'s Blood Knot, and Liu --
6:30am
KQED HD
Fiore, A.C.T.'s Blood Knot, and Liu --
6:30am
KQED Life
Fiore, A.C.T.'s Blood Knot, and Liu --
11:30am,
4:30pm
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Fiore, A.C.T.'s Blood Knot, and Liu --
2:30am
KQED HD
Fiore, A.C.T.'s Blood Knot, and Liu --
2:30am
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi --
7:30pm
KQED HD
Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi --
7:30pm
Friday, August 22, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi --
11:30pm
KQED HD
Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi --
11:30pm
Saturday, August 23, 2008
KQED Life
Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi --
2:00pm
Sunday, August 24, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi --
6:30am
KQED HD
Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi --
6:30am
KQED Life
Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi --
11:30am,
4:30pm
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
KQED Channel 9
Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi --
2:30am
KQED HD
Salimpour, Syjuco, and Yi --
2:30am
Friday, August 29, 2008
KQED Channel 9
In Respect of Nature --
11:30pm
KQED HD
In Respect of Nature --
11:30pm
Saturday, August 30, 2008
KQED Life
In Respect of Nature --
2:00pm
Sunday, August 31, 2008
KQED Channel 9
In Respect of Nature --
6:30am
KQED HD
In Respect of Nature --
6:30am
KQED Life
In Respect of Nature --
11:30am,
4:30pm
