WPBT2 is launching a weekly series on the arts and we are looking to acquire or commission short form video content that highlights or documents the arts and culture across the region. We are looking for story segments in the 3-8 minute range and all submissions will be considered based upon the content mix of existing inventory. We are interested but not limited to documentary, performance, interview and experimental video. Individuals and organizations are encouraged to apply and the submissions are opened until further notice. You can download the full RFP and send any submissions or questions to neal@uvuvideo.org Download... Continue reading

The Adrienne Arsht Center continues a partnership with the House Theatre of Chicago, bringing new and inventive productions to South Florida. This holiday season brings a reimagined "Nutcracker." Not a ballet but as a play, this in-the-round production features many of the traditional elements but in a more cohesive narrative that tells the story of joy and loss at the is time of year. Meant as family entertainment, it still features some elements that might be a little frightening to the youngest audience, including the battle with the Rat King and his minions, but there are also some surprises that... Continue reading

It's been a long wait, but that wait will soon come to an end. Downton Abbey returns with Season 3 in January! via channel2.typepad.com Continue reading

Welcome the holiday season with legendary rocker and Grammy award-winning artist. Two time rock and roll hall of famer, Rod Stewart, hosts his first holiday special, ROD STEWART, MERRY CHRISTMAS, BABY AIRING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 AT 11 p.m on WPBT2. The program features Stewart with an incredible array of superstar... Continue reading

Celebrate the legendary works of the most acclaimed lyricist and librettist of the 20th century with Oscar Hammerstein II: Out of My Dreams. Matthew Morrison (“Glee”) hosts this celebration of Hammerstein's extraordinary work as a humanitarian and political activist, which was a part of his life that is not as... Continue reading

When the British government produced the poster “Keep Calm and Carry On” in 1939, it was a rallying cry for the public, and a demonstration of a new collaboration between the government and the creative class. The Norton Museum of Art opens its special exhibition season exploring the ways in which artists, designers, architects, and filmmakers in Great Britain bolstered a nation and helped win the war on the home front. Keep Calm and Carry On: World War II and the British Home Front, 1938-1951, opens Nov. 1, 2012 and runs through Jan. 20, 2013. Keep Calm and Carry On... Continue reading

INDEPENDENT LENS: PARK AVENUE: Money, Power and the American Dream airs Monday, November 12 at 10 p.m. on WPBT2. The upper East Side of Manhattan is home for the wealthy, top of the latter people in the United States and those that donate money for political campaigns and lobby for... Continue reading

National Salute to Veterans airs Sunday, Novemeber 11 at 8 p.m. on WPBT2. Let's celebrate all of our American heroes who have served through out our country's history. Hosted by acclaimed actors Joe Mantegna ("Criminal Minds") and Gary Sinise ("CSI: New York"), The National Salute to Veterans will feature new... Continue reading

The Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival is heading into the final week. As one of (if not the) longest annual Film Festival, FLIFF 2012 has had guests a'plenty including Carroll Baker and her daughter, Actress Blanche Baker, Ft. Lauderdale's own Bailee Madison, Molly Parker and James Caan, Of course there was the usual collection of independent filmmakers and emerging talents, theatrical premieres and in general some good films with good friends, which makes attending FLIFF each year a must do event. Here are some video highlights from the fest so far. FLIFF 2012 - Carroll and Blanche Baker FLIFF 2012... Continue reading

ELECTION 2012: WHAT'S AT STAKE airs Friday, November 2, 2012 at 9 p.m. Anchored by PBS Newshour Correspondant, Hari Sreenivasan, What's at Stake leads viewers through four major issues at the center of this year's campaigns: jobs and tax policy, entitlements and debts, healthcare, and foreign policy. Join America's most... Continue reading

Today's final profile for the Art Live Fair is Misael Soto. Artist Misael Soto, one of the local artists participating in Lotus House's Art Live event discusses is project. We caught up with Misael during the DWNTOWN ARTS DAYS at Bayfront Park as he installed is work "Picnic Blanket" Continue reading

Today's Art Live Fair profile is Christina Petterson Christina Petterson discusses her performance piece she is preparing for Art Live 2012. She is revisiting the life of Marie Anntoinette in attempts to ressurect her in a different light. Art Live 2012 is an interactive, performance based, contemporary "art happening" and fair in which artists and exhibitors are invited to share the creative process unfolding spontaneously in every form of artistic medium and to the extent possible, engage the fairgoers in the creative process. We like to say, don't just see art, be it! Performing artists and exhibitors alike to step... Continue reading

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Today's Art Live Fair profile is Patricia Hernandez the end/SPRING BREAK are Domingo Castillo, Patricia Hernandez & Kathryn Marks. In this segment, Patricia Hernandez discusses their project for Art Live 2012, working with dancer Jenna Balfe to create a Body Movement event using contact improversation. About the end/SPING BREAK: the end / SPRING BREAK is a nomadic artist-run project committed to developing new modes of considering issues in contemporary art and culture within South Florida communities. Our focus is to develop programming that seeks to engage our audience as participants and elicit a discussion surrounding the thematic concept chosen for... Continue reading

Today's Art Live Fair profile is Tower of Babel T O W E R O F B A B E L, act two, World-Systems Theory, 2012 is a performance where a trinity of consciousness become one... in an attempt to expose and explore the confusion of tongues, or variations in human language used to structure and divide contemporary society. This is a playful investigation into, The most well-known version of the world-system approach developed by US sociologist, Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein. World-systems theory... which simple put divides our one world into three groupings. from the bottom up; Periphery countries - Third... Continue reading

Today's Art Live Fair Profile 131 Projects Gustavo Oviedo founder of 131 Projects, his motion graphics company is the designer of the Art Live 2012 logo and also one of the artists particpating in the event. For Art Live 2012, Gustavo discusses his project which is a four-sided, interactive collage that invites the veiwers to participate in the art of collage making by entering the exhibition. Continue reading

The 2012 Miami Book Fair International is pleased to have Norman Van Aiken and son Justin Van Aiken's collaborative book "My Key West Kitchen" as a part of this years festivities. Norman and Justin speak about their earliest memories of Key West and how thier lives there inspired thier very famous and distinctive cooking style. The 2012 Miami Book Fair International kicks off on Sunday, Nov. 12 and is running through Sunday, Nov. 19. Continue reading

Just one week to the Art Live Fair to benefit Lotus House so we want to count you down each day with a profile of one of the artists involved. We start with Liz Ferrer: Liz Ferrer is part performer, part musician, part artist. She's recently helped create Southernmost Situations an artist collective and she will be participating in the Art Live 2012 "happening." In this video she talks about her love of things southernmost, her piece for Art Live and other matters. Continue reading

The Miami Herald, New Times and The Palm Beach post agreed that "Tom Wolfe: Back to Blood" depicts a cultural mildstone for Miami. Readers and fans of Tom Wolfe can now, for the first time, take a journey with the iconic American author to see and hear a story that... Continue reading

PBS Newshour Debates 2012: A Special Report "Presidential Debate" airs October 16 at 9 p.m. Live coverage from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. An in depth analysis of presidential candidates, President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. The 90-minute debate will take form of a town meeting this time. Citizens... Continue reading

PBS Newshour Debates 2012: A Special Report "Vice Presidential Debate" airs October 11 at 9 p.m. The PBS Newshour presents live coverage (90 minutes) and analysis (30 minutes) of the vice presidential candidates’ debate. Martha Raddatz, senior foreign affairs correspondent, ABC News, moderates the debate from Centre College in Danville,... Continue reading

Masterpiece Classic "Upstairs, Downstairs" series II airing Sundays in October beginning Oct. 7 at 9 p.m. The saga continues at 165 Eaton place. Sir Hallam’s family is now complete with the addition of two small children, but Sir Hallan's preoccupation with the return of Germany Nazi and troubled Lady Persie,... Continue reading

South Floridians can decide which of five up-and-coming organizations should receive $20,000 as part of the first Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award. To vote, watch the nominees’ videos at KnightArts.org/peopleschoice and then text to support your favorite. The nominees are: 6th Street Dance Studio, a nonprofit studio in Little Havana, Arts Garage, a cultural hub in Palm Beach, FUNDarte, producing multicultural exhibits and performances, LAB Miami, a co-working space at the intersection of art and business, and Urgent, Inc., working in part with the arts to revitalize urban communities. Now in its fifth year, the Knight Arts Challenge is... Continue reading

PBS Newshour Debates 2012: A Special Report Presidential Debate will air Wednesday October 3 at 9 p.m. ET. Moderator, Jim Lehrer, announced through the Commission on Presidential Debates the topics that will be discussed.Lehrer plans to focus half of the October 3rd presidential debate on the economy. The 90-minute domestic... Continue reading

Enjoy a concert of classic pop and musical theater favorites performed by Tony Award-winning artist Idina Menzel. Followed by Nathan Pacheco's first solo special performance. Artist Idina Menzel, backed up by an Orchestra led by composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch will be performing in Toronto, Canada. The concert will feature Classic pop... Continue reading