Thank you for Giving Big!

Thank you to everyone who donated to KBTC during GiveBIG! You made a big a difference by strengthening local story telling and keeping educational media available to everyone in our community.

Finding Her Beat

For thousands of years, women have been locked out of Taiko drumming. Not anymore. In the dead of a Minnesota winter, Asian drumming divas smash gender roles and redefine power on their own terms. 
 

Explore how to teach media literacy across K–12 classrooms using engaging, age-appropriate strategies and PBS LearningMedia resources. This workshop helps educators guide students in analyzing media messages, identifying purpose and audience, and developing critical thinking skills that apply across subjects and grade levels. Earn 1 Washington State STEM clock hour by attending this free, one-hour session!

Food Roots

Emmy-Award-winning restaurateur Billy Dec travels by plane, boat, motorcycle, jeepney, and foot to search through bustling Philippine metropolitan cities, tiny remote islands, and cloud-scraping mountain villages, gaining a deeper understanding of his family history along with an appreciation for how food has shaped their view of the world.

Northwest Now: Tacoma Police Chief Patti Jackson

Tacoma has had three chiefs of the city's police department over the past six years, and that includes newly appointed Chief Patti Jackson, the city's first female police chief. On this edition of Northwest Now, we'll sit down with Jackson to discuss her vision for the future of the Tacoma Police Department.

The Puzzle Lady

Meet Bakerbury’s newest and most famous resident--Cora Felton, AKA “The Puzzle Lady.” Cora’s eccentric, no-nonsense approach proves a perfect way to outwit the murderers, con men, and corrupt officials that stand in her way.

Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories

Explore the acclaimed filmmaker’s more recent work in new interviews with Burns and his colleagues. The two-hour special features excerpts from Country Music, Muhammad Ali, Benjamin Franklin, The U.S. and the Holocaust, The American Buffalo, The Vietnam War, and others.