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The University of Arizona Poetry Center has become a valued resource in the community, and its recognized nationally and internationally, as one of the best of its kind. Since 1962 the center has hosted thousands of readings by most major contemporary U.S. poets, significant international visitors and emerging artists. Now, a new exhibit at the center features vintage poetry posters and it chronicles the early years of these public readings.

When Poetry Met Art

Vintage posters put literary legacy on exhibit at UA Poetry Center

All-star cast, including Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith and Elizabeth McGovern.

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Part 4

The lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them, set at their Edwardian country house in 1912. Sunday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD.

Tucson Unified School District classroom.

Volunteers Vital to Struggling Schools

School districts are more dependent on volunteers during the tough economy

Here in the information age, smaller is better: transistors, microchips and the laptops and cell phone that they power are triumphs of tiny.

NOVA Making Stuff: Smaller

Future technologies will depend on tiny stuff—from silicon chips to micro-robots that probe the human body. Wednesday at 9 p.m. on PBS-HD.

NOVA scienceNOW: Can We Live Forever?

This episode examines whether we can slow down the aging process. Wednesday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD.

Episode 2: Arizona On the Chopping Block

Gov. Jan Brewer’s 2012 budget proposal, which aims to fix the state's fiscal crisis, is filled with major cuts to programs far and wide. That will prove painful for nearly all Arizonans, two experts say. But is there a better solution?

Gabrielle Giffords leaves University Medical Center

Giffords On Her Way

Congresswoman leaves Tucson's University Medical Center to continue recovery in Texas

James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke"

Pioneers of Television: Westerns

Known everywhere as the quintessential American cultural identity, westerns filled small screens across the country night after night. Tuesday at 9 pm on PBS-HD.

San Tan Valley residents square off over incorporation--and water rights--in this collaboration between AZPM and *San Tan Valley Today* newspaper.

Wild West Stand-Off in Pinal

Water utility may be fanning the flames of San Tan Valley discord

Mark Kelly, astronaut and husband of Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford, shares his hopes for her recovery.

Kelly: "She's Such a Fighter"

Mark Kelly hopeful that wife Gabrielle Giffords will recover

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Part 3

The lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them, set at their Edwardian country house in 1912. Sunday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD.

Lydia Baker, Medicare coordinator for the Pima Council on Aging, discusses healthcare reform.

The Affordable Care Act, Explained

As Congress readies to repeal the health care reform law, one expert explains what it actually means for Arizonans

Panama Canal: American Experience

This film unravels the story of one of the world’s most significant technological achievements. Monday at 9 pm on PBS-HD.

Tucson's Chapel Haven school teaches students with autism spectrum disorders and mild disabilities to live independently.

A Haven for the Different

Students with autism spectrum disorders and other conditions learn independent living in Tucson

NOVA scienceNOW

CAN WE MAKE IT TO MARS? A trip to Mars and back could take two to three years. Can humans survive the journey? Wednesday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD.

Leonard Nimoy as Spock and DeForest Kelly as McCoy on "Star Trek."

Pioneers of Television: Science Fiction

On the small screen, classic science fiction programming entertains us, but it also challenges the limits of our humanity. Tuesday at 9 p.m. on PBS –HD.

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