As life returns to the outdoors, take a break with creative minds, life-giving forests, movies for grown-ups and fresh historical perspectives.
Programming Highlights | March 2022

As life returns to the outdoors, take a break with creative minds, life-giving forests, movies for grown-ups and fresh historical perspectives.
Deborah Eisenberg and Shira Ehrlichman fought inner conflicts in search of personal peace.
Singer-songwriter David Gray and writer Aleksandar Hemon struggled to be heard at home. But when they found acceptance abroad, their own countries — and the world — soon caught up.
Author Yiyun Li and choreographer Miguel Gutierrez do work that fuels —and are fueled by — self-understanding.
The people of Oregon embrace new ways of engaging with the woods all around them. They are building skyscrapers from timber, fighting fire with fire, bringing back the salmon and making the forests healthier at the same time.
Follow the path of clean drinking water from forests to faucets, and discover the innovative ways Coloradans are embracing beetle-kill wood.
Watch this compelling story of African American tree farmers who trace their land back to the end of slavery.
Scholar Brenda Child sheds light on how America’s first inhabitants, American Indians, were impacted by the arrival of colonial settlers in a discussion ranging from President Jackson’s Indian Removal Act to aggressive assimilation efforts in boarding schools and beyond.
Bestselling author Walter Isaacson discusses the life and work of the Nobel Prize-winning Jennifer Doudna, who, with her collaborators, created a DNA-editing tool with the power to revolutionize human health.
The AARP Movies for Grownups, hosted by Alan Cumming, celebrates and encourages filmmaking with unique appeal to movie lovers with a grownup state of mind—and recognizes the inspiring artists who make them.
Zoot Suit Riots is a powerful film exploring the complicated racial tensions and the changing social and political landscape that led to the explosion on LA's streets in the summer of 1943.