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Beyond the CANVAS | PBS NewsHour Special

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Beyond The Canvas

Sun., Jul. 26 at 10:30pm on WKAR-HD & STREAMING | Beyond the CANVAS features the best arts and culture reporting from PBS NewsHour's CANVAS arts series. 

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Hosted by PBS NewsHour senior national correspondent and primary substitute anchor Amna Nawaz, the half-hour programs feature various profiles of cultural creators from the legendary artist Bruce Springsteen to the award-winning Lin-Manual Miranda. Each profile explores a variety of universal themes including finding your passion, making a change, creating a new world, and getting that big break.

Making Music | Jul. 26

Making it as a musician takes talent, ambition, grit, and a good bit of luck. In the first episode of Beyond the CANVAS. We sit down with icons Bruce Springsteen and Reba McEntire and talk about some of their most vulnerable moments.

In addition to its broadcast on PBS stations, the program will stream at pbs.org/newshour and pbs.org; on PBS NewsHour's Facebook, youtube, and Twitter; and on the PBS Video App.

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