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Cleve Francis: The Singer Scientist

After achieving his dream of becoming a cardiologist, Dr. Cleveland Francis stepped away from medicine to chase a second career as a pioneering African American country music artist in Nashville.

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WETA Arts: September 2019

WETA Arts celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month! Profiles include dance troupe Corazon Folklorico, folk-rock band Elena Y Los Fulanos, and playwright Karen Zacarias.

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The Laurel Pop Festival: Maryland's Woodstock

Little over a month before Woodstock, the Laurel Race Course featured its own lineup of impressive and influential rock and pop acts over two nights, the 11th and 12th of July, 1969.

Washington in the 2000s

WETA revisits the major events, people and developments that shaped Washington at the dawn of the new millennium. From 9/11 and the D.C. sniper to the return of Major League Baseball and a baby panda’s birth, the region experienced great highs and lows.

Country Music in Washington

Bluegrass at the Old Lucketts Schoolhouse

Some have called the old schoolhouse in Lucketts, Virginia the “Grand Old Opry of Bluegrass.” We take a step inside the history of this special place and explore what it's like to be at the schoolhouse on a bluegrass Saturday night.