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Season premiere Monday, January 30 at 10 p.m. on-air and online.
Join Iowa PBS for free, in-person premieres of the new documentary, USS Iowa.
Get a sneak peek of this year’s films during a premiere screening at The Varsity Cinema on February 5.
This Week
The Film Lounge
“Sea Dogs” is a comedic cartoon meant to entertain the whole family.
The Film Lounge
“It Is Other” explores animation, sound design and dream logic. It deals with the vastness of being, the quiet longing of loneliness and the strange discovery of the new.
The Film Lounge
“Beg Bugs” initially presents itself as a story about a young woman suffering from bed bugs, but the narrative slowly reveals a deeper truth.
The Film Lounge
“The Aspirant” plays with themes of love and separation in a futuristic world different from our own. By playing with the known versus unknown, this story asks new questions about human connection.
The Film Lounge
Five Iowa filmmaker projects are showcased with an all-access pass to the Sioux City International Film Festival.
Iowa State Dance Championships
This special presentation includes highlights of all the winning routines and interviews with some of the coaches and dancers who help make this one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious events of its kind.
Iowa PBS Explores
Iowa PBS Explores
Just off of I-80 between Council Bluffs and Des Moines, sits a 26 mile stretch of road with white painted telephone poles.
Iowa PBS Explores
How did Antonín Dvořák compose two of his most celebrated works in a little over three months in the small Iowa village of Spillville?
Iowa PBS Explores
The polio pandemic ravaged communities across the country, and Iowa was not spared.
Iowa Press Livestreams
Iowa Press
Governor Kim Reynolds highlights accomplishments from 2022 and outlines her priorities for 2023 in her annual Condition of the State address to a joint session of the Iowa Legislature.
Iowa Press
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen delivers the annual State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Iowa Legislature.
Iowa Press
Major General Ben Corell, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard, delivers the annual Condition of the Guard address to a joint session of the Iowa Legislature.
Iowa Press
Governor Kim Reynolds is sworn in for her second full term in office during a formal inauguration ceremony at the Iowa Events Center.