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Next week, we'll celebrate 30 years with Andrea Bocelli, tour the stunning Yorkshire Dales and much more. Take a look at what’s coming up!

Celebrate the popular MASTERPIECE series and the beauty of the Dales by touring the actual locations where filming takes place, including the Skeldale House, Heston Grange, The Drovers Arms, as well as scenic vistas, bridges and farms.

Experience the world-renowned Italian tenor’s 30th anniversary concert from Tuscany featuring global superstars Ed Sheeran, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Sofia Carson, Brian May, Jon Batiste and more. 

GPB has concert tickets to offer as thank you gifts when you make a gift of support, including Andrea Bocelli at the Gas South Arena in Duluth. Visit gpb.org/tickets to learn more. 

Bruce Springsteen and his band were on the cusp of superstardom in the "No Nukes" concert of 1979, where they astounded the crowd with an epic performance. Recovered and restored footage of the event is presented in this concert special featuring live favorites "Badlands," "The Promised Land," "Thunder Road," "Born to Run" and more.

In this 2016 concert Joe Bonamassa paid tribute to the three great British blues rock guitarists who inspired him: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Performances include “Let Me Love You Baby,” “Motherless Children,” “Little Girl,” “Pretending” and more.

Visit gpb.org/tickets to find out how you can see Joe Bonamassa on tour in Savannah and Macon with your gift of support.

Join the legendary performers in a look back at their decades-long careers and ongoing partnership. Featuring performances of King’s classics, including “It’s Too Late” and “So Far Away” and Taylor’s “Sweet Baby James,” “Fire and Rain” and many more.

Jane Austen’s work has captured the imaginations of countless other authors. Here are the best Jane Austen fan fiction adaptations on Passport. 

Miss Austen
Based on the book by Gill Hornby, Miss Austen imagines the later life of Jane Austen’s sister, Cassandra, who famously burned Jane’s letters.

Sanditon
Sanditon takes its inspiration from Jane Austen’s unfinished novel of the same name, set in a seaside resort where people from all walks of life interact.

Death Comes to Pemberley
Mr. and Mrs. Darcy’s life at Pemberley is interrupted by a murder in this imagined sequel to Jane Austen’s masterpiece Pride and Prejudice.

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In this episode, Peter and Orlando explore the Georgia story at the heart of Brad Snyder’s book You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads. The book follows Angelo Herndon, a Black labor activist arrested in Atlanta during the 1930s for possessing political literature. His case, rooted in Georgia law and courtroom drama, helped shape the national understanding of First Amendment rights.

Some of the favorite tales of Atlanta’s past come to life through the spoken word: Author Edgar Rice Burroughs never made it to Georgia, but the man closely associated with his Tarzan certainly did, as Olympian Johnny Weissmuller’s footsteps can still be found in East Atlanta. Read more.

The Associated Press last month published a story on new academic research which documents the ongoing disappearance of Southern accents in our region. Salvation South magazine editor Chuck Reece does not object to such stories, because they are true. But he does think curiosity is rising about what is being lost.

This week on the Georgia Today podcast, Georgia tackles a backlog of Medicaid and SNAP applicants, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has regrets about her vote for the so-called Big Beautfiul Bill and wildlife officials try a new method for restoring oyster habitats near Sapelo Island. Listen and subscribe.

Attend this free special screening of this syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots, to its rise into the public consciousness. Featuring James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's influences on both new wave and hip-hop. Learn more and RSVP.

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