A New 'Nature' Episode Puts One of the Ocean's Most Elusive Creatures in the Spotlight

ON KQED: Nature, Check, Please! Bay Area Kids, Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous, and Saturday Night Movies If you are having trouble reading this email, [read the online version](. [KQED Education Logo]( The Mysterious and Secret Life of the Octopus [octopus] An octopus has three hearts, blue blood and behaviors that suggest it’s highly intelligent. In the Nature season premiere, a professor raises and studies one in his home — and makes remarkable discoveries. Nature’s “Octopus: Making Contact” premieres Wednesday, October 2 at 8pm on KQED 9. [TV Airdates]( [Where to Stream]( Raising Our Juice Boxes to a New Season of Check, Please! Bay Area Kids Following the enormous popularity of the first season, Check Please! Bay Area Kids is back with all-new episodes. Watch the premiere Thursday, October 2 at 7:30pm on KQED 9. [TV Airdates]( [Where To Stream]( [Santa Cruz County]( # How One Man Changed the Way We Feel About Color in Art [rothko]( Explore the life of the celebrated artist whose luminous color field paintings helped define the abstract expressionist movement, which shifted the art world epicenter from Paris to New York. Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous premieres Friday, October 25 at 9pm on KQED 9. [TV Airdates]( [More Info]( Saturday Night Movies with KQED [sat night movies] Staying in? Watch these timeless films without interruption. This month's programming brings us The Caine Mutiny, Holiday, The Graduate and Chinatown. [TV Airdates]( Is Your Child an Aspiring Food Critic? They Could Be on Check, Please! Bay Area Kids [cpba kids application]( If you think your kid has what it takes, now is the time for him or her to impress the producers and register for the open casting call for upcoming episodes of Check, Please! Bay Area Kids. Send in your application before September 30, 2019. [Apply]( SPONSORED BY Visit Santa Cruz County Come out and play in Santa Cruz County this fall! Enter to win a Fall Let’s Cruz Getaway, including a two-night stay at the Seascape Beach Resort, a beach bonfire, a $75 gift certificate at Sanderlings restaurant, passes to Roaring Camp Railroads and a Craft Bar Experience at Annieglass Studios! Learn more at [santacruz.org](. Renovations on KQED Headquarters Are Underway [groundbreaking] KQED President Michael Isip was joined by San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Senator Scott Wiener and others for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of KQED’s San Francisco headquarters on September 17. The renovated building, which is scheduled to open in 2021, will accommodate the station’s growing newsroom and will feature new spaces where the community will be able to connect with KQED and with each other. [Learn More]( LISTEN: [K]( Sung's Podcast Picks [ki_sung] What are the best podcasts to listen to right now? We asked Ki Sung, KQED senior editor and Mindshift podcast co-host, what she recommends. Here are her picks: [Mindshift: “How Can Schools Help Kids with Anxiety?”]( [Ear Hustle: “Thick Glass”]( [Book Friends Forever: “How It All Began”]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [YouTube]( [donate]( [Manage Subscription]( | [Privacy Policy]( KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 Copyright © September 23, 2019 [KQED](. All Rights Reserved.