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'Changing Tides II' Has Musicians Respond To Climate Change

UC San Diego is hosting Changing Tides II - A Telematic Translocational Concert in which musicians respond to issues of climate change. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando speaks with UC Irvine professor and musician Michael Dessen to explain what audiences can expect from this free multimedia event Feb. 13 at 7:30pm at the Conrad Presby Experimental Theater.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already changed the world as we know it

Journalist Anne Applebaum has been covering the war in Ukraine for The Atlantic. "I don't think that we will ever again smugly assume that borders in Europe can't be changed by force," she says.

Makiyah Hicks and Jonetta Harrison in front of their high school, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, in Washington, D.C. They are finalists in this year's NPR Student Podcast Challenge for their entry "Loss and Transformation."

These Students Grew Up Around Gun Violence. They Decided It Was Time To Talk About It.

D.C. has long struggled with one of the highest rates of gun violence in the country. Three local students talked to their community about losing their loved ones and living with the grief.

Classics 4 Kids artistic director and conductor Dana Zimbric discusses the orchestra's performance of "Ferdinand The Bull" at their last in-person performance in March 2020.

San Diego's Classics 4 Kids Recognized For Music Education Leadership

Local organization set to receive 2021 California Music Educators Association honor for leadership as they adapt their school-based arts access programming during the pandemic.

When President Biden arrives to give his speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, he will be masked as he enters what will be a noticeably less crowded, more socially distanced House chamber. Here, Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations at the White House.

Here's What You Need To Know Ahead Of Biden's Address To A Joint Session Of Congress

Wednesday's speech will be familiar and unique all at once. The president will still enter down the aisle of the House chamber. But he will also be addressing a masked, socially distanced audience.

SEIU Local 121 members gather at a worker's rights demonstration on Labor Day in downtown San Diego, Sept. 4, 2017.

New Head Of Largest State Worker Union Won't Back Newsom

The new president-elect of California’s largest state employee union said Tuesday that the influential organization won’t back Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s effort to fend off a likely recall election this fall.

Middleweight prospect Nico Ali Walsh, grandson of "The Greatest," Muhammad Ali, trains in Las Vegas with head coach Sugar Hill Steward earlier this month, ahead of his pro debut in Oklahoma.

Muhammad Ali's Grandson Steps Into The Ring For Boxing Debut In Tulsa

Bob Arum promoted Muhammad Ali's heavyweight title bout against George Chuvalo in 1966. Now, more than 50 years later, he's promoting the premiere fight of Ali's grandson, Nico Ali Walsh.

Art work by Julie Choo for "Ghidorah Lives," a group exhibition opening at Good Faith Gallery on May 28, 2021.

'Ghidorah Lives': A Love Letter To Organizers Past, Present And Future

Teros Gallery and Burn All Books team up for a new group exhibition of AAPI artworks at Good Faith Gallery, inspired by the misunderstood monster and "Gidra," a radical zine founded in 1969.

A Missouri county asks for help designing a new seal after old one turns heads online

The current St. Francois County seal, designed in 2018 by a county commissioner who says he is "not artistically inclined," was upvoted thousands of times on Reddit's "CrappyDesign" forum.

A Walmart store in Derry, N.H., seen in November 2020. The company says fully vaccinated customers need not wear masks, and vaccinated workers won't need to wear them starting Tuesday. The company won't require proof of status.

Companies revert to more normal operations as COVID wanes

For the first time in two years for many people, the American workplace is transforming into something that resembles pre-pandemic days.

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