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The first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, announced that her relatively autonomous government in Scotland would pursue a second referendum on full Scottish independence.

For the people who were there when it was invented in small clubs and basement parties in Chicago in the 1980s, house music was a force of nature. Four decades later, its impact is bigger than ever.

In conservative Gillespie County, the elections administrator and her two deputies have resigned, with at least one citing threats fueled by misinformation.

Figurative painter Jonah Kinigstein was shut out of the art world when abstract expressionism came to prominence. Now he's finally getting some recognition.

NOTE: This event has been postponed from Jan. 21 to Friday, May 20. More details here. With a career spanning five decades, I Nyoman Wenten is one of Bali's most versatile master musicians and dancers. Along with his wife, choreographer, and dancer Nanik Wenten, he will lead his group Gamelan Burat Wangi for a majestic evening of gong orchestra and dance drama. The Center for World Music proudly announces its inaugural series of six performances in 2022 at Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park. The series includes classical and folk music and dance traditions that introduce you to the sounds, aesthetics, and cultural significance of the music of select regions from around the world. Concerts in this series: Friday, February 18 @ 7:30 PM - Master of the Ghanaian Gyil: SK Kakraba Friday, March 18 @ 7:30 PM - A Celebration of Afro-Cuban Music, Dance, and Culture: Let Your Spirit Soar Friday, April 15 @ 7:30 PM - Maqāmāt: Pathways to Beauty in Arab Music Friday, May 20 @ 7:30 PM - The Music and Dance of Bali: I Nyoman Wenten and Gamelan Burat Wangi Friday, June 17 @ 7:30 PM - Flamenco with La Chimi Friday, July 8 @ 7:30 PM - Expressions of Joy: Festival Music and Dance of Korea Center for World Music on Facebook

This year, the academy invited 397 artists, including actors, directors and people who play other roles in filmmaking.

Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Nadine Sierra takes on one of the repertory's most formidable and storied roles, the haunted heroine of Lucia di Lammermoor, in an electrifying new staging by in-demand Australian theater and film director Simon Stone, conducted by Riccardo Frizza. Show-stopping tenor Javier Camarena adds to the bel canto fireworks as Lucia's beloved, Edgardo, with baritone Artur Rucinski as her overbearing brother, Enrico, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as her tutor, Raimondo.

On Sunday, churchgoers will celebrate Juneteenth during their worship services. Members of the clergy reflect on the role of the church and the holiday marking the notification of the end of slavery.

The pop singer has superstar ambition and a knack for clever genre collisions. But while her new album sometimes matches intensity with innovation, it more often grinds her nuanced story to a paste.