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A powerful earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, killing more than 3,400 people and injuring thousands more. Hundreds of families are still trapped.

Join us for an evening of art and wine! Back by popular demand, this lecture and wine tasting by world renown wine expert Rod Phillips will focus on wine and art in America and Europe in the age of temperance – a period that includes Prohibition in America. From the Ancient world (Egypt, Greece, and Rome) to the early 1900s, artists had depicted the pleasant and less pleasant results of drinking wine. Consumed responsibly, wine was considered a healthy and sometimes God-given beverage, and artists showed people drinking and celebrating in small groups and at banquets. At the same time, physicians and others warned that excessive drinking was harmful to the individual and to society. Artists depicted this message, too, with images of sickness, poverty, and criminality. When temperance and prohibition became organized movements in the 1800s, and drinking became a political issue, this ambivalence was expressed in art even more sharply. There were still images that showed wine in a positive light, but some representations of wine-drinking were decidedly negative, and we can see art in the service of a social movement. The images illustrating this talk will include fine and popular art and other media produced in America and Europe. About the Speaker: Rod Phillips Rod Phillips is a professor of history at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. He is the author of many books and articles on the history of wine, including Wine: A Social and Cultural History of the Drink that Changed our Lives (paperback, 2018), French Wine: A History (paperback, 2020), and Alcohol: A History (paperback, 2019). He is also an international wine judge, wine critic, and wine writer, and contributes to The World of Fine Wine (UK) and guildsomm.com (US).

Set sail with this classic comedy that boasts one of the most famous patter songs in musical theatre history. A fresh take on one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular comic operas, this updated version of "The Pirates of Penzance" took New York by storm when it premiered in Central Park in 1980, leading to a subsequent smash-hit Broadway run. Gilbert and Sullivan's hilarious, hopeful farce follows young Frederic, an orphan who has mistakenly been apprenticed to an ineffectual but raucous band of pirates. He disavows the pirates' way of life and falls for the beautiful Mabel. Frederic's melodious tones win over the heart of Major-General Stanley's songbird daughter, Mabel, but when the Pirate King discovers that General Stanley has lied about being an orphan to keep the pirates from stealing all of his belongings and carrying off his bevy of beautiful daughters, an "ingenious paradox" may prevent the budding romance and lead to the death of "The very model of a modern Major-General." Rated: PG.

Search-and-rescue efforts are underway after more than 1,000 are reported dead from a powerful earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday. The death toll is expected to rise.

Sure, Beyoncé and Adele might scoop up even more awards for their collections. But with prizes being handed out in 91 categories, a lot of folks stand to see career boosts due to the Grammy Awards.

On Tuesday, Biden will deliver his State of the Union speech to a divided Congress — and a big audience at home. It's seen as an unofficial kick-off to his expected re-election campaign.

A report published by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows a world on track to push past the 1.5 degrees Celsius mark. While the IPCC is calling on political leaders to act on a national and international scale, the report authors said that work at the local level is also critical. In recent years, there’s been a shift in perspective on who is truly responsible for the sweeping changes needed to limit emissions. Meanwhile, young people are in the forefront of climate activism. Their networks span countries and continents for one goal – saving the future. Plus, San Diego researchers working to stave off the worst impacts of global warming are looking for answers in the region’s wetlands. Cattails could be part of the answer. And, California state air regulators put forth a bold proposal to move the state away from gasoline powered cars to a greener future- one led by electric vehicles. Finally, participating in clean-ups and trash pickups are always popular around this time of year as Earth Day makes people more conscious than ever about the necessity of caring for the environment. But where does the trash end up? Big questions remain about our landfills and if recycling is working.

Since the pandemic was declared in 2020, many perhaps unfamiliar terms have become part of daily conversation. Here's a glossary, from antibodies to zoonosis.

Don't be shocked by the 23-year-old jazz singer's breakneck rise from precocious college student to best new artist Grammy nominee. In those few years, she's been building three careers at once.

The state said it is not exploring emergency rules to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of required school vaccinations.