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Jon Hetherington, 34, couldn't fly to Seattle to see Beyoncé on her Renaissance World Tour because his wheelchair was too tall. However, he was invited to see her Dallas show.

Brian Feldman has long been fascinated by Twitter's efforts to contextualize trending topics with short descriptions. So he documented more than 450 from this year and put them in a public archive.

Widening the Embrace: A Reduced Carbon Footprint Concert (California-Korea, 2023) Widening the Embrace is the third stage in our collaboration, which began in 2016 with Changing Tides I and was followed at the beginning of the pandemic in February 2020 with Changing Tides 2: Requiem for the Earth. Our intention is to forge a path forward, balancing in sound as we collectively confront a morphing pandemic and undeniable climate crisis. In scientific and political fields today, the challenges facing humanity demand unprecedented levels of global, intercultural cooperation. As artists, we aspire to work in a similar spirit, drawing on the light-speed web of fiber optic nerves spread across our planet to create a trans-locational stage and activate it with new intercultural musical expressions. In collaboration with a team of visual designers and technologists, an ensemble of ten Korean and American improvisers split across our two sites will premiere new musical compositions that manifest our shared artistic affinities, in this latest collaborative effort to project our highest sonic aspirations. Musicians performing in Korea: Jean Oh (guitar) Aram Lee (daegum) Ju Hee Go (haegum) JoonSu Kim (singer) Donghyeok Kwak (modular synthesizer) Musicians performing in California: Michael Dessen (trombone) Wilfrido Terrazas (flute) Joshua White (piano) Mark Dresser (bass) Gerald Cleaver (drums) Visit: https://music-web.ucsd.edu/concerts/cms_index.php?now=1&query_event_code=20230204-Telematics Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live UC San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

Following more than a dozen years of live musical performance across geographical distance, Widening the Embrace continues a path forward, balancing in sound as we collectively confront a morphing pandemic and undeniable climate crisis. In scientific and political fields today, the challenges facing humanity demand unprecedented levels of global, intercultural cooperation. As artists, we aspire to work in a similar spirit, drawing on the light-speed web of fiber optic nerves spread across our planet to create a trans-locational stage and activate it with new intercultural musical expressions. Directed by Mark Dresser and Michael Dessen, the concert features acclaimed musicians Ingrid Laubrock, Fay Victor and Patricia Brennan in New York City performing together with Dresser, Dessen, Joshua White, and Gerald Cleaver in California, with audiences at both locations. In collaboration with a team of visual designers and technologists, each concert features an ensemble of improvisers split across our two sites and premieres new musical compositions that manifest our shared artistic affinities, in this latest collaborative effort to project our highest sonic aspirations. Roulette lineup: Fay Victor – voice Ingrid Laubrock – saxophone Patricia Brennan – vibraphone California lineup: Michael Dessen – trombone Joshua White – piano Mark Dresser – bass Gerald Cleaver – drums Visit: https://music-web.ucsd.edu/concerts/cms_index.php?now=1&query_event_code=20230202-Telematics Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live UC San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

What happened to abortion numbers since Roe v. Wade fell? The Guttmacher Institute has new state-by-state numbers that show people are traveling for the procedure.

Since the first days of the space program, astronauts wear a special patch specific to each mission. A small North Carolina company has designed them all since the Apollo lunar launches.

Themes emerge quickly when you dig into the nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards. The major categories are dominated by women and seemingly up for grabs; elsewhere, progress is not always so clear.

Copenhagen's chief police inspector said there was no indication that anyone helped the gunman, identified as a 22-year-old Dane.

Almost a year after rapper Takeoff, of the music trio Migos, was shot and killed, Quavo, his band mate and uncle, travels to Washington, D.C., to discuss gun violence prevention.

The judge gave Texas until Sept. 15 to move the barrier to shore and barred the state from placing any additional buoys or other structures in the river. Gov. Greg Abbott plans to appeal the ruling.