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  • Extended silence during a concert often feels like a gift an audience grants a beloved artist, like Barbra Streisand, whose devotees at one show sat in almost unbearable anticipation to hear her sing.
    When music provokes utter silence
    Critic Ann Powers considers musical performances that have left audiences stunned in utter silence, and what you can hear when sound falls away.
  • Romantic Fates: Tchaikovsky’s Towering Fifth
    Antonio Méndez returns after his terrific SDSO debut last season with a program bursting with overwhelming romantic feelings, surging love-songs and hair-tingling premonitions of melodramatic tragedy and fate. Mendelssohn’s surging and brilliantly orchestrated overture compresses into less than 10 minutes the essence of a play by the French poet Victor Hugo (celebrated author of Les Misérables): a poor poet falls in love with the Queen of Spain, with disastrous consequences for both of them. Max Bruch pours out one melody after another in one of the best-loved violin concertos of all time. And Tchaikovsky thrills us with the tumultuous operatic energy of his Fifth Symphony, complete with doom-laden trumpet-calls, dreamlike dance sequences, rushing strings, and in the slow movement a love song for the solo horn that is one of the sweetest and most heartfelt moments from anywhere in the marvelous composer’s output. Visit: https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/performances/romantic-fates-tchaikovskys-towering-fith/ San Diego Symphony on Instagram and Facebook
  • Thousands of people protest in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. on Presidents Day
    The protestors participated in the 50501 Movement, which originated in response to the Trump administration and its efforts to cut government spending. Many chanted "Where is Congress?'"
  • Steven Schreiber, who works in real estate in Arizona, says people in Washington, D.C., are not as hostile to Trump supporters as they were at the 2017 inauguration. He says that could be because Trump won both the electoral and popular vote this time.
    Undeterred by last minute changes, Trump supporters hope to celebrate with him indoors
    Thousands of visitors came to Washington, D.C., to see Trump's inauguration but won't get to see the ceremony in person after it was moved indoors. We get an inauguration day view from the streets.
  • Fireworks over San Diego Bay in this undated photo.
    San Diego offers eclectic mix for New Year's revelers
    San Diego will host New Year's Eve celebrations for all sorts of interests Tuesday night, ranging from a big band jazz orchestra to a legendary mask-wearing DJ to a rave with everyone's favorite surly green ogre.
  • Billie Eilish performs onstage with Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day during the FireAid Benefit Concert on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood, California.
    FireAid concerts raise estimated $100 million for LA wildfire relief
    More than 30 artists, including Olivia Rodrigo, Rod Stewart, Dr. Dre and Joni Mitchell, performed at the benefit concert on Jan. 30.
  • The SS United States' departure from Philadelphia has been delayed by the weather. A team from NPR climbed aboard before it takes its final voyage.
    SS United States, record-setting ocean liner, makes its final voyage
    The SS United States, a record-breaking 1950s ocean liner, may soon sail from Philadelphia to the Gulf. NPR explored this ship, a relic of the grand liners that once connected North America with Europe.
  • The logo of the World Health Organization at the entrance of its headquarters in Geneva. The U.N. agency is funded by a combination of assessed contributions from its nearly 200 member states as well as voluntary contributions from member states, philathropic foundations and private donors.
    Assessing Trump's claim that U.S. pays 'unfair' share of dues to WHO
    While signing the order to end U.S. membership in the World Health Organization, the President spoke of the disparity between contributions from the U.S. and China. Here's how WHO funding works.
  • If you remember Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer or Kyle Mooney as Baby Yoda on SNL — then you've seen the work of Louie Zakarian. He says the job of SNL makeup designer requires creativity, people skills, speed, and good humor.
    From bloodied heads to Baby Yoda, SNL's makeup master helps bring characters to life
    If you remember Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer or Kyle Mooney as Baby Yoda — then you've seen the work of Louie Zakarian. He says the job requires creativity, people skills, speed, and good humor.
  • The Beatles and The Rolling Stones winning big at the 67th Grammy Awards speaks to the Recording Academy's approach to rock.
    Why are the Grammys' rock categories stuck in the past?
    At this year's 67th Grammys, wins for The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in a year when other genres showcased rising stars prompt questions about who votes for rock at the Grammys — and what needs to be done for the awards to recognize new blood.
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