Juneteenth has taken new significance this year amid protests against systemic racism and police brutality in the US that sparked a global movement. And, China said Friday it has charged two detained Canadians for suspected espionage. Also, Australia suggested today that China was the chief suspect in a number of cyberattacks on the Australian government.
President Barack Obama’s administration rolled out a new program that seeks to turn around underperforming schools by integrating the arts into the core curriculum of each school. But a former federal education official and arts advocate said it’s the wrong approach to funding arts education.
Beyoncé sang at the presidential inauguration on Monday, though many people are saying that she actually lip-synched her performance. (Others say she didn’t.) She wouldn’t be the first to “fake” a performance at a presidential inauguration: Four years ago, Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma synched themselves to a recorded track because the extreme cold could’ve […]
Kurt takes a look inside Pandora ? a music website that creates personalized streaming radio stations based on your favorite music ? with founder Tim Westergren. And Los Angeles Times critic Ann Powers helps Kurt test the system’s mettle, trying to build a station that caters to fans of both Yo-Yo Ma and Ludacris.