san francisco San Francisco Symphony to perform "Ghostbusters" score live alongside the film Rusty Blazenhoff

comedy Weird Al announces his 2019 tour will include orchestras Rusty Blazenhoff

music Watch "musician-magician" Max Vandervorst play the scoutophone Jennifer Sandlin

music Photographer captures the stunning interiors of rare musical instruments Jennifer Sandlin

top talent Wakka Wakka's latest magical puppetry production, Dead as a Dodo, starting its USA South Tour in October Jennifer Sandlin

politics Angry crowd chants "Shame!" while Rep. Stefanik flees from stage (video) Ellsworth Toohey

music The Compact Disc is 43 years old Rob Beschizza

classical music How Houston Symphony's percussionist built the 22-pound hammer that delivers Mahler's "blows of fate" in Symphony No. 6 Ellsworth Toohey

music The mysterious curse of the ninth symphony that haunted famous composers Popkin

politics JD Vance offers a toast as he is booed at the Kennedy Center (video) Jason Weisberger

politics Trump's Kennedy Center quietly, cowardly cancels Gay Men's Chorus Jason Weisberger

Science Data Sonification: NASA audializes space for those with low vision Gail Sherman

Science These Disney princesses are in mortal danger Gail Sherman

experimental music How to make extra-long, strange, and trippy tape loops inside a standard cassette Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

robots Have you ever seen a robot play the cello? Jennifer Sandlin

horror "The Substance"— an incredible, indelible, and viscerally inedible film I loved and will never watch again Natalie Dressed

whistleblowers Flutist punished for blowing whistle Thom Dunn

Science Mysterious and spooky sounds of the forest may be coming from the sky not the trees Allan Rose Hill

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