by Editor | Feb 22, 2026 | Culture Music Art
from Paste R.I.P. Willie Colón: Salsa legend dead at 75 “His music was not just heard; it was lived,” Fania Records shared in a statement. By Matt Mitchell Innovative composer, vibrant trombonist, bandleader, and salsa visionary Willie Colón has died. On social...
by Editor | Feb 21, 2026 | Culture Music Art
from SF Gate The gold rush is back in California’s Inland Empire In San Bernardino County, gold and silver mining companies are pushing to expand By Erin Rode, Contributing LA Outdoors Editor Calico Ghost Town Regional Park certainly did not feel like a ghost...
by Editor | Feb 20, 2026 | Weirdness
from Study Finds Something Was Making Stone Tools In China 600,000 Years Before Homo Erectus Showed Up Reviewed by John Anderer Reconstruction of the Yunxian Homo erectus (Credit: Xiaobo Feng) In A Nutshell Ancient skulls found in Hubei Province, China, have been...
by Editor | Feb 18, 2026 | Culture Music Art
from The Nation Jesse Jackson Still Provides Light in These Dark Times We would be wise to follow the path he forged. by ROBERT L. BOROSAGE “Jesse Jackson is one of the very most significant political leaders in this country in the last 100 years,” declared Senator...
by Editor | Feb 17, 2026 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from WLRN NPR A different party scene: How Books & Books is building community through silent reading WLRN Public Media | By Sofia Zarran Participants in the Books & Books Reading Party read on a carpet and chairs as they indulge in the silence and communal...