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It is almost an automatic response for people to reach for their smartphones anytime something interesting or beautiful takes place in front of them. But before photography was invented, view painters in 18th century Europe captured celebrations and catastrophes on canvas. The artists provided an idea of what life was like roughly 300 years ago.

The Vienna Philharmonic has but seven women, representing 5% of its 136 members. In the Berlin Philharmonic, 18 of its 128 members, or 14%, are women.…

FOUR AUDIO PIECES, ALL INTERVIEWS The old and the new converged at the Southern Theatre and the Pontifical College Josephinum last weekend as ProMusica…

This is the first election since congressional district boundaries were changed last year and that’s causing some confusion among voters. Columbus voter…

The acclaimed Egyptian music composer Halim El-Dabh died over the weekend at his home in Kent, Ohio. He was one of the first in the world to compose electronic music. In 2006 El-Dabh told WCPN that he created "The Expression of Zar" from a group of women performing a healing ritual in 1944.

Cleveland officials addressed the materials used to build First Energy Stadium Thursday. Some of the panels used on the outside of the stadium are similar to the ones on the Grenfell apartment building in London, the site of a fire that killed 80 last month. The city’s Chief Building Official Thomas Vanover says that while the panels are comparable, there are many differences between First Energy Stadium and the Grenfell.

A familiar piece of Northeast Ohio public art came back home over the weekend. The kinetic sculpture in front of the P-N-C headquarters in downtown Cleveland was reinstalled Sunday after a year of restoration work.

The Cleveland Clinic announced today a Croatian-born cardiac surgeon will take over the helm of the locally based health-care system on Jan 1. Tomislav Mihljevic will succeed Toby Cosgrove as the leader of the clinic. Cosgrove has been CEO for 13 years and has overseen the expansion of the system into several national and international locations including Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Canada, Abu Dhabi.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with WBUR listener Angela Voss of Medford, Mass.

Overdose deaths in Franklin County increased by nearly 50% in 2020. Over the past 3 years, the rate has jumped by close to 84%.