Beloved Potrero Hill club Bottom of the Hill will close after 35 years. Owners plan a year of farewell shows culminating on New Year’s Eve 2026.

Community volunteers transformed the Kalanimoku Building's parking garage with a colorful mural, turning a maintenance task into an artistic initiative.

The National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, won the USA TODAY 10BEST 2026 Readers’ Choice Award for Best New Museum, celebrating Medal of Honor recipients.

Marjorie Rasche marks 100 after decades as a violist, organist and beloved teacher in Galveston.

Broadway’s The Lion King plays in Sacramento Jan. 7–25 at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center with matinees and special-access performances. Expect large-scale puppetry and Elton John favorites.

Dallas celebrated Kwanzaa with cultural events focused on unity, self-determination, and creativity, featuring activities like a Liberation Paint Party at the Pan-African Connection Bookstore.

The Schaefer Portrait Challenge exhibit arrives at Capitol Modern: the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum, featuring a diverse collection of Hawaiian portraits from various islands and artists.

The City of Florissant reflected on 2025's memorable moments in a Facebook post, sharing photographs and thanking residents for their role in the year's experiences.

"Wonder," a musical adaptation of R.J. Palacio's novel by the American Repertory Theater, features a pop score by A Great Big World and tackles themes of bullying and acceptance in a middle school setting.

Saint Charles, Missouri's 37th annual Renaissance festival celebrates Christmas through music and performance, continuing a tradition from 1300s England.

Raleigh invites NC artists to create temporary murals at Dix Park, with a $20,000 budget and a deadline of January 22, 2026, to enhance public spaces and community engagement.

Lake Erie's receding waters revealed hidden treasures like a 1969 Volkswagen axle and a vintage class ring in Luna Pier, Michigan, following a seiche caused by a bomb cyclone.

Tom Coffman, author of Nation Within and Inclusion, died Dec. 15 at 83. Colleagues remember his rigorous research and decades of films that reshaped Hawaiʻi history.