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The Classical Music Institute's Teaching Artist Fellows program brings young adults together to learn about performance, as well as teaching grade school students early music education. They'll perform a free concert Friday night at 7:30 at San Fancesco di Paola Church.

"[Bells] are our earliest timepieces. They’re our earliest form of mass communication. Bell towers signal the start and end of everything," says Trinity University's Stevie Berryman, who leads the TU Handbell Ensemble. Hear the beautiful tintinnabulation in our KPAC Performance Studio at the link.

The contemporary music ensemble is spending 10 days with composer Edna Alejandra Longoria, workshopping music at area high schools and colleges, and culminating with a concert on Nov. 11 featuring a World Premiere of music by Longoria.

"Put as many creative people you can in a space, and have panels, have art talks," and opera, lots of opera! Nathan Felix's Opera Austin Festival is back this Saturday, Nov. 15.

A new report shows tuberculosis was one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide in 2015, and that the United Nations health body is not on track to meet its goals for reducing deaths from the disease.

Airbus, the second-largest aircraft-maker, says that in 20 years China will overtake the U.S. as the world's top aviation market. The estimates are similar to projections issued by Airbus' bigger rival, Boeing, earlier this year.

NPR.org's new interactive scorecard suggests that President Obama may have a somewhat easier path to 270 electoral votes than Mitt Romney, needing to win fewer states. But that's not a given. As you play, you'll be able to come up with plenty of combinations that would get Romney over the top.

When strawberries are in season, the Food Network's Amy Thielen's thinks of jam — sun jam. She shares her grandmother's method for making preserves with little more than sugar and the summer sun.

An NPR reporter takes an early mountain trip up one of New York's Adirondack mountains. (This piece originally aired July 6, 2022, on All Things Considered.)

Indiana University Hospital system is pairing patients with local faith groups to ease feelings of loneliness and isolation. The unique new program comes as more doctors are seeing a need to care for patients' spiritual as well as physical health.