I used ‘penguinologist’ because I volunteer as a research assistant on penguin-related science projects,” Season 36 ...

Jeff” grew up in an insular world, kept company with a few brainy boys and fixated on girls. Was a monster hiding in plain ...

Walk into North Canaan’s historic railroad station, and you’ll see hundreds of accordions stacked floor to ceiling. It’s a wall of gleaming buttons, piano keys, mother-of-pearl, rhinestones, and ...

As the end of the school year approaches, National Teacher Appreciation Week, which runs from Monday, May 4, to Friday, May 8, gives us a chance to acknowledge educators. The 2025-2026 school calendar ...

Houston, the accordion concertos have landed. Look at the pedigree of serious orchestra works written for the instrument, and you’ll notice most have been performed more frequently in Europe — long ...

The master of the Tex-Mex accordion Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez, whose tradition-drenched sound came to define conjunto or Tejano music of South Texas, has died. Throughout a career that spanned more ...

She has been to more places around the world than the average high school student, and the awards for her accordion playing are piling up. Meet Maria Telesheva, who will be entering her senior year ...

A North Eugene High School student crosses the stage with a beaming smile at the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration. The accordion strapped across her torso is nearly half her size, but ...

EVERETT — Strap on this 25-pound musical breastplate, give it a squeeze, and you’re guaranteed to be the life of the party. Why sing the blues when you can play the accordion? With undertones of ...

America’s education system is facing a crisis that threatens to undermine the future of millions of students: a severe and growing teacher shortage. This issue, simmering for years, has reached a ...

Before there were robots, self-driving cars and AI, there were automated mechanical music machines: self-playing pianos, organs, even banjos and violins. And sitting in a piano storage warehouse in ...

BROOKFIELD — “What do I love about the accordion? It breathes like a human being.” Stas Venglevski has been playing accordion since he was five years old. He grew up in the former Soviet Union and ...