Pride Month

The global LGBTQ+ festival was held for the first time in the nation's capital. Organizers say the current political environment has dampened the excitement surrounding the celebration.

Is it just us, or are the Pride month vibes a little off this year?

A group of drag queens from across the country and their supporters are releasing a handbook to help performers navigate a landscape of increasing threats of harassment and violence.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to founder and host of the podcast "Making Gay History" Eric Marcus about the how LGBTQ Pride has evolved through the years.

One of the shortest complete operas was written by American composer Samuel Barber with a libretto by his partner, Gian Carlo Menotti. A HAND OF BRIDGE is a one-act opera that premiered in 1959.

In this week's StoryCorps, a couple talks about how they met and fell in love thanks to ballroom dancing.

Guitarist Sharon Isbin is a compelling artist and leader in the music world. Today's Beautiful Music is a live concert recording of Sharon Isbin from the 1992 Portland (Maine) Performing Arts Festival.

Everyone’s coming out journey is different. This is mine.

Today's Beautiful Music features Jeanne Lamon, cellist Christina Mahler (her partner of 43 years), and harpsichordist Christina Hutton performing music by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Byron Schenkman is an American harpsichordist, pianist, and music scholar who specializes in baroque and early music.