Music & Memory: Miley Cyrus told a Hollywood Bowl crowd she felt her late godmother Dolly Parton’s presence after lights flickered during a private tribute. Tinashe is celebrating a career high: Popstar debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, her biggest sales week yet. Living Heritage: A Kunqu opera festival opened at a school in Jiangsu, putting young performers at the center of efforts to pass on the 600-year-old art form. In Hangzhou, the Liangzhu Forum marked 90 years since the archaeological site’s discovery with a gathering of about 800 heritage experts and artists. Family Culture: Making Monsters, a board game inspired by its founder’s family game nights during cancer recovery, was named Barnes & Noble’s 2026 Family Game of the Year. Halloween & Gatherings: Miami’s El Car Wash will become a one-night “Tunnel of Terror” on Oct. 21, with scare actors and free haunted-carnival tickets. In Maryland, Park + Social has opened a community-focused club with a restaurant, event spaces and vintage-car storage in a renovated 1898 building.