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Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Wednesday on AP’s best songs list

NEW YORK — The Associated Press has selected the 10 best songs of the year, presented in no particular order. Read on and then listen to all of the tracks on our Spotify playlist. “Lo que le paso a Hawaii” Bad Bunny Selecting just one song from Bad Bunny’s pivotal 2025 album “Debi Tirar Mas Fotos” is a fool’s errand. Most would likely select one of the ubiquitous, up-tempo hits: “DtMF,” “Baile Inolvidable,” “NuevaYol.” And they’d be just as right. But at its heart, this album is both Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio’s love letter to Puerto Rico and ...

Year’s best albums span many genres

NEW YORK — The Associated Press has selected its 10 best albums of the year, presented in no particular order and with a legend describing who might particularly enjoy them, in the vein of our revamped music reviews. Like our picks and want more? Enjoy bonus recommendations accompanying each entry. “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party” Hayley Williams Call her Miss Paramore if you must, but this year, it’s all about Hayley Williams. The fierce frontwoman has detoured on her own before — the explorative interiority of 2020’s “Petals for Armor” and 2021’s “Flowers ...

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Science center hosts Winter Wonder Days Winter Wonder Days start today at the Great Lakes Science Center, 601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland. Special attractions include Polysnow and Hockey Friction hands-on activity carts, a Gingerbread Scavenger Hunt and a Snowflake Symmetry Community Build. The Fire & Ice Big Show is presented daily. Holiday hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the center will be open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on New Year’s Day. For more information, go to greatscience.com.

Tearful Bowen Yang departs ‘SNL’ after Christmas episode

NEW YORK (AP) — Bowen Yang bid an emotional farewell to “Saturday Night Live” with music, laughter and help from his “Wicked” buddy Ariana Grande. Yang starred in the night’s final sketch, playing a retiring airport lounge worker working his final shift on Christmas Eve, serving eggnog to travelers. He sang “Please Come Home for Christmas” and was joined by Grande, the night’s host, and Cher, its musical guest. The women joined Yang in song and hugged him. The sketch gave Yang a chance to say goodbye to some castmates — he delightfully sprayed Kenan Thompson with ...

Easy Street preps the next generation of ‘Miracle’ makers

Sports teams regularly promote players from the minor leagues or bring in new draft picks to play alongside the veterans. The same goes for long-running events like Easy Street Productions’ “Miracle on Easy Street,” which celebrates its 36th year with three public performances this weekend at Powers Auditorium. “We’re kind of calling this a year of rebuilding,” Easy Street co-founder Maureen Collins said. “We’re just starting to bring up a lot of young people from the (Little) Rascals’ side and the dancers’ side.” James McClellan, one of the regular featured ...

Ochsner comes to his new ‘Home’ for the holidays

Expect some audience participation when the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra plays its “Home for the Holidays” concert on Monday at Stambaugh Auditorium. “We don’t have a chorus yet with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra,” said Music Director and Conductor Erik Ochsner. “We’re figuring out ways how we could involve that. But I said, ‘Well, let’s just have the whole audience sing. So we’re inviting everybody to stand up and sing the ‘Hallelujah’ chorus (from George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah’). We’re even going to be passing out music notes for people who ...