Harmonie

Startup Watertown and Harmony Hill have opened their doors to new entrepreneurs while also announcing a request for proposals for a salon space. The initiative aims to support small business growth in Watertown, South Dakota, offering opportunities for founders to establish themselves and for service providers to take on a new commercial location in the community.

A feature from the Smithsonian explores how American jazz has shaped classical music, tracing the genre's enduring influence on composers and concert traditions. The piece highlights the ongoing conversation about jazz as a distinctly American art form whose rhythms, harmonies and improvisational spirit continue to resonate in classical repertoire and performance today.

A national forum is being organized to bring together experts on cutting-edge science focused on solutions that work in harmony with nature. Announced by the advocacy group Beyond Pesticides, the event is expected to highlight ecological approaches to pest management and land stewardship that reduce reliance on synthetic chemicals.

Lions Clubs International will hold a Visions in Harmony benefit concert at the El Campanil Theatre in Antioch, California on October 3. The event supports the service organization's charitable work, and local coverage in the Antioch Herald is helping spread word of the fundraiser to community members in the region.

Voices of the Valley is staging a fall show built around a cappella arrangements of Disney songs, according to The Herald-Dispatch. The announcement invites local audiences to enjoy familiar Disney tunes performed in close-harmony vocal style, with no additional details about dates, venue or ticketing given in the report.