AI & Art Debate: A new wave of “AI art” is being labeled as art or not, with arguments that it can boost access while critics say it lacks lived emotional depth and human perspective. Community Music & Belonging: Everyone Village in West Eugene is launching its first Everyone Festival on Sept. 19, using live music and tours of its homelessness programs to bring the wider community together. Public Art & Place-Making: Los Angeles unveiled the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Exposition Park, pairing global storytelling collections with high-tech reproductions; in Indiana, Shipshewana’s Labor Day lets visitors paint tiles that will become a lasting mural. Climate, Heat & Paint: Busan is installing reflective “cool roofs” at 36 vulnerable sites to cut indoor heat and emissions. Environmental Loss Through Art: An Alice Springs exhibition spotlights buffel grass devastation through Indigenous bush-food paintings. Music Culture & Media: JISOO’s “Click” tops a Billboard favorite-new-music poll, while Hadestown’s film release leans into neuroscience and ecology themes behind its enduring appeal. Ethnic Violence Watch: Manipur’s CM says the state is reviewing criminal cases tied to the 2023 ethnic violence, stressing arrests are based on individual involvement. Workplace Rights: Eiffel Tower staff strike after reports that women were sidelined during a religious visit, prompting promises of investigation. Arts, Health & Skills: A Pune music-therapy diploma recognized by YCMOU is set to begin Sept. 15.