🌞 The travelling gallery

This week, I discovered a segment on a Kiwi radio station that has been bringing me endless joy. It’s called ‘Best Ever Key Change’ and as the name would suggest, it is a segment dedicated to playing songs with the best ever key changes. You’ve got great music, excitable hosts and dancing producers. What more could you want in life?

Indian-American singer Diljit Dosanjh has become the first South Asian artist to sell out two consecutive nights at the iconic Madison Square Garden. 

Dosanjh, who’s from the Indian state of Punjab, also made history in 2023 by becoming the first Punjabi artist to perform at Coachella. 

He finished his two performances at MSG this week, a month after his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon went viral, and it’s safe to say the crowd loved it.

As Anju writes: “While the milestone is fantastic for Dosanjh’s career, it also represents incredible progress for South Asian music worldwide. For many South Asian diaspora, it means the music we grew up listening at home is finally being celebrated on a global stage. 

For my fellow South Asian music fans, we’re in for a treat. Another star, Anirudh, will be in Sydney this time next week (I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m calm!).”

Two brothers have run 33 marathons in 33 days to raise money for dementia research. 

When Cian and Jordan Adams were aged nine and 15, their mother was diagnosed with Early-Onset Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). Their mother died six years later. 

Through genetic testing, the brothers found out they have the same gene that caused their mother’s dementia. They decided to raise awareness and funds for dementia research with various running stunts. This year, you might have seen Jordan running the London Marathon with a fridge on his back. 

Last week, they completed 33 marathons in 33 days, raising £1.5 million ($AU2.81 million) for dementia research, which has completely blitzed their £100,000 goal.

Dean Henderson of Crystal Palace lifts the UEFA Conference League trophy after his team's victory in the UEFA Conference League Final 2026 match between Crystal Palace FC and Rayo Vallecano de Madrid at Football Arena Leipzig.

Another MSG story! 

In case you missed it, the New York Knicks have made it to the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years.

They secured their first finals appearance since 1999 this week by winning their playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. 

To ensure fans can make it even if they can’t afford the expensive tickets, MSG (the Knicks’ home stadium) announced it will donate hundreds of tickets for underprivileged youth throughout New York City. 

MSG executive Rich Constable said: “We are proud to create meaningful once-in-a-lifetime experiences for underprivileged youth in our local communities. Making sure [they’re] part of the Knicks finals run is extremely important to the Knicks, ensuring the next generation of fans get to be part of the story.” 

If the Knicks win the finals series, it’ll be their first NBA Championship title since 1973. 

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One of my favourite parts of writing this newsletter is stumbling upon the niche good things happening in different parts of the world. 

I’ve written about accessible parks in Canada, a group of dads learning to braid their daughters’ hair and today, I’ll be introducing you to ‘Art On Your Doorstep.’ 

Art on Your Doorstep is an initiative by the UK’s National Gallery. Life-size reproductions of artworks from the gallery will be exhibited in outdoor sites across the UK, “bringing people and paintings together in everyday spaces.” 

The gallery will be working with community organisations and local councils, and all exhibitions will be free to view.

National Gallery Exhibitions manager Hannah Widgington said the initiative was  “a rare chance to encounter these works beyond the familiar Gallery walls and weave them into everyday life.” For anyone planning a Euro summer, you can check out where to see the travelling gallery here.

Students at Metea Valley High School in Illinois had an unlikely, but very welcome guest at their prom: 100-year-old veteran Ray Svejnoha.

According to Naperville Community Television (NCT), the World War II veteran missed his prom because he was called up for military service. 

He shared his story with Carey Peterson, an advisor at the school’s Tech Connect club, which helps elderly people in the community navigate technology. Peterson worked with students in the club to invite Svejnoha to their prom to make up for missing his. 

Once local businesses heard about the plan, they stepped in to give him a haircut, manicure and tux fitting. They even made sure Svejnoha had flowers to give out 🥹. He told NCT: “I said, don’t you think that would be nice if the girls got some flowers?... and I’d like to thank [whoever donated the flowers] personally, because I would have bought them anyway too.” 

When he made his prom debut, he was welcomed with cheers from students. 

Svejnoha told NCT: “It never occurred to me that prom was that important in my lifetime. But when they approached me about it, and the way they said it, why them girls were more excited than I was, but after I heard them, well, I was just as excited, too, but it was so nice of them to even think about it.” 

Researchers at the University of Rochester have found a new method to turn ocean water into drinking water without waste. 

Common desalination techniques create a byproduct called brine, which is harmful to sea life when it’s deposited back in the ocean because it raises the salt level and lowers oxygen in the ocean. Desalination techniques are also energy-intensive and require pre and post water treatment. Many communities around the world rely on desalination for clean water, making this a major issue. 

Now, University of Rochester researchers have developed a new desalination process that produces fresh water efficiently, does not leave behind brine and doesn’t require any chemical additives to pre-treat the water. 

The technology uses specific solar panels which have surfaces that are extremely attractive to water. The panel “pulls a thin layer of water across the surface, absorbs nearly all solar radiation, distills the water and deposits leftover salts and minerals” separately, avoiding the production of brine. 

The new method extracts nearly 100% of salts in solid form, which could be used to produce table salt. The research was partly supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.