Feel Good Friday

“The crowd was starting to realize that something was amiss when the interval went on for longer than they expected and Justin Hurwitz, the Academy Award-winning composer of the film’s score, came onstage. ‘Is anybody like an amazing sight reader?’ Mr. Hurwitz asked the crowd, adding that one of the musicians had fallen ill and had to go home. For the show to go on, he needed someone to step in on the keyboard.” Out of the Audience, Into the Orchestra: Aspiring Musician Saves the Show.

+ “Solar power crossed an important threshold in May, as a rapidly expanding fleet of photovoltaic projects supplied more US electricity than coal for the first time on record.”

+ A solar-powered rubbish-eating boat? The vessel chomping plastic waste out of the sea.

+ MacKenzie Scott just keeps giving. So does Melinda French Gates.

+ “Most kids running a lemonade stand worry about hailing down customers, whether they have enough ice and if the lemonade tastes sweet enough. But Parez and Jakkhi Reese encountered a different problem after someone called 911 on them.” Here’s what happened when law enforcement showed up.

+ Mariska Hargitay Sprinted From Her Broadway Show to the Knicks Game: “I Love My Husband … but It Might Have Been the Greatest Night of My Life.” The Hargitay and Jalen Brunson friendship story is all the feel good you need.

+ Great new San Francisco video featuring the narration of Peter Coyote (who narrated a book you may have heard of). Comeback City.