Freedom was a livestream concert by Filipino singer Regine Velasquez
(pictured) held on February 28, 2021. Following the cancellation of
music events during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Velasquez
organized the show to create a live experience on a stream for her fans
longing for a sense of human connection. The concert's premise was
"freedom of singing", stemming from her desire to cover songs from
several music genres. It was filmed at the studios of ABS-CBN in Metro
Manila, with musicians, background vocalists, and dancers on set, and
was broadcast through four livestreaming platforms worldwide. Its set
featured a large LED screen as a backdrop and props resembling origami
cranes hanging from the ceiling. She performed numerous selections from
artists such as Elton John, Chris Isaak, George Michael, Sara Bareilles,
Dua Lipa, and Billie Eilish. Critics gave the show high praise for its
production and vocal performances, setting a benchmark for online
concerts in the Philippines.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_%28concert%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1904:
The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica
(first team pictured) was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.L._Benfica>
1914:
In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern
Albania proclaimed the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern
Epirus.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Northern_Epirus>
1939:
In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous
word "dord" was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by
an editor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dord>
1974:
The British election ended in a hung parliament after the
Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number
of votes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Thorpe>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
irradiate:
1. (transitive)
2. To send out (heat, light, or some other form of radiation) in the
form of rays; to radiate.
3. (often literary or poetic) To make (someone or something) bright by
shining light on them or it; to brighten, to illuminate.
4. (technology) To apply radiation other than visible light to (someone
or something).
5. To treat (food) with ionizing radiation to destroy pathogens.
6. (medicine) To treat (a patient, or a cancerous growth or tumour) with
radiation.
7. (figurative, often literary or poetic)
8. To animate or enliven (one's mood, or soul or spirit).
9. To cause (one's face) to look beautiful, happy, or lively; to light
up.
10. To decorate (a place) splendidly.
11. To enlighten (someone, their mind, etc.) intellectually or
spiritually; to illuminate, to shed light on.
12. To send out (something) as if in the form of rays; to diffuse, to
radiate, to shed.
13. (obsolete, figurative) To influence (something) as if with rays of
heat, light, etc.
14. (intransitive, often literary or poetic)
15. To become bright; to brighten, to light up.
16. Often followed by on or upon: to emit rays of light; to shine.
17. (figurative) To emit something other than light; to radiate.
18. (obsolete) To diverge or be sent out in the form of rays.
19. Made brilliant or bright; irradiated, illuminated.
20. (figurative) Made splendid or wonderful.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/irradiate>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond
what he can do.
--Stephen Spender
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Spender>