Pets & Reading: Reading Public Library’s “Pages for Pets” hit 500,000 reading minutes and covered a pup’s adoption fee—1-year-old corgi Barkley is now home. Community & Culture: Nyakach elders in Kenya are boycotting their Aug. 14 Cultural Day, saying organizers added political endorsements and shifted the event away from heritage. Family Entertainment: Launch Family Entertainment signed a Missoula lease for a park opening spring 2027, with trampolines, a ninja course, soft play, and a KRAVE restaurant. Retail & Lifestyle: Downtown Brooklyn’s Alloy Block is set to welcome MUJI, local bakery Winner, and Tom Brady’s CardVault. Roads & Festivities: Penang’s Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Bridge eastbound lane closes Aug. 8 night for the Cultural Night Run. Arts Etiquette: Miss Manners weighs in on whether audiences should clap between symphony movements. Pop Culture & Platforms: YouTube took down Larian’s Baldur’s Gate 3 livestream over explicit content. Music & Heritage: Cypress Hill’s B-Real talks cultural pride on the Spanish-language album “Dios Bendiga.” Books & Memory: A Derry memoirist, “Red” Doran, is remembered for a life packed into “Red Doran: The Story of a Derryman.” Theater & Film: Cillian Murphy and Yvonne McGuinness got planning permission to renovate Ireland’s Phoenix cinema into an arts and cultural centre. Sports & Fans: Chargers training camp at The Bolt in El Segundo stays free to attend with reservations through Aug. 18.