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Easter Merits More Handel’s ‘Messiah’
A Christmas favorite, the oratorio has more to contribute to Holy Week celebrations.
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Brown: Did Jesus Christ provide a pathway for Mary of Bethany and other scholarly women to proselytize to other women?
Until Dan Brown wrote the 2003 award-winning mystery ... invested in his depiction of each of the thirteen figures, Jesus Christ and the presumed twelve apostles, in his “Il Cenacolo or L ...
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Novel study at Brown shows how late-life health traces back to what happened in the womb
The New England Family Study, launched in 1959 and now led by a Brown epidemiologist, spans three generations of participants ...
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, who advocated tirelessly for civil and human rights, dies at 93
The Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, a devout Christian and ordained minister, championed the environment, civil rights, human ...
Doc’s Initial Idea of Time Travel in ‘Back to the Future’ Was Wrong – Here’s Where It All Changed
In Back to the Future, Doc Brown is initially scared to tamper with the bounds of time, but his mindset changes thanks to ...
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J. Geils Band’s Peter Wolf tracks star-filled life in new memoir, ‘Waiting on the Moon’
The 339-page book published by Little, Brown is filled with anecdotes, all the way back to birth as Peter Blankfield in the ...
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The church helped me when I was a refugee. It's called to do the same today.
As Christmas approached, local church members showed up on our doorstep with a tree, decorations and a train, and shared the story of the birth of Jesus. And the body of Christ didn’t just show ...
'Began a revolution': Lexington, Concord mark 250 years since 'shot heard round the world'
Reenactors showed thousands of people the story start of the American Revolutionary War and the "shot heard round the world" on its 250th anniversary.
Titian’s ‘Pietà’: The Atmosphere of Anguish
Likely the artist’s final work, this 16th-century painting is a vast, darkly burnished depiction of Christ’s death that is ...
Ken Burns is everywhere this week – and he can’t stop talking about ‘The American Revolution’
Ahead of four local events this week, Ken Burns talks about his star-studded, 12-hour documentary series coming later this ...
Pope Francis dead: John Swinney leads Scotland’s tributes to ‘voice of peace’ as major mass announced for mourners today
JOHN Swinney has led tributes to the Pope after he died aged 88, sparking an outpouring of grief around the world. In a sombre statement, the Vatican today confirmed Pope Francis, who was Bishop ...