Top Five Passover Pieces
Though they’re celebrated around the same time of year, Passover falls a little short of Easter with the number of musical offerings dedicated to the holiday. As New York holds the premiere of a new...
View ArticleDolan Gives Easter Mass at St. Patrick's as Protesters Rally for Gay Rights
Nearly 3,000 parishioners gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral Sunday to listen to Archbishop Timothy Dolan's Easter Mass, in which the Catholic leader spoke of optimism and hope.As Dolan addressed...
View ArticleTop Five Easter Week Performances
Whether it’s in spite of—or due to—the solemnity of the holiday, Easter and its lead up has inspired some of the greatest art in the Western canon. It also makes this coming weekend one of the most...
View ArticleOverlapping Easter, Passover Holidays Will Help Boost Retail Sales: Expert
Retailers will likely get an extra boost this weekend with Passover and Easter holidays overlapping, according to an industry expert.Sales overall at U.S. chain stores in March were up 4 percent,...
View ArticleOpen Phones: Relevance of Easter and Passover
As we head into the weekend, we'd like to hear from you: what is the relevance of Easter and Passover in today's world? Give us a call at 212-433-9692 or post here!
View ArticleGood Friday Gospel
Leonard hosts his annual Good Friday Gospel hour, playing gospel classics that tell the story of Easter.Playlist:How Jesus Died, Pilgrim Travelers, from “Beloved Songs of Easter”Redeemed, Clara Ward,...
View ArticleEaster, Passover Holiday Traditions With a Twist
Easter and Passover are about more than hunting for colorful eggs and eating matzos. Each family has certain traditions they follow during the holidays. But some of those traditions can be, well,...
View ArticleOpinion: Strip-Searching Moses and Stop-and-Frisking Jesus
This weekend, I read a lot about a crowd of protesters who ignored the warnings of authorities and made an unauthorized, no-permit journey across the water. I heard about a man who was wrongfully...
View ArticleEaster, Passover Holiday Traditions With a Twist
Easter and Passover are about more than hunting for colorful eggs and eating matzos. Each family has certain traditions they follow during the holidays. But some of those traditions can be, well,...
View ArticleVideo: How to Make Game of Thrones Dragon Eggs for Easter
Let lifestyle and craft guru JacquieLongLegs show you how to celebrate the Game of Thrones Season 3 premiere AND Easter all in one fell swoop.
View ArticleWeekend Staff Picks: Get Outside, Spring is Here!
If you look closely you can still find payphones all over Manhattan’s streets. In coordination with the New Museum’s exhibit on the year 1993, a project called “Recalling 1993" is underway. Visitors...
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Bach 360°: Chorales, Cantatas and an Oratorio for Easter
Two things are certain about the classical music calendar: Handel at Christmas and Bach at Easter. Of course, Bach wrote a joyous Christmas Oratorio that is also heard in December, but his most...
View ArticleLet the Round Earth Rejoice
With hymns, chorales, chants and organ solos, Pipedreams this week reflects on spring's rebirth at Easter.Program details:ROBERT WILLIAMS: Jesus Christ is Risen Today–Palmer Memorial Choir &...
View ArticleDolan Gives Easter Mass at St. Patrick's as Protesters Rally for Gay Rights
Nearly 3,000 parishioners gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral Sunday to listen to Archbishop Timothy Dolan's Easter Mass, in which the Catholic leader spoke of optimism and hope.As Dolan addressed...
View ArticleWeekend Staff Picks: Get Outside, Spring is Here!
If you look closely you can still find payphones all over Manhattan’s streets. In coordination with the New Museum’s exhibit on the year 1993, a project called “Recalling 1993" is underway. Visitors...
View ArticleGeorge F. R. Ellis — Science and Hope [remix]
Our guest straddles the worlds of cosmology and social activism. During a live audience interview in Philadelphia, he tells us how he unites his convictions about faith, ethics, and cosmology.
View Article[Unedited] Vigen Guroian with Krista Tippett
An understanding of Easter from inside the Armenian Orthodox tradition that is at once mystical and literally down to earth. With Vigen Guorian.
View ArticleVigen Guroian — Restoring the Senses: Gardening and Orthodox Easter [remix]
An understanding of Easter from inside the Armenian Orthodox tradition that is at once mystical and literally down to earth. With Vigen Guorian.
View ArticleA Lenten Mix
The season of Lent is a time when Christians prepare for Easter Sunday. And it’s inspired countless composers over the centuries. For this week’s Choral Mix, Kent Tritle presents an hour of choral...
View ArticleBach's St. Matthew Passion
Composed in 1727, it’s one of two surviving settings of the last days of Jesus Christ composed by J.S. Bach. Host Bill McGlaughlin explores the history of this masterpiece and sample different recordings.
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