Each Monday evening at 6:30, 44 girls from throughout the Twin Cities metro area bound down the staircase at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in south Minneapolis and take their places in a basement choir room. Hugs and smiles are traded as the girls, in grades 8-12, greet one another.
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Rome church guidebook is companion to previous 800-page coffeetable book
Twin Cities attorney Greg Pulles self-published a beautiful coffeetable-style book two years ago, “Sacred Places: Rediscovering the Churches of Rome.” He’ll soon have a companion to that 800-page work, a guidebook to help people take walks to visit those same churches.
This time, St. Paul the Hermit rightly faces up
Art lovers won’t want to miss the beautiful sculpture of St. Paul the Hermit that’s on display — the right way now — at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Young Franciscan author says getting to know God is like dating
Getting to know God is akin to entering a dating relationship, said Franciscan Brother Daniel Horan.
Actor is antithesis of bully she plays in Chanhassen’s ‘Hairspray’
When she tucks her long, dark hair under a blonde bouffant wig, Nicole Renee Chapman is just beginning her transformation for a performance of the musical “Hairspray” at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.
‘October Baby’ draws tears and praise as a dramatic, touching pro-life story
At the conclusion of October Baby, my wife, Julie, and I were in tears, prompting our 9-year-old daughter Claire to ask, “Who wants a tissue?”
‘Guys and Dolls’ to rock in Hopkins
St. John’s students give up recess time to gain confidence on stage
Belgian Trappists’ brew ranks as world’s best on beer-lovers website
A hearty dark brown beer produced at a Trappist monastery in Belgium has been rated the world’s best brew by an online community of beer lovers.
‘Mass of Plenty’ shows composer’s love for American spirituals
Rob Glover is the long-time director of music ministries at St. Therese in Deephaven, and a well-known composer of liturgical music. In 2003, with the assistance of members of that parish, Rob recorded a collection of his liturgical music entitled “Music in the Air,” featuring his “Mass of Plenty”
Play offers opportunity for interfaith discussions
Open Window Theatre’s ‘Edith Stein’ set for Feb. 9-26
Great music for a good cause in honor of MLK Jr.
Close to 200 voices from the combined choirs of St. Joan of Arc and Mount Olivet Lutheran churches in Minneapolis will join Twin Cities vocalist Robert Robinson at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 in a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
CD ushers in new liturgical voice with fresh, surprising mix
I’m Lifted Up: Songs and Psalms by Will Pitts, 2010, Guardian Angels Music Ministry
‘Amahl’ to feature top-notch talent and artistry
“Amahl and the Night Visitors,” a one-act Christmas season opera sung in English, centers on the story of Amahl, a poor, crippled shepherd boy living with his widowed mother. One night, the boy and his mother find the Three Kings knocking at their door. It is a story of how faith, charity, unselfish love and good deeds can work miracles.
Open Window Theatre offers values-based performances
When Ebenezer Scrooge takes the stage next month at the Open Window Theatre, there won’t be commercial breaks or video screens. Nor will the lead character in “The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge,” a sequel to Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol,” give parents reason to worry.
UPDATED – ‘The Priests’ concert performance in Minneapolis has been cancelled
Fathers Martin O’Hagan, Eugene O’Hagan and David Delargy, better known to their millions of fans as the classical music group “The Priests,” will perform at Minneapolis’ Pantages Theatre Nov. 13, at 8 p.m.
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