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Yo-Yo Ma holds tribute concert honoring victims of gun violence
World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma brought his Concert for Peace to St. Sabina Church for the second time, featuring original works written with family members who lost loved ones to gun violence, as a tribute to the people who died.
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“Be Not Afraid”: The song that eases the biggest transitions in—and out of—life
Bob Dufford, S.J., started writing “Be Not Afraid” when he was, well, afraid.
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Review: How the godmother of punk became a Dame of the British Empire
Vivienne Westwood is director of one of the last independent global fashion companies in the world.
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Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway magic trick
In “Springsteen on Broadway,” song, story and storyteller merge.
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Want to compose new music for Mass? Learn from David Haas’s story.
David Haas gathers 132 songs from among his most widely known pieces, like “Blest Are They,” “We Are Called,” “Now We Remain” and “You Are Mine,” and others not as familiar.
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What Childish Gambino and Flannery O’Connor have in common
Gambino’s new video for ‘This is America’ is an experience of radical interruption, one that O’Connor would have appreciated.
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David Bowie: Rock’s enigmatic shape-shifter
A blockbuster exhibition profiles one of the 20th century’s great bridge figures.
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The Enduring Catholic Imagination of Bruce Springsteen
Andrew Greeley didn’t know how right he was about the Boss.
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What four new books on Bob Dylan can teach us
Six decades after he emerged as a star, Bob Dylan still attracts the attention of scholars and fans alike.