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The Epiphany's lessons of love and solidarity As the Philippines marks the 500th anniversary of its Christianity, we need to focus on love for God's little ones Trending ‘The Adoration of the Magi’ by Edward Burne-Jones (1904). (Photo: Wikipedia) After the celebration of Christ’s birth and the Solemnity of Mary on New Year’s Day, the Christian world celebrates the Feast of the Epiphany every Jan. 6. This year it is being celebrated today, on the first Sunday after the New Year, to give many more people the chance to celebrate it than on a weekday.  When I was a child, my parents used...

'We Three Kings' premiere Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial presentation of “ … And They Lynched Him on a Tree” by William Grant Still and the world premiere of Rudy Perrault’s “We Three Kings.” I was unfamiliar with this specific work by Still as it is a choral work, but what I learned about it and how significant a work it is makes me want to hear it again and again! I really wish it were performed more regularly. On the same program was a work by my UMD colleague Jean Perrault. This work is a premiere for the memorial event, the use of extremes and dissonance really captures for...

Strike Media “Grab your camera, grab some mates, and go and do something”: An interview with Silent Night director Will Thorne By Becky Davies on Silent Night is a British Christmas film with a crime thriller twist. Last week I sat down with  director Will Thorne, talking everything from getting Lenny Henry his jacket potatoes to going up against a Ryan Reynolds movie in the middle of a pandemic. How would you describe Silent Night in three words? I suppose the film is about redemption, so that’s one word, because that’s the story and the theme boiled down. Then...

9 Lucky New Year’s Food Traditions From black-eyed peas to lentils to soba noodles, these foods and others are believed to bring good luck in the new year. Author: ASIFE/Getty Images From black-eyed peas to lentils to soba noodles, these foods and others are believed to bring good luck in the new year. Champagne, noise makers and confetti are all New Year’s Eve staples. But, in some parts of the country and the world, so are black-eyed peas, lentils, grapes and pickled herring. Hailing from the Low Country of South Carolina to Japanese noodle houses to Pennsylvania Dutch homes, these a...

No one can blame Chardon Polka Band’s Jake Kouwe for thinking in pairs. Kouwe and his wife, Emily, who also is in the band, had twin boys who will celebrate their first birthday on Dec. 27. They followed that 2019 release with a pair of CDs released last month. “A Very Polka Christmas” features holiday favorites given a polka makeover as well as a couple of originals. “Oh No! Not Again!” mixes polka standards that are staples of the band’s live show along with polka-fied renditions of some ’90s rock favorites that most listeners probably never imagined played on an accordion or...