The Current counts down the Top 89 songs of 2021 starting at 5 p.m. CT tonight, giving you plenty of time to check out... Best Albums | Best New Artists | Purple Current's Top 10 | Best Covers | Best Local Songs | The Current Staff Picks and MORE all at thecurrent.org/top89!
Conductor Kirill Petrenko and the world-class orchestra say goodbye to 2021 with music by Erich Korngold, Richard Strauss, Maurice Ravel and Max Bruch, featuring violinist Janine Jansen. Listen on YourClassical MPR Friday, Dec. 31, at 10:30 a.m. CT
The state faced COVID-19, racial reckoning and record-setting weather in 2021. Photojournalists working with MPR News captured a lot of hardship, happiness and hope. Here’s a look at what they saw. - Internationally AP photographers captured a world ablaze in 2021
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U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine. - Fauci U.S. should consider vaccine mandate for U.S. air travel - FAQ How do you define mild, moderate and severe COVID? - MDH's Ehresmann Omicron variant, holiday travel in Minnesota
All winter long, The Current will help you enjoy the best of the season with weekly guides to events, entertainment, and recreation. Each Monday throughout the season, you’ll find one or more new posts all about enjoying the best that Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the surrounding communities have to offer. Get ready to make the most of Minnesota’s quintessential season!
This Kwanzaa, which runs Dec. 26-Jan. 1, YourClassical celebrates African-American culture with composers that have imbued the essence of the Seven Principles in their timeless and joyous music. Jeffrey Yelverton hosts. Listen on YourClassical MPR Dec. 26, 3 p.m., and Dec. 30, 7 p.m.
Spend some time with YourClassical Storytime! YourClassical has several good audio stories suitable for holiday listening: 'Christmas Every Day' Can you have too many presents, too much holiday food, too much cheer? When little Noelle wishes for Christmas every day, she gets more than she bargained for in the delightful new YourClassical Storytime episode “Christmas Every Day,” featuring traditional music of the holiday season and art by Nancy Carlson. 'Twas The Night Before Christmas Children have delighted in the telling of Clement Moore's classic "A Visit From St. Nicholas" -- with its famous opening line, "'Twas the night before Christmas" -- for nearly 200 years. Now our popular version for YourClassical Storytime includes charming illustrations by Nancy Carlson. 'The Nutcracker' Go on a magical adventure with a girl named Clara as she is whisked away by a nutcracker prince to the Kingdom of Sweets. Give the gift of classical music by sharing this classic tale — and Tchaikovsky's unforgettable melodies — with your little ones this holiday season. 'The Gingerbread Man' 'Run, run as fast as you can! You can't catch me. I'm the Gingerbread Man!' Who can catch this speedy pastry? Find out in 'The Gingerbread Man.' It's the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime, with music by Johannes Brahms and illustrations by Nancy Carlson.
Since 1918, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols has offered listeners an opportunity to share in a live, worldwide Christmas Eve broadcast of a service of biblical readings, carols and related seasonal classical music. This special event is presented by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, one of the world’s foremost choirs of men and boys, and performed in an acoustically and architecturally renowned venue, the college’s 500-year-old chapel. YourClassical MPR will broadcast A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at 9 a.m. central Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, with a rebroadcast at 7 p.m. central.
Listen to The Current’s Holiday Stream to hear festive favorites for the season.