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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.
What were your favorite songs of 2021? Choose your favorites on the ballot and help decide what makes it into the Top 89 Countdown on December 31.
YourClassical MPR and The Current teamed up for another Bring the Sing Solstice celebration on Dec. 19 at St. Paul’s historic Union Depot. We celebrated the longest night of the year with a festive, light-filled singalong featuring a great lineup of performers, including the Minnesota Boychoir, rapper Nur-D, choral impresario Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, blues stars Davina and the Vagabonds, accordionist Dan Newton, and music maestro Jerry Rubino. See the photos
It’s cold outside, but you can stay warm with your favorite movies. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with MPR’s Cube Critics about what makes a great holiday movie, their personal favorites and what else is on their end-of-year watch list.
All Is Bright, with host Lynne Warfel, offers an hour of gorgeous, contemplative choral music that tells the traditional Christmas story with songs about angels, the star and the manger scene. Featured artists include Cantus, Chanticleer, Cambridge Singers, Bryn Terfel, Emma Kirkby, Jessye Norman, and a variety of choirs.