I’m
David L. Coddon,
and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week.
Are we starved for positive messages or what? I found some, appropriately enough, during the just-completed Easter/Passover season in a virtual offering from the free “Live with Carnegie Hall” livestream series. Producers
Ray and Vivian Scott Chew hosted an hour of R&B and gospel music titled
“Be the Light: A Joyful Celebration” that’s intended to uplift, inspire and bridge the sociopolitical and cultural divides tormenting us as a nation.
Reflecting that mission is the opening video performance in the show: six-time Grammy winner Israel Houghton’s collaboration with Azi Schwartz, cantor of New York City’s Park Avenue Synagogue, on Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Waters.” That’s followed by singer-songwriter Kenny Lattimore and a gifted college student covering Marvin Gaye’s “Mercy, Mercy Me,” then Ray Chew, on keyboards
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March 31, 2021 at 11:50 PM
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March 31, 2021 at 11:50 PM
(EAST ORANGE/ORANGE, NJ) - On this last day of Women’s History Month, before the clock strikes 12 midnight, TAPinto wanted to pause from all the Coronavirus news and take the time to highlight women in our communities making a difference.
In honor of the many s-heroes, we have created our second annual “East Orange and Orange 100 Women of Power and Progress” list.
The criteria used to select each woman was as follows: 1. The woman must be a resident of or work in East Orange or Orange. 2. She must use her life and platforms by way of career, volunteerism, social media, etc. to promote positivity, unity, and the uplifting of other women within one of the two municipalities and beyond.
Television offering special Easter programming
Mike Hughes
For the second straight year, television has a bigger Easter role.
Some churches remain closed by COVID; others downsize their events. TV, however, booms ahead with religious-themed movies, music and more.
Here’s a roundup. Not included are the kids’ shows, with bunnies and eggs and such.
Movies with music
“The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel” (2020), 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Lifetime. This debuted last Easter eve, with a portrait of the famed gospel group.
“Mahalia,” 8 p.m. Saturday, Lifetime, rerunning at 11:03, then at 5:30 p.m. Easter Sunday. Mahalia Jackson was a powerhouse singer, the first gospel star to win a Grammy. She also sang often at Martin Luther King’s rallies. In 1963, she was in Washington, D.C., shouting “tell them about the dream.” He set aside his prepared text and gave his famous speech.
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A tribute to the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin performed by four-time GRAMMY® Award-winner and multiple Stellar and GMA Dove Award winner Karen Clark Sheard. A gospel music legend and a part of a musical dynasty, Clark Sheard is renowned throughout the music industry for her signature, one-of-a-kind multi-octave vocal range and ability.