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<news:title>Brick Church Celebrates Good Friday with Music Crucifixion</news:title>
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<image:caption>For the 102nd year, the Good Friday concert of John Stainer’s “The Crucifixion” was performed at Brick Presbyterian Church. This year’s soloists, Sean Fallen and Nathaniel Sullivan, were joined by organist Alistair Reid. Minister of Music, Dr. Raymond Nagem, conducted.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Tenor Sean Fallen is an active opera and oratorio soloist at many venues in New York City, as well as throughout the U.S. and on three continents. This is his second year performing in “The Crucifixion.”</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Baritone Nathaniel Sullivan celebrates his seventh year performing &lt;i&gt;The Crucifixion&lt;/i&gt;. This season, he will perform with West Bay Opera, the Experiments in Opera,  with Abendmusik, and at Carnegie Hall.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-04T14:04:00-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Dancing Bird Sets Off Social Media Frenzy in Bryant Park</news:title>
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<image:caption>Many tiktok users are posting videos of the dancing wookcock set to music. This one is set to the tune of “The Safety Dance” by Men with Hats. It opens with the classic line: &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mollybangles/video/7622375900826422558"&gt;“we can dance if we want to.”&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The American Woodcock in Bryant Park has created a birding frenzy on social media. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Woman with a camera stands in front of woodcock bird to take photos</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A crowd stands around the gate at Bryant Park to admire and take pictures of the bird.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-05T16:21:28-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Amtrak Says ‘No Final Decisions’ on Penn Station Before Public Weighs In</news:title>
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