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Who’s playing the 5 p.m. Chapel bells? Meet Duke’s two carillonneurs

Every day at 5 p.m., rich melodies roll over the lawns of West Campus, washing over the masses typing on laptops at tables in the Bryan Center plaza all the way to students tossing frisbees in the ... read more

The Romantic Reason Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos Returned to the Chapel Where They Got Married

During a special Las Vegas episode of Live With Kelly and Mark on February 28, the married duo took a trip down memory lane when they officiated a wedding at the Chapel of the Bells. The spot ... read more

How did Vegas become the wedding capital of the world?

Value-driven weddings and streamlined services have given the destination its reputation for more than 70 years. read more

Famous I Dos: Celebrity Las Vegas Weddings

The 1966 wedding of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra and Hollywood star Mia Farrow was a whirlwind affair that captivated fans and the media alike. Despite their notable age difference (Sinatra was 51, ... read more

Kelly Ripa, 53, sizzles in sequins in most show-stopping wedding guest dress to date

Live! with Kelly and Mark star Kelly Ripa amped up the glamour in head-to-toe sequins at a friend's waterside wedding with Riverdale's Mark Consuelos. read more

The Chapel

The bells, now numbering fifteen, were formerly played from a mechanical console in the tower; every morning before Chapel and in the afternoon, a ringer climbed the South Tower stairway and played ... read more

Something About Bells

Bells are also mentioned in the t4th chapter ... It was then consecrated as a chapel, the entrance to the interior being through a large fracture near the mouth, the cause of which is also a ... read more

Waterford prepares for the heartbreak of seeing its oldest church come down

A church built shortly after the U.S. Civil War could face demolition soon, as officials with St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Waterford face insurmountable repair costs. read more

Things To Do

It may look like a grand flourish sitting atop Nob Hill, but the cathedral is still under construction — as you’ll discover now that these tours have opened to the public. Built in 1862, the original ... read more

Centuries-old church bells restored to ring out again

For centuries, the peal of a church's bells rang their symbolic messages across a city. But over the years, the bells deteriorated and, in the 1960s, this part of the city's life came to an end. read more

A joyful noise: the bells of Westminster Abbey

The bells of Westminster Abbey are much-loved ... Members of the new Company were admitted to their office by Dean Ryle at a ceremony in St Faith’s Chapel on 14th May 1921. The Company has, of course, ... read more