From “Jingle Bells” to the street-corner bell ringers of the Salvation Army, the sound of the Christmas season is bells. But bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life ...

Salvation Army bell-ringing season is in full swing ...

Writing a column about bell-ringing is, in a way, a hopeless endeavor. The experience is like taking a photocopy of a photocopy — the product takes you further from the art at hand, the lived ...

Most 2- and 5-year-olds this time of year are finalizing their lists for Santa, but at least two Grand Forks children last week were doing something even more meaningful. Gavin, 5, and his little ...

Naperville’s Tom Farthing said he has been obsessed with the art of change ringing for 40 years. As a member and official of the North American Guild of Change Ringers, Farthing knows it takes a rare ...

JOANETES, Spain — Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong!

Just before the 11th hour of Monday morning, a small group of people gathered in front of the Veterans War Memorial at the Snake River Trail to honor the end of World War I and veterans of the past ...