News Stories from 2016
Tag: 2016
Shuri Castle, a World Heritage Site on Okinawa, transports visitors back to the Ryukyu...
When Shuri Castle—a historical Ryukyu Kingdom jewel believed to have been constructed in the late 14th century—was destroyed during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa,...
Despite a bus crushing her leg and 18 subsequent surgeries, Amy Jordan and her...
Amy Jordan started ballet class at age 5. A very athletic child, she loved performing and, influenced by Baryshnikov, she underwent classical training. Amy...
‘Love isn’t love unless you give it away. Aloha is not Aloha until you...
“Love isn’t love unless you give it away. Aloha is not Aloha until you give it away, and peace is never peace unless you...
Carlos Santana’s Mega Nova marks a great new era in ICAP’s mission — the...
Los Angeles — The jazz rhythms of Mega Nova stampeded out from the Hollywood Bowl band shell on the pleasantly cool evening of Wednesday,...
Madonna’s spontaneous Paris performance provides worldwide inspiration.
Because our daily news cycles are often dominated by stories of crises, conflict and sadness, it can be a breath of fresh oxygen to...
How Toscanini Fought Hitler’s Persecution of the Jews
The United Nations hosted an event that featured a lecture entitled “A Conductor Stands Up for Justice: How Toscanini Fought Hitler’s Persecution of the...
Why Do We Come to Hiroshima?
HIROSHIMA, Japan — Barack Obama, the first sitting U.S. President to visit Hiroshima, called for a “world without nuclear weapons” and offered respects to the...
International Jazz Day 2016 Launches From White House Lawn
See the video of the Jazz Day performance.The sounds of International Jazz Day 2016 blared from nearly every continent on April 30. The...