The County of Hawaii hosted its third annual World Peace Festival on Oct. 6 at the beautiful Coconut Island or Moku Ola, which is Hawaiian for “island of life.” More than 1,200 citizens came out to enjoy this family-friendly festival, which featured a vast array of cultural displays and performances, arts and crafts, and culinary…
For the final leg of the iChoose Oslo-area tour, the production team revisited Persbraaten High School on the morning of September 20. Attending the production were more than 100 first-year students of diverse backgrounds. Because of the physical distance between the stage and the audience—which seemed to have fostered a more-reserved dialogue session on the…
The iChoose production team visited Sofienberg High School for two morning classes on September 19. Attending the first class production were more than 200 students of various religious background, most of whose families had emigrated from countries outside Norway. The warm connection the cast members established with the young audience members provided an atmosphere in…
iChoose, ICAP’s innovative anti-bullying project that combines a mini-musical drama and small-group discussion to provide a vital anti-violence message to high school and middle school students has just completed a successful run in Oslo, Norway. After selecting ten vibrant new cast members selected from the Norwegian community, the iChoose Oslo production team, led by director…
Iconic Hollywood Bowl welcomed a rousing paean to peace on August 29 when Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Creative Chair for Jazz, Herbie Hancock, brought together some of the world’s premiere musicians for a concert called “Celebrating Peace.” Amid the fragrant late-summer jacaranda balm, Mr. Hancock performed both under the stars and surrounded by them. His stellar…
A chilly but welcoming City of Light played host to the 40th anniversary celebration of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on Monday, January 30. Braving the Paris winter’s near-freezing temperatures, more than 1,000 dignitaries arrived at UNESCO Headquarters to attend the momentous event launched by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock….
ICAP has planned a new set of tours for iChoose, its innovative anti-bullying project that combines education and entertainment to provide a vital antiviolence message to high school and middle school students. Already, iChoose has had successful runs at schools in Hawaii, Southern California and the New York/New Jersey metro area. The interactive multimedia production…
Glen Allison was homeless by choice, a vagabond photographer documenting the world’s most iconic destinations. More than two years into this nonstop global marathon, he found himself in Thailand. After a daring leap from a public transport boat on a Bangkok canal, he was left with a dislocated right arm, followed by several weeks of…
Although he leaves it in San Francisco, Tony Bennett shares his beautiful heart with the world. And for his humanistic endeavors, especially toward nurturing young artists, the vocal stylist and master of the American songbook received the Humanity in the Arts Peace Award in the evening of July 11th at the 46th annual Montreux Jazz…
Music historians have called (José Carlos) Amaral Vieira “one of the most influential figures in the music life of Brazil.” The composer, pianist and professor of musicology has garnered innumerable laurels over the many decades of his career, including a major São Paulo festival devoted solely to his works. On June 23, at Santa Monica’s…