iChoose, ICAP’s innovative youth empowerment program that combines a mini-musical drama with small-group discussions to provide a vital anti-violence message to high school and middle school students debuted at Mariano Azuela in Chicago, Illinois on June 11th. In the first session, thirty students were asked to record their thoughts as they viewed the iChoose video….
[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”a5ED_NXM17w&rel=true” width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”https://icapeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/wayne-award2-vid.jpg”] Wayne Shorter, the globally revered saxophonist, composer and ICAP co-president received the 2017 Polar Music Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a gala ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on June 15th. The Polar Music Prize which has been called the “Nobel Prize of Music”…
The worldwide celebration of International Jazz Day 2017 culminated in an all-star global concert, hosted by actor Will Smith, in Havana’s historic Gran Teatro de La Havana Alicia Alonso, Cuba. The special gala, broadcast to 125 countries, was attended by Cuba’s First Vice President Miguel Diaz Canel, UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, various ministers, diplomatsm…
At one entrance to the Miho Pine Grove—which, in 2013, made it onto the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of Japan’s Fujisan (Mount Fuji) Cultural Site—there stands a statue of an ancient farmer. The farmer, Hakuryo, a character in an age-old Japanese mythological tale called “Hagoromo,” watches the dance of a celestial maiden (or…
Inspired by ICAP’s mission to build a culture of peace as well as develop future peacemakers through the arts, students at Guam’s LBJ Elementary School and Tamuning Elementary School displayed their artistic capability in a variety ways under the umbrella of establishing peace consciousness. On Jan. 20, LBJ and Tamuning students, teachers and staff welcomed…
The year 2017 marks the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II, during which the Chamorro people suffered from unspeakable atrocities committed on the beautiful island of Guam. More than 3,000 Guamanian citizens gathered Jan. 21–22 for the fifth annual Latte Peace Festival. This highly anticipated yearly event promotes peace, friendship and cultural…
[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”q_-pYZzUPQY&rel=true” width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”https://icapeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Drawing-to-music-video.jpg”] Artists and young people from La Puente, Whittier, and Riverside in Southern California joined forces to create an exciting arts activity at a community center in La Puente. The artists wanted to create an activity for the eighteen youngsters, who ranged in age from seven to seventeen, that combined drawing…
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, islanders could hardly have envisioned its reappearance. But, beginning in 1992, it was restored on its original site, to its original specifications, through painstaking efforts and the employing of historical records,…
Amy Jordan started ballet class at age 5. A very athletic child, she loved performing and, influenced by Baryshnikov, she underwent classical training. Amy also loved musical theater to the point where she would put on her own version of the Broadway mega-hit A Chorus Line for family and friends. The number “The Music and…
“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 share it.” With this powerful statement from local artist and event emcee, Penny Keli Vredenburg, the 7th Annual Hilo World Peace Festival began on its impactful course. On Oct. 1, the…