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10th Annual World Peace Festival Marks a Significant Milestone for Hilo
It seems almost nobly defiant that a festival for peace be held at the site of nature’s ongoing violent upheaval. But the city of Hilo, situated at the base of…
Yo-Yo Ma Brings Chicagoans Together for a “Day of Conversation and Action.”
June 21, 2019 was designated “Day of Conversation and Action” in Chicago by internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The previous evening he performed all six of Bach’s solo cello suites…
8th Annual International Jazz Day Anchored in Melbourne, Australia
The finale is seen during the International Jazz Day 2019 All-Star Global Concert at Hamer Hall on April 30, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Herbie Hancock…
Herbie Hancock Emcees Dodger Stadium Celebration of Jackie Robinson Day
Each year in the United States, on the national day our income taxes are due, we also happily mark another debt, one of gratitude, to a man who symbolizes perseverance…
Guam’s Tamning Elementary School Hosts 7th Annual Peace Festival
The guests were welcomed to Tamning School Auditorium where 7th Annual Peace Festival took place on January 18, 2017. The invited guests included Guam Education Board members, Vice Speaker and…
Guam’s LBJ Elementary School hosts Peace Project: An Era of Hope and Respect
In order to build a culture of peace and develop future peacemakers through the arts, the students at Guam’s LBJ Elementary School displayed their artistic capability in a variety of…
Wayne Shorter honored at Kennedy Center
ICAP co-president Wayne Shorter honored at 2018 Kennedy Center. See this article from CBS This Morning Click Here to view this story
Hope’s Nest creates peace and joy
How do you create peace and joy in a neighborhood famous for its gangs, crime, poverty and lack of opportunities? Hope’s Nest has been doing just that for nearly 30…
Spirit of Aloha and Cultural Diversity on Full Display at 9th Hilo World Peace Festival
The 9th annual Hilo World Peace Festival was held on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium. More than 1,000 citizens and visitors attended the Festival in the largest…
‘Victory Over Victimhood’ at St. Bernard High School marks the debut of iChoose 2.0
What if, instead of coming at us from our circumstances or from how others are behaving toward us, stress and anxiety are actually created from within, 100 percent of the…
Saint Petersburg hosts 7th annual International Jazz Day
The legendary Mariinsky Theatre, home of the Kirov Ballet, and the site where Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and other towering figures in the history of music premiered their masterworks on stage, played…
Guam Elementary Schools host Peace Project Presentation & Peace Symposium
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Elementary School & Tamuning Elementary School students in Guam, teachers and staff welcomed ICAP representatives once again to celebrate their 2nd year of having a Peace…
Guam Hosts Sixth Annual Latte Peace Festival
Amid global political tensions that include the island of Guam’s identification as a target of a missile strike by a foreign state, the Guam Municipality of Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon (“Ta-Tu-Ha”) courageously continued…
“The Healing Power of Jazz”
The jazz drummer Phil Young turned seventy last year. He still plays every Thursday, at the Lenox Saphire, in Harlem, from seven until eleven, at an event he calls “The…
Cultural Diversity and Spirit of Aloha on Full Display at 8th Annual Hilo World Peace Festival
In the Hawai’ian spirit of ‘Aloha’, a sunny day warmly embraced more than 1000 citizens and visitors attending the Eighth Annual Hilo World Peace Festival held on Saturday, October 21,…
“Floating Cloud” will be a landmark of world peace in Copenhagen
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Reunited: A Short Film about Music and the Human Spirit
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Kobe Bryant “Dear Basketball” with John Williams at Hollywood Bowl
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Rome’s Terme di Caracalla (Baths of Caracalla) — a World Heritage Site where operas, ballets and concerts promote peace through the power of art.
Rome—This great Italian city’s second-largest Roman public baths originated in the year 216. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980, the site of these public baths (called thermae, in…
iChoose debuts in Chicago’s Mariano Azuela School
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…
Wayne Shorter receives the 2017 Polar Music Prize
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Musically vibrant Havana hosts 6th International Jazz Day flagship concert
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…
Miho Pine Grove—lovely component of UNESCO’s Mount Fuji World Heritage site—artistically inspires visitors across the centuries
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…
Guam schoolchildren conduct their own ‘TED Talks’ of peace
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…