2012

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…