Exclusive: Yoko Ono talks about JOHN LENNON remasters coming this October

Dear Friends
In this very special year, which would have seen my husband and lifetime partner John Lennon reach the age of 70, I was surprised that so many musicians from all over the world sent me their ideas of how they were making a tribute to John this year. But I was surprised the most by a call from EMI presenting me with a very ambitious project to get John Lennon’s voice – his singing, his music and his lyrics – out to the world this year…

Yoko QandA day – Fridays on Twitter

Friday QandA day: Ask me an interesting question, tag it #yokoQandA and I’ll answer 10-15 every week on IMAGINEPEACE.com love, yoko This article has now been split into many different pages to ease page loading time. To view ALL the Q&A on one page, click here, or choose page numbers at the bottom of this [...]

 

Iceland events to celebrate John Lennon’s 70th Birthday: 9th October 2010

NEW YORK, August 26, 2010 Legendary artist, musician and peace advocate, YOKO ONO, announced today she will be holding several events in Iceland on October 9th to promote peace throughout the world and to celebrate what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday. The Lennon Ono Grant for Peace 2010 The LennonOno Grant for Peace [...]

ONO – Wouldnit (I’m A Star) (Remix) #8 with a bullet on Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart

Just in time for the balmy, dog days of summer, YOKO ONO delivers another sweltering dancefloor juggernaut with the release of “WOULDNIT” (I’M A STAR). The explosive single finds the avant-garde pioneer, once again, holding sway with discerning DJs, clubbers and tastemakers worldwide who’ve propelled her to the top of Billboard’s club charts nestled comfortably [...]

Forbes: Overrated or Underrated? Marilyn Monroe, The Beach Boys, Yoko Ono

by Craig Silver, The Culture Mulcher, Forbes One of the best features in American Heritage magazine, at one time owned by Forbes, was the recurring section titled “Overrated / Underrated.” Unabashedly subjective and ideologically unpredictable—it even punctured St. Reagan–it offered nuggets of controversy on every sort of subject. American Heritage no longer publishes the feature, [...]

@threeASFOUR perform Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece [MoMA store, NY, USA] Oct 12th

threeASFOUR perform Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece [MoMA store, NY, USA] Oct 12th The designers will be at the MoMa store in Soho, where they will mount “Cut Piece,” an interpretation of a 1965 piece by Yoko Ono, with whom the design trio collaborated on a collection of prints for Fall 2010. MoMA Store: 81 Spring [...]

CHALKSTAR: Organise/Support/Attend a CHALK4PEACE Event in September 2010

CHALK4PEACE is a Global chalk art project about PEACE.
How to organise a CHALK4PEACE Event: What young artists need from you: Chalk, Places to draw, Water, Nourishment, Buckets, Paper Towels, Ladders, Safety, Organizers, Photographers, Volunteers.
Chalk this event onto yout 2010 calendar today – September 2010!
For more info: www.chalk4peace.blogspot.com
Contact: chalk4peace@gmail.com

Call brave leaders in Congress who fought to get more resources to combat illegal gun trafficking & say THANKYOU!

Dear Family of Peace
Too many innocent people & children are victims of tragic shootings.
Let’s stop criminals getting guns.
Yoko Ono Lennon
http://bit.ly/dmPRzh

Sign The Petition. Close The Loophole.
Background Checks for all sales at Gun Shows
http://bit.ly/NOguns

Strawberry Fields, New York City

Strawberry Fields is a living memorial to the world-famous singer, songwriter and peace activist, John Lennon.
Conceived by Yoko Ono, who worked with landscape architect Bruce Kelly and the Central Park Conservancy to create this 2.5-acre meditative oasis, Strawberry Fields was officially dedicated on October 9, 1985 – the 45th anniversary of John’s birth.

American Masters: John Lennon in New York “LENNON NYC” – 22 November 2010 on PBS

TCA Press Tour: Yoko Ono promises that we don’t know everything about John Lennon…yet by Joy Press, LA Times August 5, 2010 | 8:05 pm Looking striking and tiny in her rakish fedora and trademark sunglasses, Yoko Ono spoke to journalists at the television critics press tour about the upcoming “American Masters” film “LennonNYC,” which will [...]

Yoko Ono: Voice Piece for Soprano / Whisper Piece / Wish Tree at Group Show: Contemporary Art from the MoMA Collection [NY, USA]

The Museum of Modern Art has installed Yoko Ono’s “Wish Tree” in the Sculpture Garden as part of the new exhibit, Contemporary Art from the Collection. The tree has been drawing attention from a steady stream of museum visitors from all over the world who write their wishes on white paper tags and tie them [...]

All You Need Is Klaus (Smithsonian Channel, Sunday 8pm)

By Sarah Rodman, Boston Globe The Smithsonian Channel may not be the first place music fans think of when considering “music on TV’’ options. But between programming on undersea edens and classic court cases, the cable network has programmed some engrossing and offbeat musical fare on everything from free jazz to traveling blues. Sunday night [...]

Yoko Ono speaks at Grey’s 4th Annual Music Seminar **NEW VIDEO**

Video oh…oh YOKO: Grey Group’s 4th Annual Music Seminar at Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival by Josh Rabinowitz, Grey Group SVP Director of Music July 01, 2010, — Josh Rabinowitz, SVP/director of music at Grey Group, reflects on his recent encounters with Yoko Ono in New York and Cannes, the latter coming with his introducing her [...]

 

WorldwideMoment 2010 – Simultaneous Photos for Peace @ 10:10GMT on 10/10/10

FOURTH ANNUAL SIMULTANEOUS PHOTO SHOOT SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 10th WORLDWIDE Worldwide Moment (www.worldwidemoment.org) has scheduled its fourth annual simultaneous photo shoot for October 10, 2010. Worldwide Moment is an organization that works to generate cultural awareness, peace, and international community through art. Worldwide Moment, with help from Yoko Ono’s ImaginePeace.com, is engaging people from every [...]

National Peace Academy newsletter – August 2010

We are delighted to report that the National Peace Academy has now offered its initial programs, the International Institute on Peace Education in Colombia and the Peacebuilding Peacelearning Intensive in Ohio, USA, and both were very well received. Look for further reports on both programs in our September newsletter along with information about future programs, [...]

Group Show: Vandværker / Waterworks (Rander, Denmark)

VANDVÆRKER / WATERWORKS 21 August – 24 October 2010 Randers Kunstmuseum Museum for dansk kunst Kulturhuset ∙ Stemannsgade 2 ∙ 8900 Randers C Tlf. 86 42 29 22 www.randerskunstmuseum.dk Participating Artists: Tone Kristin Bjordam (N), Katja Bjørn (DK), Rosan Bosch (NL-DK), Sven Dalsgaard (DK), Belu-Simion Fainaru (ISR), Voldemars Johansons (EST), Kirsten Justesen (DK), Mogens Otto [...]

 

Tibet In Song – a film by Ngawang Choephel – Never forget the music in your heart

www.tibetinsong.com About Tibet In Song In 1995, a young Tibetan musicologist named Ngawang Choephel travelled to Tibet to make a documentary about traditional Tibetan folk music and dance. After filming for two months, the Chinese government arrested Ngawang, held him incommunicado and sentenced him to 18 years in prison, saying that the Fulbright scholar had [...]

Students dig back in time to research John Lennon’s childhood garden.

Blooming lovely – ex-Beatle’s “Octopus’s Garden” in Liverpool by Natalie Evans, Click Liverpool Work on restoring the garden at John Lennon’s Liverpool childhood home its 1950s state is starting to show results. University history experts have teamed-up with the National Trust to replant the garden at the house named “Mendips” in Allerton. Students Christina Asher, [...]

Weekly Events at the Spread Peace Café, Reno, Nevada

Weekly Events at the Spread Peace Café by Tysha Tinney, Spread Peace Café Thank you for your support. The Spread Peace Café is was created because of the work the Tams and the Tinney’s did – together – at Spread Peace Reno. For every meal served one is delivered to the homeless. We have done [...]

Hiroshima marks 65th anniversary of American atomic bombing – news, video & speeches

Hiroshima marks 65th anniversary of American atomic bombing Friday August 6th marked the 65th anniversary of the US dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. US Ambassador to Japan John Roos became the first official representing the United States to attend the annual ceremony in Hiroshima. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon also attended. The [...]

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