IMAGINE PEACE

My memory of Stefan Wolpe by Yoko Ono

2009-11-04T23:14:09Z

I met Stefan Wolpe in the late 50’s when he lived in his upper Westside apartment with Hilda, his beautiful partner. Stefan and Hilda often invited me to their home for tea. (I was also invited for dinners, too, but there, I must say, Hilda was not a very professional cook!) I loved the intellectual, [...]

Imagine all the people.. in Prague

2009-11-06T15:46:04Z

The World March for Peace and Nonviolence. Prague – November 3, 2009. Thousands of people have gathered in Prague’s Wenceslas Square to participate in the biggest event in the country organized as part of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence: Harlem Gospel & SuperStar singing Imagine. It was the last and the biggest event that concluded [...]

Yoko Ono, forever a force for peace (The Japan Times)

2009-11-06T21:26:42Z

photo by Charlotte Kemp & Sean Lennon ©2009 Yoko Ono Yoko Ono, forever a force for peace Artist, musician, Lennon’s widow — a lifetime of trying circumstances has ‘prepared’ her By DAVID F. HOENIGMAN, Special to The Japan Times Even before she married John Lennon, even before she embarked on a career as an avant-garde and conceptual artist, Yoko Ono [...]

Theatre Within’s 29th Annual John Lennon Tribute in NYC

2009-11-07T02:31:31Z

It began just down the street from the Dakota, in Billie Holiday’s old music studio, which was then home to Theatre Within, an experimental theater workshop. A small group of performing artists and their friends were drawn together by John Lennon’s senseless murder. An emotional evening of song, dance and theater, that first gathering was [...]

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band ‘Waiting For The D Train’ on Jimmy Fallon [video]

2009-11-08T22:03:24Z

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band perform 'Waiting For The D Train' from the new album 'Between My Head And The Sky'. Yoko Ono: vocals, Sean Lennon: guitar, Mark Ronson: bass, Homer Steinweiss: drums.

Yoko Ono in a minute (Sunday Times)

2009-11-09T00:34:32Z

by Alice Fisher, Sunday Times SA. When I think of Japan I think of food. I miss the Japanese spirit, the culture and civilisation that we had and lost. Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body’s cells have been replaced, you’re meant to experience that seven-year itch. John and I [...]

Dream Power: John Lennon Super Live: Building Schools in Asia & Africa

2009-11-10T10:33:52Z

Let’s donate schools to the deprived children of Asia and Africa! Imagine a wave of Dream Power spreading across the world. Starting in 2001 in Japan, the Dream Power concerts have now helped build 85 schools in some 22 countries across Asia and Africa. If you stop to think about it, the children who were in first [...]

The Ballad of Yoko Ono (Richmond.com)

2009-11-11T09:48:47Z

by Hays Davis, Richmond.com There’s a fact about Yoko Ono that has been obscured over the past few decades due largely to her life and work with her late husband. Early in her career, Ono became an acclaimed and influential artist in her own right through her development of fascinating conceptual and performance pieces. Having established herself [...]

Imagine There’s No Hunger: HUNGERTHON 2009

2009-11-11T10:04:39Z

Bracelets, Pins, T-Shirts & music available at www.hungerthonstore.com In 1971, John Lennon expressed his vision of hope, peace and a world free of poverty through his powerful song “Imagine”. Decades later, his lyrics continue to influence and inspire. Lennon’s mission lives on as his wife, artist and musician Yoko Ono Lennon has joined Hard Rock International for IMAGINE THERE’S [...]

Stella McCartney receives a GLAMOUR Women of the Year award from Yoko, Olivia & Barbara

2009-11-11T10:58:44Z

All three of us came together with a deep feeling of love and joy for Stella’s accomplishment. Stella is family. I remember her from when she was a baby. Never thought that this baby would grow into such a magical person. Her creativity shows her free soul. And with that, she is giving [...]