| NEWS ARCHIVE - OCT '07 |
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| Thursday 31st October 2007 |
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Yoko Ono in Sao Paulo
One Night with Yoko Ono
Theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo
8 November, 2007, 9pm. |
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| Thursday 31st October 2007 |
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Yoko Ono in Sao Paulo
YOKO ONO: Uma Retrospectiva
presented by Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.
10 November, 2007 - 3 February, 2008 |
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| Tuesday 30th October 2007 |
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TULIPS ON TROOST
by Kathy Joyce
Planting thousands of tulips, planning the George Garden, and IMAGINING PEACE in Kansas. Tulips on Troost just started their annual planting.
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| Monday 29th October 2007 |
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JOHN & YOKO: A New York Love Story
Photographic exhibition by Allan Tannenbaum
Govinda Gallery, 1227 34th Street NW, Washington DC 20007
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday , 11AM - 6PM
until Nov 10th, 2007.
More photographs here. |
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| Thursday 25th October 2007 |
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YOKO ONO INTERVIEW
Ms Magazine Nov 2007
Feminism is celebrating the feminine quality in all of us, embracing men who wish to cherish their feminine side as well. Change the name and they will intimidate us again. I also think it is an insult to all the women (and men) who fought for feminism over the last century of human history. More here. |
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| Wednesday 24th October 2007 |
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Today, October 24th marks a total of 12 years that Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's democracy leader, has spent under house arrest in Burma. Like South African leader Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi is a symbol of heroic and courageous resistance in the face of oppression imprisoned simply because of her peaceful call for a free Burma. Known to many of her followers as 'The Lady', Aung San Suu Kyi is the only imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate.
My Sister, your spirit shines in the midst of darkness. Your resilience shames us and encourages us to keep the fight for justice and freedom. Please know that you are in the hearts of each one of us who believe in the new world to come.
In sisterhood,
Yoko Ono Lennon.
more here. |
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| Wednesday 24th October 2007 |
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JOHN LENNON - IMAGINE
IMAGINE - UK single release was 24 Oct 1975.
The Imagine single was released in the USA on 11 Oct 1971,
but was not released as a single in the UK until 24 Oct 1975,
to accompany the 'Shaved Fish' greatest hits album release.
The single spent 11 weeks in the charts and reached #6.
It finally reached #1 in January 1981.
The Imagine album was #1 in Oct 1971.
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| Wednesday 24th October 2007 |
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HALF A MILLION WISHES!!!
We have received more wishes from wish trees and over 5,800 via the internet, bringing the grand total to 507,134 wishes.
These we guarantee will all be buried in the capsules around the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER.
Send your wishes here.
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| Wednesday 24th October 2007 |
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BETH M DAVIS
Two days after the dedication of your beautiful Imagine Peace Tower, I shared it with my high school class of students with disabilities who observe or experience some form of violence almost daily... more here |
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| Wednesday 24th October 2007 |
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IMAGINE PEACE TOWER
New photos from the dedication ceremony
from John & Yoko's classic photographer friends
Bob Gruen (link) &
Allan Tannenbaum (link) |
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| Tuesday 23rd October 2007 |
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Roger Stormo from Lovenstad, Norway
Thank you, Roger Stormo from Lovenstasd, Norway!
This is such a beautiful photograph.
I send love to each one of you!
Big hugs and kisses, yoko |
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| Tuesday 23rd October 2007 |
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| 160,000 visitors!! |
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| Sunday 21st October 2007 |
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The Independent on Sunday Magazine
Yoko Ono: I believe
In a place called Nutopia. Wasn't that great when John (Lennon) and I came up with that concept? A country with no physical or racial borders.
Many modern Japanese women simply don't get married.
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| Friday 19th October 2007 |
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WEAR PINK!
This is Pink Day. So wear PINK!"
I said that to some stranger who was walking by me when this picture was taken, and the guy said "How do you know I'm gay?" Well, I didn't know, and I didn't ask, did I?
The guy was just being funny.
Me, him and the photographer - we all laughed.
New York is warm again, like summer.
The weather is so crazeee these days, isn't it?
Well, just remember: This is PINK day.
So wear PINK!
I love you!
yoko
Facebook groups here, here and here.
News article here.
More about this story here.
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| Thursday 18th October 2007 |
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ICELAND REVIEW ONLINE
Most readers of our website should know by now that Yoko Ono, John Lennon's widow, unveiled her latest piece of art on Videy Island in Reykjavik earlier this week. Yoko and her works have always been controversial so it is a pleasant surprise how happy the inhabitants of Reykjavik seem to be with her pillar of light. more here.
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| Thursday 18th October 2007 |
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YOKO ONO
A Spoken Word Exhibition & A Series of Spoken Word Retrospectives curated by Mathieu Copeland
Showing at: Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art, New York.
Nov 1 - Nov 7, 2007, 6 pm. FREE
Please check with Swiss Institute website for more info.
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| Thursday 18th October 2007 |
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| 150,000 visitors!! |
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| Wednesday 17th October 2007 |
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YOKO ONO MEETS BETH DITTO
Observer Music Monthly
Beth Ditto, larger than life frontwoman of the Gossip, has told someone who happens to know Yoko Ono that the venerable artist and musician is her all-time heroine. Then it transpires that the pair will both be in London the same week, and plans are put in place for a first-time meeting. OMM stands by as Beth, who is rather sweetly very nervous, hurls herself into the encounter ...
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| Wednesday 17th October 2007 |
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Imagine Peace - A Ray of Light in Dark Times
By Amy Goodman
John Lennon would have turned 67 years old last week had he not been murdered in 1980, at the age of 40, by a mentally disturbed fan. On his birthday, Oct. 9, his widow, peace activist and artist Yoko Ono, realized a dream they shared. In Iceland, she inaugurated the Imagine Peace Tower, a pillar of light emerging from a wishing well, surrounded on the ground by the phrase IMAGINE PEACE in 24 languages. More here.
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| Tuesday 16th October 2007 |
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DEMOCRACY NOW!: Yoko Ono
Yoko was on democracynow.org's show for an hour this morning.
She talked about the new IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Iceland, Art & Politics, the Peace Movement, Government Surveillance and the Death of John Lennon.
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I was really glad that I went on DEMOCRACY NOW. I was kinda intimidated to go on since I had heard so much about Amy Goodman, how strong and powerful she was. When I finally got to see her, she was nothing like what I envisioned! She is a beautiful, young woman with very delicate and sensitive demeanor. How does she do it?
The slogan I came up with after the show was:
THINK PEACE, ACT PEACE, SPREAD PEACE!
I know we will.
Thanx for the inspiration, Amy.
Lots of love to you and your show. yoko |
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