Issachar Ber Ryback (2 February 1897, in Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (today Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine) – December 22, 1935, in Paris) was a Jewish-Ukrainian-French painter. Rybak was a contemporary of Jewish-Russian artists Natan Issajewitsch Altman, Boris Aronson and Marc Chagall, who transmitted th

Community of Lights has been nominated for three Social Good Awards by Cynopsis, a major trade publication of the television and social media industry. COFL has been nominated in the Awareness Campaign/Health Initiative Category; in the Human Rights Initiative/Campaign or Initiative Category; and in...

In this fifteen installment of "Male Ballet Dancers" we feature the outstanding Vaganova Ballet Academy and their male sutendts progress. .With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissance court pageantry to royal entertainment to full-fledged performi

Venice has battled rising water levels since the fifth century. But today, the water seems to be winning. Several factors, both natural and man-made, cause Venice to flood about 100 times a year — usually from October until late winter — a phenomenon called the acqua alta.

In this sixteenth episode of Male Ballet Dancers we present contemporary dancers. We feature Luciano Perotto from Argentina and the Connor/Scott Duet who performed during the BBC Young Dancers in London. With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissan

One of today’s most captivating artists, HAUSER has achieved global stardom on the strength of his hands-on creativity and massively appealing approach to blending genres of music. On his new album The Player, the critically acclaimed Croatian cellist brings his dazzling virtuosity to the world of L

In this seventh edition of our Male Balet Dancer serie we feature Italian Marco Masciri in a Contemporary Variation as well as Les Indomptés interpreted by Andrea Marino and Giovanni Tombacco. With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissance court pag

Today’s video Google Doodle, illustrated by Los Angeles-based guest artist Loveis Wise and narrated by actor and activist LeVar Burton, honors the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. Short for “June Nineteenth,” Juneteenth marks the true end of chattel slavery across the United States— which didn’t act

In this installment of the World AIDS Museum (WAM) Chronology Exhibit we highlight the work of Humanitarian Elizabeth Glaser who's work and the creation of the Pediatric Foundation has been instrumental in the successful fight against the incidence of HIV/AIDS infections among children in the US and...

In this fifteenth episode of Male Ballet Dancers we present contemporary dancers. We feature David Fernandez choreography of VITRUBIAN MAN performed by Chase Fenlay; Ask La Cour; and Amar Ramazar. With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissance co