In Israel, history is unfolding before our eyes. Hundreds of thousands of courageous Israelis have taken to the streets in an unprecedented civil resistance movement. People are rising up against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his extreme right-wing government, who seek to push through radical legisla

Gustav Klimt
July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. His major works include paintings, mural, sketches, and other art objects. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works

16 climate activists teens and children are petitioning the United Nations with claims that the boy is violating children's rights by not taking action on climate change and global warming. Global climate strike leader Greta Thunberg is among the activists taking climate action against the UN. Thunb...

On March 14, 2022, the Met presented a benefit concert to support Ukraine and its citizens, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Met Orchestra and Chorus and distinguished soloists, including Ukrainian bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi, who led a performance of the Ukrainian national anthem, and

Fire Island Dance Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary edition July 18-20, 2014, with artistry, gravity-defying movement, romance and remembrance, raising a record-shattering $533,860 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.The festival, performed outdoors

In this thirteen installment of contemporary and ballet male dancers we present a special performance of "Dying Swans" by US Derek Dunn and Canadian Shale Wagman, choreographed by Juliano Nunes from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Juliano also performs in a film segment "Movement" by James Vernon. We con

This installment of the World AIDS Museum (WAM) Chronology Exhibit delves into the "Denialism" movement in both, the scientific and political worlds of the AIDS epidemic. A group of scientists explain their theories and skepticism of the HIV/AIDS research findings and definitions, while complot th...

At the 2017 Fire Island Dance Festival, Havana, Cuba’s Acosta Danza, led by dance legend Carlos Acosta, presented For Us, a mesmerizing ballet that explored the passion, frustration and sadness of a couple in love. Dancers Mario Sergio Elías and Raul Reinoso expressed this tragic love story through

June 28, 1969: NYC police raided a Greenwich Village Mafia-run gay bar, The Stonewall Inn. For the first time, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a 3-day riot that launches the Gay Rights Movement. Told by Stonewall patrons, Village Voice reporters and the cop who led the raid, ...

Mary Tyler Moore, the Oscar-nominated actress best known for her roles in the television sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show," has died. She was 80. "Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of ov...