In the age of cyberspace Community of Lights has been at the forefront of innovation and the inevitable merger of television, internet and social media. The world wide web allows people from all over the world to join together and exchange knowledge, ideas, innovation and work in unison in humanitar...

Broadway Backwards 2022 kicked off with a scorching rendition of “Le Jazz Hot” from Victor/Victoria, performed by the vivacious Matt Doyle. A 2022 Tony Award nominee for Company, Doyle stepped into Julie Andrews’ famous shoes with the help of a sizzling ensemble of Broadway Backwards dancers. What s

105-year-old Julia Hawkins of Louisiana just set a world record at the Louisiana Senior Olympic Games for being the first woman and first American in her age group to run 100 meters. But this achievement is just a drop in the bucket for the centenarian who has lived through two world wars and spent ...

The AlphaDog Proto is a lab prototype for the Legged Squad Support System, a robot being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA and the US Marine Corps. When fully developed the system will carry 400 lbs of payload on 20-mile missions in rough terrain. The first version of the complete...

Annie Lennox has come a long way since fronting the Grammy Award-winning Eurythmics in the 1980s. Since then she has become a successful solo artist, sold more than 80 million records, and become renowned for her charity work with organizations such as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and Nelson M

Janet Mock, a writer living in New York, tells her story of growing up transsexual in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was born male and transitioned from Charles to Janet during her freshman year of high school. Due to her adolescent transition, she was bullied, teased and taunted through the halls of h...

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Ireland's foremost "gender discombobulist", Panti, shares her experience of the little, everyday things that can have a huge impact on the wellbeing of gay people. Panti expresses her thoughts on navigating a w

Broadway Bares 2016: THRONE GAMES. Choreographed by Eamon Foley Aerial Choreography by Ryan Lyons Projection and Set design by Jason Lee Courson Costumes by Nick Putvinski
Footage by Jonathan Frank. Associate Choreographers Kaitlin Neiwoehner and Michael Bullard. Starring: Jillian Mueller,Nicho...

In his recent remarks to congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of his countrymen and women, and of his land, in loving terms. I immediately remembered the poetry of Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934) set by David Nowakowsky (1848-1921), of the Brodsky Synagogue in Odessa, which evokes ...

Alan Jackson's lyrics: "The older I get, the longer I pray. I don't know why, I guess that I got more to say". The most beautiful line I've heard in a long time. For me it captures the essence of what it means to get older. The older I get, the more thankful I am. The video features from Alan De...