Sydney, Australia put on a stunning fireworks show from Sydney Harbour Bridge and over the iconic Sydney Opera House to ring in 2021. In past years, 1 million people crowded the harbour to watch fireworks, but most watched on television this year as authorities urge residents to stay home due to th

May 30, 1963 marked the fifteenth birthday of my sister Nancy Gerson in Mexico City. As first generation born in Mexico my parents decided to have a quinceañera celebration of a girl's 15th birthday. It has pre-Columbian roots in Mexico (Aztecs) and is widely celebrated by girls throughout Latin A

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and his coalition government look set to fast-track a vote in Parliament to legalize gay marriage before the end of 2012, as opposition to the plan within his Conservative Party gains momentum. Tories are divided over Prime Minister David Cameron's unwavering support ...

Community of Lights, LLC is proud and delighted to welcome the World AIDS Museum to Wilton Station in Wilton Manors, Florida. A group of individuals from all walks of life decided to establish a museum documenting and serving as the world viral and vital source of information regarding AIDS/ HIV aro...

Passing Through by Kristian Ulrich Larsen. The text used for the narration of “Passing Through” is part of a speech Serbia scientist and inventor Nicola Tesla delivered in 1893 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Though today less known than figures like Edison and Einstein, Tesla was more o

http://www.bbc.co.uk/2012 This is the launch trail for the BBC's Olympic Torch Relay campaign. Using animation, the creative idea is based on the design of torch itself and the 8000 holes in the design that represent the 8000 torch bearers. The trail opens on the DNA of the Olympic Flame and then pu...

The World AIDS Museum is proud to present: "Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS. Ed Sparan is a member of the Board of Directors of the World AIDS Museum (WAM) and is responsible for overseeing the Arts and Entertainment components of the Museum. He grew up in New York with a background in the theater, Ed

An interview with Hugh Beswick, Chairperson of the World AIDS Museum. This up close and personal interview is part of the series titled: Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS.
For the last eleven years of his career, Hugh Beswick was Senior Vice president of Labor Relations and Human Resources for Champion ...

In this edition of "Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS," the World AIDS Museum (WAM) and Educational Center presents an up close and personal interview with Reverend Janis Lewis of the Mount Olive New Baptist Church in Ft Lauderdale, who has been working for the past 8 years as a missionary in Kenya, East...

"A Father's Christmas Tribute" is the theme of this special episode of Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS. Robert Reid Schenck shares his incredible journey since the lost of his son Robbie to AIDS between Christmas and New Years in 1989. After his passage, Robert R. Schenck developed a special christmas t...