All Blog Posts Tagged 'birthday' (10)

“Forever Young – A Bob Dylan 80th Birthday Celebration”

Bob Dylan sings during a concert on Sept. 6, 1987, in Tel Aviv. (Anat Givon/AP)

“May your heart always be joyful

May your song always be sung

May you stay forever young”

– Bob…

You can see the work on show at Piccadilly Circus now



Photo by Steven Sebring

Each evening, at exactly 20.21, the screen at Piccadilly Circus will light up with the livestreamed words of the legendary Patti Smith.



“Some of the work I did in my…

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I would like to thank you all for your greetings on the occasion of my 85th birthday, as well as those who took part in celebrating the day in many parts of the world. I am touched by your affection.

I am in good health and look forward to live long to continue being of some service to humanity.

In the world in which we live today, nations are no longer isolated and self-sufficient as they once were. We have all become…

Even though Tibet is still not free, what a marvelous blessing that nearly every educated person in this whole world knows the tragedy of Tibet, isn’t that so? For that, we are grateful, and it has been accomplished in perhaps only 20 or 30 years.

We also wish His Holiness the Dalai Lama a very long life, so that his efforts on the…

“Happy birthday/to Greta, who stood today,/as every Friday, refusing/to be neutral”

Patti Smith shared a heartfelt poem to celebrate the 17th birthday of climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Christian Monterrosa/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock, Kristin…

Happy Birthday Grandpa. I hope someday your philosophy of nonviolence will be understood and accepted by the world and save it from devastation. Although it is so obvious people seem to ignore the fact the the…

Lotte Reiniger, the German film-maker who brought a European slant to the traditionally Asian art of silhouette puppetry, would have been 117 today.



Born in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin in 1899, Reiniger started experimenting with shadow puppet productions while still at school, making her silhouettes act out scenes from Shakespeare to entertain her schoolmates.





Cinderella (Aschenputtel) - Lotte Reiniger…

Live webcast of long life prayer and celebrations in Honor of the Dalai Lama's 80th Birthday at main temple, Tsuglag Khang, Dharamsala on June 21, 2015

Today on July 6th, millions around the world are celebrating the 79th birthday of one of the most recognizable icons of peace, hope and compassion: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

As a young leader in exile, His Holiness the Dalai Lama began a tireless journey to lead his people in their freedom struggle. In the past fifty years he has created a thriving exile community, built international support for Tibet, and inspired an entire generation of people of…

A Japanese artist and peace activist, Ono is known for her marriage to John Lennon (1969–1980) and her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking.



Ono brought feminism to the forefront in her music (which prefigured New Wave music) and is also known for her philanthropic contributions to arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs. Lennon called her…