JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY - Tony & Obie Award-Winning Actor & Director

JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY - Tony & Obie Award-Winning Actor & Director

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Actor and Director

I've been so fortunate to work with such great actors over the years. Laura Linney, Joe Mantello and the entire company of The Normal Heart, Nathan Lane, who I consider one of my great educators. He was a real mentor to me. He was such a professional and he was so devoted to the character and worked tirelessly to make the character in the show as good as it could possibly be. Nathan never ever did it sitting down. He's always full steam ahead and there was a great lesson in that for me to watch somebody's work ethic. It taught me my work ethic.

HANS-JOSEF FELL: Pioneering Renewable Energy & Climate Policy for a Healthier Planet - Highlights

HANS-JOSEF FELL: Pioneering Renewable Energy & Climate Policy for a Healthier Planet - Highlights

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Hans-Josef Fell
President of Energy Watch Group
Member of German Parliament 1998-2013

Climate scientists forecast that we will see more pandemics, more sickness in people. We have about 8 million people from air pollution every year around the world. So if we want to save their lives so that they do not become ill, we have to stop air pollution. Climate protection is the best contribution to healthcare for humankind.

HANS-JOSEF FELL - President of Energy Watch Group - Member of German Parliament 1998-2013

HANS-JOSEF FELL - President of Energy Watch Group - Member of German Parliament 1998-2013

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Hans-Josef Fell
President of Energy Watch Group
Member of German Parliament 1998-2013

Climate scientists forecast that we will see more pandemics, more sickness in people. We have about 8 million people from air pollution every year around the world. So if we want to save their lives so that they do not become ill, we have to stop air pollution. Climate protection is the best contribution to healthcare for humankind.

“Choreography is always, also, a Visual Art" - JONAH BOKAER - Choreographer, Media Artist - Highlights

“Choreography is always, also, a Visual Art" - JONAH BOKAER - Choreographer, Media Artist - Highlights

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Choreographer & Media Artist

Choreography is always, also, a Visual Art…
The etymology of crisis is very productive and constructive because krísis in the Greco-Roman etymology is what happens when there is a germ in the body, so this heat from the krísis creates fever, and fever and the breaking of fever tends to flush out the germ. Healing the germ through crisis is the etymology. And crisis gave birth and rebirth to criticism. Criticism and crisis have the same root word.

JONAH BOKAER - Choreographer, Media Artist

JONAH BOKAER - Choreographer, Media Artist

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Choreographer & Media Artist

Choreography is always, also, a Visual Art…
The etymology of crisis is very productive and constructive because krísis in the Greco-Roman etymology is what happens when there is a germ in the body, so this heat from the krísis creates fever, and fever and the breaking of fever tends to flush out the germ. Healing the germ through crisis is the etymology. And crisis gave birth and rebirth to criticism. Criticism and crisis have the same root word.

From Campus to Community - JESS WILBER on Citizens’ Climate Lobby - Highlights

From Campus to Community - JESS WILBER on Citizens’ Climate Lobby - Highlights

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International Outreach Citizens’ Climate Lobby
Coordinator, Senior Stewards Acting for the Environment

When I was in highschool, I recognized that climate change was going to be the largest problem facing my generation and future generations, and I couldn’t help but feel like there was nothing I could do in the face of such an impending problem. So I was actively looking at different organizations that I could become involved with that would help me develop the skills and knowledge I needed to be an effective climate advocate.

JESS WILBER

JESS WILBER

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International Outreach Citizens’ Climate Lobby
Coordinator, Senior Stewards Acting for the Environment

When I was in highschool, I recognized that climate change was going to be the largest problem facing my generation and future generations, and I couldn’t help but feel like there was nothing I could do in the face of such an impending problem. So I was actively looking at different organizations that I could become involved with that would help me develop the skills and knowledge I needed to be an effective climate advocate.

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS - Actor, Family Man, Cultural Icon - Highlights

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS - Actor, Family Man, Cultural Icon - Highlights

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Interview Highlights

Days are filled with things that happen. And you have to sort of determine whether you're going to make choices for things to happen or just react to things that are happening around you. And why not choose to go do things. You're not going to see art unless you go to the museum.

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS - Tony & Emmy Award-winning Actor, Comedian, Filmmaker, Magician, Singer, Writer

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS - Tony & Emmy Award-winning Actor, Comedian, Filmmaker, Magician, Singer, Writer

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Actor · Comedian · Filmmaker · Magician · Singer · Writer

And I remember I was just the whitest kid ever from small-town New Mexico in this big city of Los Angeles…I'm sitting there watching this play about a lower middle-class African-American man in Pittsburgh and his family. And I just remember being so moved, moved to tears at 13, 14 years old…And it was so moving. And I did think even back then, I recognized the impact that the theater can have on someone that isn't even anything like what they're like.

Curating Change: ELISSA AUTHER - Avant-Garde Art, Feminism & Craft at Museum of Arts & Design - Highlights

Curating Change: ELISSA AUTHER - Avant-Garde Art, Feminism & Craft at Museum of Arts & Design - Highlights

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Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs & Chief Curator Museum of Arts and Design

So the Museum of Arts and Design historically, for me, is part of a New York avantgarde scene. It's just that it was dedicated to artists working in these historically-marginalized materials. And it continues to do that. That mission has never changed.

ELISSA AUTHER - Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at Museum of Arts and Design

ELISSA AUTHER - Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at Museum of Arts and Design

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Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs & Chief Curator Museum of Arts and Design

So the Museum of Arts and Design historically, for me, is part of a New York avantgarde scene. It's just that it was dedicated to artists working in these historically-marginalized materials. And it continues to do that. That mission has never changed.

Bridging Music History & Performance w/ CAROLYN WATERS BROE, Conductor of Four Seasons Orchestra - Highlights

Bridging Music History & Performance w/ CAROLYN WATERS BROE, Conductor of Four Seasons Orchestra - Highlights

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Founding Conductor of the Four Seasons Orchestra
Principal Violist of the Scottsdale Philharmonic

I feel that the earth is like a classroom for soul growth and we’re put here to overcome challenges, and we may be working on something like humility or compassion or love of humanity. The challenges might be something like war or cancer. Everybody gets a challenge to work on in their lives, but they also get a great gift to help them through those challenges. You just have to know how to use those gifts.

CAROLYN WATERS BROE - Founding Conductor, Four Seasons Orchestra & Principal Violist, Scottsdale Philharmonic

CAROLYN WATERS BROE - Founding Conductor, Four Seasons Orchestra & Principal Violist, Scottsdale Philharmonic

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Founding Conductor of the Four Seasons Orchestra
Principal Violist of the Scottsdale Philharmonic

I feel that the earth is like a classroom for soul growth and we’re put here to overcome challenges, and we may be working on something like humility or compassion or love of humanity. The challenges might be something like war or cancer. Everybody gets a challenge to work on in their lives, but they also get a great gift to help them through those challenges. You just have to know how to use those gifts.

PETER BOAL: A Life in Dance – From Principal Dancer to Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet - Highlights

PETER BOAL: A Life in Dance – From Principal Dancer to Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet - Highlights

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Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet

Dance is for everyone. That’s the mission. We see people that might not be able to encounter dance in so many ways because it’s not something that their school offers…and I think traditionally ballet has felt like it can be an elitist art form. Only certain people are invited. You have to have a certain type of foot. You have to have a long neck. You may have to have finances to be able to study ballet. We would like to eliminate that and make sure that it’s available for everybody to sort of dip their toe in and get a sense of it and have an experience of dance.

PETER BOAL - Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet

PETER BOAL - Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet

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Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet

Dance is for everyone. That’s the mission. We see people that might not be able to encounter dance in so many ways because it’s not something that their school offers…and I think traditionally ballet has felt like it can be an elitist art form. Only certain people are invited. You have to have a certain type of foot. You have to have a long neck. You may have to have finances to be able to study ballet. We would like to eliminate that and make sure that it’s available for everybody to sort of dip their toe in and get a sense of it and have an experience of dance.

The Power of Music in African American History & Culture with DWANDALYN R. REECE, Ph.D. - Highlights

The Power of Music in African American History & Culture with DWANDALYN R. REECE, Ph.D. - Highlights

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Acting Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs · Curator of Music and Performing Arts
National Museum of African American History and Culture · Smithsonian Institution

This museum, this institution has a long history and actually, the idea of a museum goes back to maybe 100 years ago when Civil War veterans wanted a monument recognizing the service and the sacrifice of African Americans during the war effort. It wasn't until the mid-late 80s when congressman John Lewis with some other colleagues started to bring forth the idea that the Smithsonian needed to have a presence to recognize the significance and contributions of African Americans to the history of this country.

DR. DWANDALYN REECE - Curator of Music & Performing Arts · Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture

DR. DWANDALYN REECE - Curator of Music & Performing Arts · Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture

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Acting Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs · Curator of Music and Performing Arts
National Museum of African American History and Culture · Smithsonian Institution

This museum, this institution has a long history and actually, the idea of a museum goes back to maybe 100 years ago when Civil War veterans wanted a monument recognizing the service and the sacrifice of African Americans during the war effort. It wasn't until the mid-late 80s when congressman John Lewis with some other colleagues started to bring forth the idea that the Smithsonian needed to have a presence to recognize the significance and contributions of African Americans to the history of this country.

“Songwriters create the meaning in people’s lives" - RICK CARNES, President, Songwriters Guild of America - Highlights

“Songwriters create the meaning in people’s lives" - RICK CARNES, President, Songwriters Guild of America - Highlights

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Songwriter & President of the Songwriters Guild of America

Songwriters create the meaning in people’s lives. When you’re married, you have a song. When you fall in love, you have a song. At a funeral, they play a song. When people go off to war, they’re singing a war ballad. Songs create the meaningful moments in people’s lives. People bookmark the moment they met and kissed for the first time with a song. Songs are the bookmarks of your life. Your life is not going to have those meaningful moments cemented into your heart and soul without those songs. That’s a critically important job. That’s worth paying for.

RICK CARNES - 
Songwriter & President of the Songwriters Guild of America

RICK CARNES - 
Songwriter & President of the Songwriters Guild of America

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Songwriter & President of the Songwriters Guild of America

Songwriters create the meaning in people’s lives. When you’re married, you have a song. When you fall in love, you have a song. At a funeral, they play a song. When people go off to war, they’re singing a war ballad. Songs create the meaningful moments in people’s lives. People bookmark the moment they met and kissed for the first time with a song. Songs are the bookmarks of your life. Your life is not going to have those meaningful moments cemented into your heart and soul without those songs. That’s a critically important job. That’s worth paying for.

Breaking Boundaries in Crime Fiction: SARA PARETSKY on V.I. Warshawski & Shattering Stereotypes - Highlights

Breaking Boundaries in Crime Fiction: SARA PARETSKY on V.I. Warshawski & Shattering Stereotypes - Highlights

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Author & Mystery Writers of America “Grand Master”
I started writing out of a desire to counter stereotypes of the roles that women traditionally played in crime fiction, in which case they were wicked. They used their bodies to do good boys to do bad things. Or they were virgins who couldn’t tie their shoes couldn’t tie their shoes without adult supervisions. Or they were victims, most often. And so I wanted a detective who was like the women that I knew who could solve their own problems, who didn’t need to be rescued, who could have a sex life that didn’t make her a bad person…