yoko ono and the edge to launch amnesty hit
CIRCA Art Magazine: "On Thursday 6 May Yoko Ono and Edge will attend the Irish Museum of Modern Art and officially open the Amnesty show. Ono was one of the artists who contributed an artwork to the one-hundredth edition of CIRCA."

ono and geldof to present art prizes / beck’s futures 2004
Scotsman.com (April 27th 2004): "Former Beatle's widow Yoko Ono was joining a fellow 70s legend tonight to present one of the richest art prizes in the UK. Ono was teaming up with rock star Bob Geldof to announce the winners of this year's Beck's Futures awards."

Photos of Yoko Ono at the awards ceremony

musical lennon project heads to sf prior to broadway run
Playbill (April 2004): "Lennon — the musical stagework once known as The Lennon Project — will make its world premiere at San Francisco's Curran Theatre this winter prior to its Broadway run in 2005.Conceived and directed by Don Scardino, the new musical based on the songs of John Lennon. The staging, produced by arrangement with Yoko Ono, will feature the music of the late Beatle with a book by Scardino."

yoko ono at the chelsea art museum (april 8th -18th 2004)
Amnesty International: The Chelsea Art Museum presents works by Yoko Ono in solidarity with Amnesty International's new Stop Violence Against Women Campaign. Visit the installation of Wish Tree and make a wish. Stop Violence Against Women. The power of change is in your hands. On April 15th 2004 Ultra Violet will perform Yoko Ono's revolutionary Cut Piece followed by a panel discussion with special guests, including viaual artist Carolee Schneeman and Sheila Dauer, Director of Amnesty International USA's Women's Human Rights Program.

"for ribeah, love, john."
Reuters: "A signed sketch believed to be the last thing John Lennon wrote before his death is on sale for $325,000 (U.S.), the former switchboard operator to whom he gave it said yesterday. Rabiah Seminole said she was working at the Record Plant recording studios in Manhattan on Dec. 8, 1980, when the musician left the building with his wife Yoko Ono. She asked him for an autograph and he dashed off a sketch of two faces, misspelling her name as he signed it: "for Ribeah, love, John." Ms. Ono also signed it."

a collection of john lennon's visual art to atlanta
Cox News Service (April 19th 2004): "Q: If John were still here, he would be turning 64 this October. Do you ever stop to contemplate what he might be contributing as an artist? A: Oh, dear, yes. Well, you know, he was such an active person and that would have continued. He would probably be doing the usual stuff that John loved to do. He was very curious about new ideas and new methods of communication. He would have loved and really have gone for the whole Internet and Web site thing."

grapefruit: yoko ono in 1964
Ise Cultural Foundation in New York presents the exhibition, "Grapefruit: Yoko Ono in 1964". "The first survey of this kind, the exhibition will give an in-depth and comprehensive look at a pivotal year in the career of this internationally acknowledged artist. In 1964, two significant events took place: the collection of her instruction pieces, in the book Grapefruit, an important foundation for Ono's body of work; and the artist's decision to move back to New York after two years of living and working in Japan. (--) In keeping with the original spirit of 1964, the artists Nancy Hwang, Hiroko Kikuchi, and the artist collective Praxis, respectively, will interpret Ono's instructions for Touch Piece, Cut Piece, and Water Piece on three consecutive Saturday evenings during the exhibition."

grapefruits in seattle, too (april 7th 2004)
Capitol Hill Art Center: "Performance Works by Yoko Ono and the Fluxus Movement. Seattle School performs a full evening of the rarely-seen performance art works of Yoko Ono from her post-Sarah Lawrence College/pre-John Lennon era of 1960-1966. Also included will be works by her fellow collaborators in the Fluxus movement, including George Maciunas, Anthony Cox, Emmett Williams, and Ben Vautier. Ono works to be performed include: Voice Piece for Soprano (1961); Cut Piece (1961); Sky Piece for Jesus Christ (arranged for chamber group)(1965); The Pulse for Chamber Music (1962); Bag Piece (1964); and more. GRAPEFRUITS is a benefit for Capitol Hill Arts Center's Community Development Program. Wednesday, April 7, 8pm. $10 suggested donation. Pay at door."

With Bob Geldof. © Max Nash / AP