yoko ono at passau
Read Barbara's story about Yoko Ono's event in Passau, Germany.

"at night my heart shakes and will not stop"
An article about the new book Memories Of John by The Independent (November 27th 2005): "Twenty-five years have passed since then. I am all right when I am with people, my son, and my daughter. I smile, I laugh. I look up at the sky and let my heart dance. I hug my children - even though it's more accurate to say that they hug me, since they are much larger than me now. But when I'm alone, when the evening light starts to drench the world in pink, in the dark of the night and at dawn, my heart shakes and will not stop."

celebrities aid research as part of world AIDS day
Digital Journal (November 23rd 2005): "Nearly 1,000 stars from music, TV, movies and theatre are selling off their goods to help fight AIDS. “Bid 2 Beat AIDS” is a massive eBay auction set to begin on World AIDS Day, beginning December 1, 2005 at 3pm (EST). Yoko Ono will participate in Bid 2 Beat AIDS.

ono upset with chapman interview
UPI (November 21st 2005): "John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, reportedly is furious "Dateline NBC" marked the 25th anniversary of Lennon's death with a special on his killer. "The timing of this is macabre," Ono's spokesman, Elliot Mintz, told Monday's New York Daily News. "She thinks it's outrageous." (--)

He said Ono and her son, Sean, have no special plans for the Dec. 8 anniversary of Lennon's death. "Yoko and Sean prefer to remember John on his birthday, Oct. 9, which is also Sean's birthday," Mintz said."

lennon's solo catalogue to be available in digital format
PR Newswire (November 8th 2005): "For the first time ever, the whole of John Lennon's solo catalogue will be available for exclusive digital access, starting with the new definitive greatest hits album Working Class Hero, which was released on CD in the UK and US in October and which will be available to purchase in download form beginning November 7. The entire Lennon solo catalogue will then be made available digitally beginning December 5th (December 6th in the US) on a variety of digital music services."

Yoko Ono: "I am very happy that John's music is now available to a new generation of music fans. New technology is something he always embraced and this is something he would have loved. I always say that he would have been very excited by all the opportunities offered by the development of new means of communication."

into performance: japanese women artists in new york
A new interesting book by Midori Yoshimoto that "fills a critical gap in both American and Japanese art history as it brings to light the historical significance of five women artists—Yoko Ono, Yayoi Kusama, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi, and Shigeko Kubota. Unusually courageous and self-determined, they were among the first Japanese women to leave their country—and its male-dominated, conservative art world—to explore the artistic possibilities in New York. They not only benefited from the New York art scene, however, they also played a major role in the development of international performance and intermedia art by bridging avant-garde movements in Tokyo and New York.

This book traces the pioneering work of these five women artists and the socio-cultural issues that shaped their careers. Into Performance also explores the transformation of these artists’ lifestyle from traditionally confined Japanese women to internationally active artists. Yoshimoto demonstrates how their work paved the way for younger Japanese women artists who continue to seek opportunities in the West today."

yoko about paul: "i think our relationship is very good now"
NME (November 9th 2005): "People like to picture Paul and I in a boxing ring, squaring up to each other, feuding all the time, otherwise it's not exciting or interesting for them. People need light hearted topics like me and Paul fighting to escape all the horror of the world, but it's not true anymore. We have clashed many times in the past. But I do respect Paul now. I respect him for having been John's partner and he now respects me for being John's wife. We have respect for each other now and we've each accepted each other's place in John's life."

lennon artwork garners discussion
The Badger Herald (November 7th 2005): "Most people didn’t know that he did artwork. So, when they see a hundred pieces of his art up, they come away with an appreciation of John as an artist in the true sense of the word.”

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