Watch Diver Perform Expressive 6-Minute Dance Underwater in World's Deepest Pool

Julie Gautier performed this entire 6-minute dance in a single breath at the bottom of Y40, the world's deepest swimming pool.

By Jeanne Goddard

07 May 37 Views

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Rescue Struggling Theater Business From New York City Rent Prices

The "Hamilton" star has become more than just a star on stage – he has also become a hero to a historic drama store of New York City.

By Tiffani Spengler

17 January 33 Views

Rapper's Insistence on Featuring Homeless People in Music Video Results in Family Reunion

An English musician wanted to feature real people in his music video, rather than paid actors – and it led to a mother's reunion with her homeless son.

By Tiffani Spengler

13 December 36 Views

"LandFill Harmonic" Orchestra Plays With Instruments Made of Trash

A youth orchestra in Paraguay whose players live in a town surrounded by a garbage landfill play instruments fashioned from scrap by the town elders. With the children inspired by a new passion and purpose, Beethoven never sounded so good.

By Jeanne Goddard

09 December 35 Views

Artist Paints Homeless Portraits, Donates Money Toward Their Care

Brian Peterson was moved to make a difference by painting portraits of Santa Ana's homeless, and selling them to help pay for the person's housing.

By Tiffani Spengler

18 September 35 Views

Inspired by Sister's Death, Girl Helps Young Brain Tumor Patients Make Films

Angelight Films is a non-profit production company that gives children with brain and spinal cord tumors the opportunity to express themselves by creating and even starring in their own short film. Inspired by her sister who died of a brain tumor at age 5, Stephanie Angel founded Angelight Films as a creative outlet that helps children heal and recognize their inner light.

By Jeanne Goddard

25 March 45 Views

Orchestra Brings Joy In Midst of Desperate Congo

For decades, everything to come out of the Democratic Republic of Congo has not been good: civil war, child soldiers and atrocities against women. The fact that an orchestra managed to exist in the midst of all of this was remarkable. 200 musicians defy the poverty of their war-torn country in a symphony orchestra that moves the hearts of all who hear.

By Jeanne Goddard

22 April 30 Views

Aging Better With Art: Low-Income Seniors Thrive in Artists Colony

Tim Carpenter is changing the way elderly Californians experience aging by turning low-cost senior housing communities into vibrant centers for learning and creativity. The 13-year-old Los Angeles-area program, EngAGE, provides arts, theater and wellness classes for some 5,000 people — the vast majority of them low-income — living in senior apartment communities.

By Jeanne Goddard

17 August 28 Views

Flash Mob Cheers Unemployment Office in Spain

A flashmob brought Smiles returning to the faces of crowds in an employment office in Madrid, Spain. Musicians planted themselves among the jobless, hiding their instruments, until one lone oboe began to play the opening notes to Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter.

By Jeanne Goddard

22 January 38 Views

Happiness Booster for the Public: Playing Harmonica Together

English villagers were invited to learn to play harmonicas together for a short film created as a metaphor for health and happiness. As part of the Happy Healthy Gateshead Project, the project aims to promote Britain's 5 Steps to Wellbeing

By Jeanne Goddard

08 August 37 Views

Little Boy Transforms As Superhero in Comic Book For Kids w/ Asthma

A regular six-year-old kid with asthma has become the lead superhero in a new comic book written by doctors, and for kids.

By Tiffani Spengler

16 September 51 Views

Aging Better With Art: Low-Income Seniors Thrive in Artists Colony

Tim Carpenter is changing the way elderly Californians experience aging by turning low-cost senior housing communities into vibrant centers for learning and creativity. The 13-year-old Los Angeles-area program, EngAGE, provides arts, theater and wellness classes for some 5,000 people — the vast majority of them low-income — living in senior apartment communities.

By Jeanne Goddard

17 August 33 Views

North Korean Orchestra Visits Paris for First European Concert Ever

In a warming of ties between North and South Korea, a North Korean orchestra arrived in Paris today for a rare performance with a South Korean conductor. A joint-performance Wednesday with a French Philharmonic Orchestra will be the first concert by a North Korean orchestra in Europe.

By Jeanne Goddard

11 March 42 Views

Orchestra Plays Hero to 4th Grade Student

Aidan Milligan's home will be alive with the sound of music once again. The Philadelphia Orchestra has stepped in to offer a replacement trombone to a 9-year-old with Down syndrome, whose instrument was taken from the curb outside his house Thursday morning.

By Jeanne Goddard

14 October 31 Views

Tribute: Marshall Amps Creator Leaves Legacy of Loudness (1923-2012)

Rock and Roll became loud when Jim Marshall, a British electrical engineer, and owner of Marshall Amplification, began producing one of the most iconic pieces of equipment in popular music from his small West London shop.

By Jeanne Goddard

06 April 37 Views