On April 22, the beating heart of Times Square transforms into something far greater than a crossroads of the world—it becomes a living, breathing celebration of the Earth itself. Earth & Water Day 2026 is not just an event; it’s a movement, a call to consciousness wrapped in music, unity, and purpose.

At the center of it all stands visionary producer Paul Sladkus, whose decades-long dedication to peace, sustainability, and global connection once again brings this powerful gathering to life. Through his leadership and the ongoing mission of Good News Corporation, Times Square is reimagined—not as a place of commerce, but as a sanctuary of awareness, creativity, and hope.

From 2 PM to 7 PM, the energy will surge through the streets as artists, activists, and visionaries take the stage in a free concert and exhibition designed to inspire action and reflection. This is not passive entertainment—it’s an immersive experience where music becomes a message and performance becomes purpose. The event honors environmental pioneers, future generations, and the urgent need to protect our planet’s most vital resources.

What makes Earth & Water Day so striking is its ability to blend spectacle with sincerity. Beneath the towering screens and electric chaos of Times Square, there is a rare stillness—a collective understanding that something meaningful is unfolding. Voices rise not just in song, but in solidarity, echoing themes of clean energy, peace, and responsibility to the Earth.

Sladkus has long believed in the power of unity through media and music, and this event stands as one of his most profound expressions of that vision. Year after year, he gathers diverse talents and global voices, creating a platform where awareness meets artistry and where inspiration becomes action.

In a world often overwhelmed by noise, Earth & Water Day cuts through with clarity. It reminds us that celebration and responsibility can coexist—and that even in the center of one of the busiest places on Earth, there is still space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what truly matters.

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A Global Virtual Gathering Honoring Mother Earth Through Unity, Music, and Peace

New York, NY — April 22, 2026 — Planet Heart, in collaboration with We, The World, is proud to present the 18th Annual World Peace Earth Day Celebration, taking place on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, from 7:00–9:00 PM ET.

This inspiring global event will be held virtually in Room ONE following the Unity Earth Weekly Call and streamed live across Facebook and other platforms, bringing together a diverse community of thought leaders, spiritual teachers, musicians, and changemakers from around the world.

Founded by peace ambassador Andrew Kaen, Planet Heart has been producing World Peace Earth Day celebrations since 2007, creating a sacred space each year to honor Mother Earth and foster unity across cultures, traditions, and communities.

This year’s theme, “Celebrating Our Planet, Healing Our Heart,” invites participants into a powerful shared experience of connection, reflection, and collective intention for a more peaceful and harmonious world.

The evening will feature:

• Inspirational talks from global leaders and visionaries
• Live music performances and artistic expression
• Prayers and blessings for world peace
• A worldwide interactive gathering dedicated to healing the Earth and all beings

Featured participants include:

Ben Bowler, Mitchell Rabin, Rick Ulfik, Jonathan Granoff, Chief Phil Lane Jr., Grandmother Shirley Barclay, Patricia Ann Davis, Kristin Hoffmann, Fumi Stewart, Dot Maver, David Young, Dana Tomasino, and Andrew Kaen.

“Earth Day is a sacred opportunity to come together as one human family,” says Kaen. “Through shared intention, music, and prayer, we can elevate consciousness and contribute to a more peaceful and unified planet.”

The event is free and open to all. Participants are encouraged to invite friends and communities worldwide to join this collective celebration.

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Time: 7:00–9:00 PM ET

Location: Virtual (Zoom + Livestream)

Zoom Link: zoom.us/j/6060001111

Website: www.PlanetHeart.org

Contact: EarthDay@WeTheWorld.Org

About Planet Heart

Planet Heart is a global peace and unity initiative dedicated to fostering oneness, environmental stewardship, and collective awakening. Since its founding, Planet Heart has brought together thousands of individuals worldwide through events, media, and collaborations centered around the message: One Planet, One Race, One Heart – We Are All One.

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MEDIA ALERT:  EARTH & WATER DAY “LOVE YOUR MOTHER” CONCERT, CLEAN ENERGY BROADCAST AND EXHIBITION LIVE IN TIMES SQUARE ON APRIL 22, 2026, 2 PM – 7 PM EST.

Tribute to Dr. Jane Goodall, Pete Seeger, Future Generations & More

WHY, WHERE, WHAT: Earth & Water Day FREE Concert & Exhibition in Times Square (46^TH/47^TH St.) April 22, 2026, 2 PM – 7 PM EST WORLD BROADCAST.  Tribute to Dr. Jane Goodall (Exec. Dir Goodall Institute Accepting), Pete Seeger (NYC Friends of Clearwater Accepting), Future Generations (Hudson Henley, son of Kate Hudson/Hugh Jackman in Song Sung Blue), and Mia Narciso (NYC Performing Student. Tony Orlando shares a message) Plus Outstanding Performers, Speakers, Exhibition, NYC involvement, UN Official Indigenous Event, Nobel Prize Recipient, Segment from Broadway Shows Pinkalious AMAZE & More. Go to www.pausetheworldforpeace.org for the latest details. 5-Hour LIVE BROADCAST will be on www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast and other media.

To be part of the Major 2026 Earth, Health, and Peace Research Study, go to: https://forms.gle/1anfjLg9T1kFtbPf8.  To share a Gift Card for the Homeless on Mother Earth, go to: https://bit.ly/m/cbf.  To help build homes for the poor owners in polluted areas, go to:  https://immokaleefairhousing.org/donate/.  For Good News Corporation Nonprofit Humanitarian Broadcaster, est. 2002, go to: https://goodnewsplanet.com/pausetheworld/peace-day-donations/

WHO: OVER 50 performers and speakers will join the stage and exhibition area, along with virtual UN Peace Messengers: Stevie Wonder, Leonardo DiCaprio, and UNICEF’s Shakira, Broadway Shows, and so much more. For the entire Run of Show, go to: https://pausetheworldforpeace.org/2026/04/06/earth-water-day-concert-and-exhibition-run-of-show-as-of-april-06-2026/

PRODUCERS:  For 24 years, Good News Corporation a nonprofit, along with 1,000’s have been producing in Central Park or in Times Square, NY, a FREE CLEAN ENERGY Earth Day and International Day of Peace Concert.  This year, 2026, GNC partners with the NYC Comptroller, Mark Levine; the Earth Day Founders; and OMMM.  MOTHER EARTH & PEACE NEEDS YOU. 

For information, contact: paul.sladkus1@gmail.com, 917-687-1790, or rockstarjournalist33@gmail.com.  Interviews available.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EARTH/WATER DAY: LOVE YOUR MOTHER – LIVE CONCERT BROADCAST & EXHIBITION TAKES OVER TIMES SQUARE APRIL 22

New York, NY – April 15, 2026 – The 24th Annual Earth & Water Day “Love Your Mother” FREE Concert & Exhibition returns to Times Square (46th–47th Streets) on April 22, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST, uniting global voices for a powerful World Clean Energy Broadcast dedicated to peace, sustainability, and future generations.

Produced by Good News Corporation (GNC), a nonprofit humanitarian broadcaster founded in 2002, in collaboration with the Office of the New York City Comptroller Mark Levine, OMMM, and the Founders of Earth Day, this landmark event continues a decades-long tradition of inspiring environmental action through music, unity, and global participation.

Founder Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths and Spiritual, who has led International Day of Peace and Earth Day concerts for over 20 years, shared: “We have been honored to work with icons like Jane Goodall and Pete Seeger. Today, we celebrate that same mission—peace, love, and hope—carried forward by future generations and millions worldwide. This is a historic nonprofit broadcast at a time when the world needs unity more than ever.”

This year’s program includes special tributes to Dr. Jane Goodall (accepted by the Jane Goodall Institute) and Pete Seeger (accepted by NYC Friends of Clearwater), as well as emerging youth voices representing the future, including Hudson Henley, son of Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman, in the movie Song Sung Blue.  Featured participants include virtual messages from global icons and UN Peace Messengers, such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Stevie Wonder, and UNICEF’S Shakira, alongside Indigenous leaders, a Nobel Prize recipient, and segments from Broadway productions including Pinkalicious and AMAZE.

The five-hour LIVE broadcast will stream globally via YouTube at www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast and through the world’s largest environmental broadcaster, We Don’t Have Time. Media outlets and partners may request a free broadcast feed.

In addition to live performances and speakers, the event features an interactive exhibition spotlighting humanitarian initiatives. Attendees can participate in the 2026 Earth, Health, and Peace Research Study, contribute gift cards for the homeless through the Charles Bruce Foundation, and learn about housing and environmental justice efforts with Immokalee Fair Housing. Supporting partners will also highlight global water initiatives, including efforts in Tanzania and Uganda, and will include participation from Pat Boone’s nonprofit initiatives.

Since its founding, Good News Corporation has supported communities in need worldwide, including disaster relief efforts dating back to Hurricane Katrina and 9/11, and continues to expand its mission through global broadcasts and grassroots engagement.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

For the latest run-of-show schedule, visit: www.pausetheworldforpeace.org

Media Contact:

Good News Corporation (GNC)

Phone: 917-687-1790

Email: paul.sladkus1@gmail.com

Alternate Contact: rockstarjournalist33@gmail.com

Interviews available upon request.

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“Treat every day of the year as Earth Day.”  Dr. Jane Goodall

Run of Show Love Your Mother Earth & Water Day April 22, Times Square 

Participants in the show as of April 8, 2026. At 7:30 pm

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7 pm to 8 pm POWER OF LOVE CTW Route 66 Series? TBD Need lighting? 

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:  All logos need to be sent as a .png file (with Alpha) for logos (aka transparent logos) and high resolution, by April 10th the latest

All video files must be 1920×1080 and 29.97 fps MP4 files. By April
10^th the latest.

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Please email or if the file is too large, Google Drive to the following emails.  Please clearly state what it is on the file name and subject.  Thanks 

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Earth Day: The Official Site | EARTHDAY.ORG

Decoding Earth Day 2026: Our Power, Our Planet Earth Day 2026 highlights how community action worldwide supports environmental protections that reduce costs, manage shared risks, and strengthen public health, infrastructure reliability, and economic stability across regions and borders.

Why Imperfect Climate Action Is Better Than Perfect Inaction Eco-perfectionism fuels guilt and burnout. Imperfect, collective action creates real environmental progress.

Colorful Ghosts Haunt Our Wetlands This World Wetlands Day, discover the algal ghosts sucking oxygen from our wetlands and poisoning ecosystems from Lake Erie to the Hartbeespoort Dam.

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EDDIE ALBERT: BIRTHDAY & EARTH DAY | by Ron Fassler | MediumActor and activist Eddie Albert (1906–2005) was a key figure in the launch of the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. An avid environmentalist, his birthday was chosen for the annual celebration, and he was active in conservation efforts, fighting pollution, and founding the Eddie Albert World Trees Foundation

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EMLA2026 – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Artificial Intelligence • Data Science • Biotechnology

April 11–12, 2026 | New York City

PITCH DECK – EVENT EDITION

1. Event Vision

To convene global leaders in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Biotechnology for a transformative gathering that bridges innovation, medicine, and humanity.

2. About the Event

EMLA2026 is a high-level international conference organized by EMLA INC (501(c)(3)), bringing together scientists, physicians, AI experts, investors, policy leaders, and artists. Hosted in New York City with global digital participation.

3. Founder & Host

Prof. Dana York, DDS, MS, PhD

Pioneer in AI-integrated healthcare & photobiomodulation

President, EMLA INC

President, Lions Club New York Agape Foundation

4. Why This Conference Matters

AI is transforming medicine and global health systems. Biotechnology is redefining healing and prevention. Data science is shaping decision-making at scale. Yet access, ethics, and integration remain critical challenges.

5. Conference Focus Areas

– Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

– Data Science & Predictive Medicine

– Biotechnology & Light-Based Therapies

– Ethics & Global Access

– Humanitarian Applications

6. Flagship Innovation

AI Nurse Initiative designed for underserved populations with multilingual capability including Swahili.

7. Event Structure

Day 1 – April 11: Opening, keynotes, AI sessions

Day 2 – April 12: Biotech panels, workshops, awards, closing

8. Gala & Charity Evening

April 11, 2026 – 6 E 87th Street NYC

Black-tie dinner, technology & art auction supporting humanitarian initiatives.

9. Humanitarian Impact

Programs supporting orphans, victims of violence, and underserved communities through Lions Club NY Agape Foundation.

10. Audience & Reach

Global scientists, healthcare leaders, innovators, investors, and international audience via livestream.

11. Partnership Opportunities

Diamond Partner – Title recognition and premium visibility

Gold Partner – Speaking and branding opportunities

12. Closing Statement

EMLA2026 is a global platform uniting science, art, and humanity to shape the future of innovation.

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ZAZ10TS Gallery presents Fractured, a solo
exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Yuli Aloni
Primor, on view March 26 – June 21, 2026, in
Times Square. Installed in the gallery and
extending into the public sphere through the
ZAZ Corner digital billboard in Times Square,
the exhibition places an intimate visual language
within the accelerated rhythm of public urban
space. The two contexts exist in productive
friction: the private made monumental, the
monumental made vulnerable. The exhibition
extends from gallery space into one of the
world’s most visible urban screens.
The work draws on two traditions of repair—Kintsugi, the Japanese practice in which broken
ceramics are reconstituted with gold so the fracture becomes its most radiant element, and
Tikkun, the Jewish ethical imperative to mend a broken world. Together, they form a politics of
visibility: an insistence that the seam be acknowledged rather than erased.
Working between digital technologies and oil painting, Aloni Primor constructs a feminine
mythology suspended between personal history and cultural narrative, between psychological
interiority and public surface. Identity here is neither stable nor given. It is continually
negotiated, fractured, and rebuilt through the tension between external expectation and inner
experience.
As the artist reflects, “The fracture is not failure. It is where the interior becomes visible—where
the private mythology of a woman presses outward into form.”
Within a city that continues, almost against its own velocity, to insist on gestures of human
presence, Fractured proposes that repair is not restoration. It is transformation, and the
fracture, made visible, becomes the work itself.
Alongside the gallery exhibition, the work will also be programmed on the ZAZ Corner
Billboard as part of the In Between programming from March 26 to April 24, 2026. Displayed in
15-second intervals on a large LED screen at the intersection of 41st Street and 7th Avenue,
the work enters the visual landscape of Times Square, introducing moments of reflection.
ZAZ10TS GALLERY · 10 Times Square (1441 Broadway) · New York, NY 10018 · www.zaz10ts.com
Exhibition Page: www.zaz10ts.com/fractured
Contact: Limei Wang, Director, ZAZ10TS | limei@zaz10ts.com
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Yuli Aloni Primor is an interdisciplinary artist working across sculpture, painting, video, and
installation. Her practice explores identity, memory, and technological transformation through
a feminist lens. A Scholar-in-Residence at Silver Art Projects, she has exhibited widely and
examines fracture and repair in shaping feminine mythologies. https://yulialoni.com
ABOUT ZAZ10TS
ZAZ10TS is a cultural initiative that brings art into the public sphere at 10 Times Square in New
York City. Through exhibitions in the building’s lobby, the ZAZ10TS Gallery showcases artists of
all backgrounds and abilities. ZAZ Corner, a dedicated program, features artwork on its façade
billboard in the heart of Times Square. Conceived by Tzili Charney, its mission is to integrate
art into public spaces and daily life. www.zaz10ts.com
QUICK FACTS:
Fractured: Yuli Aloni Primor
Date: March 26 – June 21, 2026
Address: ZAZ10TS Gallery
10 Times Square, 1441 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
Opening Reception:
Thursday, March 26, 6:00–8:00 PM
RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/2rajuvzp

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Award-winning travel writer and bestselling author, Margie Goldsmith? At 81 years old, she’s still going strong – traveling the world, boxing for sport and interviewing a long list of celebrities, chefs, athletes, musicians and more.

In her new memoir, Becoming a Badass: From Fearful to Fierce (Booklogix, September 30, 2025), Margie is a testament to the adage “no one is going to make your life for you.” Her story is one of adventure and resilience. It’s about living life on your terms and living it fearlessly. She speaks to anyone looking to overcome a sense of powerlessness in any given situation, whether that’s a dysfunctional family, a marriage/relationship, or a career, and to anyone who has ever felt “less than.” In an interview, Margie Goldsmith can talk about:

• Her move to Paris after college, living a glamorous life and marrying a blacklisted film director
• Her love of travel — becoming a travel writer and visiting 150 countries on seven continents, including Uganda, The Marquesas, South Korea, Laos, Cambodia, Oman, Cuba, Tibet, Nepal, Borneo, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Easter Island, Croatia, Namibia, the Arctic and Antarcticat
• How the Outward Bound program changed her life: Physical activity is her passion and she has completed marathons and Olympic distance triathlons, summited Mount Rainier, and climbed to Advanced Base Camp on the north face of Mount Everest
• Learning to play the harmonica and recorded two albums with America’s most award-winning blues band
• Coming from a family of suicide (her father), incest, schizophrenia (her sister Kathy), manic depression and alcoholism (both parents) and how that has shaped her life
• Surviving stage four pancreatic cancer and later, lung cancer

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Margie Goldsmith is a New York City-based adventure, luxury, lifestyle and profile writer. She is a contributor to Business Jet Traveler, Wine, Dine & Travel and Food & Travel. Her articles appear in Forbes.com, Travel + Leisure, Robb Report, National Geographic Traveler, Coastal Living, Virtuoso, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, Garden and Gun, Organic Spa, Ultimate Experiences and others.

She is the author of four books: Screw-Up; Alice Dalton Browne: Nocturnes and Diurnes; Masters of the Harmonica: 30 Harmonica Masters Share Their Craft (#1 bestseller on Amazon). Her newest book is her memoir, Becoming a Badass: From Fearful to Fierce. Her essays appear in Travelers Tales, The Walker Within, In Search of Adventure, National Geographic’s Spiritual Journeys, GoNomad’s London Reader, and Chance Encounters.

Goldsmith has won 101 writing awards including the coveted Lowell Thomas SATW Gold Award, Lowell Thomas Bronze Journalist of the Year Award, four Eddie and Ozzie Folio Awards, and multiple honors from ASJA, NATJA, the Solas Award, Travel Classics Award, and OWAA. For more information, please visit https://margiegoldsmith.com/.

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