Miread Corrigan Maguire has dedicated her life to promoting a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Northern Ireland. For her early peacemaking efforts, she was named a joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1976. For more than 15 years, Miread has communicated a simple message that a peaceful and just society can only be achieved through nonviolent means... read full bio
Mark Aguirre played for the Pistons, Mavericks, and Clippers throughout his professional basketball career. Aguirre was selected with the first overall pick by the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA draft and stayed with the team for eight seasons. He helped the Mavericks improve their scores and took them to the playoffs in his third season, losing to the Lakers in... read full bio
Mercury Rev is an American alternative rock group, that formed in the late 1980s in Buffalo, New York. Current band members include Jonathan Donahue (vocals, guitars), Sean Mackowiak, a.k.a. Grasshopper" (guitar), Carlos Anthony Molina (bass) and Jason Miranda (drums). The release of their album Deserter's Songs made catapulted Mercury Rev into pop stardom, producing three UK Top 40 singles. NME... read full bio
MARGARET TUTWILER, OUR NATION'S FIRST FEMALE STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, IS RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED FOR HER INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD AFFAIRS. SHE WILL RELATE, THROUGH EXAMPLES, WHAT AMERICA MEANS TO THE WORLD.... read full bio
Maxine Clark has been Chief Executive Bear of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. since the companys inception in 1997 and has served as chairman of the board of directors since conversion to a corporation in April 2000. Widely recognized as one of the nations leading and most creative entrepreneurs, her book, The Bear Necessities of Business: Building a Company with Heart, reveals... read full bio
Tony Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from straight-ahead bluegrass to jazz-inflected new acoustic music, to songwriter-oriented folk. He is perhaps the greatest innovator in acoustic flat-picked guitar. Over the course of his career he has played alongside J.D. Crowe in the New South. The New South was known as one of the best and most progressive bluegrass groups... read full bio
Michelle Shocked has never been one to care what anyone thinks about her creative notions. She's based her career on defying convention, making each album stylistically different and managing to escape a major-label contract with complete ownership of all her work, another precedent-setting achievement.... read full bio
Michala Petri is a Danish recorder player. Petri is sought after as a soloist with many noted orchestras, including the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. She has released 34 recordings, toured extensively over four continents, and has had dozens of pieces written for her. Her debut as a soloist was in 1969. She is the step-granddaughter of famous... read full bio
Montserrat cabal became an international star overnight, and her performance entered the annals of legendary opera moments. Her Carnegie Hall success led to an immediate invitation to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House, where she made an equally stunning debut as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust. A discography of over 80 opera, recital and concert recordings supports her reputation as one... read full bio
Mickey Jones has enjoyed considerable success in the music business both as a musician and a singer. In the past few years he has added acting to his already outstanding credits, having been featured in numerous guest star roles in hit TV shows such as ... read full bio
Mindy Smith became an overnight sensation when she contributed to the Dolly Parton tribute album, Just Because I'm a Woman. She began winning awards, appearing on national TV, inspiring critics and artists to sing her praises (and her songs), and riding the momentum of One Moment More, her Vanguard debut. But when she wasn't accepting Best New Artist honors from... read full bio
Whitfield is cutting across musical boundaries and attracting all sorts of fans with his incredibly fast pick and a delicious knack for melody. ""The guitar has an unusual appeal, even to people who don't know much about jazz,"" says Whitfield.... read full bio
Originally from The Maritimes, Canada, Melanie Doane grew up in a musical family in Nova Scotia. She began playing the violin at age 3 and from there went on to learn a number of different instruments including piano, ukulele and stand-up bass. She studied voice in college, but decided to leave school to pursue theater. Eventually she started to write... read full bio
Max Carl Gronenthal is an American rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter. He is the current lead singer of the classic rock band Grand Funk Railroad. In addition, he spent several years as the keyboardist and lead singer for the southern rock band 38 Special, for whom he co-wrote and sang lead on the hit song ""Second Chance"".... read full bio
Mickey Avalon (real name Yeshe Perl) is a rap artist from Hollywood, California. His debut self-titled solo album was released Nov. 7, 2006 on Interscope/Shoot to Kill Records in association with MySpace Records. Avalon blends dark, lewd, and crizzled lyrical hooks with hip-hop beats.... read full bio
Menomena is a band from Portland, Oregon made up of multi-instrumentalists Justin Harris and Danny Seim. Both members of the band share singing/songwriting duties while recording themselves in their homes. In concert, Seim plays drums while Harris swaps between a myriad of instruments.... read full bio
Devoted to the teaching of tolerance, the value of understanding, and the beauty in acceptance, Dees has done much to promote diversity. His efforts have resulted in many achievements, including the Civil Rights Memorial, lawsuits that bankrupted the KKK, the Aryan Nation and imprisoned perpetrators of hate crimes. He is chief trial counsel for The Southern Poverty Law Center, a... read full bio
Marc Jordan is a multi-genre Canadian musician, known both as a songwriter and session musician for other artists, and as a singer in his own right. The son of Canadian singer Charles Jordan, Marc grew up in a musical household in Toronto after his father returned to Canada. He studied filmmaking at Brock University, but he soon turned to music;... read full bio
In the music business, overnight success can sometimes take a decade or two. In the case of Torontonian Mark Masri, this is true. Performing since the age of five, he has been building his career through writing music for film, television and other singers. Now, one of the hardest working men in the business is about to get his big... read full bio
Dr. Marjorie Blanchard has earned a reputation worldwide as a compelling motivational speaker, an accomplished management consultant and trainer, a best-selling author and an entrepreneur. Recently, she was chosen Speaker of the Year by New Woman magazine and American Express. She also was the co-recipient with her husband, Ken Blanchard, of the Entrepreneur of the Year award from Cornell University.... read full bio
