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It’s more of Purple Rain from ⁦ @HERMusicx ⁩ in her debut in ⁦ @prince ⁩ ‘s hometown ⁦ @ArmoryMn ⁩ pic.twitter.com/lO08oSo6Hs — Jon Bream (@jonbream) April 30, 2022 Jon Bream writes in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that "Minneapolis matters to H.E.R. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning R&B star signaled that with her purple outfit on Friday night at the Armory in Minneapolis. She expressed it in words, acknowledging that she dressed in tribute to Minneapolis' most famous musician, and spoke of how Prince was a major influence. She also nodded to him musically, playing the climactic guitar section of "Purple Rain" at the end of a brand-new song." Gregg Chadwick H.E.R. 36”x36” oil on linen 2021  

  Happy #EarthDay ! Today, as we collectively celebrate our beautiful planet, we are reminded of the urgent need to #ActOnClimate NOW. We must recommit ourselves to promoting and enacting solutions that will safeguard our planet for generations to come. From the World Wildlife Foundation : "Polar bears rely heavily on sea ice for traveling, hunting, resting, mating and, in some areas, maternal dens. But because of ongoing and potential loss of their sea ice habitat resulting from climate change–the primary threat to polar bears Arctic-wide–polar bears were listed as a threatened species in the US under the Endangered Species Act in May 2008. As their sea ice habitat recedes earlier in the spring and forms later in the fall, polar bears are increasingly spending longer periods on land, where they are often attracted to areas where humans live." Pictured: 1. Gregg Chadwick "Ice Rider" 7"x5" oil on panel 2022 Link at https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-I...

  Gregg Chadwick, Tax the Rich (AOC 12”x9” oil on panel 2021 On exhibit and up for bidding in Venice Family Clinic Art Walk: Benefit Auction 2022 Excited to let you know that my oil on panel painting Tax the Rich (AOC) is up for auction at this year’s Venice Family Clinic Art Walk & Auction You can see my artwork and more than 200 other artworks in person at the Venice Art Walk Gallery in Santa Monica Place and bid on the works at artsy.net/veniceartwalk until May 1, 2022. Invest in art AND health at the 43rd annual Venice Family Clinic Art Walk & Auction! From April 15 - May 1, art lovers and supporters can bid on more than 200 artworks by established, mid-career, and emerging artists such as Chuck Arnoldi, Gary Baseman, Andrea Bowers, Bumblebee Loves You , Richard Bruland ,  Gregg Chadwick , Trine Churchill , Rosson Crow, Alexandra Dillon , Sam Durant, FriendsWithYou, Todd Gray, Lauren Greenfield, Channing Hansen, Deborah Lynn Irmas , KAWS, Lynne McDaniel , Ed Moses...

  Jackie Robinson Day  by  Gregg Chadwick Jackie Robinson  "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." -Jackie Robinson "If we want to celebrate Robinson, let us also celebrate the truth he fought to reveal: that racism needs to be challenged collectively, by all of us, and we are all worthy of nothing less than first class citizenship, by any means necessary."- Dave Zirin  Today marks the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson was the first African-American baseball player to compete in the major leagues when he joined the Dodgers in 1947. Robinson broke baseball's color line and ended a sixty year era of segregation in professional baseball. Robinson's career with the Dodgers lasted only ten years. But in that time, he won six pennants and a World Series title. Robinson retired in 1957 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Anthony Castrovince   on MLB.com...

Here is the official video for 'Hey Hey Rise Up', Pink Floyd’s new Ukraine fundraiser feat Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox. Stream / download from midnight at http://pinkfloyd.lnk.to/HeyHeyRiseUp

Please take a walk with John Oliver as he dissects the ridiculous right wing false panic over CRT. And Please Read this article by Jim Newton in   CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND UCLA Critics bent on squelching conversations about race have assailed the idea, usually without bothering to study it BY JIM NEWTON "At this odd juncture of American life, when many state and local governments are moving to stifle conversation around race in classrooms and beyond, UCLA’s law school is charting the opposite course, pioneering the use of Critical Race Theory to examine American race relations. Critical race studies came to occupy a central place at the School of Law beginning in the 1990s. Since its inception, the program has touched hundreds of students, shaped countless conversations and debates and become what one professor, Devon Carbado, who joined UCLA’s law faculty as critical race studies was becoming established, calls “a transformative force.” Jennifer Mnookin, dean of UCLA Law, agrees....