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Music video for The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte by Sparks, from the new album of the same title.  Starring Cate Blanchett

Juneteenth as a federal holiday is meant to breathe new life into the very essence of America. To make sure all Americans feel the power of this day and the progress we can make for our country. Earlier this week, I felt that power at the White House. pic.twitter.com/Ogo6SBvZBA — President Biden (@POTUS) June 17, 2023 Six Art-Filled Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth in New York City https://t.co/9gF54bqlr0 via @hyperallergic — Gregg Chadwick 🇺🇦 🟧 (@greggchadwick) June 17, 2023

From the Guardian : "Astrud Gilberto, whose dreamy interpretation of The Girl from Ipanema became the most popular version of the song, has died aged 83. Paul Ricci, a collaborator with Gilberto, confirmed the news on social media, writing that he had been asked to announce it by Gilberto’s son Marcelo. “She was an important part of ALL that is Brazilian music in the world and she changed many lives with her energy,” he added. Born in 1940 in the Brazilian state of Bahia and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Astrud Weinert married musician João Gilberto in 1959. In 1963, she accompanied him on a trip to New York where he would record with jazz artist Stan Getz and fellow Brazilian bossa nova star Antônio Carlos Jobim. The session’s producer wanted an English-language singer to help The Girl from Ipanema cross over to a US audience, and Astrud – who had no previous recording experience – was the only person who could speak it." Gregg Chadwick City of Desires (Rio de Janeiro) 72"x...

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  Gregg Chadwick Elephant Song at the Los Angeles Zoo 30"x24" oil on linen 2023 My painting "Elephant Song" has made its journey to the Los Angeles Zoo and is available for bidding NOW at the Beastly Ball. The painting is on display with a selected group of environmentally oriented artworks at this link  https://one.bidpal.net/beastlyball2023/browse/all(details:item/7) "Elephant Song" depicts an African Elephant in its natural environment.  The title refers to the low frequency method of elephant communication. Elephants sing using the same physical principles as humans - using their immense larynx to produce very low notes. Pitched below the range of human hearing, these infrasounds can travel long distances and enable elephants to connect with other elephants in hearing range.  "Elephant Song" is featured at tonight's Beastly Ball benefit for the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association. The event is held each Spring at the L.A. Zoo and this is ...

45 years ago today, Bruce Springsteen released his highly-anticipated fourth studio album “Darkness On The Edge Of Town.” To celebrate the anniversary, fans can now dive even deeper into the sonic world of “Darkness.” Listen to a new 20-song live playlist from The Darkness Tour '78 — all previously unavailable on major streaming platforms — including performances of every song from “Darkness On The Edge of Town” and a trove of bonus material from that period.

From the Van Gogh Museum: "Vincent van Gogh lived in Auvers-sur-Oise from 20 May 1890 until his death on 29 July of the same year. He was tremendously productive in these months and made several of his most renowned masterpieces, including 'Wheatfield with Crows' and 'Tree Roots'. In the anniversary year of 2023, the Van Gogh Museum and Musée d’Orsay are organizing a major exhibition about the final months of Vincent van Gogh’s life, which he spent in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise. The exhibition 'Van Gogh in Auvers. His Final Months' is on view from 12 May until 3 September 2023." Find out more: https://www.vangoghmuseum.com/vangogh...   ✨ A "Starry Night" ending to our 50th-anniversary celebration on the Museumplein. @StudioDrift brought Vincent's works to life against the evening sky. Watch the full drone performance here: https://t.co/EkHwol0P80 pic.twitter.com/SqQGJMUW0u — Van Gogh Museum (@vangoghmuseum) June 3, 2023

Official Music Video for 'Walk With Me' (always centered at night Version) by moby ft. Lady Blackbird. Out now on Deutsche Grammophon. Taken from the new moby album, Resound NYC, out now on Deutsche Grammophon. More info at https://www.moby-resound.com/ Subscribe to Moby: http://moby.la/subscribeytYo​ For info on Moby music, merch, tour dates & more, please visit https://moby.com/

Amy and Ludek Drizhal with their new Chadwick painting. “New York Stories”   Love the smiles when collectors are about to take their new artworks home. Thank you to all who spent time in my studio at our latest Art at the Airport event! What a night! Props to Ailsa Chang for surprising me and bringing such a sense of inspiration into my studio. Thank you to @rebecca.youssef_studio and @alexandradillonartist for your incredible hard work and drive to make this happen. Excited for the next one!!! #LosAngeles   #ArtOfRecovery   #ArtAtTheAirport   #CityOfSantaMonica   #SantaMonicaArtsCommunity   #SantaMonicaArtScene   #BuyArtFromArtists   #SupportLocalArtists   #SantaMonicaArtCollective   #SantaMonicaCulturalAffairs   #artistssupportingartists   #Art   #Hollywood   #P22   #NPS   #MountainLion   #clocks   #Grand Central

Watch the the 58th Annual Nebula Awards Ceremony! This year's Toast Master is Cheryl Platz, and the awards will be presented by multiple notable figures in the science fiction and fantasy community including Christine Taylor-Butler, Chinaka Hodge, Gay Haldeman, Mur Lafferty, Leigh Bardugo, and more!

100 million records sold 25 Grammys An Oscar RnB Hall of Fame Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  Songwriters Hall of Fame Helped make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday United Nations Messenger of Peace Presidential Medal of Freedom Happy Birthday to Stevie Wonder!

  Imagine Dragons' video for Crushed was filmed on the front lines of Ukraine. It follows Sasha, a young boy who endured months of shelling in his town. Sasha's story is heartbreaking, and there are thousands more like him who desperately need help. Even today, his family is without electricity and other basic utilities. Please consider donating to United24 and raising your voice for this cause. Credits: Director: Ty Arnold Producer: Ty Arnold, Roman Ostrovskyi, and Igor Shcherbyna Production company: Black Box Films Lyrics: I suppose she’s supposed to be exactly what they want her to be So pretty in pink Necklace and ring, don’t be heard Just be seen But that’s not who I am She said I can feel, I can feel too much And I wish they’d go away, go away Cause it’s crushing me It’s crushing me Don’t you know that you don’t have a say and the scarlet “A” on Your neck so pretty in red, eyes are all dead What they haven’t said gets stuck in your head The silence is deafening and y...

From PBS: "It’s not unusual for a singer-songwriter to perform songs written by others. But it is unusual for an artist to take on performing an entire album’s worth of someone else’s material, particularly if that someone else is a giant of the music world. Grammy-winning musician Aoife O’Donovan is doing that on her latest tour. Tom Casciato has this story for our arts and culture series, CANVAS." Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Also -  Of Songs and Stories: What Bruce Springsteen Learned From Flannery O’Connor Great Excerpt from "Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska" by @WarrenZanes https://lithub.com/of-songs-and-stories-what-bruce-springsteen-learned-from-flannery-oconnor/ via @lithub

Gregg Chadwick Elephant Song 30"x24" oil on linen 2023 "Elephant Song" depicts an African Elephant in its natural environment.  The title refers to the low frequency method of elephant communication. Elephants sing using the same physical principles as humans - using their immense larynx to produce very low notes. Pitched below the range of human hearing, these infrasounds can travel long distances and enable elephants to connect with other elephants in hearing range.  "Elephant Song" will be featured in the upcoming Beastly Ball benefit for the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association. The event is held each Spring at the L.A. Zoo and this will be my third year participating. For 60 years, the nonprofit Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA) has funded exhibits, capital projects, field conservation efforts, education and community outreach programs, and more at the Los Angeles Zoo, an international leader in the preservation of wildlife and care of ...

On May 8, 2012, author, artist, illustrator, and visionary Maurice Sendak died. On that day I wrote some thoughts on his life and work . Now eleven years later I am reposting those words with some further ideas.  “Dear Mr. Sendak,  How much does it cost to get to where the wild things are? If it is not expensive, my sister and I would like to spend the summer there.”  -From a letter sent by an eight year old reader to Maurice Sendak Maurice Sendak   Where the Wild Things Are Pen and ink and watercolor on paper  1963 Maurice Sendak was an artist in love with the world and with things that go bump in the night. Sendak looked deeply at the world around him. His vision included the visible nature of  our existence and the invisible, but no less real, world of dreams. Sendak's beautifully crafted artworks for his books began with simple pencil sketches that were then enlarged and fleshed out with pen and ink which was then layered with glowing watercolor washes....

  Gregg Chadwick P-22, Hollywood Nights 30"x22" gouache and monotype on paper 2023 In Hollywood even Mountain Lions become stars. The wild cougar dubbed P-22 by the Park Service roamed Griffith Park for 12 years. After a few scrapes with dogs and humans in December 2022, NPS biologists captured P-22 in the Los Feliz area and transported him to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park for a thorough health evaluation. Results showed P-22 had several severe injuries, such as significant trauma to his head, right eye, and internal organs from a suspected vehicle strike, as well as multiple chronic health illnesses, including irreversible kidney disease, chronic weight loss, an extensive parasitic skin infection over his entire body, and localized arthritis. Due to his poor condition, CDFW made the extremely difficult decision to euthanize P-22 on the morning of Dec. 17, 2022. My gouache and monotype on paper artwork "P-22" was inspired by numerous images of the mountain lion incl...