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Ukrainian National Anthem in the Metro Station (Bomb Shelter)

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Ukrainian national anthem in the metro station (bomb shelter) #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/F30QT5dqZY — Kristina Berdynskykh (@berdynskykh_k) February 28, 2022 #SlavaUkraini  🇺🇦🌻  

Prayer for Ukraine - SNL

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“Prayer for Ukraine” performed by Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York pic.twitter.com/5pi2l1Olpx — Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) February 27, 2022  

Ukrainian Born Poet Ilya Kaminsky reads “We Lived Happily During the War"

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Ilya Kaminsky  was born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1977, and arrived to the United States in 1993, when his family was granted asylum by the American government. He is the author of Deaf Republic (Graywolf Press) and  Dancing In Odessa (Tupelo Press) and co-editor and co-translated many other books, including Ecco Anthology of International Poetry (Harper Collins) and Dark Elderberry Branch: Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva (Alice James Books). His work won The Los Angeles Times Book Award, The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, The National Jewish Book Award, the Guggenheim Fellowship, The Whiting Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Metcalf Award, Lannan Fellowship, Academy of American Poets’ Fellowship, NEA Fellowship, Poetry magazine's Levinson Prize, and was also shortlisted for the National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, Neustadt International Literature Prize, and T.S. Eliot Prize (UK). Deaf Republic was The New York Times’ Notable Book for 2019, and was al...

Stand With Ukraine

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime-Minister Denys Shmyhal and other officials share video they are in Kyiv, stay with people. "We are here, defending our state, and so it will be," Zelenskyy said. pic.twitter.com/JeTsRimXaK — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) February 25, 2022   Dear friend, your actions matter. Your voice can be decisive to strengthen Western resolve and protect the security of Ukraine, Europe and the democratic world. Act NOW! See thread with a few simple steps to support Ukraine 👇 pic.twitter.com/5MJx9hzJzs — Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) February 25, 2022 My favorite video of all time. It’s not even close. Someone played the Ukrainian National anthem on their trumpet in #Sumy during clashes. pic.twitter.com/L3xpTLgJCp — The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) February 25, 2022

Happy Birthday Nina Simone

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Today we remember Nina Simone, born #OnThisDay in 1933, who used the power of music to inspire and speak up for equal rights. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/UUZQioowCf — UN Women (@UN_Women) February 21, 2022 Gregg Chadwick New Dawn - Greenwich Village (Nina Simone) 9”x6” gouache and ink on paper 2021 (Private Collection, Los Angeles)  

Kehinde Wiley, Amanda Hunt and More at Frieze Los Angeles 2022

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Kehinde Wiley Portrait of Ibrahima Ndome . 2021 48 x 36 in (121.9 x 91.4 cm) Roberts Projects photo by Gregg Chadwick

The Green Mill

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  Gregg Chadwick Green Mill 30"x22" gouache on paper 2018  I like to fly into Chicago and spend a few days exploring the city before we head into MKE. Chicago has proven to be a big inspiration for my paintings and I was able to exhibit and sell a number of my artworks at  @theotherartfair  in Chicago a few years back. My latest Chicago inspired painting to find a new home is my gouache on paper "Green Mill". It arrived safely this week and will be part of a private Chicago collection of artworks inspired by Chicago's answer to the Moulin Rouge in Paris - The Green Mill. The jazz infused nightclub used to cover a whole city block but was downsized quite a bit in its speakeasy days during Prohibition. Yes, one of Al Capone's crew was a part owner in that era and you can still sit in Al Capone's private booth. But for me, the most exciting part of the Green Mill's rich history is the musical echoes of all the greats who have played in the club. Billie ...