Thursday, June 30, 2022

Aerialist

#WomenYouShouldKnow

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Derek Gjovig: Drummer, Percussion, Way Too Famous


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@Derek_Gjovig

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Surveillance And Criminalization Of Pregnant Women


Many women are avoiding all things related to Independence Day, 2022.

Why celebrate independence, while furious and horrified about having a constitutional right removed?

Jia Tolentino is a talented staff writer at The New Yorker. Her just-published article is titled, "We're Not Going Back to the Time Before Roe. We're Going Somewhere Worse."

Here is a link to the story: The New Yorker

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@JiaTortellini 

@NewYorkerMag 

#WeWontGoBack #HumanRights 

No Fireworks, Please



What is one of the busiest days for animal shelters? July 5th.

More pets are lost July 4th than any other day of the year because of the startling noise of fireworks.

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Mike Bozzoli: Bass Guitar, Vocals, Perpetual Change



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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Troy Schuster: Percussion, Drummer



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Fireworks on Independence Day


   Consider celebrating Independence Day with no fireworks.

   The noise, bangs, and the flashes are triggering.

   Give thought to the stress of those involved in mass shootings, military veterans, and survivors of neighborhood violence. And, animals.

   What happens July 4th is difficult, however expected. When explosions are heard July 3rd, they are unexpected, and often worse.

   People with no post-traumatic-stress diagnosis may experience symptoms associated with trauma.

   I made this photograph at the Tiny Houses Village of Veterans Community Project. Military veterans there were formerly homeless, and suffer with PTSD.

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@vcp_hq 

Monday, June 27, 2022

Harris Faulkner, FOX News



#WomenWhoLead #WomenYouShouldKnow #CelebratingWomen

   Harris Faulkner anchors two daily daytime FOX television programs, is a bestselling author, and six-time Emmy® Award-winning journalist.

   This is a book cover I shot for Harris years ago.

   I met her delightful mother, Shirley, and was saddened to learn of her passing two months after being diagnosed with cancer.

   While Harris was a caregiver for her mother, Shirley told her, "I need for you to be the child I raised. Go make things better for other people."

   Harris became active in raising breast cancer awareness by working with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the Avon Foundation for Women, and the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation.

   Additionally, Harris is involved with the Green Beret Foundation, which provides medical, transition, and family support for those who have served in the U.S. Army Special Forces, and with the Navy SEAL Foundation, which provides immediate and ongoing support and assistance to the Naval Special Warfare community and its families.

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Giving Back


   Comedian Elliott Threatt, and Green Beans Coffee Company, are providing an ongoing supply of free coffee to Veterans Community Project's Tiny Homes Village.

   The tiny houses in Kansas City, Missouri, are designed to address needs and challenges of homeless military veterans suffering with PTSD.

   Nice job, my friend.

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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Musician


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Saturday, June 25, 2022

Nick Marshall: Vocals, Guitar, The Cowardly Lions

 


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@TheCowardlyLions

@Ninzel_The_Lion

Friday, June 24, 2022

Drew Six, Musician


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@DrewSix 

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Bill Latas, Perpetual Change, Bill Latas Music


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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Curt Whitaker, Bass Guitar, The M80s

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#Fender 

Jesse Peterson: Singer, Songwriter, Musician


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Monday, June 20, 2022

Aerialist



#WomenYouShouldKnow   #CelebratingWomen

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Ben Muñoz, Cellist, Quixotic


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@CelloBen87

@QuixoticFusion 

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Chris Lockard, Right on Red


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@RightOnRed 

Michael Small, Keyboardist, Superstar Mafia


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@MFSmall13

@SuperstarMafiaKC 

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Cloth Goods


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Friday, June 17, 2022

Nicole Springer, Musician


#WomenYouShouldKnow

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#CelebratingWomen 

@NicoleSpringerSings

Nico G., Percussionist

Nico, percussionist for the band A1A, in a moment of pre-performance contemplation. 

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Nikki Vivas, Radio Host


#WomenYouShouldKnow

Italian / Venezuelan style and elegance.

"Ponch and Nikki in the Morning" - 99.7 The Point.

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#CelebratingWomen 

Casi Joy's Newest Single Drops Today


#WomenYouShouldKnow

Listen here: "Everything's Fine".

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#CelebratingWomen

@CasiJoyMusic

@VereMusicCo

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Gracie Key: Fashion Model, Designer



#WomenYouShouldKnow

#CelebratingWomen

Vogue in the Vines.

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@GracieKey.Designs 

Miu Tanapohn, Fashion Model

 


#WomenYouShouldKnow

Vogue In The Vines, 2019.

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#CelebratingWomen

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Telefunken Elektroakustic Microphone


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Colby Gile, The Stolen Winnebagos



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#Musician

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

The Nite Owls: Wyatt Brewer and Sarah Lynn


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Anthony Ray Hinton - Wrongfully Convicted



Anthony Ray Hinton has written a book: "The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life, Freedom, and Justice."

In 1985, Anthony was convicted of murdering two restaurant managers, a crime he did not commit.

He was poor, and a Black man dealing with the justice system in the South.

Anthony's sentence was to die by electrocution, and he spent the next 30 years on death row in an Alabama prison before being exonerated.

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Eosin Sky



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Monday, June 13, 2022

Diana Ladio, The Elders



#WomenYouShoudKnow

Musician and writer, Nashville-based Diana Ladio.

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#CelebratingWomen 

@DianaLadio

@TheEldersKC

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Rod Lincoln: Percussion, Drummer


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Flowers


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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Aerialist



#WomenYouShouldKnow

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#CelebratingWomen

Alex Gold, Sports Radio Host, 610 Sports-KCSP


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@610SportsKC 

Friday, June 10, 2022

Dylan Guthrie, Musician



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@dylangelo785 

JIm Parker, Perpetual Change


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Thursday, June 9, 2022

Chad Bourquin, Musician



This is Chad performing with Brock Wagoner, Brock Wagoner Music.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Erica McKenzie: Singer, Songwriter



#WomenYouShouldKnow  

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#CelebratingWomen

@EricaMcKenzieMusic  

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Moon


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Mayor Quinton Lucas




Quinton Lucas is Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.

Before his election, he was a law school professor, community leader, and city council member.

Mayor Lucas attended Cornell University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Cornell Law School.

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Monday, June 6, 2022

Wes Faulconer: Percussion, Elton Dan and the Rocket Band



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@ExplorersDrums

@Elton_Dan  

M. Colin Jackson, Rattle and Hum KC


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@RattleAndHumKC 

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Andrew Moore: Drummer, Percussion, Perpetual Change


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Joe Martin And His 12 Strings



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Friday, June 3, 2022

Erica McKenzie: Singer, Songwriter


#WomenYouShouldKnow

Erica at sunset.

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#CelebratingWomen

@EricaOneWomanBand 

Hem



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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Douglas McGrath, Director, "Infamous"


This photograph is from the movie set, "Infamous", years ago.

Director Douglas McGrath, far left, wrote this screenplay, plus 13 episodes of, "Saturday Night Live", and co-wrote, "Bullets Over Broadway", with Woody Allen.

He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA award for, "Bullets Over Broadway." 

There are numerous acting, writing, and directing credits on his résumé.

As the sun set in Kansas, I pointed out the, "eosin sky." He had never heard it described that way, and liked it.

He used all my location suggestions, which was gratifying. 

Photograph © 2005 Larry F. Levenson. 

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