Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Dameo Gunn, Musician

 

Damien Gunn released his newest single, Just Say When.

"Just Say When", Damien Gunn

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@damiengunnmusic #guitarist #vocalist 

Dylan James Guthrie, Musician

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@dylanjamesguthrie @dylanguthriemusic #guitarist #vocalist #tenor 

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Deann Kinsch, Musician

 

#WomenYouShouldKnow 

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@dkinsch0724 @deannofficial #vocalist 

Monday, January 29, 2024

Chad Leever II, Musician

Chad, performing with Cherry Bomb.

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@cherrybomb_rocks #drummer #percussion  

Chad Bourquin, Musician

Chad, performing with Big Time Grain Co.

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@chadbourquin @bigtimegrainco @generationrelevant #guitarist #vocalist  

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Elton Dan and the Rocket Band

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@elton_dan #musician 

Drew Six, Musician

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@drewsix #guitarist #vocalist

Dress

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#fashion

 

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Bowl and Plates

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Behzod Abduraimov, Musician

Pianist Behzod Abduraimov performed at Carnegie Hall last evening.

When he played there in 2019, the review in The New Criterion began with this headline, "Wow. Just Wow."

Mr. Abduraimov is from Uzbekistan. At age 18, he won the London International Piano Competition.

He has performed with leading orchestras worldwide, including Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker, and Orchestra de Paris, to name a few. 

Carnegie Hall welcomes him for another performance, April 17, 2024.

Additionally, look for him on the cover of the January/February, 2024, issue of International Piano Magazine.

Photograph © 2019 Larry F. Levenson.

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@icmpark @behzod_abduraimov @carnegiehall @internationalpianomagazine @newcriterion #TheInternationalCenterForMusicAtParkUniversity #CarnegieHallPresents 


...Your Souls Remain Eternal

"The Holocaust may have stolen your youth, but your souls remain eternal."

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Friday, January 26, 2024

Terri Nunn, Vocalist

#WomenYouShouldKnow 

Terri, performing with BERLIN. 

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@berlinofficialband 

Shawn Poores, Musician

Shawn, performing with The Zeros.

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@thezeroskc #drummer #vocalist  

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Thai Model

 


#WomenYouShouldKnow

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#fashion

Norm Dahlor, Musician

Norm, in a pensive moment before taking the stage with The Elders.

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@normdahlor @theelderskc #guitarist #vocalist  

Andrew Moore, Musician

 


Andrew, performing with Perpetual Change.

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@amoorefus @perpetualchangeband #drummer

Journeyer

Portrait of a bus traveler.

Kansas City, Missouri.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Cullen Magariel, Musician

Cullen, performing with The Suburbans.

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@suburbanskc #drummer  

Bobby Watson, Musician

Photograph © 2012 Larry F. Levenson.

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#saxophonist #jazz 

 

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Colby Gile, Musician

 


Colby, performing with The Stolen Winnebagos.

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#bassguitarist 

Aerialist

 

#WomenYouShouldKnow

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Monday, January 22, 2024

Justin Stancil, Musician

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@justinstancil #guitarist #vocalist

Jason Biggerstaff, Vocalist

 


Jason, performing with Surfin' USA - A Tribute to The Beach Boys.

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@fifthstoryfall

Jillian Brower, Vocalist

#WomenYouShouldKnow 

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Sunday, January 21, 2024

Monroe Elementary School

#BlackHistory #AmericanHistory

One of the Bibles used when Vice President Kamala Harris took the oath of office, was the personal Bible of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black, United States Supreme Court justice.

Vice President Harris requested it because she thought of him as, "one of my heroes and inspirations."

Prior to his Supreme Court appointment, Mr. Marshall was the attorney who, in 1954, argued before the United States Supreme Court, the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The civil-rights action pertained to racially-segregated schools. 

The ruling was, "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

Pictured, is Monroe Elementary School, one of four segregated Black schools operating in Topeka in 1951, the year a student of Monroe, Linda Brown, and her father, Oliver Brown, became plaintiffs in the legal battle over racial segregation.

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#Civil Rights #HumanRights #EveryMonthIsBlackHistoryMonth


Saturday, January 20, 2024

Vladimir Viardo, Musician

Vladimir Viardo was awarded a Gold Medal at the Fourth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1973. 

He has collaborated with the word's leading orchestras, including Royal Philharmonic, Moscow Philharmonic, Leningrad Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, and many more.

I made this photograph for The International Center for Music at Park University.

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@icmpark #pianist


Friday, January 19, 2024

Casi Joy Premieres New Music Video

#WomenYouShouldKnow 

Casi Joy's, Low Brow Luxe, music video premieres Friday, January 19, 2024, at 6 pm CST.

Low Brow Luxe Premiere, Casi Joy

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@casijoymusic #musician

Lori Brown, Mrs. Missouri USA Universal, 2017

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Bobby Bell

Bobby Bell was an outstanding member of the Kansas City Chiefs, playing in the 1960's and 1970's.

In 1968, to support military personnel, Bobby was part of the NFL's USO Tour, visiting soldiers in Vietnam. 

Bobby and the NFL group arrived in Vietnam the day a major escalation of the Vietnam war began: The Tet Offensive. It took the U.S. General Commander in Vietnam nearly 3 weeks to safely evacuate him, and the other USO Tour participants.

Bobby also visited active U.S. military personnel in Lebanon, the panama Canal, and more, lifting their spirits. 

"One thing that has always been a priority for me, is to visit with the brave men and women of the United States military. After all, I just lined up and played football. They put their lives on the line every day for us." -Bobby Bell.

"Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." -Bobby Bell

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#NFL #USMilitary #Chiefs 

Brown vs. Board of Education

#BlackHistory  #AmericanHistory  #CivilRights  #EveryMonthIsBlackHistoryMonth 

"We lived in a mixed neighborhood, but when school time came, I would have to take the bus and go clear across town, and the white children I played with would go to this other school." -Linda Brown, reflecting on her life as a nine year old.

The United States Supreme Court's landmark civil-rights decision in 1954, regarding Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, began with Linda, and her father, Oliver.

Ruling: State-sanctioned segregation of public schools is a violation of the 14th amendment, therefore unconstitutional.

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

Justin Huey, Musician

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@seahorsesmusic #guitarist #vocalist 

Joe Martin, Musician

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#guitarist #vocalist  

Fire Department on the Scene


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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Devory Newsome: Singer, Performer

Devory, performing with JAM: Jackson And Mars.

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@jacksonandmars #vocalist  

Wardrobe Department, Live Music

#Headliner

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Henry Conlon, Musician

Portrait of a Nashville musician: Henry Conlon.

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@henryconlonmusic #singer #songwriter #guitarist #nashville 

Dresses

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#fashion #wedding 

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Paul Robert Greenlease, Musician

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@paulgreenlease #bassguitarist #vocalist 

Michael Shaun Brown, Musician

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@msbtunes #singer #songwriter #countrymusic #southernrock #appalachia #nashville #guitarist  

Monday, January 15, 2024

Winter Decorations

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Sunday, January 14, 2024

Sunrise

 

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#ladder 

Area of Rescue Assistance

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Nicki White, Musician

#WomenYouShouldKnow 

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@mama_nickiwhite #vocalist #guitarist

Lester Estelle, Musician

 

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@lesterestellesr @eastmanguitars #jazz #contemporaryjazz #guitarist 

Saturday, January 13, 2024

Anthony Burnside, Security Specialist

Anthony is an elite-security specialist, Protective Intelligence Threat Assessment Investigator, private investigator, and former law-enforcement officer. 

He provides protection for dignitaries and celebrities worldwide, plus security at the highest-level movie and music awards shows. 

Photograph © 2017 Larry F. Levenson.

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@anthonyburnsideofficial_ #protectiveservices 







Military Award

The Purple Heart is one of the most respected medals awarded to members of the United States armed forces. 

It is also the nation's oldest military award.

This one belongs to Milton J. Shelley Sr, who served with the 9th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, and wounded in combat.

Photograph © 2017 Larry F. Levenson.

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#militaryveteran #TheFEW #TheFoundationForExceptionalWarriors 


Savannah Halliday, Actress

#WomenYouShouldKnow

I made this photograph of eleven-year-old Savannah Halliday (Savannah Liles), one month after the release of the feature movie, "Prodigy" (2017). 

Savannah starred as Ellie, a young genius working with a psychologist.

She won Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress for, "Prodigy." 

In 2016, she appeared on 'The 37th Annual Young Artist Awards' television special, where she won Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actress for the movie, "Big Sister."

Photograph © 2017 Larry F. Levenson.

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@officialsavannahhalliday #movies #television  

Ceiling Art



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Friday, January 12, 2024

Sunset

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#PaperLamp #DracaenaMarginata 

Emily Boston, Vocalist

 


#WomenYouShouldKnow

Emily Boston, performing with The Phil Collins Experience.

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@emilyqboston @pcexperience