#b. 1957 american

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Jeremy Lipking / American, b. 1957

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ON THIS DAY IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY -- STRAIGHT OUTTA OAKLAND.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a mugshot of a young car thief, apprehended, arrested, and booked in Oakland, California, on Saint Valentine's Day, 1957.

"Your whole life, is comin' apart at the seams, You ain't nothin' but a car thief bitin' routines."

-- "Car Thief" (1989) by the BEASTIE BOYS

Source: www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/qikh2.

[mariocki]

Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)

"We all die in good time, Mrs. Harrison. There's a grave waiting for all of us."

"You old hag! You're dead already, you just don't have sense enough to lie down!"

[huariqueje]

Orange shampoo, Hillsdale  - Dmitri Cavender , 2019.

American, b. 1957 -

Oil on canvas , 24 x 18 in.

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Will Wilson (American,b.1957)

Strawberries and Cream, 1979 

Oil on linen

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Nat King Cole - When I Fall in Love 1956

"When I Fall in Love" is a song written by Victor Young and Edward Heyman. It was introduced in Howard Hughes' last film One Minute to Zero as the instrumental titled "Theme from One Minute to Zero". Jeri Southern sang on the first vocal recording released in April 1952 with the song's composer, Victor Young, handling the arranging and conducting duties. The song has become a standard, with many artists recording it; the first hit version was sung by Doris Day released in July 1952. The song reached number 20 on the Billboard chart.

A version was recorded by American jazz vocalist Nat King Cole in 1956, and featured on the album titled Love Is the Thing. The song was also used as the recurrent love theme in the 1957 film Istanbul, in which Cole sang the song on screen. The single was released in the UK in 1957 and reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. This recording was re-released in 1987 and reached number 4. Love Is the Thing reached number 1 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart and number 1 on the UK Charts.

Natalie Cole recorded two different versions of the song: a contemporary R&B/smooth jazz version for her 1987 album Everlasting, and a more traditional version for her 1996 Stardust album as a virtual duet with her father Nat King Cole, including recordings of his vocals from his 1956 version. This version won two awards at the 39th Grammy Awards: Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s) for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.

"When I Fall in Love" received a total of 68,8% yes votes! Previous Nat King Cole polls: #9 "Nature Boy"

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Raymond Pettibon (American b. 1957, lives and works in New York City), Untitled (Hermosa Beach), 2019. Color lithograph with hand-colouring, 45 1/8 × 67 1/2 in. | 114.6 × 171.5 cm. 

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Frank Holliday (American, b. 1957), Mirror, 2022. Oil on canvas, 24.0 × 20.0 in.

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Paul Schulenburg (b.1957) American artist.

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Lynn Bywaters (American b.1957), Christmas Dove, 2013, Gouache on paper

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

Jeremy Lipking

Silver Ripples ／oil on canvas

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Editor’s Note: Sanne DeWitt is a microbiologist, geneticist, researcher, and author of a memoir: “I Was Born In An Old Age Home”. She has lived in Berkeley, California since 1957, where she moved for advanced studies in microbiology and genetics, and worked there until her retirement. The views expressed here are those of the author. View more opinion on CNN.CNN — 

In 1957, I moved to Berkeley, California: a bastion of American liberalism that squarely aligns with my progressive values, and a hub of American scholarship that nurtured my academic quest and professional growth. I came here for advanced studies in microbiology and genetics. Since then, I have lived, worked as a scientist and retired in this community.

Over the 65 years that I have called this beautiful area home, I have occasionally encountered antisemitism, but these one-off incidents never succeeded in destroying my spirit. When I was four years old, Nazis burst into my bedroom and sent me and my family to Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp. We were soon released and I was smuggled out of Germany by a Christian woman. After this harrowing experience, not much in the Bay Area could scare me.

But since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the hatred towards Jews that I have seen in Berkeley terrifies me more than anything I have experienced while living here. I am still reeling from being called a liar at a Berkeley City Council meeting, where I asked for a proclamation to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day and spoke about October 7. The Jews at that meeting were circled and called “Zionist pigs” by menacing protesters.

We are approaching the holiday of Passover, which commemorates the freedom of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery and our formation as a free Jewish people in our own land. But this Passover is like no other in recent history, with scores of hostages still held in Gaza and Jews worldwide fearful for our future — including Jews in the US. We are facing the worst global antisemitism since the Holocaust and while it is not state-sanctioned as Nazism was, it is a threat going unchecked in California’s East Bay.

It is incredibly painful to see my neighbors vilify Jews, tear down posters of Jewish hostages in Gaza and not believe Jewish rape victims. In this hotbed, hatred and hostility have become normalized. Families have moved their children out of public schools. Jewish businesses have been vandalized and boycotted. And lies about Jews and Israel have gone unchecked and unchallenged in our public forums. Our local Jewish community is both horrified and petrified.

This onslaught of Jewish hatred cannot become the new normal. This epidemic must be treated as seriously as all other hatreds that our society is confronting, such as racism and homophobia. We need more education about Judaism and how the long, sordid history of antisemitism ties into other forms of hatred in our public schools.

We need colleges and universities to unequivocally denounce hate speech and actions directed at Jews. We need public officials to urge mutual respect, understanding and civil discourse during city council and town hall meetings.

I have seen where unchecked antisemitism can lead, when people will do nothing — or worse, join the mainstream, such as our German neighbors during Nazism. This Passover, I resolve with whatever time I have left in this world to fight for the safety of the Jewish people, in Berkeley and around the globe.

During Passover, we are commanded to tell the story of the exodus out of Egypt to our children. We believe in the lasting power of sharing this history with younger generations and reflecting on this hopeful new beginning. There is also lasting power in sharing my history as a Jewish refugee — and I invite my Berkeley neighbors to hear my story. Without understanding and acceptance, we are enslaved by our biases.

The hatred, violence and bigotry against the Jewish community cannot continue — for our shared future, we must confront it and root it out.

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have you ever wondered why exactly in new york theres such a massive puerto rico parade every year? why we get so excited when something as small as the flag 🇵🇷 motif when rio snaps at miles makes us go batshit with pride? wonder no more! heres a super short super condensed history lesson about puerto rico and our flag 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

to first really understand this you need to know that puerto rico is still an american colony. we are severely affected by this in a lot of horrible ways and have been since the very beginning. our island is a strategic military colony and thats why america holds us tightly in their grip. we dont like that. and the ones that do have been severely brainwashed into thinking being a colony is better for us (its not america makes billions off of us and barely any of it goes back to the island)

on the right is what was the puertorican flag of the independence movement a direct threat to the american government in puerto rico. on the left, the pr flag from 1898 to 1952 (the blue was later changed to a darker blue but light blue will forever b a fave bc its so nice on the eyes)

in 1948 a law was passed that made owning and displaying our flag illegal. the american government proclaimed that it was to suppress the independence movement which like bruh thats super fucked up. it wasnt till 1957 that that law was abolished. 1957 was 66 years ago as of 2023. we never won the fight to be our own country but we won the right to own and wave nuestra bandera 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

we have immense pride in our flag because america has tried to oppress us at every given opportunity and still does to this day. our people the tainos are still not recognized federally in america. we are still here. and we WILL continue to wave our flag till our fingers bleed 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

share our history. please dont let us be forgotten. and thankyou for reading! taino ti!!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[huariqueje]

Late light and longing - Dmitri Cavender , 2001.

American, b. 1957 -

oil on canvas