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Ozuna, Charlie Puth, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week By now, he’s the El Greco of vinyl fanatics. But wherever you see a Steve Keene painting, you know you’re invited into a room worth visiting. He cranks out his high-speed iconic artwork from his Brooklyn home studio. (It would’ve looked odd if it didn’t.) He’s painted album covers for his old friends in Pavement (their 1995 classic Wowee Zowee), the Silver Jews, and the Apples in Stereo. The Zoe Kravitz reboot of High Fidelity used Steve Keene artwork to set the scene. Even if half of my pictures get thrown in the garbage over the years, there’s still 150,000 of them out there, hanging in people’s kitchens or bathrooms.”
He’s been doing it this way for over 30 years, becoming the ultimate indie rock painter. “That means somebody really cared about this shit for however long they spent making it.” “It’s handmade,” he says with his easy grin. Keene’s most famous for painting album covers on plywood panels, dozens per week, then selling them absurdly cheap. Right now, he’s adding a few blond streaks to Iggy Pop’s hair on the cover of the first Stooges album. Steve Keene, possibly the world’s most prolific painter, is hard at work, even though the gallery’s hosting a retrospective of his work.
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The afternoon sun streams through the windows of the Brooklyn art space ChaShaMa. For all of AP’s philanthropy coverage, visit. The AP is solely responsible for this content. I think it’s important from that standpoint just to feel like you’re doing your part, doing something decent and good and right.”Īssociated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. “I never quite understood why we have to let religion and politics and things like that stand in the way of just being good human beings. “That’s what we should do as human beings,” she said. Parton says she hopes the day of service will let people realize that “when you help somebody, it helps them, but it can help you more.” I don’t think we even know what we’re doing to each other and to this world.” “I think it’s important for everyone to do their share to help their fellow man,” she said. This year, she launched the Care More initiative at her Dollywood Parks and Resorts, which gives employees a day off to volunteer at a nonprofit of their choice. “I’m ready to rock,” she said, adding that she has already written a new song, especially for that ceremony in Los Angeles.īut Parton is also ready to expand her philanthropic work. 5, alongside Eminem, Lionel Richie and Pat Benatar – an honor she initially declined, but then graciously accepted. And she will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Nov.
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She filmed the holiday movie “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” with Willie Nelson, Miley Cyrus and Jimmy Fallon for NBC. She released “Run, Rose, Run,” a best-selling novel co-written with James Patterson, in March.
If Parton didn’t make philanthropy a priority in her life, it could be difficult to balance it with all her other pursuits. But now they’re going to know her for her philanthropy, which I’m not sure they have before.” “They might know Dollywood for entertainment, more broadly. “I’m proud to be the voice out there doing what I can to get more books into the hands of more children,” she said.Įric Isaacs, president of the Carnegie Institution for Science and a member of the medal selection committee, said Parton is a “tremendous example” of someone who understands the importance of philanthropy.
Parton said she’ll accept that attention because it furthers the cause. And we’re so honored and proud to have all the communities that make that happen because I get a lot of glory for the work a whole lot of people are doing.” And last month, the state of California partnered with Imagination Library to make the program available to the millions of children under five in the state. And I often wondered what he could have done had he been able to read and write. “This actually started because my father could not read and write and I saw how crippling that could be,” she said.
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Currently, Parton sends out about 2 million free books each month. Her Imagination Library initiative sends a free book every month to children under five whose parents request them. One need Parton does focus on filling is fostering a love of reading in children. I just see a need and if I can fill it, then I will.” “I never know what I’m going to do or why I’m gonna do it. In her Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy speech, Parton said she doesn’t really have a strategy for her donations. “I get paid more attention than maybe some others that are doing more than me,” Parton said, adding that she hopes that attention inspires more people to help others.
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