Rahmaan Statik Barnes

Grew up on the South Side of Chicago, surrounded by urban art and public murals . Classically trained at the American Academy of Art. He is co-founder of R.K Design, a graphic art and mural collective.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Doctors save lives, police fight crime, and the artist dictates what we know as Image, Icon, and Form.  I live a life-style of observation and creation. I believe that being well informed on the subject of your work and having an organized strategy produces a more intriguing work of art.  I believe man has the right to choose his reality.  In my reality I have chosen my own destiny; time and fate have confirmed that producing art is my positive contribution to society.  The work I produce both symbolizes and creates optimism for life in our industrial society.  It also challenges the over-saturation of mindless sexual and violent images in pop cultural. I put forth a passionate effort to produce art that has a spiritual, political and urban aesthetic.

I am currently creating art in cities across the world, creating art work for museums and gallery exhibitions.

Guitar Legend Steve Hunter To Release New Album

“Before The Lights Go Out”

The Deacon Of Rock Bites Back! 

“Before The Lights Go Out” is long time Alice Cooper/Lou Reed Guitarist Steve Hunter's latest solo album. The cover art and title make a statement about his failing eyesight, but don't make the mistake of thinking this is a quiet wave goodbye. As soon as you put on the first track, you will know that this is more like a Blues Rock Declaration of Independence! There are sexy grooves, luscious guitar tones and melodies galore.



As with all Hunter's releases, there is some diversity and sound imagery, not least of which is Tienes Mi Corazón where alongside his nylon string improvisation comes the sound of his own heart. And listen out for Joe Satriani adding his fire to the heat of “Mojo Man.”



Also joining Steve on a couple of tracks are two great Bass players: Erik Scott can be heard on “Mojo Man,” Erik is also an Alice Cooper alumni. On “Under The Bodhi Tree” is Andy Stoller. Steve and Andy toured together with Tracy Chapman during the “Telling Stories” album period, most recently Andy has been touring with Ann Wilson of Heart.



Says Steve, “This album was a real joy for me on many levels. A big part of the inspiration and motivation that kept me going; was from all the people out there who had faith in me and encouraged me through the entire process with their donations and comments. It was really a wonderful experience having you all be a part of it. It's my deepest hope and desire that you all enjoy the music on this album as much as I enjoyed making it. Thank you and God bless!”

Steve Hunter is his own man; he has been around the block with a forty-five year career.

From his 1973 solos on Alice Cooper's “Billion Dollar Babies” album, his legendary acoustic work on Peter Gabriel's “Solsbury Hill,” his “Intro” to Lou Reed's “Sweet Jane” and his searing opening solos on Aerosmith's version of “Train Kept A Rolling” Most recently he can be heard on Alice Cooper's 2017 album “Paranormal” making this his ninth Cooper album appearance. The Deacon is not done yet but his life is evolving! He has challenges playing live now but his honed skill, tone, power and soul, is dished up on this hot plate of guitar driven instrumental tastiness.

To pre-order Steve Hunter's “Before The Lights Go Out” 

Visit: https://music.apple.com/us/album/before-the-lights-go-out/1283875407

For more information about Steve Hunter and upcoming concert dates visit …

https://www.facebook.com/steve.hunter.54

BEFORE THE LIGHTS GO OUT: BY STEVE HUNTER

Tracks:

1.   On The Edge Of Uncertainty 

2.   Mojo Man 

3.   Summer's Eve 

4.   Cinderblock 

5.   Softtail Deuce

6.   Tienes Mi Corazón (You Have My Heart)

7.   Ice Storm 

8.   Under The Bodhi Tree

9.   The Other Side Of The Coin

10. Happy Trails (vocal Karen Hunter) 

Laura Jack, author of the #1 best selling book, The Compassion Code: How to say the right thing when the wrong thing happens, teaches compassionate communication and how we can relate to one another more effectively during the challenging moments in life. Her mission is to cultivate a culture of compassion, starting with self, and to create a better understanding of loss and its accompanying grief.

Laura Jack is a trainer for the Grief Recovery Institute® and Mastery Level Transformational Life Coach. Using practices of self-care and self-love she helps people rediscover their light after loss. Laura’s mission is to cultivate a culture of compassion, starting with self, and to create a better understanding about loss and its accompanying grief.

When she’s not trying to build a more compassionate world, you can find her playing with her friends and family, hiking around Hood River, or planning her next trip. 

Kriston Capps is a staff writer for CityLab covering housing, architecture, and politics. He previously worked as a senior editor for Architect magazine. He published an article 'This Is Why Puerto Rico Needs Statehood' on September 27, 2017.

At the age of 14, don Miguel Ruiz Jr. apprenticed to his father don Miguel Sr. and his grandmother, Madre Sarita. From that early age, he was called upon to translate Madre Sarita's prayers, lectures and workshops from Spanish into English. In this way, through constant repetition and review, he learned the content of her teachings in both languages.

Through interpreting for Madre Sarita, don Miguel Jr. came to understand the power of faith. He saw first-hand how she manifested her intent to heal people, both physically and spiritually. 

Don Miguel Jr.'s apprenticeship lasted 10 years. When he reached his mid-20's, his father intensified his training. At the apex of this power journey don Miguel said to his eldest son, "Find your way out. Go home and master Death by becoming alive."

For the past eight years, don Miguel Jr. has applied the lessons learned from his father and grandmother to define and enjoy his own personal freedom while achieving peace with all of creation.

Today, don Miguel Jr. is married and has two young children. And so, as a Nagual he begins once again to pass along the wisdom and the tools of his family's traditions in helping others to achieve their own personal freedom and optimal physical and spiritual health. 

Miguel Jr. has taken the lessons of his father and grandmother and discovered his own personal freedom. Being able to apply his teachings to the world around him gave Miguel Jr. a new understanding of the lessons his father and grandmother had passed onto him, once again giving him the desire to pass on his beliefs. After decades of training, Miguel Jr. was finally ready to share everything he had learned. As a Nagual, he now helps others discover optimal physical and spiritual health, so that they may achieve their own personal freedom

Michele Meiche has been blessed with the gift of intuition at birth; and since she was a young child she was aware of her gift and connecting with the Spirit world. Her awareness and understanding of the Soul happened in her early 20’s…

Through years of study, training and honing her natural psychic ability she has uncovered a unique, inspiring and fun way to teach and guide others to live fulfilling lives. She¹s not what you might envision when you hear psychic as she doesn't usually where a turban and sit in front of a crystal ball. Michele is just an ordinary girl who happens to be psychic.

Michele has been trained in many modalities including but not limited to Transpersonal Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Hypnotic Anesthesiology and Transpersonal Psychology. And, above all, she is a constant student of life and its incredible mysteries. She is the author of Meditation for Everyday Living, 5 Step Emotional Clearing, Transforming Fear into Creativity, Navigate the Great Soul Shift, among other books, CDs and courses. She is a trained and initiated Shaman; as well as energetic healer.

As a Psychic Soul Coach and Transpersonal Therapist, Michele has worked with thousands of people all over the world to teach them the tools to live more fulfilled and prosperous lives. She works with her clients to inspire mindfulness and connect more deeply with their own inner knowing in order for them to make empowered and soul expressed decisions. Michele bridges the metaphysical, mystic, transcendent and spiritual realm, with practical disciplines.

Daniel Gutierrez is a bestselling author, international master business/life coach, renowned motivational speaker and spiritual teacher.  His search for deeper truth and human excellence has taken him around the world to study with Sanskrit priest and Buddhist monks in the Himalayas and deep in the Andes and Amazonian jungle to work with Peruvian shamans.

Based in Los Angeles, Daniel has been the cover story in Latin Business Magazine and listed in its “Top 100 Hispanics in America, Cypen Magazine and most recently Color Magazine.

Daniel has served as President of PRIMER, a prestigious national leadership organization based in New York City. Mr. Gutierrez has also served as an advisor to the Department of White House Personnel for the Obama Administration and currently serves as the President of the Holistic Chamber of Commerce in Long Beach, California.

Once a high-powered executive and in-demand consultant who graced the covers of Latin Business, Cypen and Color Magazines, Daniel Gutierrez realized that there was more to success than a 7-figure earning potential. As President of PRIMER, a prestigious national leadership organization and an advisor to the Department of White House Personnel for the Obama Administration, Daniel was a highly regarded and deeply revered leader. Though Daniel was listed as one of the “Top 100 Hispanics in America” along Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, actor Edward James Olmos, and CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, something was still missing.

To find fulfillment, Daniel decided to dedicate the next chapter of his life to becoming a Master of Mindfulness. During the past 10 years he has led quests to the heights of the Machu Picchu, the depths of the Amazon and the top of the Himalayas. After the boardroom, now Daniel has been guiding entrepreneurs and experts in deep dive mindfulness immersions. Though mindfulness is a lifelong practice, Daniel has become known for giving life-altering strategies in as little as 60 seconds. When facing extreme pressure, executives go from high-strung to highly productive. Daniel has even turned Wall Street cubicles from a place of stress to pads of serenity. 

A beloved mentor and sought-after motivational speaker, Daniel was featured in the documentary Luminous World Views as one of eighteen world-renowned transformational thought-leaders. He is a bestselling author, who is excited to release his fifth book, Radical Mindfulness.