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Year 31, No. 7
Celebrating 31 Years of Community News
AndersonPonty Band Comes to the Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concert Series in Roxborough Keswick Theatre October 27 Presents Tim Warfield
Featuring Music Icons Jon Anderson & Jean Luc Ponty with New CD/DVD “Better Late Than Never”
Amie Potsic’s “Enchanted Forest” Exhibit Page 3
Halloween Happenings Page 6
music and creating a very special and unique sound such as “Infinite Mirage” a new song incorporating Jean Luc’s classic tune “Mirage.” YES’s original singer/ songwriter for 35 years, Jon Anderson has had a successful solo career, which includes working with such notable music artists as Vangelis, Kitaro, and Milton Nascimento. International violin superstar Jean Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undisputed master of his instrument in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music. Together these “The Better Late Than Never Tour, An Evening with AndersonPonty Band,” with Jon Anderson & Jean Luc Ponty at the two music legends have formed a musical synerKeswick October 27 at 8 p.m. Photo/Cathy Miller gy that is unparalleled! ne of the most eagerly awaited “A breakthrough feeling came as I sang with releases of 2015 by the Anderson- Jean Luc’s music, to be in a band again is very Ponty Band, featuring music exciting on many levels, we will play and sing icons Jon Anderson and Jean our way around the world and have fun, for Luc Ponty, is hitting the streets music is pleasure, music is all that is.” – Jon this Fall! “Better Late Than Never” Anderson is the new album taken from a live perfor“Collaborating with Jon who is such a cremance, and enhanced with innovative pro- ative singer/songwriter is unlike any project duction. The package includes a bonus DVD I have done before. I knew that we had plenty featuring outstanding performances by the of musical affinities to make it work, but the band captured in September 2014 at the Wheel- result is way beyond my expectations. It is er Opera House in Aspen, Colorado. also a lot of fun to reunite with these excelThe AndersonPonty Band has created some lent musicians who played with me in the breathtaking new musical compositions. past, they really put their heart in this pro“Better Late Than Never” also showcases re- ject and with Jon’s creative input we are not arrangements of classic YES hits like “Own- just rehashing the past but giving a new life er of A Lonely Heart,” “Roundabout” and to the music we started developing decades “Wonderous Stories,” as well as some of Jean ago.” – Jean Luc Ponty Luc Ponty’s beloved compositions, with Jon’s The AndersonPonty Band also includes: lyrical vocals and melodies enhancing the See “An Evening with AndersonPonty Band” on page 12
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Find Unique & Wonderful Events to Attend!
October 14 – October 20, 2015
The new season of “Jazz at Fellowship Hall” begins with a performance by saxophonist Tim Warfield on Wednesday, October 21. RTI Radio’s Jeff Duperon hosts the premiere season of “Jazz at Fellowship Hall” Third Wednesdays Neighborhood Concert Series at Ridge Avenue Methodist Church, 7811 Ridge Avenue, Roxborough, PA 19128. This new season begins with a performance by saxophonist Tim Warfield on Wednesday, October 21. Showtime is 7:30 - 9 p.m. and tickets are $10 general admission/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info call 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit www.jazzbridge.org/events/neighborhood-concerts. Tim Warfield, a saxophonist since the age of nine, became an international headliner in 1990, when he was selected by
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See Jazz with Tim Warfield on page 5
L O N G T I M E A D V O C AT E F O R M E R C U R Y - F R E E DENTISTRY IS WINNING New Film “Evidence of Harm” Tells All – NYC Premiere October 14-20
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ocal advocate for mercury-free dentistry, Freya Koss of Wynnewood, will be one of the speakers at the theatrical premiere screening of “Evidence of Harm,” an Academy Award®-qualifying documentary which chronicles the lives of three ordinary
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“Evidence of Harm is the pinnacle of my seventeen years of advocacy to bring public awareness to the health and occupational hazards of mercury in dentistry,” says local advocate for mercury-free dentistry, Freya Koss, of Wynnewood. Americans whose health was seriously impacted by toxic mercury vapors released from silver amalgam dental fillings. The film presents a haunting portrait of the dental industry and governmental agencies, all too willing to turn a blind eye to science while placing profits
and politics ahead of the well being of 120 million Americans currently implanted with these fillings. Director and producer Randall Moore, is hopeful that his exposé – prompted by learning the etiology of his dad’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s – opens the doors to a secret that has been kept undercover far too long. The public is invited to attend one of four screenings daily from October 14-20 at the IFC Center in New York City. A limited amount of tickets are free. For info, email: frekoss@aol.com, subject: “tickets.” Visit www.ifccenter.com for show times. Koss discovered in 1998 that she had been acutely mercury poisoned during the drilling out and replacement of an existing amalgam dental filling. She recalls, seven days later while at a ballet performance she was suddenly struck with blinding double vision and loss of balance. More frightening was the neuSee “Evidence of Harm” Film Premiere on page 12