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Year 35, No. 9
Celebrating 35 Years of Community News
October 16 – October 22, 2019
FIND YOUR COMMUNITY Jamea Richmond-Edwards Explores WALLINGFORD CAC TO NEWS HERE! Detroit’s Fashion and Style in 7 Mile Girls C ELEBRATE E DDIE L ANG D AY
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Artist Talk & Opening Reception at Rowan University Art Gallery: Thursday, November 7, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. owan University Art Gallery presents 7 Mile Girls, an exhibition exploring the connection between Black female style of Detroit’s inner city, with designer fashion and self-empowerment.
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News Anchor Nick Foley to Speak Page 6
Education News Pages 7 & 11
Richard Barnes Returns with his Blackbird Society Orchestra October 27 • Event to Benefit the Hospice Program at Bryn Mawr Hospital
Rowan University Art Gallery presents “7 Mile Girls,” an exhibition exploring the connection between Black female style of Detroit’s inner city, with designer fashion and self-empowerment, November 7 - December 21, 2019. Shown is © Jamea Richmond-Edwards, 2019, “Two Sisters and the Horned Serpent,” 8 x 6 feet. Image Courtesy of Kravets Wehby Gallery Featuring several new works by artist Jamea RichmondEdwards alongside paintings loaned by the Rubell Family Collection, the exhibition will run November 7 - December 21, 2019, with an opening reception on Thursday, November 7 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. RSVP to the Opening Reception: www.eventbrite.com/e/jamearichmond-edwards-7-mile-girls-artist-talk-opening-reception-tickets-75074362439. Richmond-Edwards grew up observing the Black community’s fashion style in Detroit’s inner-city during the late 1980s and early ’90s. Popular and idolized were Coogi sweaters, red gators, and designer bags from Gucci and Louis Vuitton. She understood the correlation of the fashion industry around the Black female experience and their complex relationship with luxury clothing. The artifice of dressing became the driving narrative of her work and her form of Black aesthetic and expression. She was particularly interested in how her work confronted social disparities and the inequitable practices and tone-deaf decisions continually made by the fashion house of H&M, Adidas, Gucci, and Prada. In opposition to the market focus of these brands her imagery is inspired by the styles of Black designers who have made a positive impact on the fashion perspective, particularly Dapper Dan for Gucci, and the work of Duro Olowu, alongside influences of artists coming out of AfriCOBRA and the Black Arts Movement. See Rowan University Art Gallery Presents “7 Mile Girls” page 11
In 2016 Richard Barnes (shown), along with Mural Arts Philadelphia, dedicated a 60 ft. wall mural to Eddie Lang at 7th and Fitzwater Streets, in Philadelphia. n Sunday October 27, from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., the Tri-State Jazz Society will co-sponsor a special event at Wallingford CAC when Richard Barnes returns with his 12 piece 1920s-30s jazz band, Blackbird Society Orchestra, to celebrate the 10th Annual Eddie Lang Day Philadelphia. Eddie Lang (born Salvatore Massaro 1902-33) was known as “the Father of Jazz Guitar” due to his giving prominence to the guitar in the early 1920s and until his tragic and untimely death in 1933. The son of an Italian instrument maker, Lang got his start on
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See Wallingford CAC to Celebrate Eddie Lang Day page 6
Tri-County Concerts Presents the Verona Quartet Mara Levine and Gathering Time Perform Page 12
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Performance at Eastern University’s McInnis Auditorium on October 20 ri-County Concerts is excited to announce the opening of its 79th season of presenting high-quality chamber music in the Philadelphia suburbs with the awardwinning Verona Quartet on Sunday, October 20, at 3 p.m. at Eastern University’s McInnis Auditorium located at 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA. The Verona will perform string quartets by Ravel, Szymanowski, and Janacek. Meet the artists at a complimentary post-concert recep tion. Tickets are available by phone, mail, online, and at the door: general admission $20, seniors (62+) $15, students and children free. For information and reservations, call 610-504-4678 or visit www.tricountyconcerts.org. Hailed by The New York Times as an “outstanding ensemble … cohe-
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sive, … vibrant, intelligent,” the Verona Quartet is dedicated to showcasing the art form of the string quartet and conveying the poetic narrative of storytelling. Among its many accolades, it was named “New See the Verona Quartet in concert on Sunday, October 20, at 3 p.m. at Eastern University’s McInnis Auditorium located at 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA. Artists of the Month” by Musical America in May 2016 and has won numerous top prizes at international competitions, including the 2015 Concert Artists Guild, Wigmore Hall International String Quartet, 8th Osaka International Chamber Music, See Tri-County Concerts Presents the Verona Quartet page 3