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Year 29, No. 5
Celebrating 29 Years of Community News
October 2 – October 8, 2013
Tenor Saxophonist Joshua Redman Local Artist Sami Hope Brings Her Progressive World Folk to Performs with His Quartet the Ardmore Music Hall
One-Night-Only Show November 9 he inimitable and charismatic saxman, Joshua Redman, returns to Phila delphia as part of the Annenberg Center’s 13/14 Jazz Series. This Grammy®-nominated artist is one of the most acclaimed and captivating jazz artists today. Redman will be joined by his quartet which includes pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Rueben Rogers
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Joshua Redman and his quartet return to Philadelphia as part of the Annenberg Center’s 13/14 Jazz Series on November 9. Photo/Jay Blakesberg
Education News Pages 8 - 11
Singer Denise Moser at Temple Sholom Page 16
Dining & Entertainment News Pages 6 & 7
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and percussionist Gregory Hutchinson. This performance will take place on Saturday, November 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20-$55 (prices are subject to change). For tickets or for info, visit www.AnnenbergCenter.org or call 215-898-3900. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Annenberg Center Box Office. Redman has been in the international spotlight since his self-titled debut album was released in 1993. Since then, he has collaborated with a plethora of celebrated artists such as Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, The Dave Matthews Band, Quincy Jones, B.B. King, The Roots, Yo Yo Ma, Dianne Reeves and Stevie Wonder. Joshua Redman released his newest album Walking Shadows with the Joshua Redman Quartet in May 2013. Since its release, Walking Shadows has received rave reviews from critics around the world.
Sami Hope and her band will perform at Ardmore Music Hall on Friday, October 18 at 8 p.m. ami Hope and her band, including Anthony DiCarlo on guitar, Alfred Goodrich on cello, Chico Huff on bass, Chuck Treece on drums, and Valerie Vuolo on violin, will perform at Ardmore Music Hall on Friday, October 18 at 8 p.m. The concert will also feature the Alfred James Band and Jenn Bostic. For info and tickets, go to www.ardmoremusichall.com. In third grade, Sami Hope instinctively chose to play the clarinet, and she’s been playing it ever since—in school and college orchestras and jazz ensembles and in summer jazz performance programs at Berklee College of Music.
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See Sami Hope to Perform at Ardmore Music Hall on page 11
Sue Schick Receives Prestigious Helena Devereux Women in Leadership Award n September 24, the Main Line Chamber of Commerce and Devereux, a leading nonprofit behavioral health organization, honored Sue Schick, CEO of UnitedHealthcare of PA, as this year’s recipient of the 2013 Helena Devereux Women in Leadership Award. Business leaders such as Susan Manbeck Corbett, the First Lady of Pennsylvania, attended the event. Ms. Schick received the award at the 5th Annual Gold Leaf Celebration and Luncheon at the Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne, PA. Named after Devereux’s founder, Helena T. Devereux, the award recognizes outstanding female professionals whose work has impacted the Greater Main Line region in the areas of business excellence, community service, exceptional women’s leadership and the advancement of all employees. “Sue Schick has been an outstanding, positive influence on the region both in her professional role and personal life,” said Leah S. Yaw, Senior Vice President for External Affairs for
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Devereux. “We’re proud to honor Sue’s accomplishments in helping her employees improve the areas where they live and work, creating partnerships with local organizations to address unmet health needs and Enjoying the 5th Annual Gold Leaf Celebration and Luncheon at the Philadelphia Country Club are, from left – Robert Kreider, President of Devereux; Leah Yaw, Exec. Vice President of External Affairs at Devereux; Sue Schick, CEO of UnitedHealthcare of PA & DE (Award Winner); Eileen ConnollyRobbins, Exec. Vice President & COO of The Main Line Chamber of Commerce; Bernard Dagenais, President & CEO of The Main Line Chamber of Commerce. volunteering her own time to empower young women. She’s an inspiration in every aspect.” Ms. Schick has been CEO of UnitedHealthcare of PA since 2009. By See 2013 Helena Devereux Women in Leadership Awardee on page 12