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Year 31, No. 6
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Christian Lopez Band and Owen Danoff to Perform October 22 at the Twentieth Century Club ansdowne Folk Club presents the Christian Lopez Band and special guest Owen Danoff on Thursday, October 22, at the Twentieth Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, PA. Doors open at 7 p.m. and show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $17 when purchased
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Lansdowne Folk Club presents the Christian Lopez Band (left) and special guest Owen Danoff (below) on Thursday, October 22, at the Twentieth Century Club. Christian Lopez Photo/Drew Reynolds in advance online or with an advanced phone reservation and $20 without an advance reservation. Cash only accepted at the door. Parking is available on the street and at the SEPTA train station approximately one block away. For reservations, advance ticket sales or information visit www.folkclub.org, email Lfolkclub@gmail.com or call 484-466-6213. With one foot planted in the folksy, fiery twang of modern-day Americana and the other inching toward the rootsy rock & roll of early Sun Records hits, Christian Lopez is the sort of singer/songwriter who builds a bridge between the new and the old… and places his own music directly in the middle. Raised in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, Lopez grew up surrounded by bluegrass groups, jam bands, and Appalachian pickers giving the young musician – who began playing piano at 5 years old before picking up the guitar at 9 – a wide range of sounds to draw from. Lopez began writing his own songs as a teen. Backed by a group of local pickers, he started touring before he could legally drive. At 19 years old, he’s grown into one of Americana’s most promising See Lansdowne Folk Club Concert on page 12
Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Adrian Piper, and Others Explore Legacy of the Berlin Wall New Exhibit at Haverford College’s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery
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October 7 – October 13, 2015
uring the Cold War, the Berlin Wall was the world’s most notorious line of demarcation. From 1961 to 1989, the fortified border not only separated East and West Berlin, but it also surrounded the western allied zones, including the American sector. Divided Berlin became a global epicenter of ideological conflict, military occupation, and artistic expression. Hundreds of American artists visited Berlin and produced work on both sides of the Wall. Even in the shadows of its stark boundaries, the city served as a conduit for cultural exchange, especially for Americans who approached the Wall to understand its division as both a physical and a social construction. “The Wall in Our Heads: American Artists and the Berlin Wall,” Keith Haring’s “Berlin Wall, October 1986.” Collection: curated by Haverford College Postdoctoral Writing Fellow Keith Haring Foundation, Paul M. Farber, commemorates the 25th anniversary of the New York reunification of Germany and reflects on the legacy of the Berlin Wall in American culture. The exhibition, which includes works from Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Adrian Piper, Jonathan Borofsky, Public Enemy’s Chuck D, and Allan Kaprow, among others, comes to Haverford after a well-received run last fall at the Goethe-Institut in Washington, D.C. It sheds light on critical American artistic perspectives on the Wall from 1961 through the present, foregrounding artworks that confront
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See “American Artists and the Berlin Wall” Exhibit on page 12
Dr. Sharon Gershoni will be teaching the course, “Art and Text-Reading of Biblical Stories Through Art” at Golden Slipper on the Main Line. olden Slipper on the Main Line’s lifelong learning series presents several new courses beginning October 19 through December 10. For the history aficionado, “Why Stalin, Lenin and Putin?” charts the trajectory of Russian history and diplomacy in the 20th and 21st century and “The History of Unintended Consequences” reviews the best laid plans that turned into disasters. “Music of the Impressionist Composers” with Steve Pollack and “Text & Art-Reading of Bible Stories Through Art” taught by Dr. Sharon Gershoni offer a dimension of diversity in the cultural arts. The Monday Speakers Forum features renowned guests in the field of medical ethics, theater, politics, biographies and more. World Affairs is led by local experts discussing international and national events as well as timely topics as the Presidential debates and The Clinton Foundation. Movie Talk
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See Golden Slipper on the Main Line’s Fall Series on page 5