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Year 32, No. 13

Celebrating 32 Years of Community News

November 23 – November 29, 2016

Baldwin School Presents “Women on Hasan Minhaj Brings the Rise” Speaker Series “Homecoming King” to the Perelman Kicks Off December 5 Featuring Operatic Soprano and Social Entrepreneur Monica Yunus he Baldwin School invites the community to “Women on the Rise,” a threepart Speaker Series that is free and open to the public. Baldwin will host three incredible women making significant contributions in their particular fields. “Women on the Rise” gives access to women harnessing their passions and forging new

Humorist and “The Daily Show” Correspondent Makes Kimmel Center Debut December 2

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Molly Ringwald – Dining & Entertainment Page 5

The Baldwin School’s “Women on the Rise” series kicks off with American operatic soprano Monica Yunus speaking on Monday, December 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the Simpson Center. The series is free and open to the public.

Jazz Tribute to John Coltrane Page 6

paths. Supported in part by a fund established by Baldwin alumna Ruth Hochberger ’68, the series kicks off on Monday, December 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the Simpson Center at The Baldwin School and will feature Monica Yunus, an American operatic soprano. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Photo/courtesy the artist Comedian Hasan Minhaj makes his theatrical debut at the she is the Co-Founding DirecPerelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing tor of the New York-based Sing Arts in “Homecoming King” on Friday, December 2. for Hope, a non-profit organization whose mission is to make omedian Hasan Minhaj makes his theatrical debut at the arts available to all. Through the Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Perher organization, artists of all types volunteer their talent to communities in need and make forming Arts in “Homecoming King” on Friday, Decemart radically accessible. Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh and raised in New Jersey, Ms. Yunus is the daughter of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus and has recently been ber 2 at, 8:30 p.m. “Homecoming King” tells the story of the “New Brown America” and is based on true events from honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

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Nancy Spielberg & Her Film at Adath Israel Page 12

See “Women on the Rise” Speaker Series on page 5

“CELEBRATIONS AROUND

See Hasan Minhaj’s “Homecoming King” on page 3

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Free Family Holiday Event Rings in the Season at the Penn Museum December 3

Holiday Shopping & Entertainment Pages 6 & 7

Healthy Living Page 8

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hiladelphia is now a World Heritage City, and the Penn Museum offers a free, spirited holiday program with an international focus: “Celebrations Around the World” Saturday, December 3, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests receive Museum “passports” to “visit” China, Japan, Kenya, Iraq, and the Republic of Georgia and discover a world of holiday traditions at this annual, all-ages afternoon. Traditional Vietnamese songs as well as world music geared to children, Tai chi and Karate demonstrations, African and AfricanAmerican storytelling, and “Celebrations around the World” family gallery tours are all part of the event, along with balloon art, face painting, holiday craft make-andtakes, and even holiday cupcakes, while they last! “This joyful and distinctively international celebration is Penn Museum’s holiday ‘gift’ to our community,” said Dr. Julian Siggers, Williams Director of the Penn Museum.

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“We open our doors in the spirit of cultural understanding and in the hope we all have for a world at peace.” Exploring New Year’s Eve Around the Globe The celebration begins with an inspirational talk at 11:30 a.m., as Thomas Dixon offers a wide-ranging look at “New Year’s Eve Around the World.” A native PennsylvanGuests explore celebrations and cultures around the world at this free event, Celebrations around the World, Saturday, December 3 at the Penn Museum. Photo/PennMuseum ian and a Temple University graduate student, his goal, as he explains on The Humanist.com, is to visit a new city every year on New Year’s Eve, opening himself to new cultures, experiences, and people. An Afternoon’s Passport to the World Guests receive their “passports” See “Celebrations Around the World” page 4


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