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Year 32, No. 19

Celebrating 32 Years of Community News

Sgt. Pepper’s 50th Anniversary Coming to Philly POPS Stage 65-Piece POPS Orchestra will Perform the Revolutionary 1967 Album and More Beatles Favorites

January 11 – January 17, 2017

Laughing Outside the Lines with “Mom’s Comedy Coloring Book” hen artist and humorist Margie Cherry gave birth to two daughters in the early 1990’s, she

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Meet artist, humorist and creator of “Mom’s Comedy Coloring Book,” Margie Cherry on Sunday, January 15, from noon to 2 p.m. at Trail’s End Café at Cynwyd Station.

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In honor of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ groundbreaking record “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” the Philly POPS will perform the album February 3, 4, and 5 at the Kimmel Center. Photo/JaimeEscarpeta n honor of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ groundbreaking record “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” – which Rolling Stone calls the most important rock & roll album ever made – the Philly POPS will perform the album that transformed rock forever on February 3, 4, and 5 at the Kimmel Center. The show features the Classical Mystery Tour, a group of four musicians who perform the music of The Beatles exclusively with sym-

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phony orchestras. The performers resemble John, Paul, George, and Ringo in look and sound – and dress the part in Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road costumes. “The Classical Mystery Tour specializes in performing songs of The Beatles that used orchestral arrangement... songs that they recorded in the studio but couldn’t play live,” said Michael Krajewski, Philly POPS Music Director. “That’s where the Philly POPS comes

had no idea that her new family would be the impetus behind her “Mom-Com” movement then, and now the inspiration of the newly released “Mom’s Comedy Coloring Book.” Cherry, a career counselor, realized that her stress at being a new mom 20 years ago was a stress that all moms experienced so she sought to help alleviate that stress through comedy and art. “I began drawing The Art of Motherhood cartoon which appeared in several publications and four anthologies that led to my stand-up ‘Momedy’ act and then my Mom’s Comedy Workshops,” Cherry explained. “What started as a way to maintain my sanity helped lots of other new moms maintain their sanity as well. In the workshops, I was able to teach moms how to deal with the stresses of parenthood by creating comedy. Nothing is more healing than humor. Cherry’s work gar-

Penn Museum Ushers in the Year of the Rooster Find Great Arts & Cultural Events Inside!

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36th Annual Chinese New Year Celebration Saturday, January 21, 2017 • ROOSTER: 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 ake some joyous noise when you call in the Year of the Rooster at the Penn Museum’s 36th Annual Chinese New Year Celebration on Saturday, January 21, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festive day features traditional Chinese music, contemporary Asian film and Asian American art,

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“People born in the year of the Rooster are very observant, hardworking, resourceful, courageous, talented, and self-confident. Roosters are always active, amusing and popular among the crowd. They are talkative, outspoken, frank, open, honest, and loyal individuals. They like to be the center of attention and always appear attractive. — from The Chinese Zodiac zodiac gallery tours, tangram workshops, tai chi, falun gong and kung fu martial arts demonstrations, calligraphy, family crafts and much more—with the grand finale drums and the roar of the lion dance and parade. Activities are held in the Museum’s Rotunda, which houses one of the finest collections of

monumental Chinese art in the country, and throughout the international galleries of the Museum. New this year, the Philadelphia Asian Film Festival and the Asian Arts Initiative partner with the event, providing a taste of contemporary Asian and Asian American media and arts, while Chinese for Families returns to offer a rich hour of programming. The Epoch Times, with The traditional Lion Dance is a favorite part of the Museum’s annual Chinese New Year Celebration. Photo/Penn Museum a Chinese edition which boasts the largest circulation among Chinese media in the United States, is media sponsor for the event. The Celebration is the second in the Museum’s popular World Culture Day series. Families can pick up a Passport to Cultures upon arrival, or bring one they’ve started, and collect stamps to earn an invitation to a special Penn Museum Junior Anthropologist ceremony. See Chinese New Year Celebration at Penn Museum page 8


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