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Year 35, No. 20
Celebrating 35 Years of Community News
January 15 – January 21, 2020
FIND YOUR COMMUNITY The Phoenix Theatre Continues with “Live” Dragon & Lion Dance NEWS HERE! Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and Traditional Multi-Course
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he Phoenix Theatre’s inaugural season of dreams continues with the company bringing new life to Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. This memory play runs January 17 - February 2, 2020 in Chester County at SALT Performing Arts in Chester Springs, PA. The theatre is dedicated to re-envision-
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See The Phoenix Theatre’s production of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie,” January 17 - February 2, 2020. From left – Hannah Brannau, Catherine Ogden, Seth Reich, and Ryan Cassidy. Photo/Amelia Rehrman ing and reinvigorating the classics, making theatre accessible and affordable for all. The Phoenix Theatre is in residence at SALT Performing Arts, 1645 Art School Road, Chester Springs. Tickets for The Glass Menagerie are on sale online at www.thephoenixtheatrepa.com. Tickets cost $25 for adults and $15 for students. There will be an accessible relaxed matinee performance on Saturday, January 25 at 2 p.m. Tennessee Williams’ autobiographical “memory play,” a defining moment for theatre history, looks at the Wingfield family – frustrated writer Tom, his nagging mother, Amanda, who is often lost in memories of her genteel past, and his painfully shy sister, Laura – and the effect a visit from a “gentleman caller” for Laura has on all their lives. The play is an intimate portrait of a young man reliving his past to make sense of his present. The Glass Menagerie, written by one of the great American playwrights, holds a mirror up to illusion and reveals truth, as this broken family struggles with their reality while relentlessly holding onto their youth. Phoenix Theatre Managing Director Michael Hajek directs this classic work. The Wingfield family at the center of this piece features two newcomers to The Phoenix Theatre. Catherine Ogden is playing Amanda, the matriarch of the family. Ogden has appeared
On Thursday, January 23, at 7 p.m., Yangming Restaurant will hold their yearly Dragon and Lion Dance to celebrate the start of the Year of the Rat. n Thursday, January 23, at 7 p.m., Yangming Restaurant will hold their yearly Dragon and Lion Dance to celebrate the start of the Year of the Rat – In Chinese culture, rats were seen as a sign of wealth and surplus. Because of their keen vision and a creative problem-solving streak, the Year of Rat will be a great year for founding and evolving. The Dragon and Lion Dance will be performed that evening by Lee’s Lion Club. Yangming has been hosting their celebrations for years and this “live” Lion Dance is a feature that has never failed to really excite the restaurant’s customers and their children. People love the fabulous costumes, exotic and playful dancing and live music during the performance. “It’s a wonderful cultural experience for children of all ages,” said Yangming’s Owner Michael Wei. “Children read about China and the Chinese culture in school, but participating in some-
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Brings Art from around the World to Fashion District Philadelphia • New Immersive Art Experience Opens January 24, 2020 “Wonderspaces is proud to open our onderspaces, an experiential, first permanent location in a major metrointeractive arts venue, announces politan area right here in the City of Broththe grand opening of its largest erly Love,” said Wonderspaces’ Co-Founder location to date, right here in Philadelphia at the Fashion District. Building After welcoming 300,000 visitors in on the success of annual pop-up shows its previous shows in San Diego and in San Diego, and its first permanent Scottsdale, Wonderspaces will open in location in Scottsdale, AZ, Wonder Philadelphia January 24, 2020. The spaces will open a 24,000 square foot new location – in the Fashion District new gallery space in late-January. This at 27 N. 11th Street – will mark the inaugural lineup features fourteen company’s first expansion to the East experiential and participatory art inCoast with a 24,000 square foot giant, stallations from artists from around two-level gallery that will house expethe world, with each work focusing on riential, interactive art from around the theme of perspective. Wonder the world. Shown is Body Paint by spaces’ unique art experiences will find Memo Akten. Photo/Cat Coppenrath a welcome home in the new shopping concept that blends together entertainand President Jason Shin. “We believe ment and art, and features an existing taking art to unexpected places is a key $1 million in commissioned artwork. part of creating the next generation of Wonderspaces will be located in the art lovers, and making art more accesFashion District at 27 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Tickets for Wonderspaces are on sale now at https://phila- sible is a core part of our mission. Wonderspaces invites new audiences from delphia.wonderspaces.com/. See Wonderspaces to Open in Philadelphia page 8
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