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P H I L A D E L P H I A & T H E M A I N L I N E ’ S FAV O R I T E W E E K LY
Year 29, No. 20
Celebrating 29 Years of Community News
January 22 – January 28, 2014
Local Troupe The Bearded Ladies Invades Tri-County Concerts Presents the Annenberg Center’s By Local Series Violinist Stefan Jackiw and With their German Expressionist hit Marlene and The Machine Marlene Dietrich leads an elaborate musical seminar about emotional control and things go awry with hilarious and dangerous consequences. Performances take place on Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 - $30 (prices are subject to change). For tickets or info, visit w w w. A n n e n b e rg Center.org or call 215898-3900. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Annenberg Center Box Office. With Marlene & the Machine, The Bearded Ladies create work that is both intellectual and accessible. The show fuses traditional theatre and cabaret to tackle the politics of popular culture, sex and gender with the compaThe entertaining, experimental theatre troupe, The Bearded Ladies, brings their show, “Marlene & the Machine: A German Expressionist ny’s signature sparkle Cabaret” to the Annenberg Center, February 7 & 8. and liberal use of cardboard. This perhe entertaining, experimental formance features cross-dressing and pitchtheatre troupe, The Bearded Ladies, perfect vocals from the cast’s three women brings their show, Marlene & the and leading man. Penn students might expeMachine: A German Expressionist rience a classroom takeover by members of Cabaret to the Annenberg Center the company or maybe they’ll even see them as part of its By Local Series. In parading across campus! This production was originally created for Marlene and The Machine, The Bearded Ladies combine the music of Marlene Dietrich, Lotte The Wilma Theatre, where The Bearded Ladies Lenya and Regina Spektor with the visual are the Resident Cabaret Company. In addiSee The Bearded Ladies Perform on page 12 aesthetic of German Expressionism. An aged
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Pianist Anna Polonsky Emerging Artists Series Performance at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Wayne on February 2 ri-County Concerts brings Stefan Jackiw, violinist and Anna Polonsky, pianist to its Emerging Artists Series. Jackiw and Polonsky will perform on Sunday, February 2, 2014, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 104 Louella Avenue, Wayne, PA at 3 p.m. Jackiw will perform works by Stravinsky, Brahms, Frederic Brahms and Strauss. Meet the artists at a complimentary Post-Concert Reception. General Admission Tickets, $20, seniors $15. Students and children are free. Call 610-649-25l7 for reservations. Visit www.tricountyconcerts.org for addiTri-County Concerts brings violinist tional information. Stefan Jackiw (shown), and pianist Stefan Jackiw made Anna Polonsky to its Emerging Artists his professional Series on Sunday, February 2, at 3 debut at the age of p.m., at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 12, when Boston 104 Louella Avenue, Wayne, PA. Pops Director invited him to perform on Opening Night in 1997, playing the Wieniawski Violin Concerto No.2. Within a year of that appearance he played with the Minnesota Orchestra. In 2000 he made his European debut with the Philharmonic Orchestra in London. The critically acclaimed performance landed Jackiw’s picture on
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See Tri-County Concerts Presents Stefan Jackiw & Anna Polonsky on page 7
Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Art Ability Exhibit Ends Successful 12-Week Run $43,651 in Sales by Artists with Disabilities ryn Mawr Rehab Hos pital’s 18th Annual Art Ability juried international art show will end a successful two-month run at the hospital with approximately $43,651 in sales of arts and crafts by artists with disabilities on January 26. This year, 215 artists from 31 states and 9 countries earned more than $7,000 in prize money for 400 pieces of art including works on paper, sculpture, photography, mixed media, jewelry, metalwork. With the support of volunteers and sponsors, Art Ability provides a marketplace and showcase for the talents and tenacity of artists with disabilities from the United States, Canada and many foreign countries. In addition to prize money, participating artists receive 80 percent of the purchase price for their artwork, with 20 percent
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going to Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital in Malvern to support patient services. More than $200,000 has been raised for the hospital by this annual event over the last 18 years.
Representatives of Exhibit Sponsors, ARAMARK, enjoy the 18th Annual Art Ability Exhibition and Sale at the Preview Reception, Saturday, November 2, 2013, from left – John Ward; Sara Ward, VP of Operations, ARAMARK; Yolanda Johnson; George Johnson, District Manager, ARAMARK. “The talents of these artists completely transcend any and all limitations,” says Donna Phillips, president of Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. “Art Ability communicates a powSee Art Ability Exhibit on page 3