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Year 35, No. 21
Celebrating 35 Years of Community News
CBS3 News Anchor Jessica Kartalija “Accoutrement and Consumption”at Rowan Next Tasty Talks Speaker n Wednesday, January 29, one of the newest Philadelphia media celebrities, Jessica Kartalija, will be introduced to the rapidly expanding Tasty Talks audience by host Realtor Michelle Leonard. Jessica joined the prestigious evening anchor desk at CBS3 Eyewitness News in the fall of 2018.
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January 22 – January 28, 2020
Features Life-Size Ceramic Sculptures by Misty Gamble – Artist in Residence Exhibition
Meet CBS3 News Anchor Jessica Kartalija on Wednesday, January 29, as she speaks at Michelle Leonard’s Tasty Talks luncheon at Yangming. Although Jessica was born and raised in San Diego, California, her family is originally from the East Coast. She headed back here for college, graduating from Pennsylvania State University where she majored in Broadcast Journalism and minored in Spanish. While at Penn State she completed a semester abroad, living in Sevilla, Spain, and she became fluent in the language. Jessica launched her career as a marketing specialist for ESPN’s X Games. But it wasn’t long before she was a weekend Misty Gamble’s “Precious,” 59" x 24" x 27", Ceramic – part anchor and reporter in Yuma, AZ, where her Hard News Feature Stories took first prize from of the Rowan University Art Gallery exhibit “Accoutrement the Associated Press. and Consumption,” from January 21 - March 7, with an In 2016, Jessica earned a master’s degree in communications from Johns Hopkins University. opening reception and artist talk on January 30 While in Albuquerque, Jessica worked with the Special Olympics, teaching athletes public from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Photo/courtesy the artist speaking skills. She is very involved with the House of Ruth Maryland, where she is a board member and part of the Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) at Kennedy Krieger Institute. owan University Art Gallery welcomes Misty Gamble, Jessica was recently named a recipient of The Daily Record’s Leading Women Award for Artist in Residence 2020 for a semester-long residency 2014, which celebrates women under 40 for their professional accomplishments, commuwith the Department of Art in the College of Commu nity involvement, and commitment to inspiring change. She was also named a Baltimore Rising Star from the Living Classrooms Foundation. She is a member of the American News nication and Creative Arts at Rowan University. Gamble preWomen’s Club and National Press Club and is on the Board of Trustees at the Irvine Nature sents an exhibition of life-size ceramic sculptures in the
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Oscar Wilde’s “A Woman of No Importance” at the Walnut alnut Street Theatre (WST) continues its 211th season with Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy, “A Woman of No Importance.” Directed by Walnut Producing Artistic Director Bernard Havard, the pro duction opens January 22, and continues through March 1 on the Wal nut’s Mainstage. A beautiful, wealthy, American woman travels to England seeking to marry a titled aristocrat. The incomparable Oscar Wilde employs this deceptively simple plot to masterfully mock British society—and the Englishness of the English. In this classic comedy of manners, Wilde holds an unfiltered mirror up to the bourgeois life of Victorian England, while extolling the virtues of robust – and refreshing – American values. Cultures clash, longheld secrets are exposed, and “A Woman of No Importance” has the final word, as the master of biting wit satirizes the roles we play.
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Well known for his mastery of wit and satire, Oscar Wilde penned “A Woman of No Importance” in the height of his career in the 1890s. The play premiered in 1893 at London’s Haymarket Theatre. Wilde pulled no punches when criticizing the social constructs of the Ian Merrill Peakes and Karen Peakes in Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy, “A Woman of No Importance” at the Walnut Street Theatre through March 1. Photo/Mark Garvin Victorian era in which he lived. Women held very few rights compared to men during this time, and Wilde tackled the societal double standards that pervaded the late 19th century. Walnut Producing Artistic Director Bernard Havard leads the cast from the director’s seat for this production. See “A Woman of No Importance” at the Walnut page 8