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Year 29, No. 21

Celebrating 29 Years of Community News

January 29 – February 4, 2014

FIND YOUR COMMUNITY Béla Fleck with Brooklyn Rider Perform “Q UEEN OF V EGAN D ESSERTS ” NEWS HERE! Works from New Album The Imposter C HEF F RAN C OSTIGAN Merriam Theater, February 1 anjo virtuoso and 14 time Grammy Award winner Béla Fleck performs new work with Brooklyn Rider from recent collaborative album release, The Imposter, on Saturday, Februar y 1 at 8 p.m. in the Merriam Theater. This performance features Béla Fleck on banjo performing new work written specifically for a banjo quintet with Brooklyn Rider members Johnny Gandelsman (violin), Colin Jacobsen (violin), Nicholas Cords (viola) and Eric Jacobsen (cello) joining him on stage. Program highlights include new work “Night Flight Over Water” from The Imposter, created by Béla Fleck for banjo quintet performance, and “Three Miniatures for String Quartet” written by Colin Jacobsen of Brooklyn Rider, among other new works. Béla Fleck has been “pushing the boundaries of the banjo for over 30 years” (The New York Times), re inventing the image and the sound of the banjo through a remarkable performing and recording career that has taken him all over the musical map. Winner of 14 Grammy Banjo virtuoso and 14 time Grammy Award winner Béla Awards, Fleck has been nomFleck performs new work with Brooklyn Rider from recent inated for 30 Grammys in more collaborative album release, “The Imposter,” on Saturday, categories than anyone in February 1 at 8 p.m. in the Merriam Theater. Grammy history. Brooklynbased string quartet Brooklyn Rider offers eclectic repertoire in gripping performances that continue to attract legions of fans and draw rave reviews from classical, world, and rock critics alike. Ticket prices range from $30 - $60 and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at kimmelcenter.org, and at the Kimmel Center box office on Broad & Spruce streets (open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

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Author to Speak on Early Jewish Feminists Page 3

Haverford School Students Honor Dr. King Page 9

Cawley’s Irish Pub Celebrates 40 Years Page 16

Education & Camp News Pages 8 - 11

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P RESENTS N EW C OOKBOOK hef Fran Costigan, internationally recognized culinary instructor and author, whose pioneering recipes combine healthy eating with sumptuous tastes, comes to Tredyffrin Public Library, 582 Upper Gulph Road, Strafford, on Tuesday, February 25, 7 p.m., to share her highly anticipated new

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Fran Costigan, chef and author of “Vegan Chocolate: Unapolo getically Luscious and Decadent Dairy-Free Desserts.” book “Vegan Chocolate: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy-Free Desserts.” Costigan, the “Queen of Vegan Desserts,” uses organic and minimally processed ingredients to create elegant as well as fun recipes, including Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles, Sacher Torte, and Moon Pies! Enjoy a See “Queen of Vegan Desserts” Chef Fran Costigan to Speak on page 7

“The Lady from the Sea” Continues EgoPo’s 2013-14 Henrik Ibsen Festival goPo continues their season devoted to the father of modern drama, Henrik Ibsen, with his rarelyproduced masterpiece Lady from the Sea, directed by EgoPo Resident Director Brenna Geffers, and starring a powerful cast including the wonderful Genevieve Perrier, Ross Beschler, and Ed Swidey. Lady from the Sea previews February 19 with Press Opening on Friday, February 21; the show will run two weeks, closing on March 2, at Christ Church Neighborhood House. Widely considered one of Ibsen’s finest masterpieces, Lady from the Sea is rarely performed making EgoPo’s lush staging a special treat for Philadelphia audiences. At the center of the play is one of the great female roles in all of western drama, and perhaps one of its most demanding. EgoPo is proud to have Genevieve Perrier take on this powerful, complex and mysterious woman, surrounded by a fantastic supporting cast. Lady from the Sea is one of Ibsen’s most lyrical, atmospheric and symbolic

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plays. The ocean, in all of its depth and mystery, becomes the central theme. Unfulfilled desire emanates from every

Two time Barrymore Award winning actress, Genevieve Perrier, stars in one of Ibsen’s finest masterpieces “The Lady from the Sea.” EgoPo will transport audiences to a life lived in the shadows of the mountains, a place caught between mountain sea, darkness and light, with another of their distinctive stagings opening February 19 at Christ Church Neighborhood House. Photo/David Cimetta line, as Ibsen digs deep into the layers of each character’s psyche, stripping the façade off their personal lives, and revealing their deepest longings. EgoPo will transport audiences to a life lived in the shadows of the mountains, a place caught between mountain and sea, darkness and light, with another of their signature distinctive stagings. See EgoPo’s “The Lady from the Sea” on page 12


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