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Year 32, No. 18
Celebrating 32 Years of Community News
January 4 – January 10, 2017
FIND YOUR COMMUNITY “Do You Know?” Concert with Preschool Doug Varone and Dancers NEWS HERE! at the Prince January 18-22 TV Superstar Genevieve Goings Features two Philadelphia Premieres and His Masterpiece “Possession” to NextMove Dance
January 14 at Upper Darby Performing Arts Center pper Darby Performing Arts Center presents a live performance by Disney Junior superstar Genevieve Goings. Genevieve performs the “Do You Know?” concert featuring songs from her album of the same name. The performance takes place on Saturday, January 14 at 11 a.m. at Upper Darby Performing Arts Center.
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Star of Disney Junior TV and radio, Genevieve Goings, performs her “Do You Know?” concert live at Upper Darby Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 14 at 11 a.m.
The Jones Family Singers Page 8
New Director of Stoneleigh Page 12
Education News Pages 6, 7 & 11
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Genevieve Goings is the host of the popular Disney Junior TV show, “Choo Choo Soul;” host of Radio Disney Junior; and an international recording artist of songs ideal for preschoolers and their families. In her exciting live show Genevieve engages the young audience to join her using her unique brand of “Kids Music with Soul.” The show is approximately 60 minutes and appropriate for children ages 2 and a half and up. Tickets for the live performance range from $11 - $14 and may be purchased online at www.udpac.org or by calling 610-622-1189. Upper Darby Performing Arts Center is located at 601 N. Lansdowne Avenue in Drexel Hill. See “Do You Know?” Concert with Genevieve Goings on page 8
See Doug Varone and Dancers’ performance of “Possession” January 18-22 at the Prince Theater. Photo/Erin Baiano nown for its technical prowess, versatility, emotional breadth, and humanistic approaches to movement, Doug Varone and Dancers performs January 18-22 at the Prince Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street. The Company brings three works: “Recomposed” (2015), “Folded” (2016) and “Pos-
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See Doug Varone and Dancers Performances on page 4
M AIN L INE A RT C ENTER H IGHLIGHTS P ROFESSIONAL A RTIST M EMBERS IN A NNUAL E XHIBITION AND T EACHING A RTISTS IN THE W ELCOME G ALLERY ain Line Art Center presents the 2017 Professional Artist Members Exhibition, on view in the Art Center’s award-winning galleries from January 13 to February 11. Juried by Ross Lance Mitchell, Director of Barnesde Mazia Education and Outreach Programs for the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, the exhibition showcases paintings, photographs, sculpture, and mixed media artwork by a selection of Main Line Art Center’s 2017-2018 Professional Artist Members. The Professional Artist Member Program, now in its sixth year at Main Line Art Center, provides a juried group of artists from the Greater Philadelphia area with a variety of exhibition, educational, and networking opportunities that support the artists as well as exposes them to collectors, curators, and designers. Over the course of the twoyear membership, Professional Artist Members are promoted on the Art Center’s new website as well as through their social networks. They are also given access to professional development training, networking events, critique seminars, and are eligible for solo
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and group shows. The Professional Artist Members Exhibition will open with a reception on Friday, January 13 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and a curatorial walkthrough with the juror is scheduled for Thursday, January 26 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. All events are free to the public. The gallery at Main Line Art Center is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m, and Friday through Sunday from “Melissa,” by Glynnis Reed, is featured in the Professional Artist Members Exhibition at Main Line Art Center. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Many of the works featured in the exhibition are available for purchase. In the Welcome Gallery from January 7 to February 9, Main Line Art Center will also highlight the work of a selection of its talented Teaching Artists. The exhibition will feature the work of Deena Ball, Joseph Iacona, Dori McClennen, Marea Palmer-Loh, Gillian Pokalo, Andrea Snyder, Christine Stoughton, and Josephine Tsai. All of the exhibitSee Main Line Art Center Exhibitions page 5