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Year 31, No. 18
Celebrating 31 Years of Community News
January 6 – January 12, 2016
See Pulitzer Prize-Winner Eugene Jazz Bridge Concert Series in O’Neill’s “A Moon for the Misbegotten” Center City Presents Violinist At Walnut Street Theatre Prior to Its National Tour
Benjamin Sutin and His Band
alnut Street Theatre’s 2015-2016 Independence Studio on 3 season continues with one of Eugene O’Neill’s greatest dramatic works, “A Moon for the Misbegotten.” Philadelphia audiences will be the first to see this production before it becomes the sixth national tour of a Walnut Street Thea-
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Martina McBride in Atlantic City Page 7
Anthony Lawton, Angela Smith and Michael P. Toner in Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s “A Moon for the Misbegotten.” Photo/Mark Garvin
Simpatico Theatre Project’s “The It Girl” Page 5
Linda Noble Topf an “Inspiration” Page 11
Dining & Entertainment Pages 6 & 7
Education News Pages 8 - 11
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tre production. Directed by Kate Galvin, the production begins previews in Philadelphia on January 12, opens January 14 and continues through February 7. On a Connecticut tenant farm, on a barren patch of earth in 1923, two lost souls find hope under a lover’s moon. In this touching and heartbreaking play, Josie Hogan is a boisterous woman with a quick tongue and a tarnished reputation. It’s been a hard and lonely life, working the Tyrone farm with her bullying father. When James Tyrone Jr.’s mother dies, he returns to the farm to settle the estate. One night, under the autumn moon, he opens his heart to Josie. Sparks fly and hope burns anew as two “misbegotten” people come together. “A Moon for the Misbegotten” had its world premiere at the Hartman Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, 1947. The play premiered on Broadway in 1957 and has been revived four times since See “A Moon for the Misbegotten” on page 12
This concert, fourth in the series, features violinist Benjamin Sutin and his band on Wednesday, January 13. azz Bridge presents its “Second Wednesdays Neighborhood Concert Series – Jazz in the Sanctuary” in Center City at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, 2110 Chestnut St., Philadelphia PA 19103. This concert, fourth in the series, features violinist Benjamin Sutin and his band on Wednesday, January 13. Showtime is7:30 - 9:00 p.m. and tickets are $10 general admission/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info call: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit www.jazzbridge.org/events/neighborhood-concerts. Motivated by a diverse musical palate and burning passion to connect with people of all creeds through his music, violinist Benjamin Sutin finds himself in the most culturally varied city in the world, New York City. Since arriving here four years ago Benjamin has performed in Pandit Samir Chatterjee’s Robithakur (A Ballet on the Life of Tagore) at NJPAC’s Victoria Theater in November 2011, with drummer Ronnie Burrage, pianists George Burton and Benito Gonzalez, and most re-
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See Violinist Benjamin Sutin Performance on page 3
The Representation Project – Film Series About Gender and Identity – Coming to BMFI his January, Bryn Mawr Film Institute hosts The Representation Project, a film series examining gender stereotypes and societal biases for girls and boys in America. A panel of experts will discuss the issues and challenges raised in the films after each screening. The Representation Project consists of two films by actress, women’s advocate, and documentary filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Newsom’s first directorial effort, and official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, “Miss Representation,” reveals how mainstream media and culture contribute to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence in America. In her 2015 follow-up, Newsom turns her astute lens on boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity in “The Mask You Live In.” Bryn Mawr Film Institute will show “The Mask You Live In” on Thursday, January 14 at 7 p.m., and “Miss Representation” on Thursday, January
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Bryn Mawr Film Institute hosts The Representation Project, a film series examining gender stereotypes and societal biases for girls and boys in America. View and attend a post-film discussions for “The Mask You Live In” (left) on Thursday, January 14 at 7 p.m., and “Miss Representation” (above) on Thursday, January 21 at 7 p.m. 21 at 7 p.m. Using film as a catalyst for cultural transformation, The Representation Project inspires individuals and communities to challenge and overcome limiting stereotypes so that everyone, regardless of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, or circumstance, can fulfill their human potential. Sponsored by The Wyncote Foundation, The Middleton Center, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church and Main Line Reform Temple, both See The Representation Project at BMFI on page 12