City Suburban News 11_15_17 issue

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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 33, No. 12

Celebrating 33 Years of Community News

FIND YOUR COMMUNITY Kyree Terrell to Speak at NEWS HERE! Yangming’s Luncheon Series November 29 Tasty Talk

November 15 – November 21, 2017

Wayne Art Center’s Annual Holiday Shopping Weekend Nov. 18 & 19 ayne Art Center presents its annual Holiday Shopping Weekend on Saturday, November 18, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, November 19, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Local artisans will showcase their distinctive and original craft while you shop and enjoy a variety of culinary

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Perelman Jewish Day School 5K Run Page 6

Blue Cross RiverRink Winterfest Page 7

Enjoy Wayne Art Center’s annual Holiday Shopping Weekend on Saturday, November 18, 10 a.m. 5 p.m. and Sunday, November 19, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Find wonderful holiday gifts while supporting local artisans.

Kyree Terrell, founder of MyNEWPhilly.com, will speak at the upcoming Tasty Talk luncheon series on November 29, at Yangming Restaurant. n Wednesday November 29, 2017, Yangming Restaurant in Bryn Mawr will host another media personality lunch that is sure to satisfy both your mind and your taste buds. This luncheon stars Kyree Terrell, who is the founder of MyNEWPhilly.com, an alternative news source for essential, positive local news. Featuring short videos and social media, MyNEWPhilly has built a loyal audience hungry for live feeds highlighting the people, places and projects that make Philadelphia great. MyNEWPhilly has been featured in Philadelphia Business Journal, FYI Philly, Visions, the Philadelphia Metro and Philly Current. The luncheon will begin at 12:30 p.m. with passed hors d’oeuvres, then continue with the special media magnet pre-

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See Tasty Talk with Kyree Terrell at Yangming on page 5

delights. Craft and cuisine shopping day is a perfect event for holiday gift-giving while supporting local artisans. The Gallery Shop features more than 100 artists that create jewelry, apparel & accessories, home décor in wood, glass, textiles, wax, giftables, cards and books. Over 25 vendors will be present during the Holiday Shopping Weekend, and a few not to miss include: Harshita Designs, Inc., Mushmina, Thomas Mark Heritage, Usborne Books and John & Kira’s Chocolates. Upcoming exhibitions include “Craft Forms 2017,” the International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Crafts, juried by Nora Atkinson of the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Wayne Art Center is equally excited to present this year’s See Wayne Art Center’s Annual Holiday Shopping Weekend page 4

WST for Kids’ Production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” Education News Page 6

Get Ready for the Holidays! Pages 7, 8 & 11

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Van Horn worked with Musical and t’s time for families and friends Vocal Director Chris Burcheri to to come together and enjoy select new and traditional songs for Charles Dickens’ classic holiday this festive show. tale, “A Christmas Carol,” live on “This year, we’re thrilled to give stage. Walnut Street Theatre for audiences a refreshed take on Kids’ heartwarming hour-long Dickens’ classic tale that draws almusical adaptation of Dickens’ clasmost completely from the original sic novel runs from November 25 through December 23. Cast of “A Christmas Carol” Audiences are transported to at the Walnut Street Theatre. 1840’s London, where they meet Photo/courtesy of Mark Garvin Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man who greets holiday cheer with a text,” Van Horn noted. “We look for“Bah, Humbug.” However, on one ward to introducing a new generation unforgettable Christmas Eve, he is of families to this timeless classic.” visited by three ghostly visitors John Basilulis, a Philadelphia actor determined to change old Scrooge’s who performed with People’s Light, ways forever. Traveling through his Quintessance Theatre Group, and past, present, and possible future, at the Springer Opera House, takes Scrooge is awakened to the magic on the role of the “humbug”-ing old of Christmas and truly learns what miser, Ebenezer Scrooge. He is jointhe holiday season is all about: ed by William Edward Bromage, family, generosity and love. Filled with joy, laughter, and whimsical spirits, WST for Kids’ “A Christ- who will make his Walnut and stage debut as Tiny Tim. A West Chester resident, mas Carol” stands not only as a Walnut tradition, but also as a Philadelphia Bromage attends West Chester Friends School and is in the first grade. Joining Basiulis and Bromage on the stage are local actors who are memtradition. Now in its 18th year, the production has received a new script adapted from Dickens’ holiday tale by Walnut stage veteran Bill Van Horn. See Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” page 11

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