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Year 31, No. 23

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Tri-County Concerts Presents the Formosa Quartet

February 10 – February 16, 2016

Theatre Exile Presents Philadelphia Premiere of Erotic Thriller “Smoke”

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Valentine’s Day Poetry Reading Page 6 Tri-County Concerts presents the Formosa Quartet – Jasmine Lin violin, Wayne Lee violin, Che-Yen Chen viola and Ru-Pei Yeh cello – on Sunday, February 21, at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Wayne, PA. Photo/Matt Dine Photo/Robert Hakalski

ri-County Concerts presents the Formosa Quartet – Jasmine Lin violin, Wayne Lee violin, Che-Yen Chen viola and Ru-Pei Yeh cello – for a performance on Sunday, February 21, at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Wayne, PA. They will play Beethoven’s String Quartet Op.59, No.1, Shih-Hui Chen’s Returning Souls, and Wilson’s Hungarian Folk Songs. Tickets are $20, Seniors $15, children and students are Free. Meet the artists at a complimentary post-concert reception. Visit www.tricountyconcert or call 610-649-2517 for information. Winners of the First Prize and The Amadeus Prize at the London International String Competition in 2006, the group formed in 2002 when the four founding members came together for a concert tour of Taiwan. The Formosa Quartet is deeply committed to championing Taiwanese music and promoting the arts in the land of its heritage. To that end, in 2013 the quartet founded an annual chamber festival in Taiwan modeled after American Summer festivals such as Marlboro and Ravinia. The members of the Formosa Quartet have established themselves as leading solo,

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Theatre Exile presents “Smoke” by Kim Davies, starring – Matteo Scammell and Merci Lyons-Cox. ollowing five Barrymore wins, and the sold-out and critically acclaimed production of “Rizzo,” Theatre Exile continues their 19th season with the Philadelphia premiere of “Smoke” by Kim Davies. Studio X (1340 S. 13th Street) is the intimate setting for this disquieting erotic thriller that carves away the layers of the human condition to expose our deepest self-deceptions. A playful game of cat and mouse turns a coincidental encounter between two strangers into a dangerous struggle for power. Previews begin on Thursday, February 18, 2016, with opening night Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 8 p.m. The show runs for a total of 21 per-

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In Honor of “The Golden Age of King Midas” Exhibition at the Penn Museum elâche, Philadelphia’s renowned new music ensemble, offers a Turkishinspired afternoon concert in honor of the Penn Museum’s “The Golden Age of King Midas” exhibition, on Saturday, February 27, with admission to the special exhibition at 2 p.m. and concert at 3 p.m. Admission to the concert and exhibition is $20; $15 Penn Museum members; $5 for students with ID (and free for accompanying second student). Guests may pay online in advance at www.penn.museum/calendar or at the door, subject to availability. Relâche, Philadelphia’s renowned new To make the Turkish conmusic ensemble, offers a Turkish-inspired nection, Relâche presents two afternoon concert in honor of the Penn works which reference tradiMuseum’s “The Golden Age of King Midas” tional Turkish music by Turkexhibition, on Saturday, February 27, with ish-American composer Kamadmission to the special exhibition at ran Ince: Strange Stone and 2 p.m. and concert at 3 p.m. Turquoise. Also on the program Photo/Christine Hanning is Pleiades by Cypriot-American composer Sophia Serghi, Close by Erling Wold, some Turkish inspired improvising, and a Relâche favorite, Raymond Scott’s Twilight in Turkey. The Relâche octet commissioned Kamran Ince’s Strange Stone in 2004; the composer also orchestrated his 1996 Turquoise for the ensemble. Imbued with the sound of Turkish music, Ince’s compositions operate at extreme high intensity, alternating with equally intense spiritual calm.

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