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Year 29, No. 25
Celebrating 29 Years of Community News
“A LL S HOOK U P ” O PENS AT N ARBERTH C OMMUNITY T HEATER ON M ARCH 7 Break Out Your Blue Suede Shoes!
February 26 – March 4, 2014
Organist Olivier Latry Returns to Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
town in a square little state and changes it forever with the power of love. This high energy lip-curling musical fantasy will have you jumpin’ out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Jailhouse Rock,” and “Don’t Be Cruel.” “All Shook Up,” inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley® with the book by Joe Dipietro, was originally produced on Broadway. Leading the cast of “All Shook Up” is Stephen Tornetta as Chad and Jenn Welby Gilbert as Natalie. The supporting cast features the talents of Jon Rivkind as Jim, Suzanne Spencer as Sylvia, Maria Leonetti as Lorraine, Chris
orld-renowned French organist Olivier Latry, one of three titular organists at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, will perform in a concert on March 9 at 4 p.m. at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church (BMPC). Also a professor of organ at the Paris Conservatory of Music and Organist Emeritus with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in Canada, Latry maintains a full schedule of concert performances, ap pearing regularly as a soloist at prestigious venues and festivals and with leading orchestras around the world. Latry has a special connection to Bryn World-renowned French organist Mawr Presbyterian Olivier Latry will perform in a concert Church, as he design- on March 9 at 4 p.m. at Bryn Mawr ed and then dedicatPresbyterian Church (BMPC). ed its Sanctu ary’s Rieger organ in a concert on October 23, 2005. For his upcoming performance at BMPC, Latry will be joined by Korean virtuoso organist Shin-Young Lee in a concert that includes their four-hands, four-feet transcription of Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. In a review of a previous performance, it was noted that “Latry and Lee gave a high-voltage rendition of Rite of Spring, which was adapted by him from the composer’s own origi-
See Narberth Community Theater’s “All Shook Up” on page 10
See French Organist Olivier Latry to Perform on page 6
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“Legally Blonde” UDHS Production Page 7
Children’s Artwork Featured at Flower Show Page 8
“Thoroughly Modern Millie” Page 16
Preparing for Narberth Community Theater’s production of “All Shook Up” are, from left – Chris Bartholomew as Dennis, Stephen Tornetta as Chad and Jenn Welby Gilbert as Natalie. eginning on March 7, 2014, Narberth Community Theater will present the rock-and-roll musical, “All Shook Up.” The show continues on March 8, 14, 15, 19, 21, and 22 at 8 p.m. and on March 9 and 16 at 3 p.m. Ticket prices range from $16 - $19 and can be purchased online at www.narberthcommunitytheater.com. An uproarious new musical comedy featuring the unforgettable hits of Elvis Presley, “All Shook Up” combines rock-and-roll, Shakespeare, and a whole lot of hip swiveling to create an unforgettable night of fun. “All Shook Up” tells the story of a guitar-playing roustabout who rides into a square little
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By Ivy Gilbert or those unfamiliar with high-end craft culture, the term “craft” can conjure up images of wince-inducing crocheted photo album covers or tacky chair cushions in dull fabrics with over-exuberant ruffles. Be forewarned: The 30th Annual Germantown Friends School Craft Show is entirely different, and the crafts featured are created by real artisans. And, for the first time in its 30-year history, the GFS Craft Show will feature a designer who uses 3-D printing to make much of her jewelry. Philadelphia-based Maria Eife is one of the Emerging Local Artists in this year’s show, and she will display an array of jewelry, including rings, bracelets and necklaces, made using a 3-D printer. Her contemporary designs are geometric elements combined into transcendent architectural pieces. Some form symmetrical patterns; other versions break out of obedient geometric forms into more unexpected swirls. Eife’s silver Cage Ring, for example, harnesses the curves of simple circles, combining
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these with straight silver post supports to produce a ring with the feel of an airy, arched truss bridge. Soaring and sculptural, her work would be at home in any serious Art Museum shop or gallery. Quilted rice bowl by Marne Ryan will be featured, along with the work of 73 other craft artisans, at the 30th Annual Germantown Friends School Juried Craft Show on February 28, March 1& 2. The most popular items within Eife’s line are her earrings—made when she’s not in the room, via a 3-D printer. “It’s a very strange and wobbly line” that separates art from craft, Eife admits. She concedes that, yes, it is somewhat unorthodox within the world of fine crafts to use a CAD program combined with a 3-D machine to design and produce much of her jewelry, yet she also believes that her artistry is enabled by both her formal college education in jewelry makSee Germantown Friends School 30th Annual Craft Show on page 10