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Year 31, No. 29
Celebrating 31 Years of Community News
“The Sister Chapel” – an Essential Feminist Collaboration
Philadelphia Premiere of “He Who Gets Slapped”
Rowan gallery creates historic restaging of renowned 1970s exhibition
Philadelphia Artists’ Collective Partners with Philadelphia School of Circus Arts
he Sister Chapel,” a historic collaborative installation created at the height of the women’s art movement, opens at Rowan University Art Gallery West on March 31, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., for its first public exhibition since 1980. Presented during National Women’s History Month, the exhibition runs from March 28 through the end of June. It includes the work of Alice Neel, June Blum, Betty Holliday, Shirley Gorelick, May Stevens, Elsa M. Gold-
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Guitarist Sharon Isbin to Perform Page 7
March 23 – March 29, 2016
“Artemisia Gentileschi” by May Stevens. Courtesy of Ryan Lee Gallery, NYC.
Meet Author George Anastasia Page 8
Healthy Living Pages 10 & 11
Dining & Entertainment Pages 6 & 7
smith, Sylvia Sleigh, Cynthia Mailman, Diana Kurz, Martha Edelheit, Sharon Wybrants, Maureen Connor, and Ilise Greenstein. An opening reception features a panel discussion with five of the contributing artists: Maureen Connor, Martha Edelheit, Diana Kurz, Cynthia Mailman, and Sharon Wybrants. The moderator, Andrew D. Hottle, spent eight years researching and writing an extensive history of this important collaboration. To house the monumental figure paintings that comprise “The Sister Chapel,” Maureen Connor designed a twelve-sided fabric structure that was never constructed. To commemorate the return of this historic collaboration, an enclosure based on Connor’s original design has been fabricated so that, for the first time in its history, “The Sister Chapel” is exhibited as its creators intended. Conceived by Ilise Greenstein in 1974 and first exhibited in 1978, “The Sister Chapel” embraced the cooperative spirit of the women’s art movement. Using a nominal pun on Michelangelo’s famous Sistine Chapel ceiling, Greenstein issued a feminist challenge to the patriarchal conceptualization of history. In contrast to her male predecessor, she envisioned a nonhierarchical, secular commemoration of female role models from a female perspective; thus, “The Sister Chapel” invited viewers to reconsider familiar and often unconscious pre-
Photo/Ashley LaBonde and Wide Eyed Studios
Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, in partnership with Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, presents the Philadelphia premiere of “He Who Gets Slapped,” from March 30 to April 16, 2016, at Broad Street Ministry, in Philadelphia. Shown is Ross Beschler as He. ehind the curtain of the big top, no one is laughing harder than the saddest clown of them all. Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, in partnership with Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, presents the Philadelphia premiere of “He Who Gets Slapped,” from March 30 to April 16, 2016, at Broad Street Ministry (315 S. Broad Street). A cast of clowns, lion-tamers and ringmasters perform their routines under a striped awning and glowing lights. When a new clown arrives, his cheerful makeup conceals a dark secret from his past. PAC’s Co-Founding Artistic Director Damon
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See “He Who Gets Slapped” on page 12
See “The Sister Chapel” on page 12
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ontgomery County Community College’s (MCCC) International Club and ESL/International Student Ser vices invite the community to the 7th Annual International Night on Wednesday, April 20, from 5-9 p.m. General admission is $5; admission for children under age 12 is $3. MCCC students will be admitted free of charge with a valid student ID. The festivities will be held in the cafeteria and adjoining conference area in the lower level of College Hall at the Central
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International performances and cuisine are highlights of Montgomery County Community College’s annual International Festival. This year, the festival will take place on April 20 from 5-9 p.m. at the College’s Central Campus in Blue Bell. Photo/Sandi Yanisko Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell. Students will transform space into a multi-cultural celebration. Highlights will include cultural performances, international cuisine from more than 30 countries, educational information, raffles and more. International Night brings together the College and local community to celebrate diversity and collective cultures. In past years, up to 1,000 people have attended or participated in this family-friendly event. For information or to sponsor an activity, contact Dilek Arig at darig@mc3.edu.