CITY SUBURBAN NEWS FREE
FIND YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS HERE!
Dining & Entertainment Pages 6 & 7
Labyrinth Workshops Page 8
Episcopal Student Wins Award Page 10
Education & Camp News Pages 10 & 11
Great Upcoming Events Inside!
Your Community Newspaper CITY SUBURBAN NEWS 610-667-6623 www.issuu.com/ CitySuburbanNews LIKE us on Facebook!
E-mail: CitySuburbanNews@mac.com
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 28, No. 29
Celebrating 28 Years of Community News
The Life (and Death) of Harry Houdini on Stage This World Premiere Continues EgoPo’s American Vaudeville Festival EgoPo Classic Theater is Philadelphia’s only theater company to create year-long festivals that take audiences on a full exploration of a single genre, playwright, or era. This year’s American Vaudeville Festival exposes the roots of the American imagination by exploring this formative era of America’s history. From the touring shows of the 1880’s to the birth of Broadway in the 1920’s, EgoPo invites audiences to join us for the stories that formed our country’s identity and united us into one people. EgoPo’s Harry Houdini gives Philadelphia audiences a unique chance to explore one of the most popular figures of the Vaudeville era, Houdini. This young Jewish magician began his career by first performing in Robert DaPonte as Harry Houdini. small Vaudeville dime goPo Classic Theater presents the museums and grew to fame producing films world premiere of The Life (and and even de-bunking spiritualists. From his Death) of Harry Houdini. This one- Chinese Water Torture Cell to being Buried of-a-kind theater piece is being Alive, Houdini became the highest paid percreated by and under the direc- former of the Vaudeville Era. tion of EgoPo’s, Brenna Geffers. This EgoPo’s Houdini takes audiences to Houdini’s is the second installment of EgoPo’s season final performance. Beginning with the infalong American Vaudeville Festival and will mous blow to the magician’s stomach, we enter be presented as part of the 2013 Philadelphia a kaleidoscopic magic show that is Houdini’s International Festival of the Arts. Houdini will life flashing before his eyes. be performed on the mainstage at Plays and A magician’s assistant prepares the absinthe, Players Theater. The show opens Friday, March the shackles, and a séance. Houdini gasps 29, and it will run through April 7. See “The Life (and Death) of Harry Houdini” on page 6
E
March 27 – April 2, 2013
“CULTURE AND CONVERSATION” FEATURING JAZZ VOCALIST PHYLLIS CHAPELL
Joining Chapell in the April 3 concert are vocalist Paul Jost, Dave Posmontier on keys, Rob Swanson on bass, Jimmy Coleman on drums. he Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center hosts a concert by Phyllis Chapell, dubbed “one of the top jazz vocalists of all time” by JazzTimes writer Scott Yanow, a preview of the film “A-E-I-O-U Water,” and a conversation about water quality, followed by a reception. It’s the first event in the new “Culture and Conversation” series and it kicks off on April 3 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Phyllis Chapell is a Philadelphia-based singer who interprets jazz, contemporary, and world music classics in 13 languages. She has performed in concert throughout the U.S., in Brazil, Latin America, and Europe. She has released two solo CDs and four CDs with her internationally known world jazz ensemble Phyllis Chapell & SIORA. Directed by Emmy-award winning composer and filmmaker Rodney Whittenberg, “A-E-I-O-U Water” includes a music video, with music composed Dan Kleiman, performed by Phyllis
T
See “Culture & Conversation” on page 5
Something BIG is Coming to Morris Arboretum this Spring n April 1, visitors to the Morris Arboretum may think nature is playing an April Fool’s joke on them as Big Bugs spring to life all over the Arboretum’s 92-acre garden. These amazing ‘bugs’ are the creation of Long Island sculptor, David Rogers and are actually immense garden sculptures made from materials like fallen hardwood trees, standing deadwood, and willow saplings. Imagine a 16-foot 1200 pound praying mantis, a parade of 25-foot long ants, a dragonfly with a wingspan of 17 feet, or a 4-foot spider spinning a 15-foot web, to name just a few of the Big Bugs. Morris Arboretum will host 11 Big Bugs installed throughout the Arboretum’s garden from April 1 through August 31. Each of David Rogers’ Big
O
Bug at Morris Arboretum is a unique creation with its own whimsical character. There will be 3 Big Ants, 1 Praying On April 1, Big Bugs will spring to life all over Morris Arboretum’s 92-acre garden! These whimsical ‘bugs,’ created by sculptor, David Rogers, are immense garden sculptures made from natural materials with some as large as 25-foot long and 1200 pounds. This unique exhibit will be on display through August 31 with big fun Big Bugs events planned all summer long. Photo/Paul W. Meyer Mantis, 1 Dragon Fly, 1 Damsel Fly, 1 Spider with web, 1 Assassin Bug, 1 XL Lady Bug, 1 Grasshopper, and 1 Daddy See Morris Arboretum Bugs on page 11