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Year 30, No. 32
Celebrating 30 Years of Community News
Actress Lee Grant to Visit Bryn Mawr Film Institute
April 15 – April 21, 2015
Prominent Psychology Professor to Discuss Educational Apps hat should parents look for when buying educational apps for their children? More than 75,000 apps are described as “educational,” but many, if not most, are unregulated and un tested. Which apps will help children develop and grow? Which should be avoided? How is a parent to choose? In a talk at the Bala Cynwyd Library on Wednesday, April 22, Dr. Katherine Hirsch-Pasek, a Temple Professor of Development Psychology, will offer ways to evaluate educational apps before you buy them, and to Dr. Katherine Hirsch-Pasek, a Temple make intelligent Professor of Development Psychology, choices when you will offer ways to evaluate educational do. She will also dis- apps before you buy them in a talk at cuss how you can the Bala Cynwyd Library on April 22. have fun with your child on an I-pad or tablet, and learn along with your child. Following the talk, she will take questions. Dr. Hirsch-Pasek has written extensively for both professional and popular audiences on early childhood and infant development, with an emphasis on language and literacy. She is the co-author of “Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn—and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less” which, in the words of one reviewer, “tells you why relaxing and reclaiming your child’s childhood is the best way to nuture his growing mind.” The talk will be at the Bala Cynwyd Library, 131 Old Lancaster Road, on Wednesday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. For information, call 610-664-1196.
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Lansdowne Folk Club Concert Page 6 On Wednesday, April 22, actress Lee Grant will be at Bryn Mawr Film Institute for “An Evening with Lee Grant” for a book signing, conversation, and film screenings. ctress, activist, wife, mother, director, author: Lee Grant has played many roles during her storied life. On Wednesday, April 22, this captivating artist will be at Bryn Mawr Film Institute for “An Evening with Lee Grant.” The evening begins with a book signing of Lee Grant’s memoir, I Said Yes to Everything, at 5:30 p.m. in BMFI’s atrium, followed by a special screening Shampoo at 6:30 p.m. in the theater. Lee Grant will be in conversation with film industry mogul and BMFI board member John Hersker starting at 8:30 p.m., where she’ll discuss her fascinating life and varied careers on stage and screen. Following the
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“For my Bar Mitzvah project I wanted to create something. I believe that you need three things to create something: Inspiration, Imagination, and Materials. AIM Academy Middle School student David Learner-Wagner has created an incredible stained glass Bar Mitzvah project for Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse. David with Lois Ruth, his friend and inspiration for this special stained glass project.
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conversation, there will be a special screening of In the Heat of the Night at 9:30 p.m. Tickets include admission to the entire Evening with Lee Grant, including the conversation and both film screenings. Born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal in New York City, she enjoyed early success on stage and screen following her education at the famed Neighborhood Playhouse, earning an Academy Award nomination by age 24 for her role in Detective Story. But everything came to a sudden halt after she landed on the Hollywood blacklist and her job prospects all but dried up, leaving her professionally stymied for 12 years. Miraculously, Grant eventually over-
“My parents and I had a very close friend named Lois Ruth. She made stained glass objects. IM Academy Middle School student David Learner-Wagner has cre- When she passed away she left us boxes and boxes of glass, in every color ated an extraordinary gift for the community and legacy of hope and imaginable. Lois Ruth was my inspiration. Lois’s colored glass pieces were joy through his incredible stained glass Bar Mitzvah project for Penn my material. I fused Lois’s spirit with her glass and let my imagination play. “I am making a little order out of chaos. Hospice at Rittenhouse. David’s own words are the best way to explain the story: See David Learner-Wagner’s Art Project on page 5
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