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Year 34, No. 32
Celebrating 34 Years of Community News
April 17 – April 23, 2019
FIND YOUR COMMUNITY Film Challenges IQ Testing, Limits Placed 1812 Productions Presents NEWS HERE! on People with Intellectual Disabilities Comedy The God Project Pennsylvania’s Education for All Coalition (PEAC) to Host Free Screening of New Documentary INTELLIGENT LIVES May 4 NTELLIGENT LIVES, a documentary by awardwinning filmmaker Dan Habib, will be featured at a free screening at the Pennsylvania’s Education for All Coalition’s (PEAC) Annual Meeting on May 4, 2019, at 718 Arch Street, #6N, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
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Phillie Phanatic’s Best Friend Tom Burgoyne to Share Secrets Page 7
INTELLIGENT LIVES Producer and Director Dan Habib. His film will be featured at a free screening at the Pennsylvania’s Education for All Coalition’s (PEAC) Annual Meeting on May 4, 2019. INTELLIGENT LIVES stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie – who challenge perceptions of intelligence as they
Golden Slipper Gems’ May Program Page 11
Old Academy Players Presents “Ordinary Days” Page 12
“The God Project” will play April 25 through May 19 at Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Place, in Center City, Philadelphia. From left – Joilet Harris, Sean Close and Jennifer Childs. Photo/John Flak Productions presents the original comedy, The God Project, written by Sean Close and Jennifer Childs and featuring Close, Childs, and Philadelphia theatre powerhouse Joilet Harris. David Bradley directs the production in his debut with 1812. The God Project will play from April 25 through May 19 at Plays & Players Theatre. Opening Night will be Wednesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. Tickets and information are available at www.1812productions.org or at 215-592-9560. The God Project is the story of Drew and Sheila, two coworkers at an overstocked Swedish furniture store. Sheila is kind and zealous, Drew is standoffish and bitter. They disnavigate high school, college, and the workforce. Academy Award-winning actor and nar- cover some unlikely common ground, however, when they
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INTELLIGENT LIVES stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie – who challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce. Shown is Naieer in art class.
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See Plays & Players Theatre’s “The God Project” page 11
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Legendary marine biologist and photographer Cristina Mittermeier highlights conservation issues through her incredible work in “Standing at the Water’s Edge” May 16 strength within the world that he Kimmel Center for the most of us seldom see within our Performing Arts welcomes own environments.” legendary marine bioloMittermeier’s advocacy for gist and photographer Cristina conservation issues resonates Mittermeier and Standing at the throughout her work. As a writer Water’s Edge, part of the Kimmel and a photographer for the past Center’s National Geographic Live 25 years, her work centers on speaker series. The presentation will be held at the Kimmel Center’s Cristina Mittermeier’s photo Merriam Theater on Thursday, of a young Kayapó girl bathing May 16, 2019 at 8 p.m. in the warm waters of the “This unique National Geo Xingú River in the Brazilian graphic Live series blends Cristina Amazon, 2011. Mittermeier’s awe-inspiring photographs with personal comthe delicate balance between mentary to provide a powerful human well-being and healthy evening that emphasizes living ecosystems. Even when the subharmoniously with nature across jects she captures are a world cultures,” said Anne Ewers, Presiaway, she manages to imbue her dent and CEO of the Kimmel photographs with an incredible Center for the Performing Arts. “The photographs speak for themSee National Geographic Live with Cristina Mittermeier page 8 selves, capturing a passion and
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