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Year 30, No. 30
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Friends’ Central Hosts Harvard Professor Composer Andrea Clearfield Brings Her World Class & Astronomer David Charbonneau riends’ Central welcomes 2015 Distinguished Visiting Scientist Dr. David Charbonneau, Harvard Professor of Astronomy and Astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, to campus (1101 City Avenue, Wynnewood) on Wednesday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Shallcross Hall. Entitled “The Fast Track to Finding an Inhabited Exoplanet,” Charbonneau’s talk will focus on his primary area of study: exoplanets (planets outside our solar system). Charbonneau’s particular interest is in finding planets like Earth, and he is currently involved in four projects: the MEarth Project, the Kepler Mission, the EPOXI Mission, and Exo Atmospheres. This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. To reserve your space, visit www.friendscentral.org or email lectures@ friendscentral.org. Kicking off Friends’ Central’s Distinguished Scientist program this year was Dr. John Dr. David Charbonneau, Harvard Professor of Astronomy Mather, NASA Scientist, who and Astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for gave a sold-out lecture at Astrophysics, will speak on “The Fast Track to Finding an Friends’ Central on October Inhabited Exoplanet,” Wednesday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in 15, 2014. A Senior AstrophysShallcross Hall at Friends’ Central, Wynnewood. icist in the Observational Cosmology Laboratory located at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Mather received “I would say that the the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for his outstanding work on single greatest the COBE Satellite, which measures heat radiation from the question in all of Big Bang. Friends’ Central School’s Distinguished Lecture Series seeks science is, to inspire the next generation of writers, educators, scientists, ‘Are we alone?’” researchers, policy makers, and thinkers by bringing renowned – David Charbonneau scholars to campus for courses and a public lecture.
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Salon to the Main Line The Community is Invited to a Free Performance of Diverse Music Including Jazz, Broadway, Latin, Klezmer and Exquisite Dance
Vocalist Christopher Pecoraro (shown) will perfom Broadway standards accompanied by John Andrew Bailey, on Sunday, April 19, at Main Line Reform Temple. he community is invited to attend an incomparable performance at Main Line Reform Temple (MLRT) on Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m. to welcome composer Andrea Clearfield and her Salon Extraordinaire. MLRT is located at 410 Montgomery Ave in Wynnewood, PA. The Salon, a legendary performance series modeled after the 19th century European salons, was founded by composer Andrea Clearfield, D.M.A. The internationally celebrated
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Translating communication symbols & systems into color, sound and objects owan University Art Gallery presents “Chromography: Writing in Color,” a two-person exhibition examining concepts of translation and symbol-based communication. The exhibit opened March 23 and runs through May 9. A reception on Thursday, April 9 from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. features an artist’s talk beginning at 6 p.m. to include a performance of excerpts from musical translations represented in the exhibit. Artists Melinda Steffy and Gerard Brown explore concepts of translation and symbol-based communication in their work. Starting with different sets of symbols – Steffy with music and Brown with writing – both artists have developed systems for translating distinct methods of communication into visual artworks. Written texts, then, rely on color and pattern to be understood. Music, usually experienced as linear and time-based, can be seen all at once, in immediate spatial configurations.
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Gerard Brown’s “After Robert Smithson (Language should find itself in the physical world…)”, 2015, digital print on dibond. Gerard Brown explores the intersection of seeing and reading, often by employing codes that do not – at first glance – resemble writing. Brown employs a script of nautical signal flags arranged according to traditional “tumbling block” pattern similar to quilting patterns. Gerard Brown explores the intersection of seeing and reading, often by employing codes that do not – at first glance – resemble writing. Brown employs a script of nautical signal flags arranged according to traditional “tumbling block” pattern similar to quilting patterns. The tumbling block pattern is a powerful optical illusion that creates the feeling of three-dimensional space on a flat plane. This illusion offers an analog to the ways writing can be confused with speech. Unlike See “Chromography: Writing in Color” Exhibit at Rowan on page 12