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Year 31, No. 31
Celebrating 31 Years of Community News
April 6 – April 12, 2016
Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges President of Natural Lands Present Shakespeare’s “King Lear” Trust to Speak in Wayne Production of “King Lear” Inspired by Work with Philadelphia Middle-School Students and Trip to Iceland as Part of Bryn Mawr College’s 360° Program he Theater Program of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges presents a production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” directed by Professor of the Arts and Director of the Theater Program Mark Lord, and featuring Barrymore Award winning actor and Assistant Professor in Theater Catharine Slusar. The play
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“To Live Painfully or to Die with Dignity?” Page 3
The Theater Program of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges presents a production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” featuring Barrymore Award winning actor and Assistant Professor in Theater Catharine Slusar.
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Wayne Art Center String Orchestra Free Concerts Page 16
is being produced by faculty, staff, and students participating in a “course cluster” in Bryn Mawr College’s unique 360° Program. The Spring 2016 360°, “Shakespeare in Global and Local Landscapes,” consists of two classes in the Theater Program: “Advanced Performance Ensemble,” taught by Lord, and “Acting Across Cultures” taught by Slusar. The semester-long, interdisciplinary experience immerses the students in both teaching and performance and offers them the chance to work on the text of “King Lear” with both local and international communities. Students and faculty in the 360° course cluster travel into Philadelphia once a week to work and study with a group of eighth-grade students at the E.M Stanton School as they examine how the action of Shakespeare’s text relates to a contemporary urban setting. The students, faculty, and staff also traveled to Iceland over spring break for research, cultural exchange, and rehearsal. Iceland’s incomparable, dramatic landscape lent an extraordinary
Molly Morrison, president of Natural Lands Trust, will be the next speaker at “HomeGrown-Lectures, Learning, Locally” on Wed., April 13, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wayne Art Center. olly Morrison, president of Natural Lands Trust, will be the next speaker at “HomeGrown-Lectures, Learning, Locally” on Wednesday, April 13, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wayne Art Center. Ms. Morrison presides over one of the oldest and largest regional non-profit land trusts in the United States. In addition to providing strategic leadership, Molly oversees a network of 42 preserves and more than 350 conservation easements. Since the organization’s founding in 1953, Natural Lands Trust has saved more than 100,000 acres of land. Instrumental in creating conservation strategies, Molly has completed complex real estate transactions for Natural Lands
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See Lecture with Molly Morrison on page 12
See “King Lear” at Bryn Mawr College on page 12
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Montco Radio Hosts Alumni Broadcast Featuring DJs from 1980s to Now ontgomery County Community College’s (MCCC) student-run, Internet radio station, Montco Radio, will host its first-ever Alumni Broadcast on Saturday, April 16. Starting at 8 a.m. and continuing through 6 p.m., radio station alumni from the 1980s through today will host and broadcast live shows from Montco Radio’s studio in the Advanced Technology Center at MCCC’s Central Campus in Blue Bell. The com-
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Current members of Montgomery County Community College’s (MCCC) student-run, Internet radio station Montco Radio prepare to welcome former hosts and DJs during a special Alumni Broadcast on April 16 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Photo/Sandi Yanisko munity is invited to listen to the live broadcasts by visiting www.montcoradio.com or by clicking on the microphone icon on the lower left corner of MCCC’s homepage, www.mc3.edu. Montco Radio, once named WRFM (Radio Free Montco), began as a record-spinning club in the early 1970s. Over the years, the club evolved and began to operate like a radio station, with music and content beSee Montco Radio to Host Alumni Broadcast on page 12