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Year 34, No. 37
Celebrating 34 Years of Community News
May 22 – May 28, 2019
Folk Duo Gathering Sparks to Perform Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Company Presents From the Feminine Gaze Performances at The Performance Garage June 14 & 15 nown for its highly imaginative dance theater works and collaborative projects, AnneMarie Mulgrew and Dancers Company (AMM & DCO) presents its 33rd Annual Home Season Concert with the premiere of From the Feminine Gaze. Conceived and directed by Artistic Director Anne-Marie Mulgrew, this
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Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Company (AMM & DCO) presents its 33rd Annual Home Season Concert with the premiere of “From the Feminine Gaze,” June 14 & 15. Shown is “One Minute Dances” dancer, Leslie Ann Pike. Photo/Bill Hebert Lansdowne Folk Club presents folk duo Gathering Sparks, from left – Eve Goldberg and Jane Lewis – on Thursday, June 6, 2019. ansdowne Folk Club presents folk duo Gathering Sparks on Thursday, June 6, 2019. Held at the Twentieth Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA, doors open at 7 p.m. and show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $17 when purchased in advance online or with an advanced phone reservation and $20 without an advance reservation. You will come to listen, and walk away singing. Gathering Sparks is the graceful collision of Eve Goldberg and Jane Lewis—musical friends who blend tight harmonies, finely crafted songs, and a love of participatory singing to create an intimate and uplifting experience. Their inclusive approach embraces folk, pop, blues and gospel influences taste-
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fully played on acoustic guitar, piano, accordion, and ukulele. With their infectious mix of styles and compelling vocal blend, Gathering Sparks has been making some big waves. Their debut 6-song CD was nominated for a 2014 Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, and they have quickly become an audience favorite. Whether they are belting it out a capella style, tugging on your heartstrings with a folky original, crooning a jazzy swing tune, or getting into the spirit with a gospel-inflected singalong, Gathering Sparks performances make fans out of listeners with their stellar harmonies and fine musicianship. Eve Goldberg has lifted audiences across
multi-media production is a collection of dances and films celebrating power, grace and whimsy inspired by the 100th Anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment and current events. It features nine professionally-trained company dancers, inventive choreography, and music ranging from contemporary to classical. In addition, guest artist Ashley Searles returns performing Asya Zlatina’s duet from Storm (2017) set to Gustav Holst’s The Planets suite with Colin Murray. From the Feminine Gaze is Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Company’s newest creation featuring five premieres. Skirt-
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Wolf Performing Arts Center Presents You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown his fun-filled production features Charlie, Sally, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and friends as they explore life lessons, growing pains, and friendship. This comic strip will come to life as audiences follow the paths of the characters through witty vignettes and show-stopping songs. Wolf Performing Arts Center, a non-profit located in Bryn Mawr, will present You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, May 30 - June 2, at Wolf Performing Arts Center’s Black Box Theater. The production features 47 sixth through twelfth grade students from 18 unique schools in the Greater Philadelphia Area. “Charles Schulz wrote, ‘Life is like an ice cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time.’ This summarizes the essence
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of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” said Director Betsy Preparing for Wolf Performing Arts Center’s “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” are, back row, from left – Julia Zorc (Woodstock 2) 7th grade Bala Cynwyd Middle School; Charlie Kurland (Woodstock 1) 7th grade Bala Cynwyd Middle School; front row – Amanda Miller (Sally Brown) 11th grade The Baldwin School; Samantha Simon (Snoopy) 9th grade Lower Merion High School; Sam Bailey (Charlie Brown) 8th grade Welsh Valley Middle School. Wolf Regn. “It’s a youthful sentiment as children are often See “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” page 7