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Year 32, No. 40
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“Fourth Grade Project in Yakima, Washington” Exhibit at CFEVA Featuring the Work of Judy Gelles, CFEVA Fellow ’99-’00 he Center for Emerging Visual Artists’ Felicity R. “Bebe” Benoliel Gallery is featuring CFEVA alumna Judy Gelles, celebrating her illustrious career following her years as a CFEVA Visual Artist Fellow. The exhibit titled, “Fourth Grade Project in Yakima, Washington,” is on
June 7 – June 13, 2017
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“Junie B. Jones, The Musical” at the Walnut Page 5
Friends’ Central Celebrates Student Achievements Page 6
Detail of one of Judy Gelles’ photographs in “Fourth Grade Project in Yakima, Washington” Exhibit, running June 5 through July 28. Archival pigment print, 40 inches x 30 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia display from June 5 through July 28. Opening Reception is June 8 at 5 p.m. Judy Gelles is a recipient of The Center for Emerging Visual Artists’ Travel Grant, a program that is designed to enable CFEVA alumni to pursue travel opportunities that further their artistic and/or professional development. Gelles used the grant to spend a week in Yakima, Washington where she continued her “Fourth Grade Project” at Harrah Elementary School which has a large Native American population from the Yakama Indian reservation. In the “Fourth Grade Project,” fourth graders from around the world answer three questions: Who do you live with? What do you wish for? What do you worry about?
ISIT PHILADELPHIA® presents “Revolutionary: A PopUp Street Art Exhibition,” featuring 13 works of art that interpret the spirit of revolution at 13 locations in Philadelphia’s Historic District—an area of the city that runs from the Delaware River to 7th Street and from Vine to Lombard Streets. On view from May 25 through July 4, 2017, the exhibit, curated by www.streetsdept.com founder and editor Conrad Benner, gives locals and visitors 13 more reasons to explore the city’s most iconic neighborhoods this summer. “Philadelphia has always known a thing or two about revolutions,” said Meryl Levitz, president & CEO, VISIT PHILA-
See “Fourth Grade Project in Yakima, Washington” Exhibit page 4
See Revolutionary Art Exhibit in Philadelphia’s Historic District on page 11
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Find “I Will Answer Injustice with Justice” by Ishknits hanging at the Shambles at Headhouse Square.
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Lantern Theater Company Presents “In Conversation: Thomas Jefferson’s Religious Beliefs” with Historians
“Morning’s at Seven” at Old Academy Players Page 12
In Conversation Program Presented in Conjunction with the Lantern’s Production of “The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord” by Scott Carter, Onstage June 1 - July 2
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“gospels,” The Philosophy of Jesus of s part of its ongoing In ConverNazareth and The Life and Morals of sation Series of fascinating Jesus of Nazareth. The conversation discussions with theater artists immediately follows the 6:30 p.m. and special guests, Lantern Theater performance on Tuesday, June 13, Company will host noted historians and is free to the general public with and scholars Dr. John C. Van Horne ticket purchase. and Dr. Charles T. Cullen for “In Conversation: Thomas Jefferson’s ReliBrian McCann as Charles Dickens, gious Beliefs” on Tuesday, June 13, Gregory Isaac as Thomas Jefferson, 2017, at approximately 8:15 p.m. These and Andrew Criss as Leo Tolstoy two eminent historians of the late in Lantern Theater Company’s colonial and Federal period of Ameriproduction of “The Gospel can history will explore what FoundAccording to Thomas Jefferson, ing Father Thomas Jefferson really Charles Dickens and Count Leo thought about God, religion, and reliTolstoy: Discord” by Scott Carter, gious freedom. The hour-long discusonstage now through July 2, 2017. sion will focus on Jefferson’s views Photo/Mark Garvin on Christianity, freedom of conscience, and the establishment of religions, About the Panelists especially his authorship of the VirDiscussion moderator Dr. John C. ginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Van Horne is director emeritus of the Presented in conjunction with the Library Company of Philadelphia, Lantern’s production of Scott Carter’s “The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count an independent, nonprofit research library founded in 1731 by Benjamin FrankLeo Tolstoy: Discord,” the program will also respond to the play, exploring lin, which houses a collection of rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, graphthe extent to which Jefferson lived up to the principles espoused in his own See “In Conversation: Thomas Jefferson’s Religious Beliefs” page 3
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