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Year 30, No. 43
Celebrating 30 Years of Community News
July 1 – July 7, 2015
Act II Playhouse in Ambler Presents Golden Slipper Summer Series Features New Fully “Summer Flings 2015” Three Weeks of Entertainment July 9 - July 26
Staged Historical Shows
New Chairwoman of Youth Concerto Competition Page 5
Haverford School Top Awardees Page 8
Gail Rosen, Fred Siegel, Eric Van Wie and Deborah Rosen perform as “Fred’s Magic World,” on stage July 9 - 12 at Act II Playhouse in Ambler. ct II Playhouse in Ambler presents “Summer Flings 2015,” three weeks of comedy, magic and entertainment. Three different shows will perform for one week only during this summer festival. From July 9 - 12, “Fred’s Magic World” takes the stage. “Fred’s Magic World” is an extraordinary performance filled with mirth, magic, and comical mayhem, created by acclaimed magician/comedian Fred Siegel. This is not your typical magic show! “Fred’s Magic World” features magic and comedy acts including a Houdini-like straitjacket escape, psychic sisters, a baffling memory exhibition, and more! “Fred’s Magic World” takes the classics of magic that have thrilled audiences for centuries and brings them into the 21st century.
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Dining & Entertainment Pages 6 & 7
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See “Summer Flings 2015” at Act II on page 12
olden Slipper on the Main Line’s summer series begins July 21 and runs through August 13. Programs and lectures will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Two captivating one-man shows will be presented; If “JFK Survived Dallas: Presidential Reflections as An Elder Statesman” written by and starring local Attorney Dennis McAndrews. The play presents President Kennedy in a new and fascinating light and examines how history might have been changed in regard to the issues of that era such at Vietnam, Civil Rights and The Cold War. Philadelphia actor, director and educator Neill Hartley is Franklin D. Roosevelt in “A New Deal for America,” set against the background of the Great Depression in the 1930’s. Watch the era come to life, hear the famous “fireside” chats that calmed and reassured the nation and
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See Golden Slipper on the Main Line’s Summer Series on page 9
Community Art Center’s Tie-Dye Music Festival is Back July 18 ummer is in full swing so it must be time for Community Arts Center’s annual Tie-Dye Music Festival! Community Arts Center is proud to bring back their Tie-Dye Music Festival on Saturday, July 18, from 2 - 7 p.m. on the side lawn of the CAC, 414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA. This free, family event, sponsored by Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union, provides a full day of concerts featuring Jimmy Shoe & the Shine, the Obsoleets, Bickel Brothers and Paul Brion, tie-dye activities, vendors, raffles, food, and feel good summer vibes, uniting art, music and the community. The all-weather event, held on the side lawn of the Arts Center or inside the Duke Gal-
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“Just Wingin’ It” performs July 16 - 19. The area’s funniest improv comics come together for a side-splitting show that changes with every performance. The performers, drawn from the area’s best improvisation comedy troupes, such as ComedySportz, will perform hilarious improv games based on audience suggestions. “Just Wingin’ It” is created by Mary Carpenter (director of the Act II hits, Making Spirits Bright and Didn’t Your Father Have This Talk with You?). From July 23 - 26, Act II hosts “A Tribute to Phyllis Diller.” Local comedy superstars Jennifer Childs and Mary Martello honor the legacy of late comedienne extraordinaire Phyllis Diller. Created by Childs, the Artistic Director of 1812 Productions in Philadelphia, this
Philadelphia actor, director and educator Neill Hartley is Franklin D. Roosevelt in “A New Deal for America,” set against the background of the Great Depression in the 1930’s. This is part of Golden Slipper on the Main Line’s summer series.
lery if it rains, is a celebration of the care-free days of summer and the creative and colorful process of tie-dying. Attendees may purchase event Italina and Jim Shea of Springfield and Arlene and Don Jones of Swarthmore enjoyed Community Arts Center’s 2014 Tie-Dye Music Festival. This year’s free Tie-Dye Music Festival takes place on Saturday, July 18 at 414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA, from 2 - 7 p.m. Fun for all ages! t-shirts for $10 and tie-dye them themselves for no additional charge or people may bring up to 2 items of their See CAC’s Tie-Dye Music Festival July 18 on page 12