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Year 34, No. 44
Celebrating 34 Years of Community News
Cirque du Soleil Returns with New Delco-Born Screenwriter Teaching Her Craft at Big Top Show AMALUNA AMALUNA is a celebration of love and a tribute to the work and voice of women. irque du Soleil returns to the Philadelphia area in Oaks, PA, with a new Big Top show, AMALUNA. The critically acclaimed production will be visiting Oaks for an engagement of 40 performances. AMALUNA opens July 24, 2019 under the Big Top
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Pianist Ching-Yun Hu Solo Concert Page 3
BlackStar Film Festival Page 8
Hidden Gem Jamey’s House of Music Page 11
July 24 – July 30, 2019
Neumann University
Cirque du Soleil’s AMALUNA opens July 24, 2019 under the Big Top adjacent to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, for an engagement of 40 performances through August 25, 2019. Photo/Markus Moellenberg © 2016 Cirque du Soleil adjacent to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Avenue, Phoenixville, PA (minutes from the King of Prussia Mall). Written and directed by Tony Award-winning director, Diane Paulus, Cirque du Soleil’s 33rd production AMALUNA is a celebration of love and a tribute to the work and voice of women. AMALUNA invites the audience to a mysterious island governed by Goddesses and guided by the cycles of the moon. Their queen, Prospera, directs her daughter’s coming-ofage ceremony in a rite that honors femininity, renewal, rebirth and balance, which marks the passing of these insights and values from one generation to the next. In the wake of a storm caused by Prospera, a group of young men lands on the island, triggering an epic, emotional story of love between Prospera’s daughter and a brave young suitor. But theirs is a love that will be put to the test. The couple must face numerous demanding trials and overcome daunting setbacks before they can achieve mutual trust, faith and harmony. AMALUNA is a fusion of the words ama, which refers to “mother” in many languages, and luna, which means “moon”; a symbol of femininity that evokes both the mother-daughter relationship and the idea of goddess and protector of the planet. AMALUNA is also the name of the mysterious island where this magical story unfolds.
hen Sara McDermott walks into her Neumann University classroom this fall to teach screen writing, her students will pay close attention to every word. That’s because McDermott is already an accomplished screenwriter. She optioned two of her feature film screenplays this spring. The first, Still Waters, was optioned to producer Bruce Miles, and the second, Corruptible, to an independent film production company, Mission Ranch Films, which has hired her to direct the movie. Still Waters is a “creature feature,” as McDermott affectionately describes it, about an alligator in the bayou who begins to feed on people after its food source is wiped out. Corruptible, “still a working title,” said McDermott, is a dark, philosophical thriller about a man and woman who meet on a cross-state drive. “This amazing script almost fell from the sky,” McDermott adds. She said it was the fastest she ever wrote a screenplay, completing it in only a few hours. The Wallingford native also wrote the screenplay for the
See Cirque du Soleil’s AMALUNA page 5
See Screenwriter at Neumann University page 6
Accomplished screenwriter Sara McDermott to teach her craft at Neumann University this fall.
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Cello Choir to Perform Free Concert at Bryn Mawr College See “Big Fish” Page 12
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he rich and glorious sound of over 60 cellos will once again resonate in Thomas Great Hall on the campus of Bryn Mawr College Friday, August 2, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Area residents are invited to attend this extraordinary concert presented free of charge by students and faculty of Cello- Enjoy over 60 cellists performing in Thomas Great Hall on the speak’s 19th Annual Cello Workcampus of Bryn Mawr College shop for Adults. This concert will be the grand finale of two Friday, August 2, 2019 at 7:30 separate weeklong workshops p.m. The community is invited for adult amateur cellists. Bomin to attend this wonderful concert presented free of charge by Collins, Cellospeak’s Artistic students and faculty of Director, has carefully selectCellospeak’s 19th Annual ed the music for a beautiful Cello Workshop for Adults. and compelling program. The entire cello choir, under the direction of Conductor/Arranger Gary Fitzgerald, will perform works by Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Vivaldi, and more! The concert will also fea- Dorothy Amarandos, who passed away on June 22, 2019. Dorothy started ture Cellospeak’s faculty in original arrangements of music by Mendelssohn, Cellospeak in 2000 as a one-week workshop in rural Virginia with just 13 of her local adult cello students. She was 75 years old at the time, and had Host, and Barber. This year the concert will include a special tribute to Cellospeak’s founder See Cello Choir to Perform Free Concert page 6
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