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Year 31, No. 44
Celebrating 31 Years of Community News
July 6 – July 12, 2016
Travel Back to the ’50s with “Bye Bye Birdie – Young Performers’ Edition”
“G R E E T I N G S F R O M K O L K ATA , I N D I A !”
Upper Darby Summer Stage – July 13, 14 & 15
Philadelphia Art Alliance Summer 2016 Exhibition and Sale July 8 - 10, 2016
Schuylkill River Arts Day July 16 Page 3
PCOM’s New Chief Research & Science Officer Page 7
The mission of the Crafts Council of West Bengal is to support and promote handmade or handcrafted textiles and crafts. It is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization working specifically with the craftspeople of Eastern India.
by calling the box office at 610-622-1189. The Upper Darby Performing Arts Center is located in Drexel Hill at 601 N. Lansdowne Avenue, minutes from the Main Line and Center City. The show is approximately 60 minutes with no intermission. Parking is free. The show is ideal for ages four and up and free babysitting is offered for siblings who may be too young to sit through the entire show.
n July 8, 9, and 10, the Philadelphia Art Alliance will host an exhibition and sale by the Crafts Council of West Bengal of handmade, handspun, handwoven, embroidered and quilted textiles and crafts from West Bengal, India. The products being showcased include various embroidery, such as Kantha (the Quilt Stitch of Bengal) and Satgaon (quilt embroidery), handspun and handwoven scarves and sarees (Khadi), stoles, scarves, bags and cushion covers dyed using natural sources. The exhibit and sale runs from 12 noon to 7 p.m. each day. Admission is free. In addition, there will be a combination of clay items, Dokra (lost wax metal casting method), musical instruments like the Sholapith (a type of reed from which decorative items such as flowers are created) and Banam (wooden tribal musical instruments), jewelry, scroll paintings and more. The Crafts Council works with hundreds of weavers, promoting the revival of textiles such as Jamdani, Khadi (handspun and handwoven muslin cotton and silks). This exhibition and sale will focus very specifically on indigo and other natural dyes and weaving. The mission of the Crafts Council of West Bengal is to sup-
See “Bye Bye Birdie – Young Performers’ Edition” on page 8
See Philadelphia Art Alliance Summer Exhibition and Sale on page 8
O From left – Alan Oruska of Springfield as Albert Peterson, Helena Bryant of Berwyn as Kim McAfee, Maria DiPietro of Drexel Hill as Rosie Alvarez and Nick Vecchione of Springfield as Conrad Birdie, prepare for their performances in “Bye Bye Birdie – Young Performers’ Edition” July 13 - 15 at UD Summer Stage.
CAC’s Tie-Dye Music Festival Page 12
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udiences can travel back to the 1950s as Upper Darby Summer Stage presents “Bye Bye Birdie – Young Performers’ Edition.” Performances are July 13, 14 and 15 at 10:30 a.m. and on July 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center. Tickets are affordably priced at $7-11 and can be purchased online at www.udpac.org or
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