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Year 33, No. 45
Celebrating 33 Years of Community News
August 1 – August 7, 2018
Joan Baez Brings Her Fare Thee G OLDEN S LIPPER G EMS O FFERS S UMMER P ROGRAM Well Tour to Verizon Hall he Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Larry Magid Entertainment, welcomes back acclaimed artist and activist Joan Baez, as she embarks on her final North American tour. The extensive run of shows, following 50 UK and European dates, marks Baez’s last year of formal touring and includes a stop at the
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Joan Baez’s last year of formal touring includes a stop at the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall on Wednesday, September 26, at 8 p.m.
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Gavin DeGraw and Phillip Phillips to Perform Page 12
Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 8 p.m. The Telegraph called her performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, “a rapturous evening with a legend.” GQ magazine reviewed the performance and said, “The fighter still remains.” “It is always an honor to have the incomparable, worldrenowned Joan Baez perform on the Kimmel Center Cultural Campus,” said Ed Cambron, Executive Vice President of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. “Baez is not only an incredible musician, but a passionate activist, and Philadelphia audiences are lucky to see her live on her final North American tour.” As a special offer to fans purchasing tickets for Baez’s U.S. tour, a CD or digital download of her forthcoming album, Whistle Down The Wind, is included with every ticket purchased.
s the summer in Philadelphia heats up, one “cool” opportunity to consider is Golden Slipper Gems’ special summer program! Once again, Golden Slipper is offering a unique program with six stand-alone presentations, each devoted to a different topic. The program will run from August 14 - August 30, on Tuesdays and Thursdays for three weeks and end, just in time for Labor Day weekend. Join Golden Slipper for any or all of its presentations, which include actor Neil Hartley as Sherlock Holmes in his “Mystery
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65+ Cellists to Perform Free Concert at Bryn Mawr College he rich and glorious sound of over 65 cellos will resonate in Thomas Great Hall on the campus of Bryn Mawr College Friday, August 10, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Area residents are invited to attend this extraordinary concert presented free of charge by students and faculty of Cellospeak’s 18th Annual Cello Workshop for Adults. This concert will be the grand finale of two separate weeklong workshops for adult amateur cellists. Bomin Collins, Cellospeak’s Artistic Director, has carefully selected the music for a beautiful and compelling program. The entire cello choir, under the direction of Conductor/Arranger Gary Fitzgerald, will perform works by Tchaikovsky, Bach, Vivaldi, and more! The concert also will feature Cellospeak’s faculty in original arrangements of music by Popper, Tchaikovsky, and the Piano Guys. Dorothy Amarandos started Cellospeak in 2000 as a one-week workshop in rural Virginia with just 13 of her local adult cello students. She was 75 years
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See actor Neil Hartley as Sherlock Holmes in “Mystery of the Speckled Band,” one of the unique presentations offered by Golden Slipper Gems August 14 - August 30.
old at the time, and had already had a lifelong career as a cello performer, teacher and entrepreneur. Under her Enjoy 65+ cellists performing in Thomas Great Hall on the campus of Bryn Mawr College Friday, August 10, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. The community is invited to attend this wonderful concert presented free of charge by students and faculty of Cellospeak’s 18th Annual Cello Workshop for Adults. inspiring and energetic leadership, Cellospeak has since become a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation with a devoted membership of adult amateur cellists from all over the country. Cellospeak’s Annual Cello Workshops now extend over two weeks and are attended by over 100 students and served by over 16 professional teachers each summer, bringing adult cello students and faculty together from the four corners of the nation to immerse themselves in an extraordinary musiSee Free Cellospeak Concert page 4