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Emmy Nominated Randy Rainbow at University of the Arts School of Dance Presents The School the Merriam September 21 ®
omedian, a c t o r , w r i t e r, satirist, and Internet sensation Randy Rainbow has garnered international acclaim for his hilarious series of political spoofs and song parodies. This
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September 25 - October 2, 2019 at the Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts
fall, the Kimmel Center Cultural Campus presents the brilliant, criticallyacclaimed influencer off your computer screen and onto the Merriam Theater stage in Randy Rainbow Live!, Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 7 p.m. This show is presented in association with Live Nation. “On the Kimmel Center Cultural Campus, our mission is to engage the Philadelphia region’s University of the Arts School of Dance presents “The School “These YouTube videos go viral, and that’s a diverse communities with for Temporary Liveness,” from September 25 - October 2, art through performance 2019. Study Hall – Watch, listen, speak, practice and reflect tribute to Rainbow’s clever lyrics, his great singing with Rizvana Bradley, Jarrett Earnest, Brooke Holmes, and education; we value voice, and hilarious reaction shots.” Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Colin Self, Jackie Wang, Ulises, the ability to host con– NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross Simone White (shown) and others. Photo/Dana Scruggs versations that are culturally-relevant and repniversity of the Arts School of Dance presents The School resent a plethora of political and social opinions,” said Ed Cambron, Chief Operating Officer for Temporary Liveness, featuring a new commission and Executive Vice President of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. “Randy Rainby Isabel Lewis and a live performance album from Nora bow’s sharp wit and effervescent energy enable him to craft timely and comical satirical YouTube videos that have captured the world’s attention, and we are thus thrilled to host Chipaumire, from September 25 - October 2, 2019 at the Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, 251 S. 18th him for the first time ever.”
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1892 Aston Home to Be Restored, Used as Student Residence erty will be available for a trial launch n 1892 Victorian home in Aston, in January 2020, open to graduate stuwhich morphed into a bed and dents on weekends and perhaps a few breakfast and then an apartment transfer students who want to begin house, is now the property of Neumann study in the spring semester. The JanUniversity, which plans to restore it uary date is tentative, however, dependas a residence hall. The home, located at 601A Convent Neumann University has purchased Road, boasts wood floors, high ceila spacious 1892 Victorian home at ings, an impressive wooden staircase, 601A Convent Road (Fisher’s Corner a vintage oval window, and a pair of in Aston). Plans are to convert it to a sliding pocket doors. Some of the rooms residence for 18 students by the fall on the second and third floors have of 2020. The Rhodes mansion circa unique designs that provide the “char1900. See page 8 for a current view. acter” that is so appealing in homes of that era. ing on the complexity of the needed According to Dr. Christopher Haug, work. vice president for student affairs, the If the ambitious restoration project university plans to restore the home, is completed on time, the Rhodes manconverting it into a residence hall for sion (named after businessman John approximately 17 students and one B. Rhodes who built the home) will graduate assistant. There are spaces open to a full complement of underfor two bedrooms on the first floor graduate students in the fall of 2020. According to Haug, the selection criand four each on the second and third floors of the home. Because the restoration work will take months, Haug hopes that the propSee Neumann to Restore Historic Home into Residence Hall page 8
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