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Year 31, No. 1
Celebrating 31 Years of Community News
August 26 – September 1, 2015
Fifth Annual Haverford Music Festival Set for September 12
New Fall Culinary Classes for Adults and Children
Wesley Stace (Formerly John Wesley Harding), Dibbs Preston and the Detonators, Laura Cantrell, and The Grip Weeds Headline a Full Day of Family Fun
Begin September 24 at Wayne Art Center
“A History of Magic” Page 6
“Liberty: Unplugged!” with Actor Hill Harper Page 11
Talk on “Hidden Meanings: Founding Symbols of Civilization” Page 12
Education News Pages 8 - 10
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See The Grip Weeds perform Sat., September 12, at this year’s Haverford Music Festival. he Fifth Annual Haverford Music Festival (HMF), presented by GIANT, is scheduled for Saturday, September 12, 2015, from noon to 9:30 p.m. The Festival will feature four internationally acclaimed headlining acts, plus numerous local and regional artists, performing on four stages near the intersection of Eagle and Darby Roads in Havertown. Area businesses and vendors will fill booths along Darby Road and Hathaway Lane. There will be food booths, a beer garden, children’s activities and much more fun for the whole family. Admission is free. Headlining HMF 2015 on the large Oakmont Field Stage, located behind the Oakmont Administration Building, will be singer/songwriter and author Wesley Stace, most of whose many albums have been released under his former stage name, John Wesley Harding. Stace, an Englishman who now resides with his family in Philadelphia, has been critically acclaimed since his 1990 breakthrough album, Here Comes the Groom, which featured the popular radio track “The Devil in Me.” He has been accompanied on record and on stage by members of The Decemberists and R.E.M, among other notable musicians. His latest album, SelfTitled, on the Yep Roc label, is the first to be issued under his given name. Stace’s music is frequently heard on 88.5 WXPN and other NPR stations. He is also a talented novelist who has had four books published to date. Headlining HMF 2015’s Darby Road Stage will be high-energy rockabilly party band Dibbs
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HE KITCHEN at the Wayne Art Center is happy to welcome fall! THE KITCHEN is all about global flavors this season. Begin your adventure in Spain with chef Karen Bentz on September 24; the menu includes Spanish meatballs, artichoke and rice cakes, patatas brava and chorizo tortillas. Travel to the Mediterranean with chef Karen on October 27, where you can learn to make making spanakopita, chicken with lemon and oregano, rice with dried apricots
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See Culinary Classes at Wayne Art Center on page 4
Last Gasp of Summer at Morris Arboretum
ummer is winding down but there is still a lot to do in the garden at Morris Arboretum. Here are 5 reasons to visit before the sun sets on summer. The cooling power of trees and bubbling fountains provide a perfect respite of tranquility from the hustle and bustle of the city. It can be as much as 10-15 degrees cooler under the shade of a big tree, and Morris Arboretum has a lot of state champion trees! Patrick Dougherty’s stick sculpture, A Waltz in the Woods lures art lovers and children alike with its seven 25-foot tall twisting towers that you can roam through, or race in and out of. Out on a Limb takes you high up in the treetops on a canopy walk that requires no climbing. Or you can scamper onto the Squirrel Scramble, a hammock-like rope netting and pretend
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The popular “Tastes of the Town” series kicks off on September 30 with a demo by Sally McKenna Quinn.
you’re a squirrel peering down from 50 feet up. The Garden Railway presents Art & Architecture with Philadelphia sculptures like Rocky and The Thinker, along with architecture from afar like the Eiffel Tower. And that is just the back drop for model trains zipping in and
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Don’t let summer run out on you without a trip to the Morris Arboretum’s newest sculpture from Patrick Dougherty, made entirely of sticks. out of tunnels, through bridges, and under trestles on a quarter mile track. Labor Day weekend is Circus Week at the Garden Railway. Come see the Big Top and the circus trains take over the tracks. Sculpture Scavenger Hunt Open your eyes to art in
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See Last Gasp of Summer at Morris Arboretum on page 12