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Year 35, No. 6
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Virginia Woolf’s ORLANDO on Stage at Villanova Theatre Sarah Ruhl’s wistful and witty adaptation of Woolf’s masterpiece runs Sept. 24 - Oct. 6
September 25 – October 1, 2019
MOORE’S NEW VISITING CURATORS INITIATIVE: OR BOTH, CURATED BY MIA LOCKS
Dining & Entertainment News Pages 5 & 6
The Mütter Museum’s “Spit Spreads Death” Exhibit & Parade Page 8
Philly Friendship Walk and Family Fun Fair Page 11
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See Sarah Stryker as Orlando in Villanova Theatre’s production of “Orlando,” September 24 - October 6, 2019. Photo/Kimberly Reilly
Mia Locks, senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, presents the exhibition “Or Both” as part of a new Visiting Curators Initiative at The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design. Photo/Scott Rudd
illanova Theatre presents Orlando directed by Whiting and Barrymore Award winner James Ijames. Orlando runs September 24 - October 6. Audiences will join the spirited, freethinking nobleman, Orlando on “an epic adventure that transcends time, place and gender” (New York Times). After awakening from a seven-day slumber, Orlando finds himself transformed into a woman and must navigate society, artistry and desire from an entirely new perspective. This fantastical, gender-bending, period-hopping parable explores what it means to live in our own skin and in our own time. Sarah Ruhl’s fantastical adaptation transforms Woolf’s already captivating novel into an entertaining, poetic and ensemble-driven night at the theatre. Using Woolf’s 1928 novel as inspiration for a modern look at identity, gender and desire, Ruhl explores the multitude of possibilities contained within every human being. This timely, textured play examines the ways in which gender and identity have been rediscovered, challenged and transformed over the last decade. As Orlando experiences a complex range of emotions, experiences, obstacles, and discoveries, so too will audience members as they take in a tale that sends home the universality of the human experience. Director James Ijames leads a cast of eight Villanova graduate students, including six chorus members, who each take on several roles in this heavily devised approach. Inspired by Ruhl’s use of the chorus as the motor which propels Orlando through time, Ijames says he
s part of a new initiative at The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design, Mia Locks, senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, presents the exhibition Or Both, opening September 27, 2019. The exhibition, which runs through December 7, is part of Moore’s new Visiting Curators Initiative, which focuses on engaging new artistic input for the benefit of the Moore community and Philadelphia’s arts and culture landscape. Three curators, beginning with Locks, will bring their visions to The Galleries at Moore, a hub for contemporary art and creative exploration in the heart of Philadelphia, during the fall seasons of 2019, 2020 and 2021. Or Both is an experimental two-part exhibition that includes a solo presentation of work by Ulrike Müller alongside a group show of works by Martin Beck, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Jennie C. Jones, Eric N. Mack, Medrie MacPhee, Dona Nelson and Deborah Remington. Approaching painting from a place of ambiva-
See Villanova Theatre Presents “Orlando” page 4
See Moore’s New Exhibition “Or Both” page 8
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Local Havurah Invites Community to Celebrate Jewish High Holidays he Narberth Havurah is open to all on the Main Line and beyond, and offers a unique, inspiring, and musical observance of the High Holidays. Rabbi Simcha Zevit will be leading services, supported by the Havurah Band and community members, which will include a blend of contemporary and traditional prayers and melodies, evocative poetry, kavannot or “spiritual intentions,” meaningful Torah stories, opportunities for personal reflection, as well as discussion on High Holiday themes. Special children’s services on both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur mornings will offer a fun and meaningful way for children of all ages to honor
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the holidays. “This year we are very excited about both our new location at St. Luke United Methodist Church, in Bryn Mawr, and our High Holiday theme of Changing the World From the Inside All are welcome to attend Narberth Havurah’s upcoming services for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Out. I met Pastor David Tatgenhorst through working with POWER, an interfaith social justice organization, and I know our communities have many shared values,” states Rabbi Simcha Zevit. “Being welcomed See Narberth Havurah Invites Community to Celebrate Jewish High Holidays page 3