Palestinian-American Musician To Perform

Camp activities will take place at GVWA’s 224-acre Welkinweir preserve, which includes forests, meadows, ponds and streams that are linked by trails. In the event of inclement weather or excessive heat, camp activities will be moved into the educational barn.

Camps will run from approximately 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for age children age 6 and older, while camps for the 4- and 5-year-old age group will run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Parents can also register their children for before-camp care or after-camp care for additional fees. Registration for GVWA members is already open; nonmembers can begin registering on Friday, March 4. Campers can attend one, several or all of the weeks of camps.

Leading the camps for the first time this year will be Alex Runde, the new watershed educator, who relocated from the Florida area to take the new position. He learned about the opening at GVWA after seeing it advertised on a job site posted by the North American Association for Environmental Education. Runde received a Bachelor of Science in hydrology from St. Cloud University in Minnesota and a Master of Science in environmental education from Florida Tech.

Last summer, he had the opportunity to experience the nature day camps at GVWA. “I got one of the water weeks and one of the plant weeks. For (the first) week, we planted snap peas and the kids monitored and watered them,” he said. “We got to walk around and learn about wild edibles from a local expert and got to eat invasive wineberries. For an upcoming camp, we are planning on incorporating wineberries into an ice cream dish.”

Runde will lead a new camp this year, “Weather and Climate.” “That is one of my environmental passions amateur meteorology,” he said. “I will do weather presentations on hurricanes and tornadoes and one on historical climate change.”

Another camp week will have the theme “Outdoor Skills.” “Kids will really focus on survival, like how to make a fire with a magnifying glass - something that you might see on ‘Man vs. Wild’ or ‘Survivorman,’” he noted.

Since moving here, Runde said that he has enjoyed all that Pennsylvania has to offer. He recently visited St. Peter’s Village to hike and went ice fishing this past winter on the lake at Marsh Creek State Park near Eagle.

GVWA is located in East Nantmeal Township at 1368 Prizer Road, Pottstown. For complete details about the camp and to register, visit www.greenvalleys.org/ summer-nature-day-camp. Camp scholarships are available for those in need of assistance.

Alex Runde is the new watershed educator at Green Valleys Watershed Association.

The WCR Center for the Arts will present a concert by Grammy-nominated musician Simon Shaheen and his trio on Saturday, March 26, at 8 p.m. at the WCR, 140 N. Fifth St., Reading. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m.

A Palestinian born in the village of Tarshiha in the Galilee, Shaheen is a virtuoso on oud and violin as well as a composer. His father, Hikmat, was a professor of music and a master oud player. Shaheen began his studies with his father at the age of 5 and a year later commenced studying the violin at the Conservatory for Western Classical Music in Jerusalem. Shaheen continued his music education in the United States, receiving master’s degrees from both the Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University. In 1994, Shaheen received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor for traditional arts in the U.S. In addition to his work in traditional and classical Arabic music, Shaheen has participated in many cross-cultural collaborations, including performances with Sting, Quincy Jones, Bill Laswell, and The Klezmatics. He is also a professor at Berklee College of Music. For more information and the link to purchase tickets, visit www.wcrcenter.org/event calendar. There is a discount for students. Masks and a vaccine card are required for entry. Parking is available at the Abraham Lincoln parking garage, located on the corner of Fifth and Washington streets. While every effort is being made to become accessible, the WCR Center is not currently wheelchair-accessible.

This event is made possible by Najla and Nabil Muallem and the Berks County Community Foundation.

WCR Center for the Arts is a nonprofit community organization focused on promoting the arts, serving the community, and enhancing the revitalization efforts in Reading. The organization’s primary goal is to preserve the facility to serve the Reading community as it has done for over 150 years.

Simon Shaheen

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