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AUGUST 30, 2012
Parental guidance
Local parents have gained means to grow in condence through fellow procreators. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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ith her Halloween due date approaching, Rachel Howe knows her heart and home will readily welcome her fourth child. She also cherishes having acquaintances who will laud the birth as yet another means to foster communal camaraderie. As members of the South Philly Parents Resource Center, they have devoted the last 16 months to offering online resources, support groups and workshops as confidence boosters to those with young children. “We have sought to create a strong sense of unity,” Howe, the president of the soonto-be nonprofit, said Tuesday of desiring to have peers give books some competiSee RESOURCE CENTER page 8
Sports
Familial focus
Zahed and Shannon Aryadarei, back, from left, and their children Shaheen, front, from left, Sydney and Sulaimon are making their performance debuts, but the show includes so many affectionate moments that they emote more than they act. P h o t o b y K at h r y n P o o l e
A Newbold clan will offer its tale of perseverance during the 16th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.
Jersey-bound jerseys Two local teams are gearing up for a weekend Shore clash.
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By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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hough an accomplished martial artist, Zahed Aryadarei might soon find himself persuaded to deliver lines instead of blows. The versatile figure will join wife Shannon Aryadarei and their three children as participants in “This Town Is a Mystery,”
an element of the 16th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and the newest piece from Headlong Dance Theater, 1170 S. Broad St., Sept. 7 to 22. The Aryadareis will execute their eight-performance run within their Newbold home and will examine diversity, family cohesion and the patriarch’s brushes with persecution. “At first, I was anxious about telling my story,” Zahed Aryadarei, a native of Tehran,
Iran, who arrived in the United States two decades ago, said Friday from his abode on the 2200 block of South Chadwick Street. “However, I decided to let myself loose because I believe in the mission of the project and knew my children would have a great opportunity to show their talents.” Shannon Aryadarei, whom he wed in See LIVE ARTS page 10