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LOOK! Public Art Project Transforms Lancaster Ave Beginning September 30
By Haywood Brewster Staff Reporter
T
he public art project LOOK! on Lancaster Avenue will open on September 30 with the unveiling of 14 visual and sound art installations, which will transform storefronts and windows of vacant build- ings along Lancaster Avenue through November 30. The mul- tifaceted project also includes group art shows and public performances in existing galler- ies and public spaces along Lan- caster Avenue, starting at 34th Street and extending westward to 41st. The project is sponsored by Drexel University, in partner-
ship with the University City District, the People’s Emergency Center and University City community arts groups, and is funded in part by a $30,000 Philadelphia “Restore Corridors through Art” grant. As Drexel University embarks on an extensive program of ur- ban revitalization in Powelton and Mantua, LOOK! provides a unique opportunity for West Philadelphia residents to come together in a celebration of cre- ativity and innovation, and pro- mote a sense of civic pride and community spirit. Opening Reception: 3850-3852 Lancaster Ave. The storefront windows at 3850-2852 Lancaster Ave. will
be decorated with a work by Drexel’s Paul Schultz,(see image aboce) a professor of architec- ture, entitled “Celebrate the Uncelebrated.” Complimentary refreshments will be available, along with detailed informa- tion about the various projects, shows and performances. Gallery Highlights: Art on the Avenue Gallery 3808 Lancaster Ave. Blaise Tobia, a Powelton resi- dent and professor in the Art & Art History Department at Drexel University, will curate a group exhibition “Queries.” Projects I Gallery 3820 Lancaster Ave. Randy Dalton, artist-in-resi- dence at West Philadelphia’s
Community Education Center (CEC), will curate a group exhi- bition “Discover a Dozen” and widely recognized Powelton- based artists Carolyn Healy and John Phillips will do a sculp- ture/sound/video installation. Also on display will be “Neigh- borhood Narratives,” featuring visual and audio portraits of Lancaster Corridor residents by the students of Hana Iverson’s course at Drexel. People’s Emergency Center (PEC) Chaka Fattah House 4017 Lancaster Ave. Powelton artist, author and educator Bonnie MacAllister will curate a group exhibition of women artists from the Powel- ton, Mantua and Belmont
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Fry Po- sitions
Drexel as Commu-
nity Change Agent
By Sandy Smith Special to the UC Review
J
ohn Fry, the president of Drexel University, is a man in a hurry. When he speaks, the words fl ow in torrents. But he is aware that he has em- barked on a project that will outlast his tenure at the helm of Drexel. Not to worry, though – he has had practice doing this. For what he is taking on as president at Drexel is the same challenge he tackled as execu- tive vice president at Penn: Harness- ing the resources of a great universi-
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Whispering Leaves: the Herb & Sip Shop that Seemed Destined
for West Philly By Nicole Contosta Staff Reporter
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ty to transform and strengthen its home community, and strengthen itself in the process. So: Can John Fry make lightning strike twice? “I don’t think it’s really lightning striking twice,” he said. “It’s more like the concerted effort of hundreds of people working over time. What I did [at Penn] was recognize that talent and galvanize it to perform.” There, working closely with the president who hired him, Judith Rodin, Fry oversaw a dramatic physical transformation of the campus, adding new academic and retail facilities that made both it and the adjacent University City neighborhood more attrac- tive and lively, and stabilizing the neigh- borhood through housing incentives that encouraged Penn affi liates to settle there. The results were so impressive that Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster hired him as its
esides its fabulous taste, drinking tea strengthens the immune system by help-
ing ward off infections. It can promote younger looking skin by destroying free radicals. And it can even help prevent certain tu- mors and cancer cells from form- ing. But if not for falling leaves in 2737 B.C., the world may never have experienced the pleasure associated with drinking tea. As story has it, the Second Emperor of China, Shen Nung, was boil- ing drinking water over an open fi re when leaves fell from a tree into the pot. Turning the water a slightly off color, Emperor Nung, known as a “divine healer,” drank the darkened water, declaring that it produced “vigor of body, con- tentment of mind, and determina- tion of purpose.”
Nung’s discovery of tea seemed fated. And in a certain sense, so does Whispering Leaves: the Herb & Sip Shop, 4615 Woodland Ave. Whispering Leaves was opened in March of 2011 by Lisa Marie, a retired member of the Philadel- phia Police Force. “I’d always wanted to own my own business and when my retirement drew close, I decided to put this plan into action,” Marie explained, add- ing, “And I have always loved tea, having people over to sit down, drink it and talk. Then there are its healing powers.” According to Marie, tea also helped relieve her son’s psoriasis.
While Marie knew quite a lot about tea’s social and healing powers, she didn’t know where to start when it came to opening a
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