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N. American St. The March 17 matinee will be preceded by a talk by Prof. Chris Patore and followed by Meet The Artists at City Tap House, 3925 Wal- nut. Moderately priced tickets at 1-877-OPERA99. x Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit and her special guest fiddler Mark O’Connor are at the Annenberg on March 16 at 8 p.m. for a program of “smoky, romantic jazz” including hits from her newest album “Home”, backed by a trio of piano, drums, bass. Both Monheit and O’Connor are Grammy nominees. 3680 Wal- nut. 215- 898-3900. x Daniel Pantano’s Concert Operetta Theater presents the local premiere of “Apple Blossoms”, the 1919 Broad- way creation of Fritz Kreisler and Viktor Jacobi that starred Fred and Adele Astaire. Tim Ribchester is Musical Direc- tor and Pianist, leading a cast of eleven including Meghan Dewald, AVA’s Mackenzie Whitney, Jessica Lennick and Jeffrey Chapman. Set in a fashionable girls’ school, this melodic work takes a very modern look at marriage, especially intriguing for its
time frame. March 16 and 17 at 4 p.m. Academy of Vocal Arts, 1920 Spruce. $30; $20 for seniors; $10 students; those under 16 free. 215-389-0648. x The German Society of
Pa. presents the Melomanie Harpsichord Quintet with flute, viola da gamba, cello and violin as part of the “Wister and More!” series on March 17 at 3 p.m. in the Society’s handsomely restored auditorium. The program includes works by von Biber, Hindemith, J.S. Bach, Anthony Mosakowski
and Heinrich Romberg. A reception follows with cof- fee and cakes and a chance to meet the artists in the So- ciety’s Ratskellar. 215-627- 2332. 611 Spring Garden. x Tempesta di Mare and
the Choral Arts Society join forces on March 17 for an “historically informed pro- duction” of Handel’s Mes- siah which was originally written for the Easter season. Matthew Glandorf conducts his large forces including vocal soloists Ah Young Hong, Jennifer Lane, Aaron Sheehan and William Sharp. 4 p.m., Irving Auditorium, 34th and Spruce. 215-755-
8776. x A breath of fresh air from Hawaii arrives on March 20 when the dance troupe Pua Ali’l ‘llima shares the stage with local dancemaker Germaine Ingram. The program includes Jeffrey Kanekaiwilani Takamine’s new piece “The Islands Will Unite and Rise” using ancient-style hula move- ments to call people to band together. March 20 at 7:30 p.m. 1219 Vine. 215-557- 0455 for tickets, and for information on hula work-
shops for youth and adults on March 18 and 19. x Curio Theatre Company
is producing a new play, Madville, a world premiere written by Paul Kuhn and directed by Rosemary Fox. March 20-April 13, 2013 at the Calvary Center, 4740 Baltimore Avenue. Ticket Prices: $15-20 ($5 off for preview tickets: 3/20-21) 215-525-1350 or
www.curio-
theatre.org x The Walnut Street The-
atre has a local premiere of the Broadway hit “Good
People” by David Lindsay- Abaire, staged by the Wal- nut’s Artistic Producing Director Bernard Havard. This comedy is set in a fading South Boston neighborhood where Margie Walsh faces a job loss and eviction but hopes that an old fling might be her ticket to happiness. Ju- lie Czarnecki is Margie, with Sharon Alexnder, Danielle Herbert, Jered McLenigan, Dan Olmstead and Denise Whelan, all Equity members. Through April 28. 825 Wal- nut. 215-574-3550. x
Join us for a special reading of poetry and jazz music with the iconic poet, political activist, and founder of the Black Arts Movement
SPRING 2013 ❖ ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCEAmiri Baraka Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) is the
Meghan Dewald is one of a cast of eleven singers in Concert Operetta Theater’s performances of the Kreisler/Jacobi Broadway musical smash of 1919, “Apple Blossoms”, March 16 and 17 at 4 p.m., 1920 Spruce. Photo: Natasha Komoda at Kimono Photography
author of over 40 books of essays, poems, drama, music history, and criticism. Mr. Baraka is renowned as the founder of the Black Arts Movement in Harlem in the 1960s, as well as his signature studies on the African- American aesthetic with works such as Blues Peoplelues People (1963) and the play Dutchman (1963). His vast collection of essays, poems and other works has creatively and critically explored issues of racism, national oppression, colonialism, neo-colonialism, self-determination and national and human liberation. Mr. Baraka has taught at Yale, Columbia, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Guthrie Ramsey, Jr. is the
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music and Africana Studies at the University of
Pennsylvania. He is the author of the award-winning Race Music: Black Cultures From Be-Bop to Hip Hop (2003). Dr. Ramsey also co-curated the 2010 exhibition Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institute. He is founder and leader of Dr. Guy’s Musiqology, a sextet that blends jazz, rhythm and blues, gospel, neo-soul, and classical music.
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Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
World Café Live ❖ 3025 Walnut Street
For more information, contact the Center for Africana Studies at
https://africana.sas.upenn.edu
215-898-4965 or
africana@sas.upenn.edu All events are FREE and OPEN to the public
**If you require reasonable accommodations, please provide at least 5 days notice.**
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