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over your long career. What advice would you give to somebody who’s just starting out on his/ her culinary journey? Chef Perrier: Don’t get frustrated.


give me the recipe.” The guy gave me the recipe. I didn’t think he would, but he gave it to me.


The WHC Team: Sim- ple as that? Chef Perrier: Don’t get frustrated. Learn patience. You know, cooking is not [learned] in one day. You gotta be patient. It comes ev- ery day. You know, even I’m 74 years old, and I’m still learning. I was somewhere… where was I? I was some- where with a friend of mine, and I tasted something. I said, “What is this? Why is this so good? How did you do it?” I said, “You gotta


The WHC Team: So one last question for you, Chef. Beyond Walnut Hill College, what’s next for you? What do you have going on? Chef Perrier: This is my [last] stop. I’ll cook whatever they want me to do, but I will not do anything for anybody else, except Walnut Hill College. You have a long history here at the college. Chef Perrier: Yeah, and I like the people. I like the owner, Danny, and they re- spect me. Everybody’s nice. I can do my stuff. Nobody interferes. That’s what I like, and I like to come here. You know, it’s nice when you’re


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older to still be able to cook, cause it makes me feel good. I need it. I feel relaxed, and I’m glad. The [chefs today] were so excited. You could see they were happy to learn something. I felt that today. They were really ex- cited. You know, that’s what counts. Bistro Perrier opens to the public today, Wednes- day, September 5 at Wal- nut Hill College, located at 4207 Walnut Street. For more information, includ- ing the menu and reserva- tions, visit BistroPerrier. com or call 267-295-2302. About Walnut Hill College: Founded in 1974 as The Restaurant School, Walnut Hill College is America’s first private col- lege to specialize in fine dining and luxury hospital- ity education. Nearly 500 students are enrolled in four associate and bachelor’s degree majors in Culinary Arts, Pastry Arts, Res- taurant Management, and Hotel Management. The college prepares its students for careers in foodservice and hospitality by combin- ing classroom teaching with hands-on training in its four restaurants, which are open to the public. http://www. walnuthillcollege.edu


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menu --- and layout -- can meet. So far, he says, the shrimp and grits have gotten the most rave re- views. There’s also the expansive bar, with a specialty cocktail menu and more than 300 beers available.


Meanwhile, the design itself offers a communal vibe. The first floor a long communal table that will have more than twenty seats around it. Upstairs are booths, colored al- most the same green as the trolley lines, that seat up to ten people each. They’re bookended by


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Curio Teatre Company An- nounces 2018-2019 Season


Curio tackles Arthur Miller, an American Premiere of a Spin on a Chekov Classic, and Shakespeare


2018-2019 Season. For its 14th


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urio Theatre Company has announced its


Season, the company is looking at three pieces of classic theatre through a new lens. Their season begins in October with a production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons (October 10-November 3), continues with the American Premiere of The Three Sisters by Rash Dash, after Chekhov (February 6-March 2), and closes with William Shakespeare’s The Win- ter’s Tale (April 24-May 18). More information about Curio Theatre Company can be found online at www.curiothe- atre.org. All shows are performed at Curio’s home theatre at the Cal- vary Center for Culture and Community, 4740 Baltimore Avenue. “We are extremely excited about our up- coming season. We have an American classic in All My Sons by Arthur Miller, a North American premiere of RashDash’s The Three Sisters by Rash Dash, after Chekhov, a reinterpretation of Chek- ov’s classic play that took the Royal Court Theatre in London by storm, and finally, Shakespeare’s Classic, The Winter’s Tale. As we always do at Curio, the audience can expect an immersive and fully experienced produc- tion every time they are here,” said Curio Theatre Company Artistic Direc- tor Paul Kuhn. About Curio Theatre Company


Curio Theatre Com- pany’s mission is to serve


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programming. “These were people who


represented an era, a move- ment, a force.” This year’s lineup, fea- turing Kathy Sledge, Jean Carne, Kelly Price, Kindred the Family Soul, Keke Wy- att and Monica, is an all-


audiences in West Phila- delphia and beyond with high quality, affordable theatre performances; to develop artistic tal- ent through ensemble, company-based training and rehearsal processes; and to further academic, social, and personal de- velopment through arts education. The artistic and the educational arms of the theatre company are intertwined as we make our home in the di- verse community of West Philadelphia.


The company’s Edu- cational program was awarded the 2017 Vic- tory Theatre Education Award at the Barrymore Awards Ceremony. It marked the company’s first Barrymore Award. Curio Theatre Company is a 501(c)3 non-profit company based in West Philadelphia. The Com- pany was founded by professional artists and administrators who met at the Hedgerow Theatre in Rose Valley, PA, and in- corporated as a non-profit in 2004.”. After touring locally and internation- ally for several years, the Company began a search for a permanent home. In January 2005, Curio The- atre Company joined in partnership with the Cal- vary Center for Culture and Community at 4740 Baltimore Avenue, Phila- delphia. This partnership provides Curio with a performance venue and classrooms within the Calvary Center as well as office space and company housing in the adjacent parish house. In return, Curio is assisting the Cal- vary Center in creating a professional Performing Arts Venue in the heart of West Philadelphia.


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“This year, it’s unique that we have all women as entertainers,” Williams noted. “We felt strongly that Aretha was not just a musical icon. She was a woman and empowerment icon. We wanted to cel- ebrate that.”


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