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Year 31, No. 11
Celebrating 31 Years of Community News
FIND YOUR COMMUNITY Yale Professor Joanne B. Freeman to Deliver NEWS HERE! Annual Parker Memorial History Lecture
earned her Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. Her book, Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic, won the Best Book award from the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic. Her current project, The Field of Blood: Congressional Violence in Antebellum America, explores physical violence in the U.S. Congress between 1830 and the Civil War, and what it suggests about the institution of
“Becoming Dr. Ruth” at the Walnut Page 6
Elisabeth von Trapp in Concert November 21 at Mount Carmel United Methodist Church
Yale University History Professor Joanne B. Freeman will present “Dirty Nasty Politics in Early America” at The Haverford School on November 18 at 7:30 p.m.
UDPAC’s “The Nutcracker” Page 8
LM PLAYERS Presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” Page 11
November 11 – November 17, 2015
ale University Professor Joanne B. Freeman will present “Dirty Nasty Politics in Early America” for the 26th annual Davis R. Parker Memorial History Lecture at The Haverford School on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the School’s Ball Auditorium, Wilson Hall, lower level. The lecture is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow the event; copies of Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic and Alexander Hamilton: Writings will be available for purchase. Freeman specializes in the politics and political culture of the revolutionary and early national periods of American history. She
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Congress, the nature of American sectionalism, the challenges of a young nation’s developing democracy, and the longstanding roots of the Civil War. A fellow of the Society of American Historians and a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians, Freeman has done extensive work in public history, including co-curating museum exhibitions and acting as a historical consultant for documentary filmmakers as well as for the National Park Service in the reconstruction of the Alexander Hamilton Grange National Memorial. Freeman teaches graduate reading and research courses in early national American history, and undergraduate seminars on early Elisabeth von Trapp, granddaughter of the legendary Maria and Baron von Trapp, will perform at the Mount national politics and political culture, as well as lecture courses on the American Revolu- Carmel United Methodist Church on November 21 at 7 p.m. tion and early national America. For information, call 610-642-3020, ext. 1311 lisabeth von Trapp, granddaughter of the legendary or visit www.haverford.org/parkerlecture. Maria and Baron von Trapp, who story inspired the The Haverford School is located at 450 Lan“Sound of Music,” will perform at the Mount Carmel caster Avenue, Haverford. Seating is limited United Methodist Church, north of St. Peter’s Village, on Satto 250 and will be available on a first-come, urday, November 21 at 7 p.m. A freewill offering will be taken first-served basis. in lieu of an admission fee. Singing professionally since child-
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W AY N E A R T C E N T E R CONCERT NOVEMBER 16
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Free Performance includes Distinguished Harpist Joanna ShawRuss he Wayne Art Center String Orchestra will present “An Evening of Music for Strings” with harpist Joanna ShawRuss on Monday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. at the Wayne Art Center. The performance is free and open to the public. Under the direction of conductor and Wayne resident Joyce S. Prichard, the program will include works by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Telemann, and Handel. Professional harpist and Berwyn resident Joanna ShawRuss will be featured in Holfeldt’s In the Company of Angels, and excerpts from Grandjany’s Fantaisie Pour Harpe Sur un Thème de J. Haydn. The string orchestra is comprised of talented young adult string players who auditioned for selection. Musicians from Haverford, Lower Merion, Owen J. Roberts, Radnor, Rose Tree Media School Districts and the Independent Home Education Program were chosen for the advanced performing group.
The Wayne Art Center String Orchestra will present “An Evening of Music for Strings” with harpist Joanna ShawRuss on Monday, November 16, 7:30 p.m.
See Wayne Art Center Free Concert on page 12