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Year 30, No. 19
Celebrating 30 Years of Community News
January 14 – January 20, 2015
FIND YOUR COMMUNITY The Philly POPS Performs Motown’s Most Artist of Official Icon for NEWS HERE! Memorable Hits with “Classical Soul” “World Meeting of Families” ®
Conducted by Michael Krajewski and Featuring Capathia Jenkins and Darius de Haas – February 6, 7 and 8, 2015 sic songs from R&B legends like Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye. On Friday, February 6 (8 p.m.), Saturday, February 7 (3 p.m.) and Sunday, February 8 (3 p.m.), “Classic Soul” will be conducted by Krajewski and feature Jenkins and award-win-
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“Classic Soul,” the next Philly POPS concert series on February 6 8, features awardwinning guest vocalists Capathia Jenkins (shown) and Darius de Haas at Verizon Hall of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
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he Philly POPS shows its RESPECT for audiences during “Classic Soul,” the next Philly POPS concert series on February 6 - 8. Music Director Michael Krajewski collaborated with award-winning guest vocalist Capathia Jenkins to develop this concert, which includes a blend of powerful sounds and soulful voices singing clas-
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ning guest vocalist Darius de Haas at Verizon Hall of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on Avenue of the Arts in Philadelphia. Classic Soul is a concert filled with some of the most memorable Motown hits. The powKennett Square, PA, artist Neilson Carlin – who created the erful repertoire consists of songs including: “Nat- official image for the World Meeting of Families – comes to ural Woman,” “Let’s Stay Together,” “Proud Immaculata on Monday, February 2, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Green Room, Villa Maria Hall. The event is free. Mary,” “You Are Everything,” “Respect,” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” and more. “This concert is a very All-American style of music mmaculata University welcomes Kennett Square, PA, artist that I think everyone enjoys. We are filling the Neilson Carlin to campus on Monday, February 2, from 7 line-up with universally known hits,” says to 8:30 p.m. in the Green Room, Villa Maria Hall. The event Krajewski. is free and open to the public. Capathia Jenkins has wowed Philly POPS Carlin was commissioned to create the icon image of the
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See Philly POPS “Classic Soul” Concert on page 7
See Artist Neilson Carlin at Immaculata on page 10
Relâche Performs “Mummies Outside the Box” at the Penn Museum Museum Offers Mummy Tour at 2 p.m. – Ensemble Performs at 3 p.m. Museum’s international galhe spotlight is on new leries – including galleries feamusic, old movies, and turing its extensive ancient very old mummies SunEgyptian collections, “The day afternoon, January 25 at Egyptian Mummy: Secrets and the Penn Museum, 3260 South Science,” and “In the Artifact Street in Philadelphia, as Lab: Conserving Egyptian MumRelâche, Philadelphia’s intermies” – beginning 2 p.m. on nationally renowned new music ensemble, presents “Mummies Relâche New Music Outside the Box.” The 3 p.m. Ensemble performs in program is the second in a Widener Hall at the Penn three part Relâche-in-Residence Museum. Photo/ series, “Music for the Mystery Penn Museum of Silents.” To get concert-goers in the the day of the concert. Januspirit, the Penn Museum offers ary 25 tickets may be purchased a special optional mummyat the Penn Museum online focused gallery tour, “Eternal calendar (www.penn.museum/ Life in Ancient Egypt,” with calendar). Paul Verhelst, University of Relâche Program Pennsylvania Egyptology gradThe featured silent film is uate student, at 2 p.m. “The Eyes of the Mummy,” a Relâche concert tickets are 1918 film by the German direcjust $15 ($10 for Museum members), in advance or at the door, while supplies last. Concert guests with tick- tor Ernst Lubitsch, starring Pola Negri, released in the US in 1922. As live ets may arrive early to join the 2 p.m. gallery tour, or enter and explore the See “Mummies Outside the Box” on page 5
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