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Year 30, No. 35
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FIND YOUR COMMUNITY 25th Celebration Komen NEWS HERE! Philadelphia Race for the Cure Sisters Sharing Everything – Including the Breast Cancer Journey
May 6 – May 12, 2015
Bala Cynwyd Author Roz Warren Pens “Our Bodies, Our Shelves” Meet Humorist & Author at Cynwyd Station Café & Tea Room May 17 here are eight million stories at your local public library—and not all of them are in the books. Bala Cynwyd humorist and author Roz Warren, who has been dubbed “the world’s funniest librarian,” is bringing these stories to life in her latest book, Our Bodies, Our Shelves: A Collection of Library Humor. “Librarians know that we possess a keen sense of humor,” Warren explained. “However, I wanted to break down the stereotype of the serious bookworm behind the desk who doesn’t know how to laugh. We laugh at everything.” Warren’s new collection of funny essays about library life covers topics like what your librarian really thinks about
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“Rooms in Bloom” Page 16
Dining & Entertainment Pages 6 & 7
Education & Camp Pages 9 - 11
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Joan celebrates Mother’s Day at the 2014 Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure with her nieces, Judy’s two daughters, Marsha Katz and Joy Cooper. ynnewood resident, Joan Wean, doesn’t shy away from sharing the story of her experiences with breast cancer – but it’s nothing she actively seeks to tell, either. This isn’t because her journeys were too painful, too personal or past history she doesn’t want to relive. It’s because, as she says with humility, “Unfortunately, my story isn’t that unique.” In talking to Joan, one soon discovers that while her ‘breast cancer story’ may or may not be similar to that of others, there is something truly unique in the way she channels a love for her sister into a mission making an impact on lives of millions. Joan’s first experience with breast cancer came fifteen years ago when her older sister, Judy, was diagnosed with the disease. The sisters were physically close – Judy living a halfmile down the road – as well as shared the emotional closeness unique to sisters. “We did everything together like true sisters,” said Joan. “We had the same tastes, liked the same things, her children were like my own. I was devastated when she told me. But Judy was so confident, so ready to fight – so I was determined to fight with her.
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See Local Team Prepares for Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure on page 10
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Meet Bala Cynwyd humorist and author Roz Warren at her book launch party, Sunday, May 17 at the Cynwyd Station Café & Tea Room. you, the most stolen item in any public library, the amazing things library patrons have used as bookmarks, the unexpected objects librarians have discovered in library book drops and why you’ll never see a man reading “Sins and Scarlet Lace.” “The library might be quiet, but it certainly isn’t dull,” Warren noted. “The library still is the heart of the community and so we get a variety of people. Most are wonderful, but some—well, we have had our challenges.” A former attorney, Warren is no stranger to humor and has always embraced it in her life. Our Bodies, Our Shelves is her 13th humor book, and she is a well-known freelance writer whose See Meet Author Roz Warren on page 12
Vinyl Revival Partners with Film Festival Flix to Bring Indie Film Festival Favorites to Local Audience Film Festival Flix’s award-winning and audience favorite films from festivals around the world screen monthly at The Vault at Vinyl Revival he Vault at Vinyl Revival, an independent movie theater at 35-37 N. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA, announces a partnership with Film Festival Flix, a distribution platform that brings award-winning films from festivals around the world to North American audiences through its monthly theatrical premiere series and Internet VOD platform. Monthly attendees are treated to a film festival experience, including red carpet photos, film premieres, intimate discussions, and socializing with like-minded individuals. Film Festival Flix’s monthly series of curated independent, Film enthusiast and owner art-house and foreign films currently screening in California and Colorado will now also screen at Vinyl Revival every third Andrea DiFabio, in the Vault Theater at Vinyl Revival, Friday of the month through the end of the year. “Mary Queen prepares the screening of of Scots,” directed by Thomas Imbach, and written by Thomas Imbach, Stefan Zweig (Novel), Andrea Staka, Eduard Habsburg “Mary Queen of Scots” May 15. and Catherine Schelbert, screens on May 15, at 7:30 p.m. Guests are welcome to BYOB and snacks to all screenings. Tickets are $8, $5 for students and seniors, and are available online at www.vinylrevivalrecords.com or in-person up until show time. Vinyl Revival is located at 35-37 N. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, PA 19050. For information, to sign up for their e-newsletter, or to see a list of all monthly film titles in the series, visit www.vinylrevivalrecords.com, follow them on Facebook or call 610-284-3537. For information on Film Festival Flix, visit http://filmfestivalflix.com/.
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