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Year 29, No. 39
Celebrating 29 Years of Community News
125 Young Actors Perform in Wolf PAC’s Spring Productions
June 4 – June 10, 2014
Papua New Guinea Conservationist Gives Free Talk Welcomes Two Special Guests from the Country June 16 apua New Guinea is a place where six-foot-tall birds kill with a kick and kangaroos live in trees. Conservationist and author Dr. Andrew Mack has spent two decades exploring the mysterious South Pacific country, and on Monday, June 16, he will recount his adventures in a free talk and book signing at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, sponsored by Papua New Guinea Tourism Board and Swain Destinations. In addition, two Fabian Paino, Papua New Guinea cultural represenwoodcarver. tatives from Papua New Guinea— Mundiya Kepanga, from the Huli tribe, and Fabian Paino, a Malagan master carver—both making their first trip to Philadelphia, will display their bilas (traditional dress) and perform live carving demonstrations. Visitors will be able to meet these special guests afterward. After his talk, which starts at 7 p.m., Mack, a former Academy biologist who is now executive director of the IndoPacific Conservation Alliance, will sign copies of his new book, “Searching for Pekpek: Cassowaries and Conservation in the New Guinea Rainforest.” To register to attend the
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Education & Camp News Pages 8 & 9
Wolf PAC’s “Shrek: the Musical” features Scott Berkowitz (Havertown) as Shrek, Haley Weiss (Wynnewood) as Fiona, and Marcel Werder (Narberth) as Donkey. olf Performing Arts Center (Wolf PAC) will conclude its 2013-2014 production season with two family-friendly productions: a wildly adorable production of “Disney’s The Jungle Book KIDS” and the irreverent “Shrek: the Musical” based on the hit film. “Disney’s The Jungle Book KIDS” tells the story of Mowgli, a girl who was raised by jungle animals and lives in the jungle. With the help of her animal friends, Mowgli will find her way out of the jungle to the man village.
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This lively production features performers in kindergarten through 3rd grade. The show runs June 6 and 7 both at 7 p.m. Something is rotten in the state of Duloc! The Tony Award winning “Shrek: the Musical” brings to life every ones favorite story about a grumpy, green ogre, a princess with a secret, a wise-cracking donkey and an evil Lord determined to be king. Wolf PAC’s performers in grades 4 through 12 will have people of all ages rolling in the aisles with the hilarious script and upbeat music. The show runs June 13 See Wolf PAC’s Spring Productions on page 3
The Savoy Company Presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Trial By Jury” and “The Sorcerer” At Longwood Gardens on June 13 & 14, 2014 hat do Gilbert & Sullivan’s two operettas or musical comedies, “Trial By Jury” and “The Sorcerer,” have in common? Why ‘looking for love in all the wrong places’! In its 114 year, The Savoy Company will present this double-bill of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Trial By Jury” and
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The Savoy Company will present this double-bill of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Trial By Jury” and “The Sorcerer” at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA, on June 13 and 14 at 8:30 p.m. Martha Smylie & Fred Dittman perform in “The Sorcerer.”
Conservationist Andrew Mack will give a free talk about his research and adventures in Papua New Guinea on Monday, June 16, at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Mack will also sign copies of his book on the subject and will introduce two cultural representatives from the country who will display their native dress and give wood-carving demonstration.
“The Sorcerer” at Longwood Gardens on June 13 and 14 at 8:30 p.m. (rain dates June 15 and 16) in the Open Air Theater, a two-tiered stage backed by a grassy hill and framed by columnar arborvitae, which is a larger design of one found at Villa Gori, near Siena, Italy. Collegeville’s Beverly
free “An Evening in Papua New Guinea” event, online visit www.pnglecture.eventbrite.com. Papua New Guinea, which occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world and contains the third largest rainforest, housing 6 percent of Earth’s biodiversity. It’s also
See The Savoy Company Performs on page 4
See “An Evening in Papua New Guinea” on page 8