Whatever happened to Deanna Durbin and more reader Q A
The column answers reader questions on Deanna Durbin life after movies, Batman air dates and Batgirl, Alan Ludden stroke recovery, who sang Maria in Paint Your Wagon, Dana Andrews Daisy Kenyon wife, General Hospital casting corrections, Roy in Tarzan films, and Bing Crosby marriage trivia with corrections and clarifications.
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Deanna Durbin
Ellen Shelton
Palestine
Texas
Deanna
Paris
France
Batman
Batgirl
Richard Alongs
Nesquehoning
Yvonne Craig
Maria
D. Jensen
Roseburg
Ore
Jensen
Luck Willie
Harve Presnell
Dana Andrews
Daisy Kenyon
Phoebe Tyler
Tammy Underwood
Athens
Ruth Warrick
Academy of Vocal Arts Receives Grants for Opera Theater
The Academy of Vocal Arts announced grants totaling 43,000 for opera theater and outreach programs at Walnut Street Theater and the Academy Opera Theater. A 3,000 grant supports the Community Outreach Senior Citizen Concert Series. Seniors or groups may contact Richard Shapp at The Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Vocal Arts
Academy
Opera Theater
Mabel
Academy Opera Theater
Philadelphia Foundation
Foundation
Richard Shapp
Spruce St
Philadelphia
Notre Dame Academy Art Show Opens Feb 1 at Main Building
Notre Dame Academy in Villanova hosts its Mothers Club annual art exhibit starting February 1 in the Main Building. A 3 to 7 p.m. reception features cocktails and a buffet as the professional show runs to February 26 with public viewing noon to 3 p.m. daily. A student show, chaired by Adele B. Donahue, will also run February 1 after critique and judging, with listed artists including Sally Arniel, Betsey Bates, Roger Bieros and others. Delaware County committee members include Mrs Thomas Pan Sr Drexel Hill, Mrs Edward Devine Newtown Square, and Mrs Richard Becker Havertown, the latter co-chairing art for the mothers group.
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Mothers Club
Academy’ of Notre Dame de Namur
Villanova
Academy
Adele B. Donahue
Downingtown
Notre Dame
Sally Arniel
Betsey Bates
Roger Bieros
Peggy Binns
Robert
Delaware
Thomas Pan Sr
Drexel Hill
Edward Devine
Newtown Square
Richard Becker
Havertown
Mothers’ Group
Busch Gardens auditions in Philadelphia for 200 summer spots
Talent scouts from The Old Country Busch Gardens Williamsburg Va schedule auditions in Philadelphia January 28 and 29 at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. About 200 openings for stage productions musicians dancers street entertainers and technicians. First come first served 1 pm to 6 pm January 28 and 1 pm to 5 pm January 29.
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Old Country
Busch Gardens
Williamsburg
Philadelphia
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
Wolf Moon poetry walk at Rose Tree Park Media
The 1981 Evening Poetry Walks begin with Wolf Moon at 7 30 p m January 20 sponsored by Delaware County Parks and Recreation. Walks occur every other month at Rose Tree Park with poetry readings by poets and friends. Bring your own poetry or listen and bring a flashlight. Programs are free with donations accepted. Contact 891 2391 for brochures or information.
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Delaware County
Rose Tree Park
Providence Road
Steve Goodman to Play Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia
Steve Goodman, a singer songwriter and flat-picker, headlines the Bijou Cafe at 1409 Lombard St Philadelphia with shows tonight and Saturday at 8 30 and 11 p.m. Opening act is Chris Smither. Jonathan Edwards plays Jan 22 8 and 10 30 p.m and Jan 23 8 30 and 11 p.m with Eric Anderson opening. Grand Opera Wilmington presents Buddy Rich Jan 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets for the original date honored.
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Bijou Cafe
Lombard St
Phila
Steve Goodman
Songer
Chris Smither
Jonathan Edwards
Eric Anderson
Grand Opera Wilmington
Del
Buddy Rich
Brownstone
Glen Mills
Hal McKay
Delaware Arts Museum Leisure Calendar Highlights
Delaware Arts Museum and related venues showcase ongoing and upcoming exhibitions across Wilmington Philadelphia and surrounding areas. Reads list includes Personal Spaces Special Places remembrances of holidays past dolls and toys teddy bears and the 23rd contemporary art show ending Sunday. Also notes prison inmate art, Heidi Kyle handmade books, Made in Philadelphia ICA series, Cotter paintings, Maasai arts, ancient prints, and photography by Alfred Stieglitz. Multiple theater offerings run through late January and February with specific showings at venues in Wilmington Havertown Philadelphia Kennett Square and more.
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Delaware Arts Museum
Kentmere Parkway
Wilmington
Delaware Art Museum
Carvel State
French Sts
Walnut
34Th Streets
Phila
ICA
Philadelphia
Drexel Youth Orchestra marks 40th concert with classic roots
The Classical Music program at Drexel University features the Youth Orchestra of Philadelphia performing works by Schubert Wagner Ponchielli and Strauss. The Sunday 3 p.m. concert takes place in the Main Building auditorium at 32nd and Chestnut with admission priced at 1 dollar.
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Drexel University — Youth Orchestra of Philadelphia
Shubert
Wagner
Ponchielli
Strauss
32Nd and
Chestnut
Organ and chamber concerts at area venues this weekend
Longwood Gardens presents an organ concert at 2 and 4 p m Saturday and Sunday with Ruth Fisher of First Presbyterian Springfield. Rostropovich leads the National Symphony at Academy of Music on Jan 25. Offenbach Tales of Hoffmann slated for Jan 30 and Feb 3. Swarthmore hosts a Ken Leith collection model soldiers exhibit through Jan 28 in McCabe Library. Other events include a boat show at Granite Run Mall through Jan 25, a Star Gazing night at Haverford College, a Winter Walk at Lima Arboretum, a Full Moon Poetry Walk at Raee Trae Park Jan 20, and live animal programs at Manoa Elementary Jan 23. A toy exhibit opens Jan 25 at Philadelphia Antique Toy Convention. A Schubert Beethoven recital by Marianne Castello at Grand Opera Wilmington. Renaissance Choir program at Penn Campus. James Freeman piano recital at Swarthmore Lang Hall. Mozart Society Philadelphia concert at St. Luke Church.
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Cross Roads
Chadds Ford
Ray DiJohn
Marian Guthrie
Dennis Park
Dorothea Fleed
Swarthmore College
Perky Ferguson
Brandywine
River Museum
America
University of Delaware
Newark
University
Old College
Walnut Street Theater
Philadelphia
Springfield
Rae Stratton
Museum of Widener University
Chester
Fritz Janschka
Ethical Society
Rittenhouse Square
Phila
Alternative Theater Company
Walnut Street
Studio 3
Walnut Theatre
Hedgerow Theater
Moylan
Candlelight Music
Arden
Del
Philadelphia Drama Guild
S. 16Th St
Brian Friel
Three Little Bakers
Kennett Square
Sound of Music
Colonial Playhouse
Aidan
Brownie
A Phan
Jack Sharkey
Longwood Gardens
Ruth Fisher
First Presbyterian Church
Academy of Music
Mstislav Rostropovich
National Symphony Orchestra
Offenbach
Wilmington
Schubert Beethoven
Schumann
Alec Wilder
Friends of Chamber Music
Marianne Castello
Curtis Institute of Music
St. Mary's Church
Locust WwarTick
Pennsylvania
Penn
Collegium Musicum
Renaissance
Capella Nova
James Freeman
Allison Herz
Gloria Johns
Lang Concert Hall
Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany
13Th and
Pine, Phila
Mozart Society of Philadelphia
Lecture notices at Neumann College and Pennie Hill address
Ron Javers of Philadelphia Magazine will lecture January 19 at Neumann College. Zahara Simmons of the American Friends Service Committee will discuss Apartheid in South Africa and race relations in the United States January 19 at 8 p.m. Free and open to the public at Pendie Hill Wallingford.
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Dick Kleiner
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Alan Ludden
Carol Liphardt
Miramar
Fla
Allen
Betty White
Betty
Chris Robinson
Peter Taylor
General Hospital
Rick Webber
Craig Heubing
P.J.W
Edinburg
Ind
Heubing
Robinson
Roy
Johnny Weissmuller
Maureen O’sullivan
D.H
L.C
Rock Hill
S.C
Johnny Sheffield
Kathryn Grayson
Bing Crosby
Richard Elser
Saginaw, Mich
Kathryn Gray
Lee Crosby
Marri
Kathryn Grant
Bing
Cathy Dible
John Cleese
Sarah Badell
Petrucia
Katherina
PBS
Cape Cod
Notre Dame Academy
E. Buchanan
Sandra Gianquillio
Scott Griswold Jr
Edward Fenno Hoffman III
Kathleen Keane
Edward Kirkpatrick
Rose Kirkpatrick
Millicent Krouse
Diana King
Doris Y. Markley
Goria Maxwell
Robert McGovern
Sara Meadows
Maria Morales
Jane Phelan
Peter Ralston
Gregory Rocco
Michael Rocco
Charles R. Ross
David Wright
Daily Times
Media Inn
Media
Marriott
Firehouse Tavern
City Line
Monument Road
Bill Deal
Joey Luca
Morley’s Pub
Haverford Road
Ardmore
Community Arts Center
Wallingford
Becky Young
Rosemont College
Robert Taub
Lawrence Hall
Philadelphia Art Alliance
S. 18Th St
Jacqueline Cotter
The
University Museum
33Rd and
Spruce Streets
Arts of
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Parkway
26Th Street
Italy
SmithKline
Alfred Stieglitz
Lucas van Leyden
Delaware County Community College
Marple
Dostoyevsky
Norman Sample
Neil Simon
Delaware Theater Company
French St
Andre Roussin
Falcon House
Riverfront Dinner Theater
Delaware River
Poplar Street
City Line Dinner Theater
City Line Ave
Belmont
Theater Center Philaddephia
S. 4Th St
Delancey Place
Kaufman and Hart
George Washington
Ken Leith
McCabe
Granite Run
Middletown
Haverford College
Strawbridge Observatory
Tyler Aroretum
Lima
Seville
Ilinnar
Manoa
Academy of Natural Sciences of
Hiltonian
Trevose
Montgomery County
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