Delca film project brings Oscar names to Delaware County
A new movie production in Delaware County features co-producer Stanley Jaffe and director Peter Werner, both Oscar winners, with local residents cast as actors and crew. Valley Forge serves as prime location. estimated cost near four million dollars. The Radnor Township plans extra duty time for filming but police payment details remain unsettled.
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Peters
Fifer
Tas Chang
Delaware County
Valley Forge
Howard Jaffe
Radnor
Chalk Garden Energizes The Repertory Show in Philadelphia
Review of The Chalk Garden at The Repertory Company Philadelphia running through June 2. Performance energy is uneven with dialogue occasionally inaudible though Frank Lyons and Sarah Labov deliver strength. Strong Victorian set by Jeffrey Guzik frames a drama of mood and restraint with moments of warmth and wit.
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Mt. St. Helens
Emdee
Chalk Garden
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Sussex
England
Linda White
Anne Colligan Lligan
Chris Essler
Laurel
Frank Lyons
Maitland
Lyons
Sarah Labov
Olivia
Carolyn Walsh
Art Goes to School art exhibit in a living room
Marion Logue reports Wallingford Elementary fifth graders were treated to an informal art show and piano recital at Blumenthal’s home. Grace Beatty, an Art Goes to School volunteer, discussed the paintings as children sat in small groups. The event aimed to teach about piano and the schools of music and art.
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Toby Blumenthal
Grace Beatty
Ot Paamiate Blumenthal
Wallingford
Beatty Dante Os
Chile
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach
Julius Erving
Monet
Mr. Blumenthal
George Crumb
Ramsey Clark in Iran fuels nerves over hostage crisis
The piece critiques Ramsey Clark and American clergy traveling to Iran amid hostage tensions, arguing for strict law enforcement on Americans entering Iran. It condemns calls to trial Carter in an international court and links moves to broader Cold War frictions, hostages, and Soviet influence, while noting other domestic and global concerns.
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Ramsey Clark
Iran
Barbara Timms
Clarks
Jimmy Carter
Henry
Ayatollah Khomeini
U.S
Soviet Union
Carter
Cuba
Afghanistan
Rose Tree Festival Opens in Delaware County 1980
Delaware County's 1980 Rose Tree Summer Festival runs 10 weeks from June 15 to August 24 at Rose Tree Park Upper Providence. It features 56 events with 200 groups and 3,500 performers, including the Touring Choir homecoming from Poland and a Clyde Dengler tribute. Shows are 8:15 p.m. most nights, with some at 7 p.m. Admission is free, with special handicapped seating and parking. Delaware County Council sponsors.
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Delaware County
Delaware County Choral Society
Poland
Clyde Dengler
Delaware County Council
Rose Tree Park
Upper Providence
Patti Mengers Pops at Longwood by Brandywine Pops
The Wilmington Brandywine Pops Orchestra led by David Kozinski performs Sunday at Kennet Square theater. The program opens with romantic garden pieces and stock favorites from Sleeping Beauty to Embraceable You, includes Verdi and Rossini, plus Kozinski’s Polish American Fantasy receiving its first orchestral rendition. commissioned by Polish descent locals and funded by the Wilmington Music School.
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Wilmington
Brandywine Pops Orchestra
Kennet Square Theater
David Kozinski
Ballet Parisien
Rossini
Kozinski
Wilmington Area
Wilmington Music School
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Temple of Brotherly Love
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Norris Drive
Chester
Linwood Church
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Hughes and Pershing Aves
Linwood
Range’s
Range
Temple
Church of God In Christ
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Fulton Sts
PWP
Delco No
Connie Stasky
Darby
Matthew Huhn
Boothwyn
Michael Davis
Aston
Thomas M. Thomas
3Rd and
CSTE
Spencer Memorial Name Church
Atlantic City
N.J
Gretchen Guy
Annette Williamson
Rose Tree Festival
Chester City
Julie DeJohn
Larry Ferrari
al Raymond
Jim Palo
Patti Mengers
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