[UC] New Web site will codify the area's history with input from the community
Digitizing West Philadelphia's past, one decade at a time _http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2009/01/2 3/News/Digitizing.West.Philadelphias.Past.One.Decade.At.A.Time-3594890.shtml_ (http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2009/01/2 3/News/Digitizing.West.Philadelphias.Past.One.Decade.At.A.Time-3594890.shtml) dominated by Penn's impact, from expanding the University in the 1950s to rethinking about its relationship with the community in the 1990s. _http://www.archives.upenn.edu_ (http://www.archives.upenn.edu) Another rollout event will happen on Feb. 4, where about 45 representatives from community organizations will come to Penn to learn about the site. So, who are the invited playas? LBeam, Tony, Glenn, the RealEstateLadies?? Ciao, Craig **From Wall Street to Main Street and everywhere in between, stay up-to-date with the latest news. (http://aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom0023)
[UC] Obama talks of libraries when visiting ours
Apparently, this video was made long before these cuts, and before running for president. As a community organizer in Chicago, Obama understands from experience. I'm glad he mentions the great library of alexandria. The imperial utilitarian Romans burnt the library. Would the millenium known as the dark ages have been as dark had the library not been destroyed? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPh7mmWoQ4 You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
[UC] Fw: CAMERTA PHILADELPHIA Concert - February 8, 2009
--- On Thu, 1/22/09, wcconservat...@aol.com wcconservat...@aol.com wrote: From: wcconservat...@aol.com wcconservat...@aol.com Subject: CAMERTA PHILADELPHIA Concert - February 8, 2009 CAMERATA PHILADELPHIA has another concert coming up on Sunday, February 08 at 3 PM in the West Catholic High School Auditorium ( 4501 Chestnut Street – 46th Chestnut, Philadelphia , PA , 19139 ). General admission is $5 (see press-release below). This chamber music concert will include Brahms's String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18; Haydn's Lark String Quartet, Op. 64 No. 5; and the Louis Taylor Jazz Quintet. Louis Taylor's daughter Kristen is one of our Conservatory and Philadelphia Youth Ensemble students, and studies viola with Ms. Nina Wilkinson. I encourage all of you to tell and bring everyone you know: this West Catholic Philadelphia Community Conservatory sponsored benefit concert is for the entire community! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to write or call. Hope to see you all at the concert! Musically, Dr. Framil Philadelphia Community Conservatory Dr. Stephen Framil, Director 4504 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19139 Tel. 215-386-2244, ext. 234 wcconservat...@aol.com www.WCConservatory.org For Immediate Release January 22, 2009 CAMERATA PHILADELPHIA Representation SSP INTERNATIONAL LLC Tel/FAX. 610-583-1983 sspinternatio...@aol.com www.ssp-international.com CAMERATA PHILADELPHIA the Louis Taylor Quintet Jazz Classical Chamber Music Concert (Philadelphia, PA) January 22, 2009—On Sunday, February 08, 3:00 P.M., Music on Chestnut presents the CAMERATA PHILADELPHIA in a concert at the West Philadelphia Catholic High School Auditorium (4501 Chestnut Street – 46th Chestnut, Philadelphia, PA, 19139). The program includes Brahms’s String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18; Haydn’s “Lark” String Quartet, Op. 64 No. 5; and the Louis Taylor Jazz Quintet. For event and ticket information call SSP INTERNATIONAL at 610-583-1983, or e-mail at sspinternatio...@aol.com. Information on the web can be found at www.ssp-international.com. General Admission is $5. Free gated on-site parking. Music on Chestnut is a series of concerts hosted by the West Catholic Philadelphia Community Conservatory, and open to the greater Philadelphia community. Featuring both regional and international artists, each concert offers an eclectic variety of musical styles, including orchestral, chamber music, choral, and jazz. Committed to serving the community, Music on Chestnut provides an affordable world class musical experience for all to enjoy. CAMERATA PHILADELPHIA is an ensemble without musical boundaries. Whether a chamber music ensemble or a symphonic orchestra, the CAMERATA not only brings a new and distinct interpretation to the classical repertoire, but also seeks to bridge the styles of classical, jazz, folk and world music – each program an eclectic and richly diverse musical offering. Committed to music education for all ages, it is the mission of the CAMERATA to make the experience of great music accessible to all. Under the direction of its founder, cellist and conductor Stephen Framil, the CAMERATA has performed in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Michigan, at the Port City Chamber Music Festival (North Carolina); and collaborated with violinists Julia Bushkova (Russia), Carla Trynchuk (Canada), and Leah Kim (South Korea), pianist Aleksandar Serdar (Serbia), the Louis Taylor Jazz Quintet and William Douglas Jazz Quartet (Philadelphia), and the West Philadelphia Orchestra. Distinguished as the first American cellist to perform in Hanoi since the Vietnam War, Camerata Philadelphia Music Director Conductor Stephen Framil has performed as concert soloist around the world: including Carnegie Weill Avery-Fisher Halls (New York), Hong Kong City Hall, with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Hungary), Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia), Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (Italy Tour 2007), Manila Philharmonic Orchestra (Philippines), National Philharmonic of Moldova, Oltenia State Filarmonica (Romania), Zaporozhye Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine), Vratza Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria), Viêt Nam National Symphony Orchestra, Bombay and Bangalore Chamber Orchestras (India), Redlands Symphony Orchestra (CA), Nashville Chamber Orchestra (TN), Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series (“Live” Broadcast on WFMT - Chicago), Brunei Music Society, and the Hong Kong Chamber Music Society, among others. Recordings by Stephen Framil for RADIO 4 HONG KONG include the complete J.S. Bach Suites for Solo Cello, as well as the works for solo cello by Zoltán Kodály and Gaspar Cassadó. In April 2006 he recorded the two Haydn Cello Concertos with Paul Freeman and the Czech National
Re: [UC] New Web site will codify the area's history with input from the community
"So, who are the invited playas? LBeam, Tony, Glenn, the RealEstateLadies??" Craig, I haven't been invited yet. I've been checking my answering machine to see if the Spruce Hill zoning committee wants me to be their date. If the "real estate ladies" call me first, I'm theirs for the evening! Gotta go pick out a new hot outfit. Glenn -Original Message- From: craigso...@aol.com Sent: Jan 23, 2009 6:03 AM To: univcity@list.purple.com Subject: [UC] New Web site will codify the area's history with input from the community Digitizing West Philadelphia's past, one decade at a time http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2009/01/23/News/Digitizing.West.Philadelphias.Past.One.Decade.At.A.Time-3594890.shtml "dominated" by Penn's impact, from expanding the University in the 1950s to rethinking about its relationship with the community in the 1990s. http://www.archives.upenn.edu Another rollout event will happen on Feb. 4, where about 45 representatives from community organizations will come to Penn to learn about the site. So, who are the invited playas? LBeam, Tony, Glenn, the RealEstateLadies?? Ciao, Craig >From Wall Street to Main Street and everywhere in between, stay up-to-date with the latest news. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see .
[UC] Vox populi, vox dei est
The second half of the ZBA hearing on the Campus Inn is scheduled for Feb 19 at 2:00 pm, 1515 Arch St, 18th Floor. And (as Click Clack might say), we don't know whether or not there will be a third half. Al Krigman reminding you that you read it first, here, on the popu-list **From Wall Street to Main Street and everywhere in between, stay up-to-date with the latest news. (http://aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom0023)
[UC] Penn and the City's budget
The University of Pennsylvania Project for Civic Engagement has announced the dates and locations of four community workshops to gather citizen input for the City of Philadelphia’s 2010 budget process. Mayor Nutter announced at a press conference last week City officials will participate in these workshops to examine with citizens the real budget alternatives that will be generated by City departments. This information was released by the Mayor's Office today. All workshops will begin with registration at 6:00 pm. Registration is vital to the process of dividing participants into evenly-sized, diverse working groups. The program will run from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Here are the dates and sites: *Thursday, Feb. 12* - St. Dominic’s School, 8510 Frankford Ave. (Northeast) *Wednesday, Feb. 18* - Mastery Charter School, Pickett Campus, 5700 Wayne Ave. (Germantown) *Thursday, Feb 19* - St. Monica’s Catholic School, 16th Porter Sts. (South Philadelphia) *Monday, Feb. 23* - Pinn Memorial Baptist Church, 2251 N. 54th St. (West Philadelphia) On Jan. 15, Mayor Nutter announced the City of Philadelphia is facing a second budget deficit of $1 billion and further painful choices will be required to ensure the fiscal integrity of the City. Nutter also announced there will be an unprecedented level of public engagement in the budget process as options to close the budget deficit are examined. These budget workshops are one piece of this public engagement which will ensure that citizens are involved early on in the budget process, like never before. The aim is to examine different budget options, discuss choices that need to be made, and gather input from people across the city on their concerns and priorities. Further information on the budget workshops can be found at: _www.gse.upenn.edu/ppce._ http://www.gse.upenn.edu/ppce Penn's Harris Sokoloff is the quarterback for UPPCE. He is part of the team that is otherwise mobilized as PennPraxis. -- Tony West You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Libraries and tactics that are doomed to failure
Anthony West wrote: I'm totally supportive of your rhetoric ... but baffled by your proposed legislative and administrative solutions, Ray. What are they, in this particular case? How do you think the articulation of principles, the rule of law, the rights of man, the facing down of fascism and communism, and the keeping of the legacy urge us to scrap certain of the Mayor's efforts to balance the budget, and adopt certain other budget-balancing measures in their place? If lofty rhetoric and principles cannot generate policy initiatives, they don't serve any purpose. Please (everybody else as well) come up with some alternative policy initiatives now. Now's when the city needs them! well, the principles I was referring to (and that I thought glenn had been referring to, and that I thought obama's words were referring to) are HOW our empowered, elected leaders go about making decisions -- the process, the 'rule of law and the rights of man' -- in the face of a crisis. which is pretty basic stuff, not lofty at all. joe had asked: 'are we not in a crisis?' and the answer is yes. but that should not become the expedient basis for what glenn has called 'shock doctrine' -- emergency powers which justify decision-making behind closed doors and which pre-empt public debate. instead -- and esp. in the face of a crisis -- we have a profound duty to preserve the legacy of our founding fathers' principles, so that no matter what's done, there should be accountability, transparency, rigorous debate, and inclusive public participation. this is not mere rhetoric. it's not a sound-bite. we have all seen the real costs of what happened 8 yrs ago when the bush administration responded to the 9/11 crisis. and we have seen the time and energy philadelphians had to spend AFTER nutter made his recent budget decisions about the libraries. we hear now that nutter has announced that there will be an unprecedented level of public engagement in the budget process as we go forward. as glenn reported: Budget workshops will be one piece of this public engagement which will ensure that citizens are involved early on in the budget process, like never before. The aim is to examine different budget options, discuss choices that need to be made, and gather input from people across the city on their concerns and priorities. it would appear from this that nutter now believes that 'lofty ideals and principles' DO matter, that they CAN (and SHOULD) generate policy initiatives, that they ARE practical and serve a purpose. it's that same old idea of ben franklin's at work: those who would give up liberty to purchase some safety, deserve neither (or, as obama put it: we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals). and these ideals apply to local, national, and international levels. obama was speaking to the world when he was inaugurated, and he made it a point to say that that world included even the tiny village in kenya where his father was born: What is required for us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task. This is the price and the promise of citizenship. .. UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
[UC] Lost blonde kitty - 46th Baltimore
From craigslist: Reply to: comm-1004722...@craigslist.org Date: 2009-01-23, 3:02PM EST I lost my cat! She got out last night (Thursday) around 6pm. She is a very friendly, sweet long-haired blonde cat. Her name is Gingerbread Girl. She does not have a collar. Please let me know if you find her! I miss her so much! Thanks. see photo here: http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/laf/1004722481.html
Re: [UC] Gotham Book Mart collection comes to Penn!
Frank wrote: http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticleustory_id=3df7dab0-2beb-4363-9850-a79ba034ce38 UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN wrote: see the picture on the wall in the photo? a self portrait painted by william carlos williams (1914). I heard they opened one of the gotham packages last week -- stay tuned... a glimpse of what's in the packages: http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/012209-3.html .. UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
