[UC] RE: [UC-Announce] Email me for a copy of the Stop the Closure of 11 Libraries petition; then get signatures!
Yes! Please email me a copy of the petition. Thanks for making this so easily available! Cindy Cassel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; univcity@list.purple.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UC-Announce] Email me for a copy of the Stop the Closure of 11 Libraries petition; then get signatures! Yesterday I stopped into the Walnut West branch of the Free Library and picked up a copy of the petition, which I've scanned. I can't attach it to an email to these entire lists, but I can send it individually to anyone who wants it. My suggestion is that we go out on our blocks and get as many neighbors as possible to sign copies of it, as quickly as possible, probably within the next 7 daysand then give them all to Beth Ann Johnson of the Friends group to hand in together. Will you help out? Neighbors, or folks who work in University City, or anyone you run into who lives ANYWHERE in the city, can sign. Email me and I'll send you the scanned petition. It has a space for you to write in Library Branch. Not sure what the intention was here - folks signing at Walnut West are writing Walnut West - but it seems that it would be more useful to write in the name of the library closest to you, which is slated to close. So, if you live or work in Powelton, write Durham. (Full name: Charles L. Durham Branch. See it online at http://libwww.freelibrary.org/branches/branch.cfm?loc=DUR) if you live or work in other parts of University City, write Kingsessing. (see it online at http://libwww.freelibrary.org/branches/branch.cfm?loc=KNG) if you live or work in another area of the city, check yesterday's Inquirer for the locations of the branches to be closed, and write in the one closest to your area. Beth Ann Johnson is cc'd above - please email her with any questions, and cc the rest of us if you think it's something we'll all need to know more about. When the petitions are completed, please drop them off to me any time, through the mail slot at either my house, 1006 S. 46th St. (stone house between Springfield Baltimore) or my work office in Powelton, address shown below. Or call me (cell # below) and I'll call pick them up. I'll check with Beth Ann to see if they can be dropped off directly to her mail slot also. Please help! It's not hard to get a few signatures; think of how many we could get, if everyone on these listservs got just one page (16 signatures, in addition to signing it yourself)or more! - Melani Lamond In a message dated MONDAY, 11/9/08 2:54:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: READ today's Inquirer. the mayor not only intends to close Kingsessing library but also 10 others, all in poor neighborhoods. I have already attended one meeting with the Friends of the Free Library. We will fight for all libraries. The intent is not just to close, but also seal the buildings and land. Permanently our city's neighborhoods all be poorer for thisand who is to say that next year they will not want close 11 more Walnut West Library already has petitions in house awaiting your signatures. Other libraries will have them soon. Do that in addition to calling/writing city council and the mayor. Beth Ann Johnson Friends of Walnut West Library Melani Lamond, Associate Broker Urban Bye, Realtor 3529 Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104 cell phone 215-356-7266 - office phone 215-222-4800 #113 personal fax 215-386-1345 This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to the original message at the listed e-mail address. Thank You. ** AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=htt p://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from-aol-search/?ncid=emlcn tussear0001)
[UC-Announce] Singing City Anniversary Concert
Singing City Jeffrey Brillhart, Music DirectorpresentsVoices of Remembrance: Victims of ViolenceSaturday, May 7, 2005 ~ 7:30 p.m. Pre-Concert Panel Discussion ~ 6:30 p.m."What is our responsibility in the face of violence?"Dr. Dan Gottlieb, moderatorIrvine Auditorium, 34th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." Leonard BernsteinSinging City Choir will conclude its 57th season with Voices of Remembrance: Victims of Violence on Saturday, May 7, 2005 at 7:30 PM, Irvine Auditorium, 34th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia. Under the direction of Jeffrey Brillhart, the 110-voice chorus will perform music of remembrance and healing, including John Taverner's Song for Athene, Aaron Rosenthal's Voices of Terezin, David Conte's Elegy for Matthew and Morten Lauridson's Lux Aeterna. At 6:30 PM Dr. Dan Gottlieb, Inquirer columnist, family therapist, and WHYY host of Voices in the Family will lead a pre-concert panel discussion on the topic "What is our responsibility in the face of violence?" Panelists will include Dorothy Johnson Speight, whose son was murdered over a parking space in 1999. She responded to her son's murder by reaching out to her peer group, many of whom had lost children to violence, and founding Mothers in Charge, whose goal is to stem violence among young people. Also on the panel is Gert Novin, the child of Holocaust survivors, who writes and lectures on the Holocaust, and David Lakey, a Quaker who heads Training for Change, an organization committed to working with young people around the world to retrain them from being soldiers to being children. The fourth panelist will be Dan Mechlin, a community activist who reads the names of everyone who has died in Philadelphia each week during services at his church, so they will not just be names printed in the paper and forgotten. The panel discussion and following concert should provide a thought provoking opportunity for the Philadelphia community.Audience members will each receive a bookmark detailing names, dates, and a short biography of people in our community lost to violence. Community resources will be listed on the reverse side so that the message of using community groups and resources to stem violence will go home with the audience. It is hoped that by individualizing violence in this manner it will have a more profound and personal impact on the listeners.Dr. Elaine Brown founded Singing City in Philadelphia in 1948 as an integrated choir. She wanted to do two things: to bring people of diverse backgrounds together through choral music, and then to bring that music to every segment of the community. In short, she wanted to make Philadelphia a "singing city." Based on Dr. Brown's beliefs in equality and inclusiveness, Singing City was one of the country's first integrated choirs in an era when segregation was the norm. Throughout its history, Singing City has been committed to bringing choral music not only to traditional audiences, but also to the underserved. Performance venues have ranged from concert halls and cathedrals to homeless shelters and nursing homes. General admission $25; students, seniors, groups (10 or more) $23. Tickets/info phone 215-569-9067, or visit www.singingcity.org.###
[UC-Announce] Singing City Fall Concert
Title: singingcity E-NotesYour On-Line Singing City Source News * Upcoming Concerts * Tickets * Venue and Parking Information * Singing City Prize for Young Composers To update your email address or remove yourself from this Singing City service please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our 57th season begins with Voices of the Heart, Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 8:00 pm at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral at 38th and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Singing City Music Director Jeffrey Brillhart will conduct a mystical and vivid selection of choral works including Casals' Eucaristica, Barber's Reincarnations, Schumann's Zigeunerleben (A Gypsy's Life), Rachmaninoff's Vocalise, and Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb, choreographed for dance by Phrenic New Ballet's Amanda Miller. The concert will also feature the world premier of Nancy Dowlin's Rumi Reflections, recalling ancient mystic poetry of Islam. For tickets please click on Tickets icon below. .The Concert will be repeated without dancers on Sunday, November 14, 2004 at 4:00 pm The Sunday performance will be held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Route 499 Route 70 East in Cherry Hill, NJ. There is plenty of available parking in the church parking lot. General Admission $20 (Both Performances) Student/Senior/E-Rate $18 * E-Rate $18 ( Purchase ticket through E-Notes) Also, be sure to check the web site for parking and restaurant information! Applications are being accepted for the 2005 Singing City Prize for Young Composers. Singing City invites young musicians to submit original choral compositions arranged for SATB, 3-5 minutes in length. Submitted works will undergo a rigorous jury process, after which winners and runners up will be chosen in each of two categories:Ages 15-18 (High School)Ages 19-25 (College)Cash prizes will be awarded for a winner and a runner up in each age group. The First Prize compositions will be performed by Singing City Choir at a concert event where the young composers will be honored and presented with cash awards. Entrants must be between ages 15 -18 or between ages 19-25 and live or attend school in the Greater Philadelphia region. * See Entry Form
