Eddie Bruce pays homage to Latin Casino
Anyone else remember the legendary Latin Casino? Eddie Bruce does. That’s why the popular local singer is recreating the iconic Cherry Hill nightspot with a special show.
“Remembering The Latin Casino: Eddie Bruce and The Swinging Big Band” is a singing, swinging tribute to the famed nightspot and the legends who graced The Latin Casino’s stages in Philadelphia from 1948 to 1960, and in Cherry Hill, until 1978.
This hit show, with special guest singer Paula Johns and musical direction by Dean Schneider, an expanded version of the sold-out performance that hit the stage of World Cafe’ Live in January, will take place on Sunday afternoon Oct. 14 at 3 p.m. at Drexel University’s Mandell Theatre on 33rd and Chestnut Street.
Reserved seats are sold out, but general admission tickets are available in advance at eddiebruce.com/ latin-casino and / or at the door on the day of show.
On the 40th anniversary of its closing, Eddie Bruce will pay homage to the best known nightspot in Philadelphia history and the entertainment icons who performed there, including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis, Tony Bennett, Steve and Eydie, and dozens of others. Via songs, videos, photographs, songs and stories, Eddie Bruce and Paula Johns will fondly recall a swinging, ring-a-ding-dinging era of stars and glamour that was the essence of The Latin Casino.
Prime Time Players
The Ollie Prime Time Players present “Assisted Living Blues,” an original musical, Wednesday, Oct. 10. The show dedicated to seniors and the travails of getting older will be performed at 12 noon in the Wyman Room of Widener University, One University Place in Chester.
Admission is free. For more information, call 610331-9975.
Winslow Homer at Brandywine
This fall the Brandywine River Museum of Art will present Winslow Homer: Photography and the Art of Painting, exploring the surprising role photography played in the evolving practice of one of America’s most iconic artists. On view Nov.
17, 2018 through February 17,
2019, the exhibition will feature approximately 50 paintings, prints, watercolors and drawings from all major periods of the artist’s career, as well as a comparable number of photographs collected by Homer.
Winslow Homer: Photography and the Art of Painting examines the role the relatively new medium of photography played in the evolving practice of one of America’s most iconic artists. The exhibition presents a full picture of the artist’s working methods and includes noteworthy archival objects, such as two wooden dolls used as models, his palette and two of the three cameras he owned.
As a young artist for Harper’s Weekly during the Civil War, Homer utilized photographs as source material for some of his drawings, including Alexander Gardner’s famous photograph of Lincoln’s first inauguration– which provided Homer with the pictorial information he needed to construct his own detailed view of the event. This exhibition documents Homer’s postCivil War travels to newly popular tourist destinations such as the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Catskills and Adirondacks of New York, and Cape Ann in Massachusetts. In his travels he was introduced to a new type of photography—commercially produced views to promote tourism. These photographs captured a moment in time and effects like glare, blur and shadow that the eye might not perceive. Homer quickly understood that photography could provide fresh, immediate perspectives that he could incorporate into his paintings.
The Brandywine River Museum of Art features an outstanding collection of American art housed in a
19th-century mill building with a dramatic steel and glass addition overlooking the banks of the Brandywine. The Museum is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day), and is located on Route 1 in Chadds Ford, PA. Admission is $18 for adults, $15 for seniors ages 65 and over, $6 for students and children ages
6 and up; free for children
5 and younger and Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art members.
Run for Heroes set for Sunday
The 18th annual Run for Heroes will kick off 9 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 at the Springfield Township Municipal Building. The 5K walk/run is the largest fundraiser for the Delaware County Hero Scholarship Fund, which was established in 1977 by County Council to provide education scholarships for the children of police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel who were killed in the line of duty. Since the run was founded in 2000, over $500,000 has been raised. Registration information can be found at www.delcorunforheroes.com/.
Family Bingo Night at Our Lady of Charity
Our Lady of Charity Church, Brookhaven, will have its annual “Family Bingo Night” 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 in the church hall, Upland Rd., Brookhaven. Doors will open at 5 p.m. Bingo cards will cost $5 to play all night. ”Specials” will cost $4. Food will be available for sale, as well as tickets for a 50/50. For more information, call 610-876-5294.
Pumpkin Festival comes to Ridley Park
Christ Church Ridley Park, 104 Nevin Street, Ridley Park will hold its annual White Elephant Sale and Pumpkin Festival 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20. The festival will offer indoor white elephant tables, hundreds of pumpkins for sale, hotdogs and pretzels, bake sale, youth table, craft table and photos in the pumpkin patch. Cash or checks will be accepted. Everyone is welcome. For more information, call 610-521-1626.
Fabulous Greaseband coming to St. Joe’s Saturday
The Fabulous Greaseband will return to St. Joseph Parish, 3255 Concord Road, Aston Saturday, Oct. 13. Tickets are now on sale. Cover charge is $21. Doors to Degnan Hall will open at 6:30 p.m. and the band will start playing at 7:30 p.m. The Fabulous Greaseband is a sevenmember nostalgic dance party band and concert attraction that has been entertaining for over 30 years. Food and drink will be available for purchase. No outside food or beverages are permitted. For reservation, contact Joe Zack at 610-888-4767 or jaz1030@aol.com/.