Media Arts Council’s new exhibit focuses on impact of pipeline projects
MEDIA >> The Media Arts Council will present a curated community-based art exhibit documenting the human impact of local and national pipeline projects via community-based art, Thursday, Aug. 8 to Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Media Arts Council Gallery, 609 B. W. State St., located in the new West End of Media. The exhibit is open to all ages and no reservations are required.
The new exhibit opens with a free community reception 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. The exhibit’s kickoff will feature an opening water ceremony honoring the Lenni Lenape tribe, and an evening performance by artist and vocalist Eleanor Goldfield after the reception.
Gallery hours for free viewing to the public are Fridays and Saturdays from 4-7 p.m. and Sundays from 12-3 p.m. The exhibit of art related to this controversial subject will responsibly serve as a vehicle for civil discourse, awareness, and creative expression to artists, residents, and community groups in response to the potential risks of new fossil fuel infrastructure impacting Pennsylvania residents. According to a press release issued by the Media Arts Council, the range of talent presented in this exhibit serves to deepen the conversation, and document growing momentum in a greater movement connecting various communities experiencing similar challenges.
The exhibit will include the following groups and citizen artists:
Groups: Better Path Coalition, Camp White Pine, Delco - Chesco United, The Defenders, Food & Water Watch, Lancaster Against Pipelines, Middletown Coalition of Community Safety, Momma Bear Brigade, Philly Thrive, Standing Rock, Sunrise Movement, Water Ways, Uchwlan Coalition, 1000
flags/1000 waters. Citizen Artists: Bri Barton, Chris Baker Evens, Carrie Barcomb, Claudia & Hugh Brownstone, Malinda Harnish Clatterbuck, Chris Dietrich, PK Ditty, Eleanor Goldfield, Shepard Fairey, Doug Knapton, Nicolas Lampert, Meg Lemieur, Libby Madarasz, Elizabeth Meyers, Annette Murray, Rick Prieur, Mara Eve Robbins, Josh Yoder, Bec Young, Ryan Vizzions.
The Media Arts Council (MAC) was formed in
2004, as a group of artists and residents of Media and surrounding communities to address the opportunities and challenges facing artists, art supporters and the community at large regarding the role of the arts in the community. Now, in its 15th year, MAC presents the acclaimed annual Media Film Festival,
2nd Saturday Gallery Exhibit openings, PhotoEX, Crafty Hour workshops, the MAC Music Series, and public art in the Borough of Media. The Media Arts Council works to further its mission to actively support local artists and integrate a wide range of arts into the life of the entire community. For more information, visit www.MediaArtsCouncil.org or call
484-445-4161.
Legion Post 507 holds party to commemorate Woodstock’s 50th anniversary
Woodstock was held in New York Aug. 16-18, 1969 with some of the greatest musicians of all time. American Legion Post 507 would like to invite the community to a celebratory party on Aug. 17 from
8-12 p.m. in their canteen. The celebration is open to the public with no admission fee but everyone must be 21 years of age. Photo ops, 50/50’s and music by DJ Brian will be featured, along with dancing, singing and grooving all night long.
John Wesley Cross Post
507 is at 20 W. Cleveland Ave., Norwood and is dedicated to serving veterans, their families and the community.
Prospect Park Police Department hosts borough’s first National Night Out
Prospect Park Police Department will host its firstever National Night Out event at Park Square, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6. The event will be followed by movie night.
Families can meet members of the police department, browse vendor tables with community safety information, visit the Thin Blue Line Photo Booth, enjoy complimentary water ice and much more. Vendors will include the Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County, Compeer and more. There will be free giveaways for children, such as lightsticks and light-up bracelets, sticker badges, temporary police tattoos and more.
Italiana’s Pizza will offer the first slice of pizza free with a heavy discount on the next slice and DJ John Saddic will play the tunes. For more information, call the police station at 610534-2222.
Mercy Catholic Medical Center offers outpatient Palliative Care in Springfield
Mercy Catholic Medical Center recently opened an outpatient palliative care facility at Mercy Physician Network’s Multi-Specialty Suite in Springfield, to improve patient access to care.
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious, chronic illnesses, such as cancer and heart disease, with the goal of relieving symptoms and improving quality of life for both the patient and the family. The new outpatient palliative care facility will help patients diagnosed with these illnesses live their lives while receiving the treatments they need.
Palliative care is appropriate for patients of any age and any stage of serious illness when there is a need for individualized support, assistance with medical decision making or additional pain and symptom management.
The facility is located at
1001 Baltimore Pike, Suite
109, Springfield. To schedule a consultation, call 610690-2104 or visit trinityhealthma.org.
Support offered for those with food issues
Those who have a problem with food, whether it’s compulsive overeating, under-eating, food addiction, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, or overexercising, can join a group for support and solution. In Delaware County, there are meetings in Media and in Havertown. For more information, contact BrandywineIntergroup.org, or 610-565-9695.
Local students awarded corporatesponsored Merit Scholarship awards
Several area students have won corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship® awards. Nearly all corporate-sponsored Merit Scholar® designees of 2019 were announced publicly by National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) in April; however, the awards these students were chosen to receive became available after that announcement.
Local recipients include Sarah Chang of Penncrest High School in the Rose Tree Media School District whose probable career field is Applied Mathematics; Joshua Woo of Newtown Square, as student of Radnor High School, whose probable career field is Medicine; Zexi Hao of Chesterbrook, a student at Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square whose probable career field is Dentistry; Runya Xu of Radnor, a student at Conestoga High School whose probable career fair is Chemistry; and Laura Liu of Radnor Township, a student at Conestoga High School whose probable career fair is Medicine. All of these students were awarded the National Merit Mary E. Beyerle Scholarship.
Merit Scholarship awards are provided for selected Finalists from Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. By the conclusion of the 2019 National Merit® Scholarship Program, more than 7,600 National Merit Scholarships, worth a total of over $31 million, will have been offered to distinguished high school seniors for college undergraduate study. More than 1,000 of the awards, such as the ones these students have won, are financed by about 160 companies, foundations, and other business organizations for National Merit Scholarship Program Finalists who meet their scholarship sponsors’ criteria.