Special event in Swarthmore kicks off Delco Arts Week
Help kick off Delco Arts Week 2019 with a special event Sept. 19, from 5:307:30 p.m. at the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College
This special celebratory evening will feature delicious food and drink plus a sampling of artists and musicians – offering a preview of the 50-plus events taking place throughout Delaware County between September
21‒28.
Delco Arts Week 2019 will start Saturday with an art exhibit titled “Images of Delaware County,” at the Oakmont Roots Cafe in Haverford. The exhibit will be open 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
The exhibit contains paintings and photography depicting scenes in Delaware County. The exhibit will be on display Sept. 8-29. Cafe hours are 6
a.m.–4 p.m. Monday-Friday;
8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; 10
a.m.–3 p.m. Sunday. The show is sponsored by the Haverford Guild of Craftsmen and the Haverford Partnership for Economic Development.
Oakmont Roots Cafe is located at 2116 Darby Road, Havertown.
For the most up-to-date listing of Delco Arts Week events, please visit DelcoArts.org. Arts Week features more than 50 events taking place at venues throughout Delaware County.
‘Tartuffe’ at Hedgerow
Though more than 350 years old, Tartuffe, French playwright Molière’s greatest comedy, addresses subjects that are pressingly current: the spiritual neediness of the rich, the power of religious zealots to manipulate the unwary, and the slippery nature of truth. Starting Oct. 9, Hedgerow Theatre will be in the grip of one of history’s greatest impostors, the immortal character called Tartuffe, who has been hilariously preying on the gullible for 355 years. “Tartuffe,” written by Moliere in 1664, is one of the most popular plays ever produced because no matter when it’s performed, audiences see their lives and times uproariously satirized on stage.
This is especially true today, just months away from the first national primary, when it’s impossible to believe that Moliere didn’t have our current political scene and its larger-thanlife figures in mind. Brexit and Boris Johnson, anyone?
Tartuffe’s cast introduces some fresh faces to Hedgerow, including Melissa Fuhr as Dorine, the servant who speaks truth to power, Kate Horner as the whistle-blower Cleante, and Brianna Lopez as Mariane, the young woman promised in marriage to Tartuffe himself. Marcus Barainaky, last seen at Hedgerow in Three Sisters, is the scandalized son Damis, while Hedgerow’s current class of acting fellows play the parts of Valere (Thane Madsen), Flipote (Joanna Bak), and Lauren (Michael McInerney). Company members round out the cast in the roles of Orgon, the man who invites Tartuffe into his seemingly perfect household (Adam Altman), his self-sacrificing wife Elmire (Jen Summerfield), his mother Madame Pernelle (Susan Wefel), and the officers of the law Loyal (Stacy Skinner) and the Marshall (Zoran Kovcic). Robert Smythe plays Tartuffe.
“Tartuffe” will run from Oct. 9 to Nov. 3. Performances are at Hedgerow Theatre, located at 64 Rose Valley Road, in Rose Valley. Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, with matinees on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets range from
$20 to $39, with some discounts available. Buy tickets by calling Hedgerow at
610-565-4211 or clicking on hedgerowtheatre.org.
Yachtstock on tap again
Yachtstock, the popular all-day concert held on the water in Essington, is on tap Saturday, Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Headlining the show this year are Sara Spicer with Nashup and Mike LeCompt. The show will feature 40 bands on four stages at the West End Boat Club and Corinthian Boat Club. There also will be a variety of food, vendors and a beer and wine garden.
The clubs are on the Delaware off the Essington exit of I-95, 500 W. Second Street in Essington. For tickets, go to Yachtstock.org.
Guitarist in Lansdowne
Guitarist Claude Bourbon brings his UK on America Tour to Lansdowne at Jamey’s House of Music, on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m.
Claude Bourbon is known throughout Europe and America for amazing guitar performances that take blues, Spanish, and Middle Eastern stylings into uncharted territories.
Claude Bourbon weaved his songs through the audience as if on a journey through life taking in different flavours of Europe and beyond. His Spanish medieval blues evolved into Gypsy, Eastern European, with a splash of Paco de Lucia, Delta Blues and more. Holding audience attention under a musical spell.
Claude has played countless venues, including Glastonbury Festival, Isle of Wight Festival, Colne Great British & Blues Festival, Rock O’Z Arene, Avenches, Switzerland, among others. He has shared the stage in Europe and the USA with countless musicians, Calvin Russel, Charlie Morgan (Elton John, Gary Moore), Jan Akkerman (Focus), Steve Grossman (Miles Davis), Herbie Armstrong ( Van Morisson), Jose barrense Dias and many more.
Jamey’s House of Music is located at 32 S. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, www.jameyshouseofmusic. com. Tickets are $15 and $18, at jhom.ticketleap.com/ claudebourbon.
Classical pianist at Neumann University
On Sunday, Sept. 22 at 3:00 p.m. at Neumann University’s Meagher Theatre, the Delaware County Historical Society presents the original musical score for a new work titled “The Four Seasons of Delaware County,” from Delco classical composer Jennifer Nicolle Campbell.
Campbell, a successful and recognized classically trained musician who was born and raised in Delaware County, has composed and will perform the original composition that captures in mood, music and