Week 04 of 2012
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“Evening of One Acts”
Thursday and Saturday: The Ware Center, Lancaster
By CPBJ staff
Theatre for Transformation, a multi-racial spirit-led ensemble, will present the performances.
The first is “Sister Friend,” a play infused with spirituals and gospel music that delves into the friendship between enslaved celebrity poet Phillis Wheatly and her best friend, Obour Tanner.
The second, “Show Me the Franklins!,” highlights the enslaved people in Benjamin Franklin’s households in London, Paris and Philadelphia. The play is a mix of poetry, ritual and song, and it promises to challenge the viewer to consider to whom or to what they are enslaved.
The shows start at 7:30 p.m. both days.
For tickets, visit the center’s reception desk, call 717-872-3811 or 717-871-2308 or visit muticketsonline.com. “Pay what you can” ticket pricing is available Thursday with donations collected at the door.
2012 Eastern Synchronized Skating Championships
Thursday-Saturday: Giant Center and Hersheypark Arena, Derry Township
By CPBJ staff
Among the competitors at the championships is Team USA’s Haydenettes, who are scheduled to participate in the senior event. From Lexington, Mass., the Haydenettes are the 2011 U.S. Synchronized champions and World bronze medalists.
For a schedule of events, click here.
For ticket information, click here.
This is a presentation by Lisa Minardi, Assistant Curator at Winterthur, Delaware. Beginning with the immigration of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg to Pennsylvania in 1742, the Muhlenbergs have figured prominently in American history. A native of Germany, Muhlenberg served as a Lutheran minister in Pennsylvania from 1742 until his death in 1787, earning him the title patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America. He married Anna Maria Weiser, daughter of Conrad Weiser, and they had eleven children. Three of their sons went to to achieve significant renown: Peter as a Revolutonary War general; Frederick as first Speaker of the United States House; and Henry, Jr. as a renowned botanist. More information of the relationship of the Muhlenberg family to Manheim is detailed in the book by George Heiges: “Henry William Stiegel and His Associates” in which he talks about the Stiegel-Muhlenberg friendship. It was Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg who became the pastor of the four small congregations of Warwick, Heidelberg, White Oak, and Manheim.
