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P H I L A D E L P H I A & T H E M A I N L I N E ’ S FAV O R I T E W E E K LY
Year 25, No. 29
Celebrating 25 Years of Community News
March 31 – April 6, 2010
FIND
YOUR
NSIDE
COMMUNITY Fundraiser Brings Major Figures to
“T HE A UTISM W HISPERER ”
NEWS HERE! Community and Honors Ida S. Mandell TO S PEAK AT SJU’ S A UTISM
A
Meet Law Prof &
Mystery Writer
Page 5
Celebrating
Jewish Culture
& Community
Pages 10 & 11
dath Israel’s 2010
Ida S. Mandell
Memorial Concert is A Broadway Evening
with Christine
Ebersole, the two-time Tony
Award winner and star of
Grey Gardens. This annual
fundraiser has a rich history
of bringing notable world
leaders and entertainers to
our community. Past concerts have featured worldclass leaders and politicians:
Abba Eban (1993), Henry
Kissinger (1995), Sandy
Berger (2006), Benjamin
Netanyahu (2000); as well
as legendary entertainers
and authors: Peter Nero (1984),
Marvin Hamlisch (1996), Tovah
Feldshuh (2001), William
Safire (2003), and Itzhak
Perlman (2008) among others.
In 1982, Temple Adath
Israel asked Ida S. Mandell
to chair an event celebrating the synagogue’s 35th
anniversary. Samuel and Ida
Mandell were well-known in
Philadelphia religious and
secular philanthropic circles.
Two-time Tony award winner Christine Ebersole will
They shared a vision of broadperform on Sunday, May 2, at Adath Israel, 250 N. Highland ened connections between
Avenue, Merion Station.
the synagogue membership
and the contemporary political and cultural world. Ida Mandell agreed to the request, and An Evening with Roberta
Peters was a great success. Ida Mandell’s unfortunate passing six months later created an
opportunity to honor her life by naming the concert in her memory. The Mandell family
See Adath Israel Mandell Concert on page 10
has been steadfast in its support of this annual event
Society’s
Evening Hours
Page 12
H
AWARENESS D AY
e has been
dubbed “The
Autism Whisperer” for his innate
ability to understand and interpret
children and adults
on the autism
spectrum. On
Tuesday, April 6,
William Stillman –
who himself is an
adult with Asperger’s Syndrome, a
mild “cousin” of
autism – will speak
at Saint Joseph’s
when the University observes its
6th Annual Autism
Awareness Day.
His talk, titled
“Autism and the
90 Percent Factor:
Building Authentic
Relationships,” will
take place at 11:30
a.m. in the Campion
Center. It is free On Tuesday, April 6, William Stillman
and the public is will speak at Saint Joseph’s 6th Annual
Autism Awareness Day.
welcome.
“Autism Awareness Day at Saint Joseph’s University is an annual commencement of sorts—we celebrate all of the progress in
the autism field because of the dedicated families, teachers and therapists, we celebrate the endless accomplishments of children and adults with autism, and we prepare
for a new year of making even more strides to help improve
the lives of those with autism,” said Michelle Rowe, Ph.D.,
See “The Autism Whisperer” at Saint Joseph’s on page 8
Screenwriter David Brind at Bryn Mawr Film Institute
FREE Filmmaking Master Class and Screening of “Dare” with Q&A
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oin screenwriter David Brind at Bryn
Mawr Film Institute on Wednesday,
April 14 for a free master class in
independent filmmaking at 2:00 p.m., followed by a screening of his Sundance Film
Festival hit Dare with a Q&A at 7:30 p.m.
Dare stars Emmy Rossum (The Phantom
of the Opera, The Day After Tomorrow)
as Alexa, a clean-cut aspiring actress in
the spring of her senior year of high
school who decides to push her limits
after an arrogant actor (Alan Cumming)
tells her that she lacks experience and
challenges her to do something that scares
her. Remaking herself into a free spirited
risk-taker leads her to seduce her acting
partner, the rebellious, popular Johnny
(Zach Gilford, NBC’s Friday Night Lights).
When her shy best friend Ben (Ashley
Springer) also pursues Johnny, the three
must navigate an increasingly complicated situation as the school year draws to
a close. Told in three parts, one focusing
on each of the teens’ perspectives, Dare
is set in the suburbs of Philadelphia and
was filmed locally. The 92-minute drama
also features Sandra Bernhard and was
an official selection of the 2009 Sundance
Film Festival. Dare is rated R for sexual
content, language, and alcohol use, all
involving teens. Brind will introduce and
discuss Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s 35mm
screening at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
April 14.
Brind’s free master class in filmmaking and screenwriting will take place in
Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s second floor
Multimedia Room at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14. The class will discuss the
development of a film from conception
to reality, using Dare as a case-study, and
From left – Ashley Springer, Emmy
Rossum, and Zach Gilford star in “Dare,”
the 2009 Sundance Film Festival hit written by Philadelphia-native David Brind,
who will discuss the film at Bryn Mawr
Film Institute and offer a free filmmaking
master class on April 14. (Photo C Image
Entertainment)
Brind will discuss obstacles overcome,
the right steps taken, and things to do
differently. There will also be time for
people to share their own filmmaking
experiences and to ask questions. The
class is open to adults and late teens.
To reserve a place at the free afternoon
class, call 610-527-4008 ext. 105 or email
[email protected]. Space is
limited; first-come, first-served.
See Sreenwriter David Brind at BMFI on page 4
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Screenwriter David Brind at BMFI
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“This workshop and the screening are excellent vehicles for families of older teenagers
to discuss coming of age and sexuality issues that can be difficult to broach,” states Juliet
J. Goodfriend, Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s Executive Director.
A member of Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s advisory board, Philadelphia-born filmmaker
David Brind wrote the screenplay and co-produced Dare, his first feature. He also wrote
and produced the award-winning 2003 short film of the same name, which provided the
basis for the feature. That short played at over fifty film festivals worldwide and was picked
up by Strand Releasing as part of Boys’ Life 5, a series of gaythemed short films. Brind has also directed three short
films, including Twenty Dollar Drinks with Sandra Bernhard
and Tony Award-winner Cady Huffman, which premiered
in competition at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.
Also a successful theater director, Brind directed Bernhard
in her one-woman show titled Sandra Bernhard: Everything
Bad and Beautiful, which ran for four months off-Broadway
in 2006 and was restaged at Philadelphia’s Prince Music
Theater in 2007. He participated as a director of the benefit performances of “The A-Train Plays” at New World from
2006 to 2008 and also directed Huffman in her first onewoman show, which premiered at the Ars Nova Theater
and later played at Birdland Jazz Club in 2007. Recently he
directed a reading of playwright Jerome Kass’ Love Song
that featured Matthew Broderick and Alan Cumming.
Brind received his B.A. from Yale University as a double
major in Theater Studies and American Studies. He received
his MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program. He is currently working on a screenplay
adaptation of William Wright’s Harvard’s Secret Court.
Tickets to the evening screening of Dare are $9.50 general admission, $6.75 for students and seniors, and $5.00 for
Bryn Mawr Film Institute members. Bryn Mawr Film Institute members may buy tickets in advance at the Box Office;
non-members may only buy tickets the day of the show.
Please note that Dare is rated R and ages 16 and under will
not be admitted without a parent or guardian present. For
a full schedule of upcoming events, visit www.BrynMawrFilm.org.
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