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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015
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‘Hackensack Dreaming’ to be
presented in Schuylkill Center gallery
A press release from the
Schulykill Center
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Nex t
month, New Jersey artist
Nancy Cohen will display a
new installation in the environmental art gallery at
the Schuylkill Center. With
a reception Thursday, Nov.
5, “Hackensack Dreaming”
explores what nature means
in an urban context and in
a changing global environment, using a quiet, nearly
forgotten marsh as an inspiration and reference point.
Tucked b e t we en a
Walmart, outlet malls and
a wastewater treatment
plant, yet within view of
the New York City skyline,
the wetlands of the Hackensack River spoke to Cohen as an “isolated puddle
of the organic in a deluge of
the human-made.” Remnant
stumps of an ancient cedar
forest emerge from the water, with the hum of the
greater metropolitan area
forming a backdrop. Yet, nature has adapted and carried on despite this disturbance, with plants and birds
making unlikely homes in
this space full of contradictions.
Cohen’s installation will
transform the Schuylkill
Center’s gallery, creating
its own environment and
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Artist Nancy Cohen’s work will be on display at the Schuylkill Center.
transporting viewers to a
wholly new space. Made
of glass, handmade paper,
rubber and other materials, “Hackensack Dreaming” explores fragility, perseverance and the new realities produced by the human
and natural colliding in unexpected ways. Cohen said
she hopes viewers of her
work will be “compelled by
the beauty and the strangeness, thinking simultaneously of the made and found
worlds.”
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Cohen’s work will be on display at the Schuylkill Center.
Festival
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Calamia was helping serve
soft pretzels at the Harvest
Festival. He said he had
some concern holding the
events on subsequent days
would mean lower numbers for one or both of the
events, but was pleased to
see both well attended, including the busiest Roxtoberfest in its third year.
“Today is just a beautiful family day. The weather
is perfect. I see grandparents, kids, families; it’s really cool,” Calamia said.
In addition to raising
funds for the continued upkeep of the park and events,
such as the summer concert
series, the Friends of Gor-
Christina Catanese, director of environmental
art at the Schuylkill Center, explained that the artist explores contemporary
meanings of nature in multiple ways, saying, “When
I first saw Nancy’s work, I
was struck by how she was
able to creatively convey scientific information through
intr icate, constr ucted
forms. Her work opens the
door to a much more intuitive understanding of ecosystem processes, revealing
connections that might go
unseen. Artists like Nancy
present novel ways to ask
questions, and help spur
our thinking about how we
can more sustainably work
with these natural forces for
a sustainable future.”
“Hackensack Dreaming”
will come to Philadelphia
from New Jersey City University and will travel to
Duke University after a sixweek run at the Schuylkill
Center.
The public is invited to
an opening reception for
“Hackensack Dreaming,”
including a chance to meet
the artist, see the installa-
tion in the Schuylkill Center
gallery and enjoy light refreshments Thursday, Nov.
5, from 6 to 8 p.m. “Hackensack Dreaming” will be on
view at the Schuylkill Center from Nov. 5 to Dec. 19.
For more information about
artist Nancy Cohen, visit
www.nancymcohen.com.
The Schuylkill Center
was founded in 1965 as
the nation’s first urban
environmental education
center. Its 340- acres of
fields and forests serve
as a living laboratory
to foster appreciation,
deepen understanding and
encourage stewardship
of the environment.
Reaching more than 36,000
Philadelphia-area residents
each year, the Schuylkill
Center offers a diverse
collection of educational
programs, including
programs for school,
continuing education for
teachers, Pennsylvania’s
first Nature Preschool and
a full calendar of events
for the public. For more
information, visit www.
schuylkillcenter.org.
Cheesesteak
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co-creator of the first annual Philadelphia Cheesesteak Festival.
So why had no one, until
now, organized a celebration of something as traditionally Philly as Benjamin Franklin, the Liberty
Bell, “Rocky” and Independence Hall?
Want to know something
else? According to Baxter,
the record for world’s largest cheesesteak was set
in Arizona, of all places.
“We’re going to attempt
to break that record,” he
stated.
So you should be motivated to go to the Philadelphia Cheesesteak Festival, being held 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. Oct. 24 at Lincoln Financial Field, as an act of
civic pride.
At first glance, you could
make a whole day of it with
the family. Besides an attempt to build a 450-foot
“Visit Philadelphia World’s
Largest Cheesesteak, Built
by Steve’s Steaks and Amoroso’s,” attractions include:
• Cheesesteak samples
(a roughly-two-bite 1.5inch slice) from more than
40 vendors, and a cheesesteak cook-off.
• Beer outlets and food
vendors with non-cheesesteak items, and even gluten-free and vegetarian options.
• A competitive cheesesteak eating contest.
• An appearance by Phillies legend Darren Daulton.
• Performances by the
bands Go Go Gadjet, StellarMojo and Blackthorn, as
well as The Philadelphia
Mummers. And since you
are at the Linc, The Philadelphia Eagles Pep Band
will break into “Fly Eagles
Fly” at 3 p.m.
• Appearances by Swoop
and the festival’s mascot
“Cheesy.”
• Zip lining.
• A cornhole tournament.
• Carnival games.
• Mechanical bull rides.
• Appearances by ra-
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Legend has it that the
iconic steak sandwich was
invented in 1930 by Pat
Olivieri, the co-founder
of Pat’s King of Steaks on
Passyunk Avenue in Philadelphia, which over the
years has become a tourist
destination. Pat’s will be
there, and so will Geno’s,
Tony Luke’s, Philip’s, Joe’s
(formerly Chink’s), Shank’s
Original, and Donkey’s.
“We all wanted to put
them under one roof, and
we also wanted to give the
little guys a chance,” said
Baxter, who predicted more
than 15,000 people would
show up at the Philadelphia
Eagles’ stadium.
Also competing for bragging rights will be Oregon
Steaks, Chubby’s Steaks,
Vince’s Cheesesteaks, Wit
or Witout (a reference to
cheese/Cheese Whiz ordering preference), Original
Philly Cheesesteak, Jay’s
Steaks and Hoagie Joint,
Delco’s Original Steaks and
Hoagies, Cheesesteakissimo, Bradley’s Cheesesteaks and more.
With so many purveyors of cheesesteak goodness out there, is there really that much of a difference from one restaurant
to another? It depends on
your personal taste, Baxter said, noting that how
fine the steak is chopped,
the qualities of the meat, or
what brand of roll they use
are what makes people say,
for example, “Dalessandro’s
is best” or “Geno’s is best.”
And wait until you see
the various takes on steaks,
such as cheesesteak egg
rolls, dumplings, soup and
pierogies.
Baxter said that $1 of
every ticket sold will go to
the Alex’s Lemonade Stand
Foundation to fight pediatric cancer.
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At first glance,
you could make
a whole day of it
with the family.
gas Park also set up a display near the entrance asking for help raising $1,000
to dedicate a new tree with
accompanying plaque in
memory of late Review
writer Bernard Scally in
the southeast section of the
park near The Review’s former home.
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