Contributed photo Cellist Yosif Feigelson, left, will peform at a program at Delaware Valley High School in Milford, PA on February 7.

Cellist Feigelson celebrates Mendelssohn’s bicentennial

MILFORD, PA—Acclaimed cellist Yosif Feigelson will perform music by Felix Mendelssohn at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 7 at Delaware Valley High School. He and pianist Peep Lassmann are playing the Complete Works for Cello and Piano, an all-Mendelssohn program they will also perform at the National Gallery in Washington, DC.

Dubbed the Gentle Genius, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47) is well known in the United States for the grand wedding march from “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” played now at virtually every wedding; the rousing Scottish Symphony; and the Italian Symphony, featured in the bicycle-racing movie, “Breaking Away.”

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An interactive study of Poe and his times

PIKE COUNTY, PA—The Pike County Public Library (PCPL) is partnering with the Delaware Valley School District and the American Readers Theatre (ART) on The Writer’s Project, an innovative educational method of exploring the historical and cultural context of great works of literature by exposing students to relevant examples of performance art from a specific author’s time period. The first author selected is Edgar Allan Poe.

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Local artists sought for bicentennial art show

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY—The Sullivan County Bicentennial Committee, in conjunction with the Catskill Art Society, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and D&H Canvas, is soliciting local artists to participate in the 2009 Bicentennial Celebration.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Bicentennial casting call
• Columns floored by local craftsmen’s generosity
• Library program for kids and caregivers
• ‘Terrifying and magical’
• WCAA issues call for artists
• Take a tour the old-fashioned way for Winter Lights