Just Around The Corner: November 22, 2001

Just Around The Corner
Noteworthy Events In The Capital Region

Exhibit: Pennsylvania Celebrates Bears
State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
Thru January 15
Join the State Museum of Pennsylvania in celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Teddy Bear. Inspired by President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, the Teddy Bear was created in 1902.

The exhibit will feature a selection of antique and contemporary Teddy Bears and related memorabilia, including bears from artist Beverly White of Downingtown and collector Carol Steed of eastern Pennsylvania. Specimens form the museum’s Natural History collection — a black bear from Pennsylvania and an Alaskan brown bear — will also be on display, greeting visitors on the ground floor.

The Pennsylvania Celebrates Bears exhibit will be on display at the State Museum of Pennsylvania through January 15, 2002. Museum hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. or Sunday, 12 p.m.-5 p.m. The State Museum is located at Third and North Streets, Harrisburg. For more information, call 787-4979.

Live Music: Addison Groove Project
Chameleon Club, Lancaster
November 24
Having risen through the jamband circuit at a pace that demands notice, Boston’s Addison Groove Project will make their first mid-state appearance at The Chameleon Club in Lancaster on November 24. They open for returning barnyard band, The Recipe. Although both bands have a jamband following, Addison Groove Project tends to stay on the funky side of things, often infusing the sounds of jazz and hip-hop into their groove. The band has established “The Addison Food Project,” a charitable project present at all of their shows. Fans are encouraged to bring canned goods to be distributed to local food banks. Fans can drop their food at the merchandise table before dropping moves on the dance floor. (Good timing, with Thanksgiving just two days earlier.)

The Chameleon Club is located at 233 North Water Street, Lancaster. Call 393-7133 for tickets and info.

Concert: Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han
Whitaker Center
November 24
The husband and wife musical pairing of David Finckel and Wu Han will take to the Whitaker Center stage on November 24 at 8 p.m. Part of Market Square Concerts 20th Anniversary Season, Finckel and Han will perform such classics as Beethoven’s Sonata in A Major for Piano and Cello, Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro, and Rachmanioff’s Sonata for Piano and Cello. The duo will also perform Couple, a work written for them by Bruce Adolphe.

Finckel and Han have been featured on NBC’s “Nightly News,” CNN’s “Turner Entertainment Report,” and “European Business News” and in such publications as The New York Times, The LA Times, Newsday, Billboard, and BBC Music. Together, they served as Co-Artistic Directors of SummerFest in La Jolla and teach at the Aspen Music Festival and at the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop in Israel, Japan, and New York City.

David Finckel and Wu Han will perform at the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg on November 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $22 for senior citizens, and $12 for students. For more information, call The BOX at 214-ARTS or visit marketsquareconcerts.org.

Live Music: Slo-Mo, The Cellarbirds, Case 150
Gullifty’s, Camp Hill
December 1
Philadelphia’s virtuoso lap-steel guitarist Slo-Mo joins local artists The Cellarbirds and Case 150 for an evening of memorable music on December 1.

Having spent much of the past few years with the Philadelphia-based band Marah, Mike “Slo-Mo” Brenner is currently touring on his own. Meshing techno, country, and rock, Brenner performs his dual dobro/lap guitar with a DJ — an odd combination that blends together on stage.

Also performing on December 1 will be The Cellarbirds — 3/5 of The Badlees: Bret Alexander, Paul Smith, and Ron Simasek — coming hot off of the release of their debut album, Perfect Smile; and Case 150, one of the area’s finest Alt-Country bands.

Slo-Mo, The Cellarbirds, and Case-150 will perform live at Gullifty’s in Camp Hill on Saturday, December 1. Admission is $5.

Concert: Wildwood Chorale
Rose Lehrman Arts Center, HACC
December 4
Harrisburg Area Community College’s Wildwood Chorale will perform its annual winter concert on December 4 at 7:30 p.m.

Entitled “A World of Hope,” the concert illustrates the “coming together of people to worship, to celebrate, to work for the improvement of our world, and to provide comfort and inspiration in times of difficulty,” said Director Tina Bakowski. “This theme had been chosen long before the September 11 tragedy; however, now the selections seem even more appropriate.”

The concert will include the performance of such pieces as “Pie Jesu” from Andre Lloyd Webber’s Requiem and a setting of the gospel favorite “Precious Lord,” taken from Robert Convery’s cantata I Have A Dream. The program will also include three South African songs from the anti-apartheid movement, three songs from natives of the Brazilian Krao tribe, and “When You Believe,” from the film Prince of Egypt.

A free concert, “A World of Hope” will be held at the Rose Lehrman Arts Center on the Harrisburg Area Community College campus. For more information, call 231-7673.

Bird-In-Hand Celebration of Lights
Bird-In-Hand Family Restaurant
December 6-December 30
The Rotary Club of Paradise and the Bird-In-Hand Corporation have teamed together to present the Bird-In-Hand Celebration of Lights. The special holiday village display will operate Thursday through Sunday evening beginning Dec. 6.

Located on Route 340, just behind the Bird-In-Hand Family Restaurant, the walk-through display will feature more than 100,000 lights and boast a Santa’s Workshop, a nativity scene, and a 3-D, lighted carousel. Holiday treats and hot chocolate will also be available, as will visits with Santa. Live holiday music will be performed each night.

A special Grand Illumination Ceremony to celebrate the initial lighting of the display will take place December 6 at 7 p.m.

The Bird-In-Hand Celebration of Lights will be open every Thursday-Sunday, beginning December 6, from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Admission to the Village is $4 for adults and $2 for ages 4-12; free/children under 3. Proceeds benefit America’s Promise, New York Relief Fund, Boy Scouts Troop 8, and Christ’s Home.